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Four roads to avoid this weekend in Valley (8/25-8/27)

Posted at 8:45 AM, Aug 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-25 14:03:06-04

Traveling around the Valley this weekend? ADOT has four major closures you should know about: 

Glendale Avenue closed in both directions at Interstate 17 from 9 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday (Aug. 26) for installation work on wrong-way vehicle detection system. Both I-17 off-ramps at Glendale Avenue closed. DETOUR: Glendale Avenue traffic approaching I-17 will be required to make right turns onto frontage roads and can access freeway on-ramps. Please consider using Bethany Home Road or Northern Avenue as alternate routes. Note: The pilot I-17 wrong-way vehicle alert system will be installed between I-10 and Loop 101 over the next three months. The system will be fully operational by early 2018.

Northern Avenue closed in both directions at Interstate 17 from 9 p.m. Saturday to noon Sunday (Aug. 27) for installation work on wrong-way vehicle detection system. Both I-17 off-ramps at Northern Avenue closed. DETOUR: Northern Avenue traffic approaching I-17 will be required to make right turns onto frontage roads and can access freeway on-ramps. Please consider using Glendale or Dunlap avenues as alternate routes.

State Route 51 (Piestewa Freeway) on-and off-ramps at Greenway Road closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 26) for resurfacing. Greenway Road right lanes closed in both directions near SR 51. DETOUR: Allow extra travel time. Please consider alternate routes, including Bell or Cactus roads.

Southbound Interstate 17 narrowed to one lane overnight between Seventh Avenue and the I-10 "Split" interchange near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 26) for freeway lighting maintenance. DETOUR: Please allow extra travel time and consider alternate routes, including eastbound I-10 in the downtown Phoenix area.