Pavement improvement work will restrict travel along southbound Interstate 17 from Friday night until Monday morning, state transportation officials said.

Drivers should budget extra time as the work will reduce the freeway to one lane at Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive, requiring traffic to exit and re-enter at Jomax Road, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The lane restrictions and the closure at Jomax Road, with traffic using the off- and on-ramps, are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. July 12 and end by 5 a.m. July 15.

“Drivers should plan for delays, especially from afternoon into early evening on Saturday and Sunday, and may want to consider traveling through the area earlier or later,” ADOT officials stated in a release.

Other details:

• To help keep traffic moving through the work zone this weekend, east- and westbound Jomax Road will be closed at I-17. Southbound I-17 drivers wanting to access Jomax Road can continue to Happy Valley Road and use northbound 19th Avenue.
• Drivers wanting to enter southbound I-17 at Jomax Road will be directed onto northbound I-17 to access southbound I-17 at Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive.
• The southbound I-17 off-ramp at Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday and from 9 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Sunday.

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