Monday, March 9, 2009
Freeway improvement work will require several closures in the Phoenix area this weekend (March 6-9), including restrictions along sections of Loop 101 in the East Valley. The Arizona Department of Transportation recommends drivers allow extra travel time and try to use alternate routes while the following freeway closures or lane restrictions are in place:
Southbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) closed between Rio Salado Parkway and Guadalupe Road from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 9) for carpool lane construction. Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and US 60 ramps to southbound Loop 101 also closed. Southbound Loop 101 on-ramps between Thomas Road and McKellips Drive also closed. DETOUR: Traffic will use southbound Loop 101 frontage road. Drivers encouraged to avoid traffic backups by using alternate routes.
Northbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) closed between Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) and Warner Road from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 9) for carpool lane construction. DETOUR: Traffic will use northbound Loop 101 frontage road. Drivers encouraged to avoid traffic backups by using alternate routes.
Northbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) closed between Shea Boulevard and Cactus Road from 10 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. Sunday (March 8) for sign structure work. Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at 90th Street closed. DETOUR: Northbound Loop 101 traffic will go west on Shea Boulevard, north on Hayden and east on Cactus Road to re-enter freeway. Consider alternate routes.
State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway) closed in both directions between McDowell Road and Washington Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday (March 8) for widening work. Eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) also narrowed to two lanes near the SR 143 junction. DETOUR: SR 143 traffic should be prepared to use 44th Street as alternate route.
Westbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) right two lanes closed between McClintock Drive and Priest Drive from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 9) for freeway widening. Westbound ramps also closed in work zone. DETOUR: Please slow down and be prepared to merge safely in work zone.
Southbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) off-ramp at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 9) for freeway technology work. Southbound frontage road also closed between Princess Drive and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Northbound Loop 101 off-ramp at Raintree Drive closed from 11 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday (March 8) for widening work. DETOUR: Use ramps at adjacent interchanges.
Loop 303 closed in both directions between Grand Avenue and Happy Valley Parkway from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 9) for construction bypass set up at future Happy Valley Parkway interchange. DETOUR: Use Grand Avenue, Bell Road and 99th Avenue as primary detour routes.
Eastbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) closed between Tatum Boulevard and 56th Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday (March 7) for overhead sign work. DETOUR: Traffic will detour to eastbound Mayo Boulevard and use 56th Street to return to freeway. For a complete list of highway and freeway restrictions across Arizona visit ADOT's Travel Information site at http://www.az511.gov/ or call 5-1-1.
ADOT plans and constructs new freeways, additional lanes and other major improvements as part of the 20-year Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Maricopa County region. The primary funding source is a half-cent sales tax approved by county voters in 2004. More information about ADOT projects and the RTP is available at www.ValleyFreeways.com.
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