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Weekend restrictions resume with closures on 4 metro Phoenix freeways

May 29, 2020, 4:45 AM | Updated: 1:26 pm

(Flickr Photo/ADOT)...

(Flickr Photo/ADOT)

(Flickr Photo/ADOT)

PHOENIX — After a weekend off for the Memorial Day holiday, weekend restrictions will resume with closures on four metro Phoenix freeways, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

In the East Valley, the southbound Loop 101 Price Freeway will be closed between Elliot Road and the Loop 202 Santan Freeway from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for a pavement improvement project.

The Loop 101 northbound on ramp at Warner Road and the off ramp at Ray Road will also be closed from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday for a widening project.

In central Phoenix, northbound Interstate 17 will be closed from the Interstate 10 “Split” interchange and Seventh Avenue and southbound I-17 will be closed at Seventh Avenue from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for bridge work.

Both I-10 ramps to I-17 southbound at the “Stack” interchange will also be closed during this time.

In the West Valley, the southbound Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway will be closed between Baseline Road and Estrella Drive from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for asphalt paving.

Also in the West Valley, the I-10 westbound ramp to southbound Loop 202 will be closed for a construction project from 1 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.

In the northwest Valley, installation of an electronic message sign and traffic flow sensors will close northbound Loop 303 between Waddell and Greenway roads from 10 p.m. Friday to noon on Saturday.|

The southbound Loop 303 between Cactus Road and Peoria Avenue will also be closed from 10 p.m. Saturday to noon on Sunday for the installation of an electronic message sign and traffic flow sensors.

Back in central Phoenix, northbound State Route 51 will be narrowed to three lanes between Camelback and Bethany Home roads for utility work from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

The right lane of SR 51 southbound will also be closed during this time, along with the northbound on-ramp at Colter Street, the southbound off-ramp at Colter Street and the on-ramp at Bethany Home Road.

In the North Valley, a drainage project will close the I-17 northbound on ramp at Greenway Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Eastbound Greenway Road between 35th Avenue and I-17 will also be closed during this time.

Further north, the Loop 101 ramps at 59th Avenue will be closed for traffic signal work from 5 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday.

Also, 59th Avenue will be closed in both directions at the Loop 101 during this time.

Finally, I-17 near Pinnacle Peak and Happy Valley roads will be narrowed to one or two lanes in either direction for interchange reconstruction from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday.

The same construction will resume from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m Sunday through Thursday nights.

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Weekend restrictions resume with closures on 4 metro Phoenix freeways