[Phoenix] ADOT News: Weekend Freeway Restrictions (Feb 8-11)

[David Allocco]

If you are going to the Change of Watch from Scottsdale, you may be interested in the freeway construction.
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From: Doug Nintzel 
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:50 PM
To: Doug Nintzel
Subject: ADOT News: Weekend Freeway Restrictions (Feb 8-11)

For Immediate Release: February 7, 2008

Contact: ADOT Media Relations

ADOT Media Line: 1.800.949.8057

 

Weekend freeway closures in Phoenix region; steer clear of restrictions
along Loop 101 in Scottsdale area 

 

Several freeway improvement projects will require closures or lane
restrictions in the Phoenix area this weekend.  The Arizona Department
of Transportation (ADOT) encourages drivers to consider alternate routes
or give themselves extra travel time while the following freeway
restrictions are in place:

 

*	Loop 101 closed in both directions between Scottsdale Road and
56th Street (in northeast Phoenix) from 1 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday
(Feb. 11) for girder installation at the new 64th Street interchange.
Traffic will detour along local streets, including Bell Road/Frank Lloyd
Wright Boulevard and the Greenway-Hayden Loop.  Drivers should consider
exiting the freeway well ahead of the closure to avoid traffic backups.

 

*	Northbound Loop 101 closed between Loop 202 (Red Mountain
Freeway) and McKellips Road from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday
(Feb. 11) for overhead sign structure work.  Both Loop 202 ramps to
northbound Loop 101 closed.  Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp at Broadway
Road closed.  Northbound Loop 101 traffic can exit at University Drive,
go north on frontage road to westbound Rio Salado Parkway, then north on
McClintock Drive and east on McKellips to return to freeway.  Drivers
also encouraged to use Loop 202 and State Route 51 as alternate freeway
routes.

 

*	Northbound Loop 101 narrowed to two lanes between Cactus Road
and Raintree Drive (in Scottsdale) from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday
(Feb. 11) for new merge lane construction.  Northbound Loop 101 on-ramp
at Cactus and off-ramp at Raintree Drive also closed.  Drivers are urged
to slow down and merge safely approaching the work zone.

 

*	Northbound Interstate 17 narrowed to one lane and the northbound
on- and off-ramps at Carefree Highway (SR 74) closed from 9 p.m. Sunday
to 5 a.m. Monday (Feb. 11) to open temporary construction detour using
new loop ramp.  The existing northbound I-17 off-ramp will be closed for
approximately one month starting Monday for reconstruction work.
Northbound freeway traffic will be able to exit onto Carefree Highway
via new loop ramp. Sunday night traffic will detour via the interchanges
at Happy Valley and Pioneer roads. 

 

*	Southbound I-17 narrowed to one lane and the southbound on- and
off-ramps at Carefree Highway (SR 74) closed from 9 p.m. Monday to 5
a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 12) to open temporary construction detour using new
loop ramp.  The existing southbound I-17 on-ramp will be closed for
approximately one month starting Tuesday for reconstruction work.
Carefree Highway traffic will temporarily access southbound I-17 via new
loop ramp. Monday night traffic will detour via the interchanges at
Happy Valley and Pioneer roads. 

 

*	Northbound I-17 closed at Thomas Road near the "Stack"
interchange from 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 10) for overhead
sign work.  I-10 ramps to northbound I-17 and northbound I-17 on-ramp at
McDowell Road closed.  Traffic will use local streets or northbound I-17
frontage road as detour routes.

 

For a complete list of freeway or highway restrictions across Arizona
visit ADOT's Travel Information site at www.az511.com
<http://www.az511.com/>  or call 5-1-1.

 

The Arizona Department of Transportation is coordinating freeway
improvements throughout the Valley.  These projects - which include new
freeways, additional lanes and interchanges, rubberized asphalt, new
landscaping and more - are included in the 20-year Regional
Transportation Plan for Maricopa County. More than $15 billion in
comprehensive, diverse transportation improvements are funded in the
plan through a voter-approved sales tax that became effective in January
2006. More information on ADOT's freeway portion of the Regional
Transportation Plan is available at www.azdot.gov/ValleyFreeways.

 

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