The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), is alerting drivers that eastbound I-10 will be closed near Sky Harbor Airport this weekend, March 28-31, in addition to other planned restrictions. Drivers should allow extra travel time and plan on using detour routes as needed while the following weekend restrictions are in place:
- Eastbound I-10 closed between the State Route 51 “Mini-Stack” interchange and US 60 (Superstition Freeway) from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday (March 31) for a traffic shift as part of the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. Eastbound I-10 on-ramps between Third Street (downtown Phoenix) and Baseline Road closed (including the southbound SR 51 ramp to eastbound I-10). Southbound I-17 connection to eastbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport closed. Southbound SR 143 ramps to eastbound I-10 closed. Note: Some ramp closures start at 8 p.m. Friday. Allow extra travel time. Primary
- Detour: Eastbound I-10 traffic approaching the closure will detour to eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and can use southbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) in Tempe to either westbound US 60 or westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway). I-10 drivers also can avoid the closure by detouring on southbound/eastbound Loop 202 (South Mountain Freeway) to reach I-10 near Chandler Boulevard. Note: Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday (March 31).
- Westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) closed between Alma School and Dobson roads from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to noon Sunday (March 30) for message sign removal (widening project). Eastbound Loop 202 HOV lane closed between Dobson and Alma School roads. Westbound Loop 202
- Detour: Consider exiting ahead of the closure and using Germann or Pecos roads as alternate routes to travel beyond closure.
Click on the Weekend Travel Advisory map graphic or visit the ADOT website for a complete listing of restrictions for this weekend.
