If your weekend plans involve driving through central Phoenix, ADOT has a little gift for you: a freeway closure. Because apparently the roads needed a reminder that they, too, can have a maintenance schedule.
According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, major Valley freeways are set to close this weekend for needed maintenance. One of the biggest impacts is on eastbound I-10 through the Deck Park Tunnel in central Phoenix. ADOT says eastbound I-10 will be closed through the tunnel, from the Stack to Washington/Jeffers…
The agency says several Valley freeways will be affected by the work, so drivers should expect to adjust their routes. The point, of course, is to keep the system in shape; the price is a weekend of everyone pretending they were definitely going to take surface streets anyway.
For Phoenix drivers, this is the kind of closure that turns a simple errand into a small civic lesson. The freeway will be back, but your patience may need a little maintenance of its own.
