The $19 million project milled the highway surface and replaced it with new pavement between mile markers 80-90, a stretch that begins about 20 miles west of SR 85. The project also added drainage, replaced guardrails, and repaired a bridge and box culverts.
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October 31, 2025 | News/Press Release
Ten miles resurfaced between Tonopah, Salome Road
October 27, 2025 | News/Press Release
Surface upgraded on 20 miles between Holbrook and Heber-Overgaard
The pavement rehabilitation project, which began in August, applied chip seal and micro surface treatments between State Route 77 near Holbrook and milepost 13 northeast of State Route 277 and Heber-Overgaard. It also made spot pavement repairs.
October 7, 2025 | News/Press Release
Twelve miles of pavement rehabilitated, bridge deck replaced
This $30 million improvement near Petrified Forest National Park removed the top layer of pavement between mileposts 319 and 331 and replaced it with an asphalt-mix overlay. Crews also replaced the eastbound I-40 Dead River Bridge deck to extend the structure’s life and enhance safety.
September 30, 2025 | News/Press Release
ADOT, Navajo Nation collaborate on 7-mile project on main route to-from Page
This chip seal and slurry seal project is another way ADOT works to safely connect people and empower the economy across Arizona. The project also supports ADOT’s commitment to protecting Arizona’s investment in highway pavement and bridges.
July 27, 2025 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
Resident Engineer Joe Heller has all the details on a project rehabilitating the I-17 pavement between SR 74 and Anthem Way, including the good news that the freeway itself will only see overnight and weekend lane restrictions. That means no planned closures.
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restrictions have ended along 6 miles of I-17 between Happy Valley Road and State Route 74 for the project to fix the outdated, rough freeway pavement.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.
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.