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Phoenix weekend traffic: Road closures and detours for April 5

Here's what you need to know before you hit the road for the April 5 weekend.

PHOENIX — No Valley freeways are scheduled to close near downtown Phoenix and in Glendale for the weekend of Apr, 5-8, while the NCAA Final Four games and other special events take place, according to the Arizona Dept. of Transportation. 

Drivers can expect a limited number of restrictions for improvement projects in other Valley areas. Drivers should consider using detours while the following weekend restrictions are in place:

Westbound I-10 ramp to eastbound US 60 is closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday (April 8) for bridge work on the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. 

Westbound I-10 on-ramp at Broadway Road also closed.

Detours:

  • Drivers on westbound I-10 can exit at Broadway Road and turn (left) to enter eastbound I-10 to then reach eastbound US 60.
  • Drivers on westbound Broadway Road can enter westbound I-10 via 40th Street.

Westbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) ramp to southbound State Route 51 closed overnight from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday (April 6) for barrier wall repairs. 

16th Street closed in both directions beneath Loop 101 in north Phoenix from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (April 8) for the freeway wall project.

Detours:

  • Consider alternate routes including the westbound Loop 101 HOV ramp to southbound SR 51.
  • Consider detour routes including using the Loop 101 Beardsley frontage roads between Seventh Street and Cave Creek Road.

As always, please stay alert and be prepared to slow down and merge safely when approaching and traveling through work zones.

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