PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.
• Utility installation will cause daytime lane closures on High. Street between Sharpless and E. Nields streets in West Chester through Feb. 28.
• Utility replacement will also cause periodic lane closures on High Street between N. Wayne and W. Washington streets, and between Marshall Street and Goshen Avenue in West Chester through Feb. 28.
• Construction is scheduled through the winter on Conchester Highway, Route 452 (Market Street), and Bethel Avenue as part of the $99.4 million project to reconstruct, widen, and improve travel and safety on a 1.4-mile section of the Conchester. Motorists are advised of periodic overnight lane closures on weekdays through Tuesday, April 1, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning.
• The Doe Run Road bridge on Route 82 over Doe Run remains closed through September 2025.
• Now through early 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.
• Construction continues to replace Twin Bridges, the South Creek Road bridge over the Brandywine between Chadds Ford and Pennsbury townships. Work is expected to continue through fall 2025. South Creek Road will be closed 1,200 feet south of Bullock Road and 1.1 miles north of Cossart Road. During the closure, motorists are directed to use U.S. 1, Route 52, Center Meeting Road, and Delaware State Route 100 (Montchanin Road). Bicyclists traveling Bike Route L will be directed to use Bullock Road, Ring Road, Ridge Road, and Delaware State roadway Smithbridge Road.
