South Mountain Freeway

As the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway moves closer to completion, another section will open to local traffic in a temporary configuration so crews can finish the 40th Street traffic interchange in Ahwatukee.

A westbound Interstate 10 access road created to complement a Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange will close temporarily between 59th and 67th avenues starting Monday, April 1, to allow for final construction

Good news for motorists who rely on 59th Avenue: A section of Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway frontage road is complete and accommodating two-way traffic between Van Buren Street and Buckeye Road in west Phoenix.

Both directions of Interstate 10 will be narrowed to one lane overnight in west Phoenix this week for bridge work at the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange.

Nearly two years after the first girder was set on Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, the last support beam has been installed for the Dobbins Road interchange, marking the final girder placed on the Salt River segment of the freeway in the Laveen area.

A portion of Pecos Road and the new Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway lanes in Ahwatukee will close nightly, beginning Sunday, Feb. 24, through late April, to allow crews building the South Mountain Freeway to haul large amounts rock remaining from controlled rock blasting near Desert Foothills Parkway.

In another sign of progress on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, local Ahwatukee traffic is now using a 2-mile stretch of the future freeway between Desert Foothills Parkway and 17th Avenue.

For the first time, motorists will use a stretch of the future Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, in this case through a temporary configuration that will allow work to progress on the 17th Avenue and Desert Foothills Parkway interchanges in Ahwatukee.

Before and after photos show how ADOT's Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project is advancing quickly.

The largest structures on the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project are nearly complete, with crews finishing the concrete decks of two half-mile-long bridges that will carry traffic over the Salt River in the growing southwest Valley.

As the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange with Interstate 10 emerges in west Phoenix, construction of the remaining ramps will require several weekend and overnight closures of I-10 during the first half of 2019, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is temporarily closing a mile-long portion of 59th Avenue between Van Buren Street and Buckeye Road in west Phoenix to accommodate construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.

Nearly two years after major construction began on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, construction on the state’s largest single highway project heads into the home stretch in 2019.

Here's a look back at the milestones on the largest single highway project in Arizona history.

Ivanhoe Street Traffic Interchange StudyFollowing an extensive environmental study and evaluation, the Arizona Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to add a Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange at Ivanhoe Street, providing improved access to and from the Gila River Indian Community west of the freeway.

Deck pours as we build the South Mountain Freeway give us a chance to explain the role a Bid-Well plays in smoothing concrete.

As the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway advances, bridge girders are being installed this week at two of the 14 planned traffic interchanges.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to add an interchange at 32nd Street for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.

As construction advances on a Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange in west Phoenix, motorists traveling through the Interstate 10 work zone will begin using lanes with a temporary concrete surface.

Following a six-month closure, Estrella Drive reopened today to traffic west of 51st Avenue in Laveen with construction complete on an interchange for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.