PHOENIX — Freeway improvement projects will force closures in the Valley for the first weekend of Nov. 3-6, 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.
Eastbound I-10 closed between the I-17 “Stack” interchange (near 35th Avenue) and Seventh Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Sunday (Nov. 5) for bridge inspections and tunnel maintenance.
Detour:
- Eastbound I-10 traffic can detour to southbound I-17 and connect with I-10 at the “Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport.
Ramp closures:
- Both I-17 ramps to eastbound I-10 closed.
Northbound I-17 closed between Dunlap Avenue and Union Hills Drive from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Nov. 6) for APS powerline work and Valley Metro’s light rail bridge project.
Detours:
- Drivers can consider using northbound SR 51 to westbound Loop 101 as an alternate freeway route to travel beyond closure.
- Local detour routes include exiting ahead of the closure and using northbound 19th or 35th avenues to travel beyond closure.
Ramp closures:
- Northbound I-17 on-ramps at Bethany Home Road, Glendale Avenue and Northern Avenue closed.
Southbound I-17 closed between Loop 101 and Bell Road in north Phoenix from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Nov. 6) for APS powerline work.
Detours:
- Drivers can consider using eastbound Loop 101 to southbound SR 51 as an alternate freeway route to the downtown Phoenix/Sky Harbor Airport area.
- Local detour routes include exiting ahead of the closure and using southbound 19th or 35th avenues to travel beyond closure.
Ramp closures:
- Southbound I-17 on-ramp at Rose Garden Lane and both Loop 101 ramps to southbound I-17 closed.
Priest Drive closed in both directions overnight at US 60 (Superstition Freeway) from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 4) for construction.
Detours:
- Consider using Mill Avenue.
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