PHOENIX — Drivers across metro Phoenix face full freeway closures on SR 51, Interstate 10, Loop 202 and Loop 303 this weekend, according to a release from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Southbound SR 51 will close between Northern and Highland avenues from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday for pavement work, ADOT said. Southbound on-ramps from 32nd Street to Bethany Home Road will also be closed. ADOT suggested southbound 16th Street to Highland Avenue or Indian School Road as a detour.
In the West Valley, westbound I-10 will close between Loop 303 and Verrado Way during the same hours for the freeway widening project. Westbound on-ramps from Loop 303 to Jackrabbit Trail will close, and drivers can use westbound Yuma Road to get back on I-10, the agency said.
In the East Valley, westbound Loop 202 Santan Freeway will close between Williams Field and Gilbert roads from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for widening work, with on-ramps from Higley to Lindsay roads also closed.
Eastbound Loop 303 will close between 43rd Avenue and I-17 from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a bridge project, and westbound Loop 303 will be narrowed to one lane in that stretch. Northbound I-17 will be cut to two lanes between Loop 101 and Pinnacle Peak Road, and the Loop 101 ramps to I-17 will be closed, ADOT said.
In an updated release early Friday, ADOT said two pavement projects planned on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway between SR 143 and Loop 101 had been canceled. Northbound SR 347 will also be restricted to one lane between the city of Maricopa and Casa Blanca Road from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday.
ADOT said schedules can change because of weather. Real-time conditions are available at az511.gov, on the AZ511 app or by calling 511.
Sources: Arizona Department of Transportation news releases. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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