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Traffic
restrictions will occur at three Interstate 17 interchanges this weekend, as
work continues to install the pilot wrong-way vehicle detection and warning
system.
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s $3.7 million
thermal-camera based project is designed to alert ADOT and the Department of
Public Safety immediately if a wrong-way vehicle is
detected along a 15-mile stretch of I-17. Drivers should plan for
possible delays and use alternate routes as crews work to install equipment.
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Thomas Road will be closed in both directions at I-17 from 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, until 2 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16. Both
I-17 off-ramps at Thomas Road will also be closed.
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McDowell
Road will be closed in both directions at I-17 from 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16,
until 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17. Both I-17 off-ramps at McDowell Road will also
be closed.
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The two left lanes for westbound Dunlap Avenue to
southbound I-17 will be closed from 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15 until noon Saturday, Sept. 16. Traffic will not be able to
turn from westbound Dunlap Avenue to access southbound I-17.
Drivers
are encouraged to avoid these areas and use alternate routes. Traffic on Thomas and McDowell roads that approaches I-17
will be required to make right turns onto the freeway’s frontage road or
on-ramps.
Restrictions will be scheduled at other I-17 interchanges between
I-10 northwest of downtown and Loop 101 in north Phoenix as the project
continues over the next few months. Following installation and testing, the
system will be fully operational by early next year.
For more information about this project, visit www.azdot.gov/projects/central-district-projects/i-17-wrong-way-detection-system.
Project schedules are subject to change based on weather and other
unforeseen factors. For more information, please call the ADOT Project
Information Line at 855.712.8530 or email Projects@azdot.gov. For real-time highway conditions statewide, visit
ADOT’s Traveler Information Site at www.az511.gov,
follow ADOT on Twitter (@ArizonaDOT) or
call 511, except while driving.
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