ADOT: Tunnel maintenance poses issues for I-10 drivers this weekend
Several projects that include cleanup inside Interstate 10 tunnels will require drivers to use other routes this weekend, state transportation officials said.
These are the projects planned from …
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ADOT: Tunnel maintenance poses issues for I-10 drivers this weekend
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Several projects that include cleanup inside Interstate 10 tunnels will require drivers to use other routes this weekend, state transportation officials said.
These are the projects planned from Friday-Monday, Jan. 26-29, along Valley freeways:
Eastbound I-10 will be closed between I-17(“Stack” interchange) and SR 51 (“Mini-Stack” interchange) from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturdayfor scheduled tunnel maintenance.
North- and southbound I-17 ramps to eastbound I-10 will be closed. Primary detour: Eastbound I-10 traffic can detour to southbound I-17 at the Stack interchange and reconnect with I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport.
Westbound I-10 will be closed between I-17 (“Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport)and Seventh Avenue from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sundayfor scheduled tunnel maintenance.
The southbound SR 51 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed. The westbound Loop 202 ramp to I-10 westbound will remain open, but traffic must exit I-10 at Seventh Street.The westbound Sky Harbor Boulevard ramp to westbound I-10 (leaving airport) will remain open, but traffic will need to exit to northbound SR 51 or eastbound Loop 202.
The westbound I-10 on-ramp at Washington Street also will be limited to traveling to northbound SR 51 or eastbound Loop 202.The southbound I-17 ramp to westbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport will be closed.
Primary Detour: Westbound I-10 traffic approaching the closure can use northbound I-17 to connect with I-10 at the Stack interchange (north of Van Buren Street).
Southbound State Route 143 ramp to eastbound I-10 and the eastbound I-10 on-ramp at Broadway Road will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Mondayfor the I-10 Broadway Curve improvement project.
Broadway Road also will be closed between 48th and 52nd streets. The I-10 connector ramp between 48th Street and Broadway Road will be closed. Detours: Use alternate routes to connect with eastbound I-10.
Note: Westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 also will be closed this weekend (traffic will use the primary US 60 ramp to westbound I-10).
Eastbound I-10 will be narrowed to three lanes overnightbetween 24th and 32nd streetsnear Sky Harbor Airportfrom 8 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work.
Note: The eastbound I-10 off-ramp at Ray Road will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday for construction. Consider exiting at Chandler Boulevard.
We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.
