Game info - heads up on road construction

[jw7]

Hey - just got this email. Lotta work rubberizing freeways this weekend so keep it in mind when planning to drive to the game:

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Valley freeway closures scheduled this weekend, rubberized asphalt being added to northbound I-17
Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes this weekend while crews work on improvements along several Valley freeways. Quieter rubberized asphalt is being added to part of I-17 in north Phoenix while bridge improvements will require a closure of a stretch of the Superstition Freeway (US 60) in Mesa.

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) says the following freeways will be closed or restricted this weekend (September 17-20):

* Northbound Interstate 17 will be closed between Thunderbird Road and the Loop 101 in north Phoenix from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday (Sept. 20) while crews add rubberized asphalt to the freeway. Drivers are encouraged to exit northbound I-17 well ahead of Thunderbird Road and use alternate routes to get beyond the closure. Traffic will be detoured on northbound 19th Avenue to westbound Union Hills Drive to return to I-17. However, drivers should consider using other northbound routes to avoid traffic backups. Motorists might consider using northbound State Route 51 to the westbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) to reach northbound I-17.

* Meanwhile, southbound I-17 will be narrowed to one lane from the Loop 101 to Greenway Road from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 12 p.m. (noon) Saturday (Sept. 18) for pavement repair work. The east and westbound Loop 101 ramps to southbound I-17 also will be closed. To avoid traffic backups along southbound I-17, drivers can exit at Deer Valley Road and go west to southbound 35th Avenue.

* The Superstition Freeway (US 60) will be closed in both directions at Stapley Drive in Mesa from 11 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 19) for bridge girder installation. The Stapley Drive bridge over US 60 is being widened and crews will place new girders along the existing bridge. US 60 traffic will be detoured along the freeway ramps at Stapley Drive. Stapley will be closed in both directions at the Superstition Freeway to allow the free flow of US 60 traffic on the freeway ramps. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate east-west routes, including the Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) to avoid traffic backups on US 60.

* Eastbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) will be closed between the I-10/SR 51 interchange and 32nd Street from 9 p.m. Friday to 5a.m. Monday (Sept 20) for bridge deck joint replacement work. Ramps from I-10 and southbound SR 51 connecting to eastbound Loop 202 will be closed. Drivers can use McDowell Road or Van Buren and Washington streets as alternate eastbound routes. Fans going to the ASU and Arizona Cardinals games at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe this weekend may also consider using eastbound I-10 to reach routes to the stadium.

* State Route 143 (Hohokam Expressway) will be closed in both directions between McDowell Road and Washington Street from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Sept. 20). Crews will be adding rubberized asphalt to the northbound SR 143 and preparing the southbound side for paving that will occur next weekend. Northbound SR 143 traffic will still have access to the ramp leading to westbound Loop 202. Drivers can access southbound SR 143 at Van Buren Street.

* Southbound State Route 51 (Piestewa Freeway) will be narrowed to one lane between Indian School and McDowell roads from 11 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday and again from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday for freeway joint maintenance work. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes, including southbound 16th Street, during these overnight and early morning restrictions.

* Eastbound Interstate 10 will be closed between 7th Avenue and 7th Street from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday (Sept. 19) for maintenance work in the Deck Park Tunnel. Traffic will be detoured from the freeway at 7th Avenue and will use eastbound McDowell Road to 7th Street to return to I-10. However, drivers are encouraged to use southbound I-17 as an alternate route to rejoin eastbound I-10 near Sky Harbor Airport.

For updated freeway closure and restriction information, visit www.az511.com <http://www.az511.com> or call 5-1-1. Information about ADOT's Quiet Pavement Program is available at www.quietroads.com <http://www.quietroads.com>

www.dot.state.az.us

 

[DieHardCardFan]

WOW!!! Thanks for the info, that would have really messed my timing up trying to get there before the gates at Lot D open!!!!!

 

[football karma]

Could they make it more difficult to get around this weekend?

 

[Ryanwb]

Nice work jw7! I would have hit that US-60 closure for sure!

 

[CardLogic]

Nice jw7!

 

[azdad1978]

Good report man, thanks!

 

[Duckjake]

Man that messes up everything for us.

I guess now we drive east on Cactus to Scottsdale road. Probably take us twice as long to get around


Any tips on how to get from the Airport to 101 Northbound Sat.? Or is the construction on 202 west of the airport. I forget.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Man that messes up everything for us.

I guess now we drive east on Cactus to Scottsdale road. Probably take us twice as long to get around


Any tips on how to get from the Airport to 101 Northbound Sat.? Or is the construction on 202 west of the airport. I forget.

It looks like the constructions is west of the airport. So you should be able to take 202 East to 101.

 

[Duckjake]

It looks like the constructions is west of the airport. So you should be able to take 202 East to 101.

I believe you are right. Thanks.

 

[Red Dawn]

I am an out of towner but I will be coming in from Deer Valley. Will I be ok taking Loop 101 East/South through Scottsdale, then 202 West to Scottsdale Road? Last year I parked in Lot C, any other suggestions for easy access?

Thanks in advance!

Go Big Red!

 

[Duckjake]

I am an out of towner but I will be coming in from Deer Valley. Will I be ok taking Loop 101 East/South through Scottsdale, then 202 West to Scottsdale Road? Last year I parked in Lot C, any other suggestions for easy access?

Thanks in advance!

Go Big Red!

Unless something has changed since last December that would be the way to go. The Public Parking across from lot A usually has room if you get there early.

 

[Chaz]

I am an out of towner but I will be coming in from Deer Valley. Will I be ok taking Loop 101 East/South through Scottsdale, then 202 West to Scottsdale Road? Last year I parked in Lot C, any other suggestions for easy access?

Thanks in advance!

Go Big Red!

Your freeway trip should be ok.

For the preseason games I parked in the lot for the new office building at Mill and Rio Salado. I exited the 202 at Center Pkwy (just past Scottsdale Rd. - there are signs for downtown Tempe) and looped around to Mill, crossed the bridge and turned left on Rio Salado. Then a quick left will get you into the parking lot at the office building. The parking was only $5 but there is a longer walk to the stadium.

To me, the walk was worth the $10 and getting out was much quicker. Basically taking a reverse route across the Mill bridge then left on Washington to Center Pkwy to get back on Eastbound 202.

 

[NJYAJ09]

I love those rubberized streets.

 

[Ryanwb]

I love those rubberized sheets.

 

[pete]

Thanks for the info dude! Looks like they got I-17 clusterflucked all weekend long. I think I'll take the 101 down to I-10 instead.

 

[D-Dogg]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

We just rearranged our plans based on this. We were going to pick up a friend on Cactus and the 17, but will now have her meet us at the 101 and 17, and take the 101 to the 202 WEST and to the stadium...just in time to maybe throw one back with DieHard and his crew in lot D.

INVALUABLE info...I love this board....