A project to widen and reconstruct Interstate 10 from Ina to Ruthrauff roads has been completed, with traffic now using the rebuilt Sunset Links Road interchange and a new extension of Sunset Links Road.
On Tuesday evening, the Arizona Department of Transportation opened the interchange and an extension of Sunset Links Road between I-10 and River Road. The opening was the final step in wrapping up a $171 million project to improve traffic flow and safety in the northwest Tucson area.
The improvement comes after ADOT previously completed the project’s other major elements, adding a fourth lane on both directions of I-10 and reconstructing the Orange Grove Road interchange.
The Sunset Road extension, a $35 million component of the project funded by Pima County, creates a new connection to and from I-10 with new bridges over the Union Pacific railroad tracks and the Rillito River…