The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers and area residents and businesses to plan for overnight full closures of State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon weekdays from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Mondays through Fridays on Aug. 15 through 19 and Aug. 22 through 26.
Closures will begin at 9 p.m. starting on Aug. 15 and the roadway will reopen each morning at 6 a.m.
State Route 89A will be closed to all traffic traveling north from Sedona beginning at the Cave Springs Campground at milepost 386. To detour, drivers on SR 89A traveling north to Flagstaff will use State Route 179 to Interstate 17.
SR 89A will be closed to all traffic traveling south from Flagstaff beginning at the Oak Creek Vista Overlook at milepost 390. To detour, drivers on SR 89A traveling south to Sedona will use I-17 to SR 179.
Restrictions for 8-foot vehicle width and 30-foot length remain in place 24/7 for the duration of the project.
The overnight closures are needed so crews can safely continue working on the SR 89A Oak Creek Canyon Improvements project, which includes: rockfall mitigation, erosion control and bridge rehabilitation.
When full closures are lifted, the roadway will continue to be narrowed to one lane only through the work zones with alternating north- and southbound travel.
Visit azdot.gov/SR89A for project information.
