PHOENIX – A section of Loop 101 will be closed this weekend at Interstate 17, state transportation officials said.

The Arizona Department of Transportation announced the following work from Friday night, July 11, until Monday morning, July 14:

• Westbound Loop 101 will be closed between Interstate 17 and 51st Avenue in the northwest Valley from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a widening project.

Both I-17 ramps to westbound Loop 101 will be closed. Westbound Loop 101 on-ramps at Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue also will be closed. Detours: Consider alternate routes, including westbound Union Hills Drive. Westbound Loop 101 traffic exiting at 27th Avenue can detour along the Beardsley frontage road. The westbound frontage road will be closed between 35th and 51st avenues from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday for pavement marking. Note: Loop 101 will be narrowed to two lanes in both directions between 59th and 75th avenues from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday while the westbound Loop 101 frontage road will be closed just west of 75th Avenue (consider traveling south on 75th Avenue to westbound Union Hills Drive).

• Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard will be closed in both directions at Loop 101 from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a widening project.

Traffic will detour using the Loop 101 frontage roads.

• The westbound Loop 202 off-ramp at Arizona Avenue will be closed from 2 a.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday for bridge work as part of a widening project. 

ADOT suggests drivers plan on using other nearby exits. Note: The eastbound Loop 202 off-ramp at Alma School Road is scheduled to close for two months starting at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday for reconstruction work.

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