Interstate 10 to be closed from SR 51 to US 60 this weekend for roadwork

Travel from Maricopa to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, downtown Phoenix and other areas will be restricted this weekend due to closure of Interstate 10 from State Route 51 to U.S. 60, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The agency advises motorists to allow extra travel time and plan to use detours if they are traveling on I-10 in the East Valley and near Sky Harbor. Eastbound I-10 will be closed from SR 51 to U.S. 60 from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday as crews continue bridge work as part of the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. 

During this closure, the following ramps will be closed:

• Eastbound I-10 on-ramps at Third, Seventh and Jefferson streets, Buckeye Road, 24th, 32nd and 40th streets.
• Southbound SR 143 ramp onto eastbound I-10.
• Southbound I-17 on-ramps at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street.
• Southbound I-17 ramp onto eastbound I-10.
• Westbound Loop 202/Red Mountain Freeway ramp onto eastbound I-10.
• Southbound SR 51 on-ramp at McDowell Road.
• Southbound SR 51 ramp onto eastbound I-10.
• High-occupancy vehicle ramp from eastbound I-10 to the eastbound Loop 202/Red Mountain Freeway.

ADOT recommends that travelers use eastbound Loop 202/Red Mountain Freeway to southbound Loop 101/Price Freeway, to westbound U.S. 60; or Loop 101 to Loop 202/Santan Freeway and west to access eastbound I-10 beyond the closure. Drivers traveling on southbound I-17 can use westbound I-10 to eastbound Loop 202.

West Valley drivers heading to the Southeast Valley can bypass the closure by using the Loop 202/South Mountain Freeway, connecting off I-10 eastbound and traveling south and east to connect with I-10 south of Chandler Boulevard.