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<p>Three Phoenix-area freeway corridors will be closed or restricted this Memorial Day weekend as the Arizona Department of Transportation advances pavement and interchange improvement projects, according to an <a href="https://az511.gov/List/Alerts#adot-s-weekend-freeway-travel-advisory-may-29-june-1">ADOT public alert on AZ511.gov</a>.</p> <p>Southbound State Route 51 closes between Indian School Road and Interstate 10 from 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, June 1, for a pavement improvement project. On-ramps at Glendale Avenue, Bethany Home Road and Highland Avenue will also be closed. ADOT recommends southbound Seventh Street or 24th Street as surface detours, or southbound I-17 as an alternate freeway route to <a href="/entity/downtown/">downtown</a> Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport.</p> <p>Northbound Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) closes between the I-10 interchange and Indian School Road for the same Friday-to-Monday window as part of the Loop 101/I-10 interchange improvement project. ADOT suggests northbound 91st or 99th avenues to reach Loop 101 via Indian School Road, or northbound I-17 to westbound Loop 101 for travelers heading to the Northwest Valley.</p> <p>Eastbound Loop 303 closes overnight between 43rd Avenue and I-17 from 9 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday and again from 9 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday as part of the Loop 303 widening and interchange project. Those overnight closures continue nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Monday evening through Saturday morning, June 1-6. The detour routes drivers north on 43rd Avenue to eastbound Dove Valley Road to reach I-17. Separately, northbound I-17 narrows to three lanes between Dixileta Drive and Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive from 4:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.</p> <p>State Route 347 at Riggs Road faces intermittent closures of up to 15 minutes at a time from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday for utility and traffic signal work ahead of the SR 347 Improvement Project beginning this summer.</p> <p>Real-time conditions are available at <a href="https://az511.gov/List/Alerts">AZ511.gov</a>, the AZ511 app, or by calling 511.</p>

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