Three freeway projects will affect drivers this weekend on portions of Valley freeways, including a busy stretch of Interstate 17.

Arizona Department of Transportation officials announced the following projects will take place from Friday night, June 7, to Monday morning, June 10:

• Northbound I-17 will be closed between Happy Valley Road and Loop 303 from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvement work. 

Northbound I-17 on-ramps at Deer Valley and Pinnacle Peak roads will be closed. Primary detour: Northbound I-17 drivers are advised to use the posted detour route on westbound Happy Valley Road to northbound Lake Pleasant Parkway and eastbound Loop 303 to return to I-17. Drivers in the southeast Valley (including travelers on I-10 from the Tucson area) can consider using westbound/northbound Loop 202 to westbound I-10 (near 59th Avenue) and northbound Loop 303. 

• Northbound Loop 101 will be closed between Warner Road and US 60 from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvement work. 

Northbound Loop 101 on-ramps at Price Road, Chandler Boulevard and Ray Road will be closed. Detour: Consider using westbound I-10 as an alternate freeway route to US 60 or northbound Dobson Road and McClintock Drive as local routes to travel beyond the Loop 101 closure.

• Interstate 10 will be narrowed to two lanes in both directions between Broadway Road and State Route 143 near Sky Harbor Airport from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday for bridge work. 

The westbound I-10 on-ramp at Broadway Road, southbound SR 143 on-ramp at University Drive and westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed. Detour: Consider using the westbound I-10 on-ramp at 40th Street as needed while other nearby ramps are closed. There will be signs for additional local detour routes.

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