PHOENIX — A part of State Route 88 (Apache Trail) west of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam near Tonto National Forest will periodically close for a month beginning Tuesday as part of a paving project.
The 48-hour closures are scheduled to begin weekly on Tuesdays from the entrance to Apache Lake (milepost 229.9) to west of the Roosevelt Dam (milepost 240.5). The closures will finish on May 8, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
The 48-hour closures will run from 7 a.m. on Tuesday to 7 a.m. on Thursday for the following days:
- April 8-10
- April 15-17
- April 29-May 1
- May 6-8
There will also be a 72-hour closure that will last from 7 a.m. April 21 to 7 a.m. April 24.
ADOT said the Roosevelt Dam overlook will be accessible through SR 188. SR 88 will be open for drivers heading east from Phoenix.
More details on State Route 88 closure
The closure is part of a $18 million paving project between ADOT, the U.S. Forest Service and Federal Highway Administration that began in late 2022. The project spans 11 miles and started in order to make pavement improvements on the highway and update drainage features that weren’t working or were damaged by flooding.
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