Work will restrict lanes on Phoenix-area freeways this weekend

Improvement projects will require lane restrictions along sections of Phoenix-area freeways this weekend (Oct. 17-20), according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Drivers are encouraged to allow extra travel time or consider alternate routes while these scheduled restrictions are in place:

Eastbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) narrowed to one lane between Val Vista Drive and Power Road in Mesa from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 18) for bridge work. Eastbound US 60 on-ramp at Higley Road closed.
DETOUR: Please consider alternate routes or allow extra travel time. Consider using eastbound US 60 on-ramp at Power Road while on-ramp at Higley Road is closed.

Westbound Interstate 10 narrowed to one lane between Citrus Road and Jackrabbit Trail and eastbound I-10 narrowed to one lane between State Route 85 and Citrus Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 19) for paving and lane striping. I-10 on- and off-ramps in the area also closed at times to allow for paving. I-10 ramps to and from SR 85 closed at times.
DETOUR: Please consider alternate routes and allow extra travel time. Use ramps at adjacent interchanges when other ramps are closed to allow for paving.

Westbound Interstate 10 narrowed to three lanes near the I-17 “Stack” interchange and 27th Avenue from 10 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 18) for resurfacing. Both I-17 ramps to westbound I-10 closed.
DETOUR: Please allow extra travel time and be prepared to slow down and merge safely in work zone.

Westbound Interstate 10 narrowed to one lane between Queen Creek Road and Wild Horse Pass Boulevard in the Chandler area from 9 p.m. Friday to 8:30 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 18) and from 8 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday (Oct. 19) for resurfacing and lane striping. Westbound I-10 on-ramp at Queen Creek Road closed Friday night.
DETOUR: Allow extra travel time. Consider using westbound I-10 on-ramps at Riggs Road or Wild Horse Pass Boulevard while ramp at Queen Creek Road is closed.

Northbound Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) closed overnight at Bell Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 18) for traffic-flow equipment installation. Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Thunderbird Road closed.
DETOUR: Freeway traffic exiting at Bell Road can detour to northbound 75th or 91st avenues and use Union Hills Drive to reconnect with Loop 101.

Southbound State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway) closed overnight between McDowell Road and Interstate 10 near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport International Airport from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 18) for overhead sign work. Loop 202 ramps to southbound SR 143 closed.
DETOUR: Alternate routes include southbound Priest Drive in Tempe area. Consider using Sky Harbor Airport’s west end entrance or exit during overnight restrictions.

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