The Arizona Department of Transportation announced major weekend traffic closures for the Broadway Curve Improvement Project.

Interstate 10 heading into downtown Phoenix from the West Valley was closed briefly after a crash Wednesday morning.

PHOENIX — The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 from Chandler to central Phoenix will be closed this weekend due to a traffic shift. The Arizona Department of Transportation said the closure will take place between the Loop 202 freeway to Interstate 17. The closure starts at 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, and ends at 4 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27.

Interstate 10 appeared three times in a list of the top 10 most dangerous U.S. highways, with five Arizona freeway sections included on the list.

Rep. Greg Stanton has raised concerns about the potential withholding of $95 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds for the I-10 widening project.

Conservation groups say the proposed Arizona routes for an Interstate 11 project failed to consider habitat for imperiled desert species.

Interstate 10 has reopened after it was closed for several hours Saturday morning following a deadly crash south of Queen Creek Road.

In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation have agreed to halt planning activities and reevaluate their approval of Interstate 11.

The proposed freeway would run from Wickenburg to Nogales and has been subject to lawsuit filed by a conservation group.

As Arizona’s Family reported, one of the threatened species is the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, whose climate would be threatened as part of the highway’s construction.

Motorists heading from the East Valley to Phoenix and points west will have to get creative this weekend due to disruptive freeway closures.

Work crews will be working Friday through Monday morning on the following closures and restrictions on multiple freeways for construction this weekend.