Alerts

Closures for improvement projects are scheduled along some Phoenix-area freeways this weekend. Drivers should allow extra travel time and use detour routes as needed for these weekend freeway closures:

• Southbound State Route 51 closed between Indian School Road and Interstate 10 from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (June 1) for pavement improvement project. Southbound on-ramps closed at Glendale Avenue, Bethany Home Road and Highland Avenue. Southbound drivers exiting SR 51 at Indian School Road should expect delays. 

• Northbound Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) closed between the Interstate 10 interchange and Indian School Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (June 1) for Loop 101/I-10 interchange improvement project. 

• Eastbound Loop 303 closed overnight between 43rd Avenue and Interstate 17 from 9 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday (May 30) and from 9 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday (May 31) for Loop 303 widening and interchange project. Overnight eastbound Loop 303 closures between 43rd Avenue and I-17 also will occur nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Monday evening and ending Saturday morning (June 1-6).
• State Route 347 intersection at Riggs Road closed intermittently for up to 15 minutes at a time from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday (May 31) for utility and traffic signal work to prepare for the SR 347 Improvement Project beginning this summer. Budget extra time.