A 4 1/2-mile segment of the Red Mountain Freeway stretch of Loop 202 in east Mesa is undergoing a test drive. The Arizona Department of Transportation sought dozens of volunteer drivers to help test night visibility of signs along the stretch Tuesday night and tonight .

With the final 4 and 1/2 mile segment of the Loop 202 in east Mesa on the verge of completion, sections of the freeway will be closed for final preparation.

It’s not every day authorities encourage local kids to skate, bike, and run around on a freeway. But the opening of the Red Mountain Freeway portion of Loop 202 in east Mesa on Tuesday invited thousands of children and their families to do just that.

The Loop 202’s Red Mountain Freeway will come one step closer to completion this weekend, when a 2 ½-mile section between U.S. 60 and University Drive will open to the public, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

A deep fissure cuts across the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway’s future path in east Mesa, but Arizona Department of Transportation officials say it won’t put a crimp in their plans.

A deep fissure cuts across the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway’s future path in east Mesa, but Arizona Department of Transportation officials say it won’t put a crimp in their plans.

A congested gateway to the East Valley should see relief by month’s end as one of Arizona’s largest freeway widening projects nears completion.

The newest Loop 202 section opened just after noon Friday. The three-mile segment lets drivers cross U.S. 60 on the Loop 202 for the first time. It extends the freeway from roughly Baseline Road to University Drive.

Multiple freeway widening projects will restrict East Valley freeways over the weekend.

Traffic will be restricted on several East Valley freeways this weekend, mainly for freeway widening projects.

Drivers will find several freeway restrictions and closures this weekend, including the Red Mountain Freeway stretch of Loop 202, U.S. 60 and Interstates 10 and 17.

East Valley drivers will want to double-check their driving plans this weekend to avoid two freeway closures.

Drivers will find traffic jams on northbound Loop 101 for the next three weekends as construction will close it at the Red Mountain Freeway stretch of Loop 202.

Mesa leaders this morning will debate again whether towering commercial signs should be allowed next to freeways in the city.

The Mesa City Council voted Monday to allow towering business signs near freeways, despite protests from the mayor and his deputy.

You invite a handful of friends to stop by your new house, telling them it’s just off Loop 202 and Gilbert Road. Simple enough, right?

A Chandler freeway project has fallen behind schedule for a second time, a delay that has upset city officials and made them question whether more trouble is ahead.

April 12, 2005

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot a postal vehicle early Friday morning on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway near 24th Street in Phoenix.