PHOENIX – Sections of Valley freeways will be closed or restricted this weekend for improvement projects.

Arizona Department of Transportation officials said drivers should allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes while the following weekend restrictions are in place from Friday night until Monday morning, Jan. 17-20:

• Eastbound Loop 101 will be closed between Cave Creek Road and State Route 51 in north Phoenix from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement maintenance. 

Eastbound Loop 101 on-ramps at Seventh Street and Cave Creek Road will be closed. The northbound SR 51 ramps to eastbound Loop 101 will remain open. Detours: Consider exiting ahead of the closure and using eastbound Union Hills Drive or Deer Valley Road to Tatum Boulevard to reach Loop 101 beyond the closure.

• Eastbound I-10 will be narrowed to two lanes between Interstate 17 and 32nd Street near Sky Harbor Airport and narrowed to three lanes between Southern Avenue and Baseline Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge and pavement work.

More information: I10BroadwayCurve.com.

• The westbound US 60 ramp to eastbound I-10 will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work.

 Consider detouring to westbound I-10 and exiting at Broadway Road and turning to use the eastbound I-10 on-ramp. Drivers on US 60 also can travel south on Loop 101 to westbound Loop 202 to reach I-10.

• Eastbound I-10 will be closed between I-17 (“Stack” interchange) and State Route 51 (“Mini-Stack” interchange) from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday for scheduled tunnel maintenance. 

Eastbound I-10 traffic can detour on southbound I-17 and reconnect with I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport.

• Westbound I-10 will be closed between I-17 (“Split” Interchange) near Sky Harbor Airport and Seventh Avenue from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday for scheduled tunnel maintenance. 

The southbound SR 51 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed along with the westbound Loop 202 ramps to westbound I-10 and the southbound I-17 ramp to westbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport. Primary detour: Westbound I-10 traffic can detour on northbound I-17 and reconnect with I-10 at the Stack interchange north of Van Buren Street. Drivers in the southeast Valley/Chandler area also can consider using westbound/northbound Loop 202 to reach I-10 near 59th Avenue.