In Southern Arizona, orange is always in season, especially the conical assortment.
Road projects, when they're right in your daily commute, sometimes feel like they last forever.
Though some work, such as paving a surface with rubberized asphalt, can't be done in cooler temperatures, there is no shortage of other work to be done.
While crews continue to work on trenching, moving utilities, reconstructing and landscaping road projects that began in 2007, a new round of projects is slated to begin this year.
Last year's most notable project was the start of work to widen Interstate 10 from Prince Road to 29th Street. That project will continue throughout 2008. But other projects will begin this year and bring the pain of "road construction ahead" and the pleasure of a new road once work is complete.
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Arizona Department of Transportation
I-10 widening, Prince Road to 29th Street
Project: Widen I-10 in the metropolitan area to four lanes in each direction, rebuild associated bridges over city streets
Start date: Jan. 3, 2007
Estimated end: Spring 2010
I-10 widening, Tangerine Road to Pinal Air Park
Project: Widen I-10 to three lanes in each direction
Start date: Aug. 12, 2007
Estimated end: August 2008
I-10 widening, Pinal Air Park to Picacho Peak
Project: Widen to three lanes in each direction, build a new traffic interchange at Picacho Peak
Start date: January 2008
Estimated end date: Summer 2009
State Route 77 (Oracle Road)
Project: Widen to six lanes from Calle Concordia to Tangerine Road
Start date: Spring 2008
Estimated end date: Winter 2009
Interstate 19 resurfacing
Project: Resurface I-19 from Business 19 to Palo Parado (near Rio Rico) and add new guardrails
Start date: February 2008
Estimated end date: June 2008
I-10 interchange at I-19
Project: Landscape the interchange
Start date: Summer 2008
Estimated end date: Late 2008 or early 2009
Tucson
Fourth Avenue Underpass
Project: Rebuild the underpass with wider sidewalks, trolley tracks, room on top for the Downtown Links extension of the Barraza-Aviation Parkway
Start date: June 2007
Estimated end: Spring 2009
Five Points
Project: Resurface and re-stripe South Sixth and Stone avenues to provide for two-way traffic and add drainage improvements.
Start date: Nov. 12, 2007
Estimated end: May 2008
County
Craycroft Road widening
Project: Widen the road to two lanes in each direction from River Road to Sunrise Drive, with a median and paved shoulders
Start date: January 2006
Estimated end: Spring 2008, when the weather allows for final rubberized-asphalt paving
Valencia Road
Project: Widen Valencia to four lanes from South Mark Road to South Camino de la Tierra, with a continuous left-turn lane and paved shoulders
Start date: January 2007
Estimated end: spring 2008
Country Club Road
Project: Repave South Country Club Road with three lanes north of East Ajo Way and five lanes south of Ajo; new bridge at the Tucson diversion channel; install sidewalks and landscaping
Start date: November 2006
Estimated end: January or February 2008
Cortaro Farms Road
Project: Widen Cortaro Farms from Camino de Oeste to Thornydale, with a raised median, paved shoulders and drainage improvements
Start date: Late fall or early winter 2008
Estimated end: Summer 2010
Marana
Thornydale Road widening
Project: Widen Thornydale to six lanes from south of West Orange Grove Road to the Cañada del Oro wash
Start date: November 2007
Estimated end: December 2008
Tangerine Farms
Project: New four-lane road from I-10 and Tangerine Road through Gladden Farms to Moore Road.
Start date: January 2006
Estimated end: April 2008
Silverbell widening
Project: As part of the Silverbell Sewer Interceptor project, Silverbell will be widened to five lanes from Ina Road to south of Cortaro Road
Start date: May 2008
Estimated end: November 2008
Oro Valley
La Cañada Drive widening
Project: Widen North La Cañada to five lanes from West Naranja Drive to West Tangerine Road
Start date: Jan. 22, 2008
Estimated end: Jan. 2009
Rancho Vistoso Boulevard
Project: Remove the asphalt and resurface from Big Wash Bridge to Honeybee Bridge
Start: Early summer 2008
Estimated end: summer (project is expected to take about one month)
Sahuarita
Sahuarita Road
Project: Widen to four lanes from Interstate 19 to South La Villita
Start date: fall 2008
Estimated end: spring 2010
Sahuarita Road
Project: Widen to four lanes from Interstate 19 to South La Cañada Drive
Start date: fall 2008
Estimated end: spring 2010
La Cañada Drive
Project: Widen from El Torro Road to Sahuarita Road, add landscaping and sidewalks
Start date: fall 2008
Estimated end: spring 2010
