Heads up, drivers: road closures due to work on the South Mountain Freeway may affect your commute.
Pecos Road will be affected for several days and drivers who use that route may want to try Ray Road or Chandler Boulevard instead. Here are the scheduled closures, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation:
- 17th Avenue between Liberty Lane and Pecos Road will close overnight to set bridge girders for the new 17th Avenue traffic interchange from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on July 5 and 6 (and July 7, if needed).
- 40th Street between Briarwood Terrace and Pecos Road will close overnight to place bridge girders for the new 40th Street traffic interchange from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on July 9 and 10 (and July 11, if needed).
- Pecos Road between 24th Street and 17th Avenue will close in both directions from 10 p.m. Friday, July 14 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 17, to allow crews to widen eastbound Pecos Road for an interim roadway to maintain two lanes of traffic in each direction.
The closures are in effect so crews can install girders on new bridges. After that, Pecos Road traffic will be shifted onto a temporary roadway between 24th Street and 17th Avenue.
