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restrictions have ended along 6 miles of I-17 between Happy Valley Road and State Route 74 for the project to fix the outdated, rough freeway pavement.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.
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March 13, 2025 | News/Press Release
ADOT finished with major restrictions between Happy Valley Road, SR 74
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 18, 2024 | News/Press Release
Drivers should plan for extra travel time
The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin an improvement project on Business 40 from Crestview Drive and Joy Nevin Avenue in Holbrook starting Monday, Sept. 23. Crews will be replacing the pavement and restriping the roadway as well as installing 24 Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalk ramps along the project area.
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.
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.
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.
December 13, 2023 | News/Press Release
Surfaces repaved and restored along more than 300 miles of highway
These projects, made possible by a commitment of $90.5 million, have ended for this year but will continue when warm weather returns in 2024. Many of the projects were in higher elevations where precipitation and freeze-thaw cycles damaged aging pavement.
August 29, 2023 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
If you’ve driven State Route 77 in Tucson in the past few weeks, you aren’t just seeing the results of a big improvement project, you’re also feeling it.
That’s because ADOT finished work earlier this month to replace 9 miles of worn and rough pavement with smooth new asphalt, nearly wrapping up a $34 million improvement project that’s been underway since early 2021.
August 2, 2023 | News/Press Release
Work starts Aug. 3 and continues Monday-Thursday through Aug. 17
The restrictions will be in place during daylight hours Monday to Thursday starting Thursday, Aug. 3, and ending Thursday, Aug. 17. An ADOT project will remove and replace surface pavement. A website at azdot.gov/PavingRepairs details these Statewide Critical Pavement Repair Projects.
June 22, 2023 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
ADOT’s 2024-2028 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program, approved recently by the State Transportation Board, adds to projects repairing damaged surface pavement after the record-setting winter.
June 7, 2023 | News/Press Release
ADOT completing $50.5 million in projects to start, with more planned
You can visit azdot.gov/PavingRepairs for a schedule and map of the initial round of $50.5 million in improvements, as well as information on $94 million in planned additional pavement repairs. Most of the projects are in northern Arizona.
May 10, 2023 | News/Press Release
Crews replacing worn pavement between Ina Road and Rillito River Bridge
ADOT is set to begin the final phase of a project repaving 10 miles of State Route 77 between Tucson and Oro Valley. On Sunday night, May 14, crews will begin replacing about 3 miles of worn pavement between Ina Road and the Rillito River Bridge just south of River Road.
April 21, 2023 | News/Press Release
Drivers should plan for extra travel time
HOLBROOK – The Arizona Department of Transportation will continue two improvement projects on Interstate 40 from Joseph City through Holbrook (mileposts 278-290) starting Monday, April 24.
Crews will be working on the bridge decks at the Tanner Wash Bridge and the Geronimo Road overpass, as part of a pavement improvement project along I-40 from Joseph City to Perkins Valley Road.
For more information, visit the project webpage.
April 18, 2023 | News/Press Release
Improvements will take place between Truwood, Stonebridge drives
PRESCOTT VALLEY – The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a project this spring to replace three miles of pavement on State Route 69 in Prescott Valley.
The $4 million project will involve replacing the top layer of pavement between Truwood and Stoneridge drives, from mileposts 287-290. The work will include updating sidewalk ramps and replacing damaged sidewalk segments.
Work is scheduled to begin Wednesday, April 19, and continue through fall 2023.
March 23, 2023 | News/Press Release
Wet winter and early spring have created ideal conditions for potholes
The abundance of rain and snow this winter and early spring, which in many ways is welcome news following years of drought, has created ideal conditions for worn pavement and potholes.
The Arizona Department of Transportation maintains more than 6,800 miles of state highways. This wet and icy winter season, including this week’s storms, created conditions that keep highway crews very busy keeping up with potholes, particularly in areas with snow.