NEWS from the CURVE | October 2022

Arizona Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 10/21/2022 02:10 PM MST. If you would like alerts on this and other ADOT news, sign up above to receive our GovDelivery notices.

October 2022

Additional travel lanes open for Southeast Valley motorists!

New eastbound travel lanes opened on Interstate 10 south of Baseline Road on
Oct. 3, bringing the lane count to five general purpose lanes, one high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane and an auxiliary lane between Baseline and Elliot roads. The fifth lane in this area will accommodate drivers who are merging onto eastbound I-10
from US 60. Between Elliot Road and Chandler Boulevard, there are now four general purpose lanes, an HOV lane and an auxiliary lane. Although the new travel lanes are open, work remains underway in this area of the project. Please use caution as construction crews continue to work behind the concrete barriers.

"We know this project is highly impactful in other areas of I-10, the US 60 and State Route 143. Opening up new travel lanes is one way we’re striving to reduce the project's impacts for at least some motorists in the project area.”

– ADOT Director John Halikowski

'Shoofly' shifts traffic slightly on State Route 143

Notice a change on southbound SR 143? It is in a temporary configuration, known as a “shoofly,” between University Drive and I-10.

The "shoofly" shifts traffic around a construction zone so work can begin on a new bridge to connect southbound SR 143 to the future eastbound I-10 Collector-Distributor road. The "shoofly" will be in place through early 2023.
Drivers should slow down, stay focused and pay attention while driving in this work zone.
The speed limit is 35 mph.

On deck: Bridge work at Guadalupe Road, Southern Avenue

During a recent full closure of I-10, crews placed girders over the freeway to widen the Guadalupe Road bridge and improve access to the Sun Circle Trail for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrians (photo below). Next up, workers will prepare the bridge for the bridge deck. Once the new section opens, there will be a safe, designated space for people to walk, run or ride over I-10.

Bridge work also continues at Southern Avenue. Crews placed girders and the deck for the new bridge over Southern Avenue in September and early October. The new bridge will be part of the westbound Collector-Distributor (CD) road. Crews will begin working on the bridge over Southern Avenue for the eastbound CD road in the coming weeks.

How are we doing?

Let us know by participating in the third quarter 2022 Construction Operations Survey.

Please take a couple of minutes to let us know how we did between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2022, by completing this survey. Your responses will help us determine how we can improve construction activities and communication efforts moving forward. This survey is voluntary and you can remain anonymous.

We appreciate your response by 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022.

Pavement removed at
40th Street will be reused

Workers used excavators and a very heavy solid-steel cylinder to break up the pavement of the eastbound I-10 on-ramp at northbound 40th Street. After removal, the broken concrete can be reused as fill for embankments in other areas of the project.

Check out the latest Behind the Scenes video: Highway construction starts with surveyors. Watch all of the project's Behind the Scenes videos here.

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Stay #AheadOfTheCurve

Construction is scheduled to continue through late 2024. Throughout this project, our goal is to minimize impacts as much as possible and provide timely, accurate information so you can plan ahead and get to where you need to be. Learn more about the project and engage with the project team in any of these ways:

Bilingual Project Information Line: 602.501.5505
Project Website: i10BroadwayCurve.com
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Email: Info@i10BroadwayCurve.com
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