Highlights
- US 60 closes in both directions between mileposts 227 and 243 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
- The detour via State Routes 177 and 77 through Winkelman stretches 75 miles and includes steep 10% grades.
- The same closure window is tentatively scheduled to repeat June 9-11 as the $44.7 million project continues.
- Local traffic is permitted between mileposts 231 and 243 during closures.
US 60 is closing in both directions between Superior and Miami, mileposts 227 to 243, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Local traffic will be permitted between mileposts 231 and 243 during the closure windows.
Drivers who need to travel the full corridor face a detour of approximately 75 miles through Winkelman via State Routes 177 and 77. ADOT warns the reroute includes steep 10% grades and adds roughly an hour to a trip that normally takes about 20 minutes between the two towns, which sit 17 miles apart.
The same full-closure schedule is tentatively set to repeat June 9-11. KTAR and the Gila Herald both confirmed the closure details.
The work is part of a $44.7 million bridge replacement project that reached the halfway point in April. Crews are replacing aging structures over Queen Creek and Waterfall Canyon, about an hour east of Phoenix.
The next tentative closure window runs June 9-11, same hours.
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- ktar.com retrieved 02/06/2026 15:36
- gilaherald.com retrieved 02/06/2026 15:36
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