Boy, oh boy. The Wetlands are going to be hard to enjoy during the first full week of March! Not only will they be closed for a prescribed burn on Wednesday, March 7th (scheduled to reopen at the usual time on the 8th if all goes well) but the Arizona Department of Transportation will be closing Ruthrauff/El Camino del Cerro under I-10 that weekend. It will close for repaving at 9 pm on Friday the 9th and should be open by 11pm on Sunday, March 11th.
So, for those of you who live east of I-10 it sounds like the easiest way to get to the Wetlands that weekend will be to get on eastbound I-10 at Orange Grove, then take the Prince Road exit. As you descend the ramp slow down and get in the far right lane. Take the first right on to Sweetwater Dr. (If by chance you miss that turn, you can take the next right onto Commerce Drive. Then another quick right onto Benan Drive will take you back up to Sweetwater Drive. Left to the Wetlands.) Remember that Prince Road west of the frontage road is closed.
Now for those of us that live west of I-10, we have two choices but either way we’re in for a bit of driving. We can either head down to Grant Road, then hop on I-10 westbound, exit at Sunset Road, go under I-10, and get back on. Then take the Prince Road exit. As you descend the ramp slow down and get in the far right lane. Take the first right on to Sweetwater Dr. (If by chance you miss that turn, you can take the next right onto Commerce Drive. Then another quick right onto Benan Drive will take you back up to Sweetwater Drive. Left to the Wetlands.) Remember that Prince Road west of the frontage road is closed.
Or drive north on Silverbell Road to Ina Road and get on eastbound I-10, then take the Prince Road exit. As you descend the ramp slow down and get in the far right lane. Take the first right on to Sweetwater Dr. (If by chance you miss that turn, you can take the next right onto Commerce Drive. Then another quick right onto Benan Drive will take you back up to Sweetwater Drive. Left to the Wetlands.) Remember that Prince Road west of the frontage road is closed.
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