PA Turnpike News
PA Turnpike Ready To Flip The Switch To Open Road Tolling
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (PA Turnpike) brings the future of toll collection worldwide to the Commonwealth with its conversion to Open Road Tolling (ORT) as the switch to ORT east of Reading and on the Northeast Extension will become active on Sunday, January 5 at 12:01 a.m., along with a new statewide toll s...
PennDOT & Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Develop “New Driver Work Zone Safety Program”
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) have joined forces to develop a "New Driver Work Zone Safety Program" to teach new drivers how to navigate in work zones with confidence and safety. The free, 35-minute virtual training program equips partici...
U.S. 1 Improvements Project Fall 2024 Construction Update
PennDOT District 6 says as new bridge construction wraps up at two locations on U.S. 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships, deck placement begins on the new northbound structure over the Neshaminy Creek as PennDOT’s $111 million project to widen and improve U.S.1 in Bucks County progresses toward completio...
PA Turnpike Bridge Construction Scheduled On I-95 In Bristol Township
PennDOT District 6 says that bridge construction is scheduled on Interstate 95 in Bristol Township, Bucks County, beginning Sunday, March 24. Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction: Sunday, March 24, through Sunday, June 2, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning, a lane closu...
PennDOT, PA Turnpike Announce The Start Of Work Zone Speed Safety Camera Program
PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike), in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), started enforcement of the statewide Work Zone Speed Safety Camera program. Previously referred to as Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement, the initial five-year pilot program was made ...
PA Turnpike Bridge Construction To Close Newportville Road In Bristol & Bensalem
PennDOT District 6 says that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will continue bridge construction the week of February 19 on Newportville Road in Bristol and Bensalem townships, Bucks County. Newportville Road will be closed 24/7 between Zimmerman Lane and New Falls Road from Monday, February 19, through...
U.S. 1 Improvements Project Fall 2023 Construction Update
PennDOT District 6 says construction progresses this Fall on three new bridges being replaced under the $111 million project to widen and improve U.S. 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships, Bucks County. New structures over the Neshaminy Creek, the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange and adjacent rail lin...
U.S. 1 Improvements Project Summer 2023 Construction Update
As four lanes of U.S. 1 traffic weave through the work zone from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange to north of the Penndel Exit, PennDOT’s contractor continues making progress on three new bridges and other improvements being completed under the $111 million project to widen and improve U.S. 1 in Bensal...
U.S. 1 Improvements Project Spring 2023 Construction Update
PennDOT District 6 has provided an update for Spring 2023 on the long-term U.S. 1 Improvements Project as work the next several months will focus on the construction of three new bridges over U.S. 1 along with the continued widening of the highway to construct an additional travel lane in each direction. W...
U.S. 1 Improvements Project Winter 2023 Construction Update
PennDOT District 6 says with U.S. 1 improvements between Old Lincoln Highway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County (Section RC1) completed in December 2022, construction this winter will focus on the construction of two new bridges north of the PA Turnpike (Section RC2) as the U.S. 1 Improvements Proj...
