PHOENIX – Sections of Valley freeways will be closed or restricted this weekend, primarily for the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve improvement project.

The Arizona Department of Transportation recommends drivers allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes while the following weekend restrictions are in place Jan. 10-13:

• Eastbound I-10 will be closed between the State Route 51 “Mini-Stack” interchange and US 60 from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for the I-10 Broadway Curve work. 

Eastbound I-10 on-ramps between Third Street (downtown area) and Baseline Road will be closed. The southbound I-17 ramp to eastbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport will be closed. Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street will be closed. Note: Some ramp closures start at 8 p.m. Friday. Detours: The primary detour route is eastbound I-10 to eastbound Loop 202 starting at the Mini-Stack and using southbound Loop 101to westbound US 60 or westbound Loop 202 to reach I-10 beyond the closure. Drivers on I-10 in the West Valley can avoid the closure by using southbound/eastbound Loop 202 to reach I-10 near Chandler Boulevard. Also, 52nd Street will be closed between Broadway Road and 14th Street in Tempe from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Detours will be signed. Local access will be available.

• Northbound State Route 143 will be closed between I-10 and Loop 202 from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday for the Broadway Curve project.

 Detour: Consider using westbound I-10 to eastbound Loop 202. Sky Harbor Airport access: Allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes to the airport’s west entrance via 24th Street or Buckeye Road. Traffic also can enter the airport from the north via 44th Street. Note: Some ramps to northbound SR 143 will close at 8 p.m. Friday.

• Westbound I-10 will be narrowed to three lanes between 32nd and 24th streets near Sky Harbor Airport from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for sign work.

• The northbound Loop 101 on-ramp and southbound off-ramp at Raintree Drive in Scottsdale will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work. 

Detours: Drivers can use the northbound Loop 101 on-ramp and southbound off-ramp at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard.