PHOENIX – Several ramps along Interstate 17 and Loop 101 will be closed for work from Friday night until Monday morning for freeway projects.

Drivers should be prepared to take detours while work takes place Dec. 5-8, state transportation officials said.

Here’s what to expect:

• The northbound Interstate 17 exit ramp to Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a ramp widening project.

Detour: Consider exiting northbound I-17 at Dove Valley Road and traveling west to southbound 43rd Avenue to connect with westbound Loop 303.

• The northbound Loop 101 off-ramp at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for paving as part of a freeway widening project. 

The northbound Loop 101 frontage road between Raintree Drive and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard also will be closed. Detours: Consider exiting at Raintree Drive and traveling west to northbound Hayden Road to reach Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Drivers also can consider exiting northbound Loop 101 at Princess Drive/Pima Road before using the southbound frontage road to reach Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Note: The northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Shea Boulevard also will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Consider alternate routes including northbound Hayden Road or 92nd Street to Cactus Road to access northbound Loop 101.

• North- and southbound Interstate 17 ramps to westbound Loop 101 in north Phoenix closed overnight from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday for a widening project. 

Detours: Alternate routes include westbound Union Hills Drive or Deer Valley Road to 35th Avenue to reach westbound Loop 101.