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New $1.7B Ariz. freeway includes half diverging diamond, double roundabout

(Arizona DOT note: Since the release of this video in January 2017, the Dobbins Road interchange has been redesigned. The freeway will now go over Dobbins Road. ) Along with being the largest freeway construction project in Arizona history, the new 22-mile South Mountain Freeway around southwest Phoenix incorporates some interesting features, including a double […]

January 2, 2020

Roadbuilding

Ariz. South Mountain Freeway could open three years early and under budget

The South Mountain Freeway could open ahead of schedule in December 2019 and under budget at a total cost of $1.7 billion, KTAR News reports. The South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) will add 22 miles of freeway to the existing transportation system in the Phoenix metropolitan area to connect the east and west valley, while providing […]

March 7, 2019

Roadbuilding

Last girders set on 40-bridge project over Salt River are longest Ariz. DOT has ever used

The last girders, some of which are the longest ever used by the Ariz. DOT, have been set on the South Mountain Freeway over Salt River. Learn more here.

October 17, 2018

Roadbuilding

First bridge girders in place at Arizona DOT’s South Mountain Freeway interchange

The first bridge girders have been set in place for the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway at the future interchange with 17th Avenue in the Ahwatukee Foothills. In total the 22-mile South Mountain Freeway project will have roughly 1,100 girders at 40 bridges. The placement of the first girders occurred […]

July 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT creates online virtual tour animation of South Mountain Freeway

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has created an online virtual tour flyover animation of the South Mountain Freeway that has incorporated updated plans for the 22-mile corridor set for complete in late 2019. The freeway project is the largest single freeway project in the state’s history. The six-and-a-half minute video is an update to […]

March 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allows South Mountain Freeway work to continue

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Gila River Indian Community’s motion for an injunction pending appeal to stop the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. Work can now proceed on the South Mountain Freeway “while an appeal by freeway opponents is pending before the 9th Circuit in San Francisco,” says the Arizona […]

January 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Court dismisses environmental suit against the Phoenix South Mountain Freeway

Work can begin on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, an I-10 connector that extends south of downtown Phoenix, after the U.S. District Court there determined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) were not negligent in meeting federal laws on the project. The plaintiffs in the case were the Gila […]

August 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indian reservation files lawsuit against FHWA, Arizona DOT over $1.9 billion highway extension

An Indian reservation in Arizona has dropped a lawsuit on the Federal Highway Administration and the state’s Department of Transportation over a massive highway extension project through what the reservation calls sacred land. The Gila River Indian Community filed the lawsuit at the end of June to challenge the FHWA’s decision to approve the $1.7 billion Loop 202 […]

July 27, 2015