Lane restrictions needed for construction of a wildlife overpass along Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff are starting this week (May 12-16). Learn more here.
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May 12, 2025 | News/Press Release
Highway narrowed to one lane in each direction north of Munds Park
April 1, 2025 | News/Press Release
Agency is partnering with state Game and Fish Department on project
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation is set to start work this month on an Interstate 17 project to construct an overpass crossing for wildlife south of Flagstaff. The project, funded through a federal grant, is an effort to improve wildlife habitat connections while reducing the risk of crashes involving animals, especially elk and deer.
March 13, 2025 | News/Press Release
ADOT finished with major restrictions between Happy Valley Road, SR 74
Major restrictions have ended along 6 miles of I-17 between Happy Valley Road and State Route 74 for the project to fix the outdated, rough freeway pavement. Crews last weekend installed final lane stripes on the improved riding surface.
November 17, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
Laura Douglas, our communications led on this major project, shares with host Doug Nintzel how crews continue paving various sections of the 23-mile project corridor, while also focusing on the bridge work, earthwork and, most recently, installation of the flex lanes technology.
October 2, 2024 | News/Press Release
Drivers should budget extra time and avoid using local streets
Southbound I-17 will be narrowed to one lane overnight only between State Route 74/Carefree Highway and Dixileta Drive from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday; 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday; and 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday.
September 11, 2024 | News/Press Release
Detour will use Loop 303 off- and on-ramps; I-17 lanes also restricted
To help keep traffic moving through the work zone, Loop 303/Sonoran Desert Drive will be closed under I-17. Eastbound Loop 303 traffic can reach northbound I-17 by taking I-17 southbound to Happy Valley Road.
September 4, 2024 | News/Press Release
Detour will use off- and on-ramps; lanes also restricted in area
Northbound Interstate 17 will be closed at Jomax Road in north Phoenix this weekend from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (Sept. 9) for ongoing pavement improvement work. Learn more here.
August 7, 2024 | News/Press Release
Follow posted route, not travel apps, off and on at Jomax Road
The closure at Jomax Road and lane restrictions are scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. Friday and end by 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12. Drivers should plan for delays, especially from morning to early afternoon Saturday and Sunday, and may want to consider traveling through the area earlier or later.
August 2, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications
A recent Maricopa Association of Governments news release notes that the system has worked as designed and addressed the longstanding problem of rainwater building up in cross-street underpasses along this stretch of I-17 in Phoenix.
July 17, 2024 | News/Press Release
Reduced to one lane from SR 74 to Dixileta Drive
Pavement improvement work is reducing the freeway down to one lane for three miles from State Route 74 (Carefree Highway) to Dixileta Drive. Drivers should plan for delays, especially from afternoon into early evening on Saturday and Sunday, and may want to consider traveling through the area earlier or later.
July 9, 2024 | News/Press Release
Reduced to one lane at Loop 303, exiting/re-entering at Jomax Road
The lane restrictions and the closure at Jomax Road, with traffic using the off- and on-ramps, are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Friday and end by 5 a.m. Monday, July 15. Drivers should plan for delays and may want to travel through earlier or later than the late afternoon traffic peak.
June 9, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews continued much-needed project to smooth the ride
Continuing a much-needed project to improve the ride on 6 miles of I-17 between Happy Valley Road and SR 74, crews removed a top layer of older, worn asphalt pavement before advancing to work to smooth the remaining concrete surface through a process called diamond grinding.
June 2, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews continued much-needed project to smooth the ride
ADOT continued a much-needed project to improve the ride on I-17 between Happy Valley Road and SR 74. Crews removed a top layer of older, worn asphalt pavement before advancing to work to smooth the remaining concrete surface through a process called diamond grinding.
May 19, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews removed surface pavement between Loop 303 and SR 74
The posted detour using the northbound I-17 frontage road moved traffic efficiently throughout the weekend, and ADOT is grateful to drivers who heeded advice to use this route. Law enforcement officers and ADOT personnel were in the area to assist with local-only closures at neighborhood entrances.
May 15, 2024 | News/Press Release
Stay on detour route, which follows two-lane frontage road
Drivers should allow extra travel time and stay on the designated detour route, which uses the frontage road, while northbound I-17 is closed between Loop 303 and State Route 74.
May 8, 2024 | News/Press Release
Blasting was a crucial earthwork operation for constructing the new lanes
If you’ve recently traveled along I-17 north of the Phoenix area, you’ve noticed that the landscape looks a lot different. Entire sections of the mountainsides have been removed through rock blasting, and this major earthwork operation is now complete.
April 10, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications
The arrival of warmer spring weather has brought us April’s launch of ADOT’s $8.2 million project to put a new, modern bridge in place that will carry J.W. Powell Boulevard over I-17 near Pulliam Airport in Flagstaff.
March 27, 2024 | News/Press Release
Detours planned at times near Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport, Fort Tuthill
ADOT is set to begin an $8.2 million project to build a new bridge carrying J.W. Powell Boulevard over I-17 near Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport. Work is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, weather permitting. Learn more here.
December 16, 2023 | News/Press Release
Intermittent rolling closures scheduled from midnight Dec. 16 to 4 a.m. Dec. 17
Drivers traveling along Interstate 17 during the overnight hours need to be aware of rolling closures in both directions in the Black Canyon City area starting tonight at midnight.
December 4, 2023 | News/Press Release
Award of $24 million comes from Federal Highway Administration
The safety project, which also will include 8-foot-high fencing, is planned along 8.4 miles of I-17 between the Munds Park traffic interchange, about 25 miles south of Flagstaff, and the Kelly Canyon traffic interchange to the north.