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Friday, April 12, 2013

Route 13 Construction Continues with More Restrictions

The $36.5 million Route 13 (Bristol Pike) construction project continues with additional restrictions in Bristol Borough and Bristol Township.

The $36.5 million construction project to improve Route 13 (Bristol Pike) continues in Bristol Borough and Bristol Township with additional restrictions beginning on April 17. PennDOT's construction will enhance travel and safety along a 4.3-mile stretch of Bristol Pike by rehabilitating pavement, rebuilding bridges, replacing drainage facilities, building pedestrian walkways, installing medians, reducing speed limits and more, according to a website dedicated to the updates on the project. Bristol Pike/Route 13 will be restricted to one lane in each direction between Bath Road and Bristol Commerce Drive in Bristol Borough while the bridge over Otter Creek is reconstructed starting on Wednesday, April 17, according to Safer13.com. Then on …

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Massive Route 13 Overhaul to Begin Soon

The Route 13 project will add sidewalks, reconstruct bridges, medians, get rid of many jug handles and reduce some lanes of travel, officials tell Patch.

After more than a dozen years of talk and speculation, the Route 13 revitalization project is expected to begin in just weeks. The project will begin at the end of January when contractors will begin utility work and drainage installation in the area of Route 13 and Green Lane, PennDOT spokesperson Charles Metzger said. The estimated $40 million project will revamp the roadway from Veterans Highway (Route 413) to the Levittown Parkway. The communities of Bristol, Bristol Township and Tullytown will be impacted by the project. Crews will revitalize the busy commuter route by creating a new median, reconstructing the roadway, adding left turn lanes and ridding the area of several jug handles. Asphalt will replace the recognizable tan …

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1:19 am on Friday, January 11, 2013

Asphalt... brilliant. Because some of the most wicked potholes on that stretch of road are known to crop up in the asphalt section where 13 runs through the borough, PennDOT decides that is what we need more of. Same with the left turn lane nonsense, cause the left turn lane at green lane NEVER backs up into the left lane of traffic, right? And the lane reduction, while not a completely terrible …   more ›

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