News release and video from The Arizona Department of Transportation (Video Link: https://vimeo.com/380101846/1c435538f0 ) PHOENIX – The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is open to traffic, providing a much needed alternative to Interstate 10 through downtown Phoenix while improving the quality of life in a fast-growing region. The freeway opened Saturday, Dec. 21, three days […]
Southern Avenue to reopen next month in Laveen
Article submitted by ADOT PHOENIX – After moving more than 450,000 cubic yards of earth, enough to fill up 150 Olympic-size swimming pools, construction on the Southern Avenue traffic interchange for the South Mountain Freeway remains on track to reopen Southern next month between 61st Avenue and 64th Place in Laveen. The closure of Southern […]
First bridge girders placed for South Mountain Freeway
Press Release from the Arizona Department of Transportation PHOENIX – The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway continues taking shape with the installation of bridge girders, together weighing more than two Boeing 747 jets, at the future interchange with 17th Avenue in the Ahwatukee Foothills. The girders are the first placed for the Arizona Department of […]
ADOT says freeway bridge will ease congestion
PHOENIX – Much-needed traffic relief is in store for motorists in Laveen and the southwest Valley when the Arizona Department of Transportation completes Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway bridges over the Salt River at 59th Avenue. In February, Connect 202 Partners, the developer responsible for construction of the South Mountain Freeway, started work in […]
South Mountain Freeway road closures for May 12-15
Information provided by the Arizona Department of Transportation Friday, May 12, 8 p.m. to Saturday, May 13, 5 a.m. I-10 westbound narrowed to three lanes between 67th and 79th avenues Friday, May 12, 10 p.m. to Monday, May 15, 5 a.m. 59th Avenue eastbound I-10 on-ramp closed Sunday, May 14 to Thursday, May 18, 9 p.m. […]
Northbound 59th Avenue closed starting May 3 for Loop 202 work
Arizona Department of Transportation PHOENIX – A stretch of northbound 59th Avenue approaching Interstate 10 will be closed for several days starting Wednesday, May 3, for the relocation of a city of Phoenix sewer line. The work is part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s project to build the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. Northbound […]
Freeway work continues as 9th Circuit denies legal challenge
PRESS RELEASE from ADOT on Jan. 17, 2017: PHOENIX – Construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway remains on track with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting the Gila River Indian Community’s motion for an injunction pending appeal. The order, released Friday, means work can proceed on the South Mountain Freeway while […]
ADOT says South Mountain Freeway construction to begin in 2017
PHOENIX – Construction scheduled to start early next year on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway may not be as visual as the 22 miles of uninterrupted asphalt to come, but each task lays a foundation for completing this link between the West Valley and East Valley by the end of 2019. Along the freeway […]
Utility work starts on South Mountain Freeway
ADOT NEWS RELEASE FOR 12/8/16 PHOENIX – A 300-foot-long cut along the embankments of Interstate 10 near 55th Avenue is the first sign of construction in the West Valley for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. Crews have started utility relocation work that’s needed before the Arizona Department of Transportation can start on the I-10/Loop […]
New businesses opening in Laveen by 2017
A microburst of new retail – mainly national and local chain food stores – rained down on Laveen during the second half of 2016 with developers and planners predicting a steady outpouring of new development proposals coming in 2017. Multiple new eateries joined LA Fitness at the corner of 51st Avenue and Baseline Road in […]