FLAGSTAFF – Flagstaff drivers should prepare for traffic impacts including lane restrictions and ramp closures while crews begin bridge work at Interstate 40 and Beulah Boulevard. Crews are scheduled to remove the westbound I-40 bridge deck and install false work under eastbound Interstate 40 bridge deck over Beulah Boulevard. This work is necessary for the first phase of project construction.

One-direction overnight closures of Beulah Boulevard are scheduled for the following times:

• Southbound Beulah Boulevard will be closed from 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 13, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 14; from 10:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, May 15; and from 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, to 5 a.m. Wednesday, May 16. The southbound Beulah Boulevard detour route takes drivers north to Forest Meadows Street, east to I-17 and south onto southbound I-17 to the J.W. Powell/I-17 Interchange, then north on Beulah Boulevard.
• Northbound Beulah Boulevard will be closed from 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, to 5 a.m. Thursday, May 17; from 10:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, to 5 a.m. Friday, May 18; and from 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 18, to 7 a.m. Saturday, May 19. The northbound Beulah Boulevard detour route takes drivers southbound to the J.W. Powell/ I-17 Interchange and then north on I-17 to Forest Meadows Street, then west to Beulah Boulevard.

The northbound I-17 to westbound I-40 ramp remains closed for the duration of the project. Traffic that would normally use this ramp is being detoured onto I-40 eastbound, then exiting at Butler Avenue and heading west on I-40.

Drivers should proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for construction personnel and equipment.

For more information, visit the project website. For questions or comments, call Mackenzie Kirby, ADOT Community Relations project manager at 928.525.6494 or email mkirby@azdot.gov.