A full closure of westbound Interstate 10 occurred over the last weekend in April to place new rubberized asphalt pavement between Loop 202 (Santan/South Mountain Freeway) and US 60.
A total of 1.25 miles of new asphalt pavement was placed and restriped over the weekend and opened for traffic in time for Monday morning commuters.
Early Saturday morning, trucks began delivering 3,000 tons of asphalt to the work zone between Warner Road and Ray Road.
Following behind the asphalt trucks was the paving machine that converted the asphalt into about two inches of pavement.
Two rollers followed behind the paving machine to compact the asphalt further into a drivable surface.
A crew adds rock to an abutment for the eastbound Collector-Distributor (CD) road bridge over Southern Avenue.
A small loader, called a skid steer, delivers a load of rock to a crew building a wall for the eastbound CD road near Southern Avenue.
A crew stripes new rubberized asphalt pavement on westbound I-10 between Warner and Guadalupe roads.
A crew ties bridge deck rebar for a bridge that will connect State Route 143 to Interstate 10.
An excavator uses a weight to break up concrete rubble along the ramp from eastbound I-10 to eastbound US 60.
Workers construct concrete forms for a barrier wall next to the westbound I-10 on-ramp at 40th Street.
On Sunday, May 14, 2023, final preparations for opening the westbound I-10 on-ramp at 40th Street included installing lights and adjusting signal timing.
Work continues on the piers for the new bridge that will connect southbound State Route 143 with the eastbound I-10 Collector-Distributor road.
A crew places pavement marking tape for the crosswalk across the westbound I-10 on-ramp at 40th Street.
A paving crew puts the finishing touches to a curb and gutter of the westbound I-10 on-ramp at 40th Street.
On May 22, the bridge truss for the multiuse bridge at Alameda Drive arrived.
A hoe ram operator breaks up concrete that used to be part of eastbound I-10 near Broadway Road.
A worker uses a saw to cut joints into the recently placed concrete pavement along southbound State Route 143 near University Drive.
A loader fills a dump truck with dirt excavated along eastbound Interstate 10 between 48th Street and Broadway Road.
An excavator removes dirt from the area along eastbound I-10 between 48th Street and Broadway Road, while in the background, another operator breaks up concrete.
