Department of Transportation

Grant Road/Craycroft Road Intersection Improvement Project

Posted: 09/03/2009

This is a continuing series of construction alerts that will be issued throughout the construction of the Grant Road and Craycroft Road Intersection Improvement Project. These alerts will announce construction, detour and closure information as it effects traffic. Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians are asked to obey all posted speed limit signs within the construction area and be alert for construction crews and personnel working in the area.

On Saturday, September 5, 2009, at about 5 a.m., work crews will begin realigning traffic barricades to shift eastbound Grant Road traffic to the north side of Grant Road. This will allow work crews to begin underground utility work on the south side of Grant Road. Traffic patterns for westbound Grant Road and for northbound and southbound Craycroft Road remain the same. Left turns at the intersection will continue to be allowed.

The Grant Road and Craycroft Road Intersection Improvement Project began on January 20, 2009 and is scheduled to be complete in December 2009. Crews will be working Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., but for the safety of the traveling public, the travel restrictions will be in place for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The $6.4 million project is being funded with voter-approved Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) funds. The intersection will be reconstructed to improve the pavement condition and to add dual left turn lanes, exclusive right-turn lanes, bus pullouts, and bike lanes. Sidewalks will be widened to 6-feet wide within the project limits. This project will also require the replacement of the existing Alamo Wash bridge on Craycroft Road with a stronger reinforced box culvert. The intersection will be updated with new traffic signal equipment. Additional information on the project and travel restriction updates can be obtained at http://www.dot.tucsonaz.gov/projects/grantCraycroft/. While funded through the RTA, the project is being managed by the City of Tucson Department of Transportation. Voters approved the RTA in May 2006.