Please check this page before your visit for the latest road closures and detours in and around Papago Park.  We will do our best to inform you of delays you might experience in the event of construction projects or large-scale public events.  Please follow the direction of safety officers or detour signs and alway maintain a safe speed. 

Galvin Parkway Construction
A New Intersection for the Garden

Galvin Parkway is now open to through traffic. 
 
After several months of road closures, visitors may once again access the Garden from both Van Buren Street and McDowell Road.  Construction crews remain on site so please drive carefully and obey all traffic signs.

If you have a comment, question or complaint about any aspect of the construction activity, please contact InRoads Info, Inc., your public information contact by dialing the 24-Hour Hotline at 480-281-1506 or Lori Pearce, Public Information Officer for the City of Phoenix at 602-370-1352.

Loop 202 Widening Project
Arizona Department of Transportation is widening the Loop 202 Freeway in the area around Papago Park.  Drivers are asked to allow extra travel time.  For complete Phoenix are freeway closures and restrictions visit http://www.valleyfreeways.com/

The 52nd Street/Van Buren Avenue exit on the eastbound 202 (Red Mountain) Freeway is closed until October 1, 2009 for freeway widening.  To access the Garden from the 202 eastbound, use the 143 (Hohokam) Expressway exit and head toward McDowell Road.  At McDowell Road, turn right (east) and continue to Galvin Parkway and turn right.  Follow directional signs into the Garden.

The MS Walk will be in an around Papago Park on Saturay, November 7 until approximately 10:30 a.m.  The Phoenix Police Department will determine if road closures are necessary depending on the size, location and safety needs of the walkers.  Please follow all directions by public safety officers.

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