Northbound Route 1 Bridge at Route 16 to be Open to Traffic Wednesday

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The Route 1 northbound bridge over Route 16 will be open to traffic on Wednesday! DelDOT officials warn northbound motorists to expect delays this evening as the contractor will be working to shift the traffic pattern onto the new bridge.

The over $40-million project is expected to be fully completed this summer.

Additional information from DelDOT: 

The Route 1/16 grade separated intersection project began in June 2022, with the goal of improving safety and eliminating congestion at the signalized intersection which had the highest overall crash rate and highest number of injury crashes of all SR 1 intersections between Prime Hook and Five Points in Lewes between 2012 and 2019.

With the opening of the bridge, a total of 36 signalized intersections between I-95 and Five Points in Lewes have been removed since work began on the first section of the Route 13 Relief Route from Tybouts Corner to Churchmans Road in Christiana in July 1987.