I-10 closure near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to burden drivers this weekend

PHOENIX — Work on the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement project will close a portion of the highway near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this weekend.

Eastbound I-10 will be closed between the State Route 51 Mini-Stack interchange and the U.S. 60 Superstition Freeway from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday for bridge construction and other work related to the project, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.

The southbound State Route 51 and westbound Loop 202 ramps to eastbound I-10 at the Mini-Stack, the southbound State Route 143 ramp to eastbound I-10 and the southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street are all set to be closed for the project.

A stretch of EB I-10 near downtown and Sky Harbor Airport will be closed this weekend (June 24-27):

🚧 I-10 EB closed between SR 51 (Mini-Stack interchange) and US 60.

Full details of the Weekend Freeway Travel Advisory: https://t.co/83R7c6p41v pic.twitter.com/zr6mIo1A81

— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 24, 2022

In the East Valley, the eastbound State Route 24 Gateway Freeway will be closed between the Loop 202 Santan Freeway and Ellsworth Road from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for pavement maintenance.

The east- and westbound Loop 202 ramps to eastbound State Route 24 will also be closed, ADOT said.

In the West Valley, the eastbound I-10 off-ramp and eastbound on-ramp at Watson Road in Buckeye are scheduled to be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for utility work.

ADOT advises drivers to expect restrictions on Watson Road at I-10.

In north Phoenix, eastbound Greenway Road will be closed for two weeks near Interstate 17 between 29th Avenue and 25th Drive from 9 p.m. Friday until July 8 for work on a regional drainage system project.

Drivers should expect I-17 on- and off-ramp closures at Greenway Road, ADOT said.

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