Improvement projects will require a few closures along Phoenix-area freeways this weekend (Jan. 26-29), according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Drivers should consider using alternate routes if necessary while the following freeway or ramp restrictions are in place:
Eastbound I-10 closed between I-17 (“Stack” interchange) and SR 51 (“Mini-Stack” interchange) from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 27) for scheduled tunnel maintenance. North- and southbound I-17 ramps to eastbound I-10 closed. Primary Detour: Eastbound I-10 traffic can detour to southbound I-17 at the Stack interchange and reconnect with I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport.
Westbound I-10 closed between I-17 (“Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport) and Seventh Avenue from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 28) for scheduled tunnel maintenance. Southbound SR 51 ramp to westbound I-10 closed. Westbound Loop 202 ramp to I-10 westbound will remain open but traffic must exit I-10 at Seventh Street. The westbound Sky Harbor Boulevard ramp to westbound I-10 (leaving airport) will remain open but traffic will need to exit to northbound SR 51 or eastbound Loop 202. Westbound I-10 on-ramp at Washington Street also limited to traveling to northbound SR 51 or eastbound Loop 202. Southbound I-17 ramp to westbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport closed. Primary Detour: Westbound I-10 traffic approaching the closure can use northbound I-17 to connect with I-10 at the Stack interchange (north of Van Buren Street).
Southbound State Route 143 ramp to eastbound I-10 and the eastbound I-10 on-ramp at Broadway Road closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday (Jan. 29) for the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. Broadway Road also closed between 48th and 52nd streets. I-10 connector ramp between 48th Street and Broadway Road closed. Detours: Use alternate routes to connect with eastbound I-10. Note: Westbound US 60 HOV ramp to westbound I-10 also closed this weekend (traffic will use the primary US 60 ramp to westbound I-10). Visit i10BroadwayCurve.com for information about detours while Broadway Road is closed near I-10.
Eastbound I-10 narrowed to three lanes overnight between 24th and 32nd streets near Sky Harbor Airport from 8 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday (Jan. 29) for bridge work. Please use caution and be prepared to slow down and merge safely when approaching and traveling through all work zones. Note: Eastbound I-10 off-ramp at Ray Road closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 27) for construction. Consider exiting at Chandler Boulevard.
