The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin two Loop 101 widening projects in 2024 as it continues working on Interstate 10 near the Broadway Curve.

Improvement work also will resume along Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, state transportation officials said.

Here are among the major freeway projects ADOT will work on in 2024:

• Loop 101 Improvement Project between Shea Boulevard and Princess Drive/Pima Road in Scottsdale.

The project is scheduled to start on Jan. 5 and include the addition of a lane in each direction within a 4.5-mile work zone. Crews also will convert the Loop 101 interchange at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard into a diamond configuration to improve traffic flow, according to ADOT. The project is scheduled to be completed in approximately two years. For more: azdot.gov/Loop101PrincessToShea         

• Loop 101 Improvement Project between I-17 and 75th Avenue in the northwest Valley.

The two-year project is scheduled to start in the fall of 2024 and include the addition of a lane in each direction. Other work will include interchange and cross-street improvements at 75th Avenue. More information: azdot.gov/Loop101West75thToi17                        

• I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project between the I-17 “Split” and Loop 202 in Chandler.

The largest freeway reconstruction project in ADOT’s history started in fall 2021 and is slated for completion near the end of 2024. Crews will finish elevated ramps providing direct connections between I-10 and State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway) and complete lanes carrying local traffic in areas between Baseline Road and 40th Street. The project improves travel on 11 miles of one of the Valley’s busiest stretches of freeway, officials said. Visit: i10broadwaycurve.com            

• I-17 Improvement Project between Anthem Way and Sunset Point north of Phoenix.

Work on the 23-mile project started in the fall of 2022. Crews are adding third lanes in each direction between Anthem Way and Black Canyon City “as well as a unique 8-mile flex lanes system north of Black Canyon City,” ADOT officials said in a release. Improvements are scheduled for completion by late 2025. More information: improvingi17.com

• I-10 Gila River Bridges Project southeast of Riggs Road. 

The project, which will reconstruct the I-10 bridges crossing the Gila River, is scheduled to start in spring 2024 and take approximately two years to complete. 

• I-17 Resurfacing Project between Happy Valley Road and State Route 74 in north Phoenix.

A project to improve pavement conditions along I-17 is scheduled to start in spring 2024 and take approximately seven months to complete.

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