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A section of northbound Interstate 17 in Phoenix will be closed this weekend while crews begin removing worn asphalt to improve driving conditions north of Dunlap Avenue, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Northbound I-17 will be closed between Dunlap Avenue and Cactus Road from 11:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, to 5 a.m. Monday, July 13, for pavement work. The northbound I-17 on-ramp at Northern Avenue also will be closed.
Drivers should allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes while northbound I-17 is closed. Traffic will detour along the northbound I-17 frontage road between Dunlap Avenue and Cactus Road. Heavy backups and delays should be expected.
Motorists should also consider using northbound State Route 51 to westbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) or using northbound/eastbound Loop 101 (Agua Fria Freeway) as alternate freeway routes while northbound I-17 is closed. Northbound I-17 drivers can consider exiting ahead of the closure and using northbound 19th or 35th avenues to travel beyond the closure.
ADOT has scheduled closures over the next four weekends to remove a layer of older, worn rubberized asphalt along both directions of I-17 between Dunlap Avenue and Thunderbird Road. The worn pavement has over time created a rough ride in areas along the freeway.
After each weekend’s scheduled work, traffic will be riding on the freeway’s concrete pavement.
Weather permitting, northbound I-17 also is scheduled to be closed between Cactus and Thunderbird roads the weekend of July 18-19. Southbound I-17 is scheduled to be closed between Thunderbird and Cactus roads the weekend of July 25-26 and between Cactus Road and Dunlap Avenue the weekend of Aug. 1-2.
A project to do major pavement rehabilitation along this section of I-17 is currently funded in fiscal year 2023.
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