AZ Weekend Closures & Restrictions on Valley Freeways
Source: ADOT, Arizona Department of Transportation
Feb 8, 2008 - 11:27:45 AM
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February 7, 2008
Several freeway improvement projects will require closures or lane restrictions in the Phoenix area this weekend. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) encourages drivers to consider alternate routes or give themselves extra travel time while the following freeway restrictions are in place:
- Loop 101 closed in both directions between Scottsdale Road and 56th Street (in northeast Phoenix) from 1 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday (February 11) for girder installation at the new 64th Street interchange. Traffic will detour along local streets, including Bell Road/Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and the Greenway-Hayden Loop. Drivers should consider exiting the freeway well ahead of the closure to avoid traffic backups.
- Northbound Loop 101 closed between Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and McKellips Road from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (February 11) for overhead sign structure work. Both Loop 202 ramps to northbound Loop 101 closed. Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Broadway Road closed. Northbound Loop 101 traffic can exit at University Drive, go north on frontage road to westbound Rio Salado Parkway, then north on McClintock Drive and east on McKellips to return to freeway. #006a5b
- Northbound Loop 101 narrowed to two lanes between Cactus Road and Raintree Drive (in Scottsdale) from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (February 11) for new merge lane construction. Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Cactus and off-ramp at Raintree Drive also closed. Drivers are urged to slow down and merge safely approaching the work zone.
- Northbound Interstate 17 narrowed to one lane and the northbound on- and off-ramps at Carefree Highway (SR 74) closed from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday (February 11) to open temporary construction detour using new loop ramp. The existing northbound I-17 off-ramp will be closed for approximately one month starting Monday for reconstruction work. Northbound freeway traffic will be able to exit onto Carefree Highway via new loop ramp. Sunday night traffic will detour via the interchanges at Happy Valley and Pioneer roads.
- Southbound I-17 narrowed to one lane and the southbound on- and off-ramps at Carefree Highway (SR 74) closed from 9 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday (February 12) to open temporary construction detour using new loop ramp. The existing southbound I-17 on-ramp will be closed for approximately one month starting Tuesday for reconstruction work. Carefree Highway traffic will temporarily access southbound I-17 via new loop ramp. Monday night traffic will detour via the interchanges at Happy Valley and Pioneer roads.
- Northbound I-17 closed at Thomas Road near the “Stack” interchange from 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday (February 10) for overhead sign work. I-10 ramps to northbound I-17 and northbound I-17 on-ramp at McDowell Road closed. Traffic will use local streets or northbound I-17 frontage road as detour routes.
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