The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) announced that freeway improvement projects will require closures or lane restrictions to three metro Phoenix freeways this weekend March 20-23. Drivers should allow extra travel time and use detour routes as needed while the following freeway restrictions are in place:
- Southbound State Route 51 closed between Northern and Highland avenues in Phoenix from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 23) for asphalt removal as part of pavement improvement project. Southbound SR 51 on-ramps at 32nd Street and 26th Street also closed.
- Detour: Consider using southbound I-17 as an alternate freeway route to downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport. Drivers exiting southbound SR 51 at Northern Avenue should expect delays. Traffic will detour south on 16th Street and drivers can access SR 51 via Highland Avenue or Indian School Road.
- Eastbound Loop 303 ramp to southbound Interstate 17 closed from 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday (March 21) in north Phoenix for work zone setup as part of Loop 303 widening project. Also: Southbound I-17 narrowed to two lanes between Dove Valley Road and Dixileta Drive.
- Detour for ramp closure: Eastbound Loop 303 traffic can use northbound 43rd Avenue and travel east on Dove Valley Road to access southbound I-17. Westbound Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive traffic can use the northbound I-17 frontage road to Dove Valley Road to access southbound I-17.
Restriction schedules are subject to change due to inclement weather or other factors.
Click on the Weekend Travel Advisory map graphic or visit the ADOT website for additional information.
