{"id":802020,"date":"2026-05-17T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802020\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:40:15","slug":"project-will-disrupt-traffic-sunday-at-sr-347-riggs-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/802020\/","title":{"rendered":"Project will disrupt traffic Sunday at SR 347\/Riggs Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers traveling between Phoenix and Maricopa this weekend should brace for delays along State Route 347.<\/p>\n<p>The intersection of SR 347 and Riggs Road will close intermittently in all directions on Sunday,<a href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/news\/sr-347riggs-road-intersection-closed-times-sunday-may-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> according to the Arizona Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The brief closures, which could last up to 15 minutes each time, are scheduled to take place between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>ADOT officials said the closures are necessary for crews to complete traffic signal and utility work ahead of a major upcoming improvement project.<\/p>\n<p>State transportation officials are urging drivers to allow for extra travel time and to expect delays throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The prep work comes ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-traffic\/sr-347-project-sundt-construction\/5804598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SR 347 Improvement Project,<\/a> which is scheduled to begin construction this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest KTAR News 92.3 FM\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/text-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">traffic alerts<\/a>\u00a0sent straight to your phone by texting \u201cTRAFFIC\u201d to 620620.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/veenstra_david\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @veenstra_david<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" width=\"830\" height=\"100\" alt=\"newsletter sign up\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers traveling between Phoenix and Maricopa this weekend should brace for delays along State Route 347. The intersection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":802021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-802020","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-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116587845832797101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802020","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=802020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}