Both directions of Grand Avenue near Bell Road will close overnight Thursday as work continues on a new overpass in the northwest Valley, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Wet weather forced officials to push the closure back 24 hours. It’s now scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Thursday and go until 5 a.m. Friday. Traffic will detour onto Dysart and Litchfield roads so crews can pour concrete for a new bridge over Grand Avenue.
A portion of Bell Road has been closed for months while crews built the bridge. Construction stopped for several weeks this summer after a girder collapsed and injured a pair of construction workers.
Despite the delay, ADOT officials said Bell Road will reopen by November. The entire project cost about $42 million, and it’s on track to be done by next spring.
