PHOENIX – Drivers confused by the new Interstate 10 Broadway Curve collector-distributor (CD) road should approach it like an extended exit ramp, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
“We want to encourage motorists to slow down and to pay attention so that they can navigate through the Broadway Curve area efficiently to get to where they need to get to. And since it’s a new concept for a lot of Arizona drivers, it’s a good practice to slow down to get familiar with how these CD roads work,” ADOT spokesman Luis Carlos Ruiz told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Tuesday.
The westbound CD road opened Monday morning as part of the ongoing I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project. The eastbound CD road will open later this year.
“I think the best way I can explain it to people is to think of it as an extended off-ramp,” Ruiz said.
The new road alongside I-10, with no stop signs or traffic signals, runs from Baseline Road in Tempe to 40th Street in Phoenix. It was designed to keep traffic flowing through an area where I-10 intersects with US 60 and State Route 143 in relatively small space.
“Before the project, there was a lot of weaving of traffic and so to sort of address that, we introduced collector-distributor road as part of the project,” Ruiz said.
Drivers who want to exit I-10 to eastbound US 60, Broadway Road, northbound SR 143 or 40th Street must take get on the CD road near B …
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