The eastbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) off-ramp at McQueen Road in the Chandler area will close for approximately 60 days starting at 11:30 p.m., Thursday, June 12.

The closure will allow crews to reconstruct the ramp as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 202 widening project in the Southeast Valley.

The ramp is scheduled to reopen by mid-August. Drivers can detour by exiting eastbound Loop 202 at Arizona Avenue or Cooper Road while the off-ramp is closed.

The $200 million Loop 202 Improvement Project is adding lanes and interchange improvements along eight miles of Loop 202 between Loop 101 (Price Freeway) and Val Vista Drive in Chandler and Gilbert.

This project is funded, in part, by Proposition 400, a dedicated half-cent sales tax that Maricopa County voters approved in 2004. The project is scheduled under the Regional Transportation Plan managed by the Maricopa Association of Governments, the metropolitan planning organization for the Greater Phoenix region.

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