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WEEKEND TRAVEL

Post-holiday freeway work blankets the Valley

Posted 1/6/23

Freeway improvement projects are back from a holiday break this weekend with several closures and lane restrictions planned by state transportation officials.

The Arizona Department of …

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WEEKEND TRAVEL

Post-holiday freeway work blankets the Valley

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Freeway improvement projects are back from a holiday break this weekend with several closures and lane restrictions planned by state transportation officials.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers to allow extra time and plan alternate routes for the following projects from Friday, Jan. 6, until Monday, Jan. 9:

  • Southbound Interstate 17 will be closed between Greenway Road and Northern Avenue in north Phoenix from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a pavement improvement project.

 Both Loop 101 ramps to southbound will be I-17 closed. Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Deer Valley Road/Rose Garden Lane, Union Hills Drive and Bell Road also will be closed. Detour: Consider using eastbound Loop 101 to southbound SR 51 as an alternate freeway route to downtown Phoenix. Southbound I-17 drivers also can consider exiting ahead of the closure and using southbound 19th or 35th avenues to travel beyond the closure. Note: Sections of the southbound I-17 frontage road are scheduled to be closed this weekend in areas between Union Hills Drive and Dunlap Avenue.

  • Eastbound US 60 will be closed between Loop 101 and Dobson Road in Mesa from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a pavement improvement project.

 All northbound and southbound Loop 101 ramps to eastbound and westbound US 60 will be closed. Detour: Consider using eastbound Loop 202 as alternate routes. Eastbound US 60 drivers can consider exiting ahead of the closure and using eastbound Baseline Road or Southern Avenue to travel beyond the closure.

  • Westbound Loop 303 will be closed between I-17 and Lake Pleasant Parkway from 4 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Sunday for new interchange construction. 

I-17 off-ramps at Loop 303 will be restricted with access limited to using Sonoran Desert Drive (east of I-17). I-17 on-ramps at Loop 303 will remain open. Detour: Alternate routes include westbound SR 74 to southbound Lake Pleasant Parkway to enter Loop 303 beyond the closure.

  • Interstate 10 will be narrowed to two lanes in both directions at 48th Street/SR 143 from 3 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday for bridge construction as part of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.

 Detour: Consider alternate routes, including Loop 202 or Loop 202. Note: Southbound SR 143 ramp to westbound I-10 will be closed overnight from 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday. Consider detouring on westbound University Drive to 32nd Street. Also: Westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 closed from 3 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday.

  • Eastbound Interstate 10 off- and on-ramps at Watson Road in Buckeye will be closed for approximately one month from 9 p.m. Friday until early February for work as part of interchange reconstruction. 

Detour: Drivers can consider traveling to other nearby I-10 interchanges (including Miller Road or Verrado Way) as part of alternate routes.