Highlights
- Southbound SR 51 closes between Northern Avenue and Highland Avenue from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvements.
- Southbound Loop 101 shuts between Indian School Road and I-10 in the West Valley for the start of a new interchange improvement project.
- Eastbound and westbound I-10 face separate overnight tunnel maintenance closures near the Deck Park Tunnel Saturday and Sunday.
- Loop 202 and Loop 303 also see lane restrictions and ramp closures through the weekend.
ROAD CLOSURE: The Arizona Department of Transportation is warning Phoenix-area drivers to plan ahead for closures and lane restrictions on Interstate 10, State Route 51, Loop 101, Loop 202 and Loop 303 from Friday night through Monday morning, according to KTAR's David Iversen.
Southbound SR 51 will be closed between Northern Avenue and Highland Avenue, south of Camelback Road, from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement improvements. ADOT says drivers can use southbound Interstate 17 as an alternate freeway route, or exit at Northern Avenue and take southbound 16th Street to eastbound Highland Avenue or Indian School Road to return to the freeway.
In the West Valley, southbound Loop 101, the Agua Fria Freeway, will be closed between Indian School Road and I-10 from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for the start of the Loop 101 and I-10 interchange improvement project. On-ramps at Cardinals Way and Camelback Road will also close; southbound 91st Avenue or 99th Avenue are the suggested alternates to reach I-10. Separately, the Pima Freeway section of Loop 101 will narrow to two lanes in both directions between Shea Boulevard and Princess Drive from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for pavement repairs.
Near the Deck Park Tunnel, eastbound I-10 will close between the I-17 Stack interchange and SR 51 from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday for tunnel maintenance; the suggested detour runs southbound on I-17 and reconnects near Sky Harbor Airport. Westbound I-10 closes between the I-17 split interchange and Seventh Avenue from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday for a second round of tunnel maintenance.
On Loop 202, sections of the eastbound Santan Freeway narrow to two lanes between Arizona Avenue and McQueen Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Saturday for a widening project, with the on-ramp at Arizona Avenue and Lindsay Road ramps in both directions also closing through 5 a.m. Monday. Eastbound Loop 303 closes between 43rd Avenue and I-17 from 9 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday; drivers can detour via northbound 43rd Avenue to eastbound Dove Valley Road.
All closures are scheduled through Monday morning, May 18.
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