PHOENIX — There will be multiple road closures and lane restrictions on Valley freeways this weekend, so be sure to check before you head out.
There will be road closures on portions of I-17 and Loop 101. Lane restrictions will be in place on I-10 and US 60.
See below for more details on each closure.
- Southbound I-17 will be closed between Loop 303 and Happy Valley Road from 10pm Friday until 5am Monday (July 29th). Due to pavement improvement work. Southbound I-17 ramps are closed at State Route 74/Carefree Highway and Dove Valley Road. Please allow extra travel time. Major Detours: Traffic will detour onto westbound Loop 303 to southbound Lake Pleasant Parkway and eastbound Happy Valley Road. Caution: Consider early morning or late evening travel. Avoid detours on roads east of I-17 designed for local traffic.
- Northbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) will be closed between US 60 (Superstition Freeway) and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) in Tempe from 9pm Friday through 5am Monday (July 29th). for lane realignment. On-ramps to northbound Loop 101 at Warner, Elliott and Guadalupe roads are also closed. Please allow extra travel time. Detours: To reach Loop 202 near Sky Harbor Airport, consider taking westbound US 60 to westbound I-10 to northbound State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway). Local alternate routes include northbound McClintock Drive or Dobson Road.
- From 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday (July 29), eastbound I-10 will be reduced to two lanes between 24th Street and Broadway Road near Sky Harbor Airport. Due to bridge construction, the ramp from southbound I-17 to eastbound I-10 is closed. Eastbound I-10 is also narrowed to three lanes near US 60. The 24th Street ramp is closed for eastbound I-10 (consider using the 32nd Street eastbound ramp). Detours: To allow extra travel time and reach I-10 past the weekend restrictions, consider alternate routes such as eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) to southbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) and westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) at Chandler. Note: Southbound/eastbound Loop 202 (South Mountain Freeway) is another alternate freeway route. For more information, visit: Source.
- The westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) on-ramp to the eastbound I-10 on-ramp in Tempe will be closed from 10pm Friday until 4am Monday (July 29th). The westbound I-10 ramp to the eastbound US 60 ramp is also closed due to work on the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. The westbound US 60 HOV ramp to the westbound I-10 ramp is also closed. Detours: Westbound US drivers should consider using the main ramp to westbound I-10 and exiting at 40th Street to get onto eastbound I-10. NOTE: The eastbound I-10 off-ramp is closed at Baseline Road (consider exiting at Elliott Road). The westbound I-10 on-ramp is closed at Baseline Road (consider using westbound Broadway Road from northbound Priest Drive to get onto westbound I-10). For more information, visit: Source.