8 miles of northbound Loop 101 to close this weekend

No traffic is allowed on eight miles of northbound Loop 101 this weekend as workers prepare to build Scottsdale's first freeway carpool lanes.

All northbound lanes of Loop 101 will be closed from Loop 202 to Via de Ventura from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.

Next weekend, the southbound lanes of Loop 101 from Via de Ventura to Loop 202 will be closed from 9 p.m. Sept. 28 through 5 a.m. Oct. 1.




Getting around this weekend's 8-mile closure of northbound Loop 101 depends on where you are coming from.

Signs will direct drivers to detours on surface streets, mainly Hayden Road through Scottsdale. Specifically, the Arizona Department of Transportation recommends:


• Drivers coming from the west on the Loop 202 and heading north should exit at McClintock Drive and go north. McClintock turns into Hayden.


• Drivers coming from the east on the 202 and heading north should exit at Alma School Road and head north. They then should turn west on McDowell Road and north on Hayden.


• Drivers coming from the south on the 101 should take the 202 east to Alma School, then head north to McDowell. They then should turn west on McDowell Road and north on Hayden.

All drivers will use Via de Ventura to return to the freeway.

The work is part of a $47.5 million project to build 15 miles of carpool lanes along the median of the Loop 101 between Princess Drive/Pima Road on the north and Loop 202 on the south.

During the weekend closures, construction crews from contractor Coffman Specialties Inc. will prepare a work zone in the median. They will remove the current striping, shift the three traffic lanes toward the shoulder and re-stripe the lanes. They also will set concrete barriers near the median.

When the stretches reopen, drivers will have the same number of lanes but less shoulder space, ADOT community relations officer Brock Barnhart said. Speed limits also will drop to 55 mph from the current 65 mph during construction.

Once the barriers are up, crews will begin grading the median, hauling materials in and out, and otherwise constructing the high-occupancy-vehicle lanes.

The entire project is to be completed in late 2008.

 

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I was wondering wth they were doing. Now I know.

 

Welcome to my world...I have been dealing with this on I-10 for months now!!! Took me over an hour to get out to Pavillions last Saturday!!!

 

Heck it takes me over an hour to get anywhere around here.

 

Thats cause u have to stop all the time for smoke breaks




Can we just start calling Rj - MR.ADOT

 

All I get to do is bearly read SL, AZcentral and Myspace.. on breaks at work, and at home after I wake up the 2nd time. My DVR is so full right now.

 

Hey now buckwheat -- Not true. ...............

 

Mine too and we do appreciate all the info. Can u tell me if the 10 will be closed again this weekend east bound

 

I10o East-bound tunnel closed from 7th AVE to 7th Street from 11pm tommorw to 6:00 am Sunday tunnel cleaning and maintenance.

Camelback Road east and west bound closed at 19th ave.. from 9pm to 5am Sunday thru saturday ending sept 28th.. Light rail contstruction


http://www.azcentral.com/news/traffic/

 

I thought I still saw the I-10 from 27th Ave to 19th Ave Closed sign was still up with new dates this morning, but it was 4:30 when I got on the freeway and at that time of the morning, unless it was a beautiful semiclothed chica on the side of the road, I can't be positive!

 

good thing its inscottsdale area not glendale!

 

rj- thanks for the heads up.

 

Damn, and I need to go north in the morning.

 

When did Detour Dan show up here from KTAR?

 

excuse me, are your calling me Detour Dan?

 

i wish i would've read this before yesterday

 

http://www.azcentral.com/community/s...re0928-ON.html

* Westbound Interstate 10 closed between State Route 143 and the I-17 “Split” near Sky Harbor Airport from 9 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 29) for lane striping work. Westbound I-10 ramp to northbound I-17 closed. Westbound I-10 on- and off-ramps between Broadway Road and I-17 also closed. Westbound I-10 traffic will detour on northbound State Route 143 to westbound Loop 202 to reconnect with westbound I-10 in the downtown Phoenix area. Westbound I-10 will then be opened to three lanes between 40th Street and the I-17 “Split” from 1 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 30) for lane striping work. The westbound I-10 ramp to northbound I-17 will be open starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.



* Westbound Interstate 10 closed between 7th Street and 7th Avenue from 11 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 30) for Deck Park Tunnel maintenance work. Westbound I-10 on-ramps at 16th and 7th streets closed. Westbound Loop 202 and southbound State Route 51 ramps to westbound I-10 closed. Westbound I-10 traffic can detour on northbound I-17. Meanwhile, the westbound I-10 ramp to northbound I-17 and eastbound I-10 ramp to southbound I-17 (at the “Stack” interchange) will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Oct. 1) for deck joint work. Traffic will be detoured on local streets.



* Southbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) closed between Via De Ventura and McKellips Road from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Oct. 1) for carpool lane construction work zone set up. Southbound Loop 101 traffic will detour west on Via De Ventura, south on Hayden Road and east on McKellips Road to reconnect with Loop 101. Drivers also should consider exiting ahead of the closure at Via De Ventura and using other alternate routes.



* Westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) narrowed to one lane at Val Vista Drive (in Mesa) from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 29) for pavement repair work. Westbound Loop 202 also narrowed to two lanes at Mesa Drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for pavement repair work. Drivers are urged to use caution and be prepared to merge safely approaching the work zones.



* Interstate 17 narrowed to one lane in each direction between Happy Valley Road and Carefree Highway from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday (Oct. 1) for bridge construction work. Drivers are urged to use caution and be prepared to merge safely approaching the work zones.