PHOENIX – Valley drivers should prepare for freeway closures or lane restrictions along freeway sections beginning Friday night, state transportation officials said.

Here is what the Arizona Department of Transportation has planned from Friday, Nov. 1, until Monday, Nov. 4:

• Westbound US 60 will be closed between Loop 101 and I-10 in Tempe from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday for sign work.

 Westbound US 60 on-ramps at Country Club Drive, Alma School Road and Dobson Road will be closed. Detours: Westbound US 60 traffic can detour on northbound Loop 101 to westbound Loop 202 to reach Sky Harbor Airport and downtown Phoenix. Also: Westbound US 60 drivers can use southbound Loop 101 to westbound Loop 202 in Chandler to reach eastbound I-10 (toward Tucson). 

• Eastbound US 60 will be closed between I-10 and Mill Avenue in Tempe from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Monday for bridge and sign work.

 All I-10 ramps to eastbound US 60 will be closed. The westbound I-10 on-ramp at Baseline Road will be closed. The southbound SR 143 ramp to eastbound I-10 will be closed. Detours: I-10 drivers can consider using eastbound Loop 202 in Chandler to northbound Loop 101 to reach eastbound US 60. From downtown Phoenix consider using eastbound Loop 202 to southbound Loop 101 to reach eastbound US 60.

• Southbound I-17 will be closed between Peoria and Dunlap avenues from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday for work on Valley Metro’s light rail bridge over the freeway. 

Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Greenway, Thunderbird and Cactus roads will be closed. Detour: Alternate routes include southbound 19th or 35th avenues.

• Eastbound Loop 202 will be closed between the I-10/SR 51 “Mini-Stack” interchange and Priest Drive from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday for pavement sealing.

Detour: Consider detouring on eastbound I-10 to northbound SR 143 or using local alternate routes to travel beyond the closure. Westbound Loop 202 will be closed between Priest Drive and the I-10/SR 51 “Mini-Stack” interchange from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday for pavement sealing. Detour: Consider detouring on southbound SR 143 to westbound I-10 or using local alternate routes to travel beyond the closure.

• Westbound I-10 will be narrowed to two lanes between Loop 202 and Elliot Road from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Monday for pavement marking.

Westbound Loop 202 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed. Note: All I-10 on- and off-ramps at Broadway Road closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday. Broadway Road also will be closed in both directions between 48th and 55th streets (no crossing over I-10).

• Southbound I-17 will be narrowed to one lane during mostly overnight hours between State Route 74/Carefree Highway and Loop 303 from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday, from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday and from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvements. 

Detour: Allow extra travel time and avoid using neighborhood streets east of I-17 that are not designed for freeway traffic,  ADOT officials said.

• Eastbound Loop 202 will be closed between Loop 101 and Alma School Road in Chandler area from 12:01 a.m. to noon Sunday for a widening project. 

Southbound Loop 101 ramps to eastbound Loop 202 closed. Detour: Consider using Chandler Boulevard or Germann Road. Note: Westbound Loop 202 HOV lane closed between Alma School Road and Loop 101.

• The westbound I-10 left two lanes will be closed between Fairway Drive and Dysart Road in the West Valley from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for maintenance.

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