PHOENIX – Improvement projects will require closures or lane restrictions along sections of Valley freeways this weekend.

Northbound Interstate 17 will be narrowed to one lane near Loop 303. Closures are scheduled along westbound Interstate 10 in the Chandler/Tempe area and eastbound Loop 101 in the northwest Valley, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Here are the specifics from Friday night until Monday morning, Sept. 27-30:

• Northbound I-17 will be narrowed to one lane between Loop 303 and State Route 74/Carefree Highway from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvements. 

Eastbound Jomax Road will be closed at I-17 (no right turns from northbound I-17 to Jomax Road). Dixileta Drive will be closed at 27th Avenue near Phoenix’s North Gateway Transfer Station (no cut-through traffic). Access to neighborhood streets will be limited to local traffic, ADOT officials said.

• Westbound I-10 will be closed between Loop 202 and US 60 from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday for paving and a traffic shift. 

The westbound I-10 on-ramp at Wild Horse Pass Boulevard and the westbound US 60 off-ramps at McClintock Drive, Rural Road and Mill Avenue will be closed. Detour: Westbound I-10 traffic can detour on eastbound Loop 202 to northbound Loop 101 and westbound Loop 202. Note: Drivers, including fans going to Sunday’s Cardinals game also can consider using westbound/northbound Loop 202 to reach I-10 near 59th Avenue. Most ramp closures are scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Friday.

• Eastbound Loop 101 will be closed between 75th and 51st avenues in the northwest Valley from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for work zone set up and pavement removal to begin a widening project. 

Northbound Loop 101 on-ramps at Bell Road and Union Hills Drive will be closed. Traffic will detour along the eastbound Loop 101 Beardsley frontage road. Drivers also can consider exiting ahead of the closure and using local streets including Union Hills Drive to northbound 51st Avenue. 

• Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard will be closed in both directions at Loop 101from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work.

Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard traffic will not be able to cross under the freeway. Detour: Traffic can use the frontage roads and nearby cross streets (Raintree Drive for southbound traffic and Bell Road for northbound traffic) to travel around the closure.

• Arizona Avenue will be closed in both directions at Loop 202 from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvement project.

 The Loop 202 on- and off-ramps at Arizona Avenue will be open. Detour: Drivers can use local streets including McQueen Road to travel around the closure, according to ADOT. Note: Eastbound Loop 202 will be narrowed to two lanes between Cooper and Gilbert roads from 9 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday.

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