King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that line striping operations will begin next week on U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) under a project to install safety enhancements to improve travel and reduce high-speed crashes across the five-county Philadelphia region.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
Bucks County
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled in both directions on U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) at the Route 63 (Woodhaven Road) Interchange in Bensalem Township; and
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled in both directions on Route 32 (River Road) between U.S. 202 and Route 32 (Main Street) in Solebury Township; and
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled in both directions on Route 132 (Street Road) between Sterner Mill Road and Old Street Road in Lower Southampton Township.
Delaware County
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled on Earlington Road between U.S. 1 (Township Line Road) and Eagle Road in Haverford Township.
Montgomery County
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled in both directions on Route 29 (Gravel Pike) between Cemetery Lane and Memorial Road in Lower Frederick Township; and
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled in both directions on Route 73 (Church Road) between Route 73 (Cottman Avenue) and Willow Grove Avenue in Cheltenham Township; and
- Monday, March 20, through Monday, April 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled on Old Forty Foot Road at the intersection with Rittenhouse Road in Towamencin Township.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
Kuharchik Construction, Inc. of Exeter, is the general contractor on this $7,561,020 project, which is financed with 100% federal funds.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.
Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.
Contact: Krys Johnson, krysjohnso@pa.gov
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