{"id":4986,"date":"2017-05-01T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.finditinlaveen.com\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2017-05-01T11:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:41:14","slug":"northbound-59th-avenue-closed-starting-may-3-loop-202-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finditinlaveen.com\/northbound-59th-avenue-closed-starting-may-3-loop-202-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Northbound 59th Avenue closed starting May 3 for Loop 202 work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arizona Department of Transportation<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n PHOENIX \u2013 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\u2019s project to build the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway.<\/span><\/p>\n Northbound 59th Avenue will be closed between Roosevelt Street and I-10 (Papago Freeway) from 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Monday, May 8.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Motorists should consider 51st or 67th avenues and Van Buren Street as alternate routes while northbound 59th Avenue is closed.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Connect 202 Partners, the developer responsible for building the South Mountain Freeway, will relocate the 27-inch sewer line stretching the length of nearly six football fields. Crews will first remove the asphalt along the northbound lanes before digging a new 20- to 25-foot-deep trench and installing the pipe in segments.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Daily work hours will be 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>The 22-mile South Mountain Freeway, expected to open by late 2019, will provide a long-planned direct link between the East Valley and West Valley and a much-needed alternative to Interstate 10 through downtown Phoenix. Approved by Maricopa County voters in 1985 and again in 2004 as part of a comprehensive regional transportation plan, the South Mountain Freeway will complete the Loop 202 and Loop 101 freeway system in the Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n