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PHOENIX<\/strong> – With nearly 82 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving, Arizona is relying on its I-17 flex lanes to manage high traffic volumes.<\/p>\n The 8-mile reversible system, located between Black Canyon City and Sunset Point, has received positive reviews from early users seeking to avoid congestion.<\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n In Arizona, one of the most-traveled holiday roadways, Interstate 17, is offering options for drivers with the opening of the I-17 flex lanes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The lanes, which run along an 8-mile stretch between Black Canyon City and Sunset Point, were designed to alleviate congestion, a common holiday headache for drivers traveling between the Valley and the High Country.<\/p>\n The flex lanes are operational in only one direction at a time, determined by digital signage. Northbound lanes are open through Saturday, requiring drivers to enter from the left lane and utilize one of the two available lanes.<\/p>\n Southbound lanes, which were closed Tuesday, Nov. 25, are scheduled to open Sunday.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Early traveler feedback on the new system has been positive.<\/p>\n “Last night we came up to Sedona, and it seemed like traffic was running great, it’s just nice to have those extra two lanes,” one driver said.<\/p>\n Another traveler noted the benefit of the reversible lanes, saying, “The flex lane was great … I think they do a pretty good job of switching it up, so great experience in general with the flex lane.”<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Click here<\/strong><\/a> to read more about the flex lanes.<\/p>\n Holidays<\/a>Traffic<\/a>News<\/a>Phoenix<\/a>Transportation<\/a>Travel News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – With nearly 82 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving, Arizona is relying on its I-17…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":405494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,7709,1588,50,1589,314,522,18900,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-405493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-holidays","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-traffic","16":"tag-transportation","17":"tag-travel-news","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115614934196115575","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"(Related)](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AB7A439A419A9E427D97A200136BC2DD.jpg\")
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