Construction to close ramp at Interstate 10 and State Route 85 in Buckeye

PHOENIX — Repairs to on- and off-ramps connecting Interstate 10 and State Route 85 will cause a nearly three-week road closure in Buckeye beginning on Sunday.

Construction workers will be fitting the eastbound I-10 to southbound SR 85 ramp with new lanes and will be doing the same in the other direction from northbound SR 85 to westbound I-10.

The Arizona Department of Transportation suggests drivers use Broadway Road and Miller Road as detours to circumnavigate the closures, which are scheduled to reopen on Sept. 30.

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Closures of two I-10/SR 85 ramps in Buckeye start Sunday night, Sept. 11.

𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐-10 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵

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— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) September 10, 2022

Miller Road is located just two miles east of the ramp, while Broadway Road is a mile and a half south.

The construction site is on the west end of an ongoing project to widen I-10 from two to three lanes between Verrado Way west to SR 85.

That project, which cost $82 million and began in July 2021, is scheduled to finish in the summer of 2023.

There will also be overnight closures in the area at the westbound I-10 off-ramp at Watson Road through Friday.

Freeway construction through ADOT is partially funded by a sales tax approved by Maricopa County voters in Proposition 400, which was voted on in 2004.

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