Weekend Road Closures Announced
March 19 To March 22
UPDATED: 12:16 pm MST March 19,
2010
PHOENIX -- A section of westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) in Tempe will be closed this weekend as crews move closer to completing a project to add new lanes along the freeway.The Arizona Department of Transportation recommends drivers use alternate routes and allow extra travel time while the following weekend restrictions are in place:
- Westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) closed between Loop 101 and I-10 in Tempe from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 22) for freeway widening work, including rubberized asphalt paving. The westbound US 60 on-ramps at Alma School and Dobson roads, approaching the section of closed freeway, also will be closed to traffic. DETOUR: Use the westbound Loop 202 Red Mountain or Santan freeways as alternate routes this weekend. Westbound US 60 traffic will be detoured to Loop 101.
- Eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) narrowed to two lanes between 24th and 32nd streets from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 22) for new lane construction. Westbound Loop 202 narrowed to two lanes between Van Buren and 52nd streets from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 22) for sound wall work. DETOUR: Please slow down and merge safely in work zones.
- The ramps from southbound State Route 51 and westbound I-10 to eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 22) for new lane construction. DETOUR: Use alternate routes, including eastbound McDowell Road to southbound 32nd Street, to travel beyond the freeway-to-freeway ramp closures.
- Westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) on-ramp at Scottsdale Road in Tempe closed from 10 a.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 22) for interchange expansion work. Please note that the ramp closure starts after Friday morning’s rush hour and continues through the weekend. DETOUR: Consider using westbound on-ramp at McClintock Drive.
- Eastbound Interstate 10 closed overnight between Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (March 21) for Deck Park Tunnel maintenance. DETOUR: Consider using southbound I-17 starting at “Stack” interchange to the I-10 junction near Sky Harbor International Airport to bypass overnight closure.
- Northbound Interstate 17 narrowed to one lane between Anthem Way and New River Road from 8 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (March 21) and from 8 p.m. to midnight Sunday (March 21) for pavement repair. DETOUR: Please slow down and merge safely in the work zone.
- Interstate 10 narrowed to one lane in both directions between Jackrabbit Trail and Cotton Lane in the West Valley from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 11:30 a.m. Saturday (March 20) and from 10 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday (March 21) for new lane construction. DETOUR: Please slow down and merge safely in the work zones.
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