The final leg of state Route 51 will link with Loop 101 next week, providing the critical tie to the rest of the Valley’s freeway system almost two months ahead of schedule.

Oct. 15, 2004

Construction will close two sections of Loop 101 this weekend, making it difficult to get south to north without getting stuck in traffic jams.

A piece of the Pima Freeway stretch of Loop 101 will close this weekend in the north East Valley for work on a new interchange at 64th Street.Unlike most weekend closures, one direction will be closed for only part of the weekend.

Loop 101 through Scottsdale will be closed for the second straight weekend to prepare for the next construction phase of a car-pool lane project.

State transportation officials recommend drivers plan alternate routes this weekend to avoid a complete closure of a seven-mile stretch of southbound Loop 101’s Pima Freeway in Scottsdale.

Drivers will find closures this weekend on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway and Loop 101 Price Freeway.

The northbound lanes of the southernmost stretch of Loop 101 will close this weekend as crews take on another rubberized asphalt project.

Several lanes of westbound Loop 101 west of Tatum Boulevard remain closed while highway patrolmen clean up and investigate a collision that seriously injured a motorcyclist late Wednesday morning, said Arizona Department of Public Safety officers.

A motorcyclist has died following an accident Monday afternoon on the Northbound Loop 101 at US 60 in Tempe.

Weekend road work will force drivers off a 3-mile stretch of the Loop 101 freeway in Scottsdale and slow down along another portion.

After months of work, the Arizona Department of Transportation this weekend finally completed its addition of new carpool lanes to Loop 101 in the Chandler and Tempe area.

A six-mile stretch of northbound Loop 101 will be closed through Scottsdale this weekend as the area is primed for a carpool lane construction project.

Drivers will find two closed Loop 101 segments this weekend as crews continue to pave over concrete with rubberized asphalt.

Alaska never got its infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But Chandler soon will have, "Where's the bridge?" During the coming months, a support pier for a 500-foot-long pedestrian bridge will be built in the median of Loop 101, halfway between Ray Road and Chandler Boulevard.

The final leg of state Route 51 will link with Loop 101 next week, providing the critical tie to the rest of the Valley’s freeway system almost two months ahead of schedule.

Based on the seeding, this was supposed to be the best matchup of the 4A-I state football playoffs.

By the time 6-foot-8, 310-pound William Poehls — a mohawked right tackle masquerading as a tailback near the goal line — barreled his way into the end zone late in the third quarter, Chandler’s season-opening rout of Mesa Skyline was a laugher.

Commuters should think of President Barack Obama’s appearance at Arizona State University as if Sun Devil Stadium were hosting a big football game — and then some.

Stretches of four Valley freeways will close for part or all of the weekend - Loop 101, interstates 10 and 17 and state Route 143.

Several freeways will close or be restricted this weekend for roadwork, including the Loop 101, U.S. 60 and Interstate 17.

Construction on the final stretch of Loop 101's car-pool lane between Tatum Boulevard and Princess Drive is scheduled to begin Friday night.

Ongoing work on Loop 101 will briefly close the freeway in south Scottsdale this morning.