PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Dec. 1 to Dec. 5. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.
• On Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a lane closure with flagging will be in place on Twin Bridges, the bridge span on S. Creek Road over the Brandywine to allow crews to install three commemorative plaques on the 99-year-old structure.
• Monday, Dec. 1, through Friday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a lane closure with flagging is scheduled on High Street between Lacey and Linden streets in West Chester for lighting conduit installation.
• Roadway construction will cause daytime lane closures on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Webb Barn Lane in East Marlborough and Kennett townships through April 24, 2026.
• Tree clearing continues on Creek Road between Route 1 and Upper Bank Road in Chadds Ford Township through Dec. 5.
• Overhead utility construction will continue, causing daytime lane shifts on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Walnut Street in Kennett Township through the end of the year.
• PECO has announced that it will be doing utility construction on Wylie Terrace Road in Birmingham Township from Sept. 22 through Dec. 22. The work will cause daytime closures. During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Birmingham Road, New Street, Brintons Bridge Road, and Route 100 (Creek Road).
• Kennett Square is reporting that the Birch Street Reconstruction Project is scheduled to end in the spring of 2026. During this time, Birch Street will experience rolling road closures where one or both lanes of traffic may be closed for a few hundred feet at a time. In general, the road will be open to local traffic, and road closures will be minimized as much as possible. When both lanes of traffic need to be closed for construction activities, access will be available on both sides of Birch Street, from South Broad Street and South Walnut Street.
• Overhead utility construction will cause daytime lane shifts on Route 52 between the Kennett/Oxford Bypass and Old Baltimore Pike and between Baltimore Pike and Cossart Road in Kennett Township through Dec. 31.
• Overhead utility work will also cause daytime lane shifts on Baltimore Pike between the Kennett/Oxford Bypass and Walnut Street in Kennett Township through the end of the year.
• Continuing through November, motorists should expect daytime lane closures in both directions on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Greenwood Road in Kennett and East Marlborough townships. The closures are to facilitate widening that 1.3-mile stretch of roadway to three lanes in both directions.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
