Delaware transportation officials announced that a new bridge carrying northbound Route 1 over Route 16 near Milton will welcome traffic beginning Wednesday, April 15.
The Delaware Department of Transportation warns that northbound drivers should prepare for delays starting Tuesday evening, April 14, while construction crews work to redirect the flow of vehicles onto the newly completed bridge structure.
Construction on this grade-separated intersection project kicked off in June 2022, designed to enhance safety and reduce traffic backups at what was previously a traffic light-controlled intersection. Between 2012 and 2019, this particular intersection recorded the most crashes overall and the greatest number of injury-related accidents among all Route 1 intersections stretching from Prime Hook to Five Points in Lewes.
