Traffic

Southbound Interstate 17 will be closed between State Route 74 and the Loop 303 from 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday for pavement work -- the southbound I-17 on-ramps at Daisy Mountain Drive and Pioneer Road will also be closed; the northbound Loop 101 Price Freeway will be closed between U.S. 60 and Broadway Road from 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday for pavement work - both US. 60 ramps to the northbound Loop 101 will be closed, and the northbound Loop 101 on-ramps at Warner, Elliot and Guadalupe Roads will also be closed; the eastbound U.S. 60 will be closed between the Loop 202 and Crismon Road from 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday for lane marking work -- both the Loop 202 ramps to eastbound U.S. 60 will be closed, as well as the eastbound U.S. 60 on-ramps at Power and Ellsworth Roads; eastbound I-10 will be narrowed to three lanes between 40th Street and the U.S. 60 from 10 p.m Friday through 2 p.m. Saturday for construction -- the eastbound I-10 ramp to eastbound U.S. 60 will also be closed; and Grand Avenue will be narrowed to one lane in both directions between Center Street and SR 74 from 11 p.m. Friday through 3 p.m. Saturday and from 11 p.m. Saturday through 3 p.m. Sunday for pavement sealing work.

One person was killed in a crash involving a city bus and a pickup truck along the westbound lanes of the Loop 202 near Scottsdale Road, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. The freeway was shut down due to the crash, but it has since been reopened.

The eastbound Interstate 10 off-ramp to Baseline Road will close beginning May 10. The ramp will remains closed until July due to reconfiguration work. During the closure, traffic will be diverted to Elliot Road and then back onto I-10 to reach the westbound ramp to Baseline Road.

ADOT shared oddly satisfying footage of rock blasting on I-17 in north Phoenix. It was completed on a 23-mile stretch and a total of 62 rock blasts were done. The blasts took place at seven locations. ADOT says 177,000 cubic yards of rock and other materials were removed. The purpose of the project is to make room for additional lanes.

Phoenix Police say an elderly man died in a crash involving at least two vehicles near 40th Street and Cactus Road.

Two crashes, one in Scottsdale on the Loop 101 and another on the Interstate 10 caused road closures during Friday's commute. At least one person was killed in the accidents.

Westbound Interstate 10 will be closed between the Loop 202 Santan Freeway and the U.S. 60 from 10 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. Monday for the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project; the U.S. 60 will be narrowed to two lanes near Priest Drive from 10 p.m. Friday through 10 p.m. Saturday; the southbound Loop 101 Price Freeway will be closed between Guadalupe and Ray Roads from 9 p.m Friday through 5 a.m. Monday for pavement work; the U.S. 60 (Grand Avenue) will be narrowed to one lane in both directions between 163rd Avenue and Center Street from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday and from 11 p.m. Saturday through 3 p.m. Sunday for pavement sealing work; and State Route 87 will be closed briefly at times between Lindsay and Stapley Drivers from 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Saturday, from Noon Saturday through Noon Sunday, and from 8 p.m. Sunday through 5 a.m. Monday for a Western Power Administration project.