PHOENIX – A short section of eastbound Interstate 10 will be closed this weekend between State Route 143 and US 60, state transportation officials said.

Broadway Curve work and other improvement projects will require other closures or lane restrictions along parts of Valley freeways from Friday night, May 9, until Monday morning, May 12. The Arizona Department of Transportation provided this list:

• Eastbound Interstate 10 will be closed between State Route 143 and US 60 from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday for electrical work as part of the Broadway Curve Improvement Project. 

The southbound I-17 ramp to eastbound I-10 at the “Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport will be closed as will the eastbound I-10 on-ramps at 24th, 32nd and 40th streets and the eastbound I-10 off-ramp at Broadway Road closed (starting at 8 p.m. Friday). The southbound SR 143 HOV ramp to eastbound I-10 and the westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed. 

I-10 Detours: Eastbound I-10 traffic can detour to northbound SR 143 and use eastbound Loop 202 to southbound Loop 101 and either westbound US 60 or westbound Loop 202 to reach I-10. Drivers in the West Valley also can consider using southbound/eastbound Loop 202 to reach I-10 in the Chandler area. 

Note: Northbound 48th Street closed between Broadway Road and I-10 from 8 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday.

• Eastbound Loop 101 ramps to north- and southbound I-17 will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday for sign structure removal as part of a widening project. 

Detours: Consider using northbound 35th Avenue to eastbound Deer Valley Road or southbound 35th Avenue to eastbound Union Hills Drive to reach I-17.

• The southbound Loop 101 frontage road will be closed overnight between Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Raintree Drive from 10 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday for sign work as part of a widening project. 

Southbound Loop 101 off-ramp at Raintree Drive closed. Detours will be in place. Consider exiting at Cactus Road.

• Westbound Loop 202 will be narrowed to one lane in areas between Gilbert and Cooper roads from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for a widening project. 

The westbound Loop 202 on-ramp at McQueen Road will be closed for two months from 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, May 11, to mid-July for reconstruction. 

Detours: Consider using the westbound Loop 202 on-ramps at Cooper Road or Arizona Avenue.

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