Three freeways will have closures this weekend due to improvement projects, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. There will also be lane restrictions on other Valley freeways.
Here's ADOT's Weekend Freeway Travel Advisory:
- Southbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) closed between US 60 (Superstition Freeway) and Warner Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (May 11) for diamond grinding to smooth pavement. Both US 60 ramps to southbound Loop 101 closed. DETOUR: Southbound Loop 101 traffic can exit at Southern Avenue and use southbound Price frontage road. Alternate routes include southbound McClintock Drive or Dobson Road.
- Southbound Loop 202 (South Mountain Freeway) closed between Interstate 10 and Lower Buckeye Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (May 11) for rubberized asphalt paving. All I-10 ramps to southbound Loop 202 closed. DETOUR: Alternate routes include eastbound I-10 in Phoenix. Consider using southbound 51st or 67th avenues to Lower Buckeye Road to reach southbound Loop 202.
- Southbound Loop 303 closed at El Mirage Road from 9 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday (May 9) for installation of traffic flow sensors as part of freeway technology project. DETOUR: Traffic can use southbound El Mirage Road to westbound Bell Road to reach southbound Loop 303.
- Eastbound Interstate 10 narrowed to two lanes between Dysart Road and Avondale Boulevard from 7 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (May 11) for rubberized asphalt paving. Westbound I-10 narrowed to three lanes between Avondale Boulevard and Dysart Road from 7 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday (May 11) for resurfacing. Plan for closures of on- and off-ramps between Dysart Road and Avondale Boulevard. DETOUR: Plan ahead to detour to other nearby on- or off-ramps. Please allow extra travel time and use caution in work zones.
- Eastbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) narrowed to two lanes between Cave Creek Road and State Route 51 from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (May 11) for widening project. Eastbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Cave Creek Road closed. Hayden Road also closed in both directions at Loop 101 (alternate routes include Scottsdale Road). DETOUR: Allow extra travel time and use caution in work zone. Note: Eastbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Seventh Street closed until mid-July starting at 8 p.m. Sunday (May 10) for reconstruction.
- Interstate 17 narrowed to one or two lanes in either direction overnight near Pinnacle Peak Road from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights (May 10-14) for interchange reconstruction. DETOUR: Please allow extra travel time. Alternate routes include 19th Avenue.
Have a safe and wonderful weekend. Also, Happy Mother's Day!
