Drivers can expect a limited amount of work on Valley freeways this weekend with the most noteworthy along Loop 101, state transportation officials said.

Here is what’s planned from Friday, June 20, the first day of summer, until Monday morning:

• The eastbound Loop 101 ramps to north- and southbound Interstate 17 in north Phoenix will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday for a widening project.

Drivers who exit eastbound Loop 101 at 35th Avenue can travel north to eastbound Deer Valley Road or go south to eastbound Union Hills Drive or Bell Road, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

• Loop 101 will be narrowed to two lanes in both directions between 71st Avenue and Union Hills Drive in the northwest Valley from 11 p.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday for the widening project.

ADOT officials advise drivers to allow extra travel time and be prepared to slow down and merge safely when approaching and traveling through all work zones.

• The southbound I-17 on-ramp at 19th Avenue near the Durango Curve will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday for barrier wall repair.

The southbound I-17 right lane near 19th Avenue also will be closed closed. Detour: Drivers can use the southbound frontage road to Seventh Avenue to enter I-17.

• Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard will be closed in both directions at Loop 101 from 9 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday for bridge widening work.

Detour routes include using the north- or southbound Loop 101 frontage roads (northbound to Bell Road or southbound to Raintree Drive).

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