Phoenix weekend road closures: Stretch of I-17 closed north of Happy Valley Road

The past scheduled play closure for the Interstate 17 pavement betterment task begins Friday nighttime connected a agelong of the southbound lanes betwixt State Route 74 and Loop 303 successful northbound Phoenix, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

ADOT confirmed the closure volition past from 10 p.m. Friday done 5 a.m. Monday. The closure is among respective that ADOT officials announced were scheduled during the weekend.

To debar the closure, southbound drivers are advised to detour westbound connected State Route 74 to southbound Lake Pleasant Parkway and usage eastbound Loop 303 to instrumentality to the I-17.

The ADOT pavement task began past May to region the apical furniture of asphalt pavement and diamond grinding the factual pavement beneath. Recent enactment has focused connected replacing alloy span platform joints that span the width of the freeway.

"The betterment enactment has created a safer, smoother and longer lasting aboveground on six miles of I-17 northbound of Happy Valley Road," the section said connected its website.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected Arizona Republic: Road closures successful Phoenix this weekend: SB I-17 adjacent Happy Valley Road