By Ahwatukee Foothill News
The long-awaited construction of new I-10 lanes over the Gila River began this week as the Arizona Department of Transportation took a big step in a four-phase expansion of the highway between Phoenix and Casa Grande that will take at least four years and cost close to $1 billion.
The bridge replacement is part of the I-10 Wild Horse Pass Corridor Project that runs along 26 miles of I-10 in both directions between the Loop 202 (Santan/South Mountain Freeway) and State Route 387 near Casa Grande.
And once that’s done, I-10 motorists will have three lanes each way between Phoenix and Tucson.
