PHOENIX — Valley freeway improvement projects will force closures during the Veterans Day holiday weekend Nov. 10-16, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Drivers should plan detour routes and factor in extra travel time while the freeway closures are in place.
Westbound I-10 closed between Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue north of downtown Phoenix from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Sunday (Nov. 12) for scheduled bridge inspection work at the I-10 tunnel.
Detours:
- Consider using northbound I-17 starting at the “Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport to reach I-10 beyond the closure.
- Drivers exiting westbound I-10 at Seventh Street can use westbound McDowell Road or Van Buren Street to Seventh Avenue.
Ramp closures:
- Southbound SR 51 and westbound Loop 202 ramps to westbound I-10 at the “Mini-Stack” interchange closed.
- Westbound I-10 on-ramp at 16th Street closed.
- Westbound Loop 202 on-ramps at 32nd and 24th streets closed.
Southbound I-17 closed between Peoria and Dunlap avenues from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 12) for Valley Metro’s light rail bridge construction project.
Detours:
- Loop 101 to southbound State Route 51 is an alternate freeway route to the Sky Harbor Airport area.
- Southbound I-17 drivers also can consider exiting ahead of the closure and using southbound 19th or 35th avenues to travel beyond closure.
Ramp Closures:
- Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Greenway, Thunderbird and Cactus roads closed.
- Southbound I-17 frontage road closed between Peoria and Dunlap avenues
Westbound I-10 ramp to northbound SR 143 (Hohokam Expressway) closed from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 12) for the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
Detours:
- Consider alternate routes including westbound I-10 to eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) to reach southbound SR 143.
- Sky Harbor Airport access: Consider exiting westbound I-10 to northbound 24th Street or eastbound Buckeye Road to enter the airport from the west.
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