South Kinney Road will be closed south of West Ajo Way to Calle Don Manuel from Wednesday through late August as part of a $40 million project to improve traffic flow along Ajo Way (State Route 86) between South Kinney and West Valencia roads.
Traffic will be routed to West Irvington Road via Camino de Oeste or Sunset Boulevard to access Kinney road from the south in the interim, according to a news release from ADOT.
The entire project is expected to wrap up in the summer of 2018.
Some of the other changes drivers will see in that area, according to ADOT:
— Oklahoma Street, north of SR 86 (milepost 165) is closed until further notice so crews can make improvements at Tucson Estates Parkway. Traffic will be detoured to Michigan Street and to Fred Avenue. There will be a "Road Closed to Through Traffic" sign with space provided for local traffic to enter. Business access will be maintained.
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— Traffic on westbound SR 86 is shifted to the south side of the roadway, just east of Kinney Road, until further notice, to install a temporary concrete barrier and construct the new westbound roadway. Crews and traffic devices will guide drivers through the work zone. Business access is not affected.
— Tucson Estates Parkway at SR 86 is closed around the clock through summer 2017 to construct and pave the new intersection and roadway to the north. Traffic on SR 86 will be detoured to Kinney Road and onto Bopp Road. Access to Tucson Estates Parkway is available from Bopp Road or Camino Verde. There will be a “Road Closed to Through Traffic” sign with space provided for local traffic to enter.
— Sunset Boulevard, just south of SR 86, is closed around the clock through summer 2017. Drivers on SR 86 are using Kinney Road to Irvington Road to access Sunset Road. Drivers on Sunset Road are using Irvington Road to Kinney Road to access SR 86.
— The turnoff from SR 86 to Old Ajo Way, east of Camino Verde (near milepost 164) is permanently closed. The closure is for the construction of a new westbound alignment that will provide better future access with the new Camino Verde signalized intersection when it is opened. Access to Camino Verde and the Drexel Heights Fire Station will always remain open.
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