As of January 8, 2025, motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:
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Thursday, January 9, through early November, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, a weekday lane closure is scheduled on U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) in both directions between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Greenwood Road.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that roadway and utility construction will occur on U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) under a $10.4 million PennDOT project to widen and improve a 1.3-mile section of the highway from the Kennett Oxford Bypass to Greenwood Road in Kennett and East Marlborough townships, Chester County.
Under this project, PennDOT’s contractor will mill and overlay U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike); construct a third travel lane on certain sections of U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) in each direction and use existing shoulders and right turn lanes to create a third lane for the rest of the corridor; build sidewalks along the north side of U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike) from Schoolhouse Road to the Longwood Village Shopping Center entrance; eliminate the left turn movement from Orchard Avenue onto U.S. 1 (Baltimore Pike); install two new Dynamic Message Signs; and upgrade five signalized intersections within the corridor.
Allan Myers, LP, of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general contractor on this project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.