Subject: Weekend Closures & Restrictions on Valley Freeways Weekend of October 24 - 27
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:15 PM

Weekend Closures & Restrictions on Valley Freeways Weekend of October 24
- 27

Installation of DPS speed cameras requires restrictions on I-10, Loop
101

Several projects to add new lanes and make other improvements along
Phoenix area freeways will require closures or lane restrictions this
weekend (October 24-27). The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
recommends drivers use alternate routes and allow extra travel time.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has recently begun a project to
install speed enforcement cameras along freeways around metro Phoenix.
While the Arizona Department of Transportation does not operate this
program, ADOT is working with DPS to create safe work zones while crews
install the cameras.

To facilitate the safe work zones, occasional restrictions and closures
may be necessary to install the camera hardware on freeway shoulders,
and to embed loop detectors into the freeway pavement. ADOT will make
every effort to keep the public informed when these installation
activities affect freeway traffic.

The following closures and restrictions are for freeway construction
work:

*	Eastbound I-10 closed between I-17 “Stack” interchange and State
Route 51 from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday (October 25) for tunnel
maintenance. DETOUR: I-10 traffic can detour on southbound I-17 and
reconnect with I-10 near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
	 

*	Northbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) narrowed to one lane between
Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and Via de Ventura from 5 a.m. Saturday
to 7 p.m. Sunday (October 26) for rubberized asphalt paving along new
carpool lane. DETOUR: Be prepared to slow down and merge safely in the
work zone.
	 

*	Northbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) narrowed to one lane between
Guadalupe and Baseline roads from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday
(October 25) for carpool lane construction. DETOUR: Be prepared to slow
down and merge safely in the work zone.
	 

*	Southbound Loop 101 (Price Freeway) narrowed to one lane between
Ray and Frye roads from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday (October 25)
for carpool lane construction. Southbound off-ramp at Chandler Boulevard
closed. DETOUR: Be prepared to slow down and merge safely in the work
zone.
	 

*	Northbound I-17 narrowed to one lane between Union Hills and
Yorkshire drives from 10 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (October 26) for
bridge work. Northbound I-17 ramps to Loop 101 closed. DETOUR: Traffic
can exit at Yorkshire Drive and use 19th or 27th avenues to access Loop
101.
	 

*	Westbound I-10 narrowed to one lane between Avondale Boulevard
and Dysart Road from 9 p.m. Sunday to 4 a.m. Monday (October 27) for
freeway widening work. DETOUR: Be prepared to slow down and merge safely
in the work zone.

The following closures are for DPS speed enforcement camera installation
this weekend:

*	Southbound State Route 51 closed between Glendale Avenue and
Thomas Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday (October 25). DETOUR:
Traffic will detour along southbound 16th Street.
	 

*	Southbound State Route 51 closed between Glendale Avenue and
Thomas Road from 10 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday (October 25). DETOUR:
Traffic will detour along southbound 16th Street.
	 

*	Westbound I-10 closed between State Route 143 (Hohokam
Expressway) and I-17 “Split” interchange near Sky Harbor Airport from 10
p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (October 26) and from 10 p.m. Sunday to 5
a.m. Monday (if needed). DETOUR: Drivers going to the airport should use
alternate routes and allow extra travel time. Eastbound I-10 traffic
will detour north on SR 143 and westbound on Loop 202 (Red Mountain
Freeway) to reconnect with I-10.