Getting AroundTuesday, November 10
The new I-10 interchange at Country Club Road opened Monday morning
The Tucson Today team
If you drive I-10 on the southside, your Monday commute changed. The Arizona Department of Transportation opened the new Country Club Road interchange at the start of the morning commute on Mon., Nov. 9. It's a diverging diamond: local traffic shifts to the left side while crossing the freeway, so you can turn left onto the on-ramp without waiting at another signal. It replaces the old Palo Verde Road interchange.
The new interchange is a milestone in a project that runs through 2028
- Nov. 2021A diverging diamond opens at I-10 and Houghton Road
- June 2025Work begins on the I-10 Kino Parkway to Alvernon Way project
- Nov. 9The Country Club Road interchange opens to traffic
- 2028Construction on the larger project is expected to continue through 2028
Sources: Signals AZ, KVOA
It's the second diverging diamond in Southern Arizona, and part of what's considered the largest highway construction project in Southern Arizona history. Gerson's manager Monica Jimenez said construction noise, shaking floors and dust sometimes dropped the store's daily traffic to less than 20 customers. She hopes her customer count doubles. ADOT spokesman Garin Groff said crews will soon start removing barricades.
The I-10 project from Kino Parkway to Alvernon Way is a $600 million job
- $600 million
- to rebuild and widen I-10 from Kino to Alvernon
- 3
- lanes in each direction once I-10 is widened
- 2
- lanes each way ADOT will keep open at peak times
- 2nd
- diverging diamond interchange in Southern Arizona
Sources: Signals AZ, KVOA
- Also planned: new westbound on-ramp at Alvernon Way
- Also planned: I-10 undercrossing linking North and South Kino Sports Complex
- Kino Parkway interchange: to be rebuilt as a diverging diamond
- Palo Verde Road interchange: being removed
Sources: Signals AZ, KVOA