According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Morris Road Bridge is scheduled to close May 3 for reconstruction and will not reopen until November.

The bridge, which carries SR 2001 over the Northeast Extension, is being replaced as part of the turnpike’s 10.5-mile expansion project.

Detour information:

• Traffic will be detoured onto Valley Forge Road, Skippack Pike and Bethel Road. Working with PennDOT and the surrounding communities, turnpike crews will make traffic signal timing changes, construct two temporary traffic signals and add two left-turn lanes along the 4.5 mile detour route to ease traffic flow.
• While much of Morris Road will be closed, the section that is included in Upper Gwynedd Township’s Sumneytown Pike project detour will remain open.
• Drivers on the Northeast Extension may also be impacted by the bridge construction due to reduced speeds, lane closures, traffic stoppages and overnight road closures in the area.