PHOENIX – Drivers should make plans if weekend travel involves westbound Interstate 10 between US 60 and Interstate 17, state transportation officials said Thursday.

The section of freeway will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, to 4 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, for road work. At the same time, the following will be closed: 

• The ramps from westbound US 60 to westbound I-10. 
• The southbound SR 143 ramp to westbound I-10. 
• The eastbound I-10 ramp to northbound SR 143.

The following ramps will also be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday: 

• The westbound I-10 on-ramps at Elliot, Baseline and Broadway roads, and 40th and 32nd streets. 
• The westbound US 60 on-ramps at McClintock Drive, Rural Road and Mill Avenue.

ADOT advises drivers to use eastbound Loop 202 or US 60 to northbound Loop 101 to westbound Loop 202 to reach southbound SR 143 and westbound I-10 beyond the closure. 

Those heading to the West Valley can bypass the closure by using Loop 202 west and north to connect with I-10 at 59th Avenue. 

Drivers traveling westbound on I-10 and US 60 heading to Sky Harbor Airport should use northbound Loop 101 to westbound Loop 202 and use the Sky Harbor Boulevard entrance, according to ADOT.

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