Warning: Indian Canyon Drive at the 10 freeway may be a mess this weekend

You may want to avoid North Indian Canyon Drive at the 10 this weekend, as work continues on the new interchange and bridge there. The newspaper is reporting: “A portion of Interstate 10 will be closed overnight this weekend for construction work on the new Indian Canyon Drive bridge. Westbound drivers will be forced off the Indian Canyon Drive ramp from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. The drivers will then head back down the on-ramp and onto the interstate. Eastbound drivers will be taken along the same detour from 10 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday. ‘We’ll take you straight off the off-ramp, take you straight back down the other side and you’re off,’ spokesman Dennis Green said. ‘These are the simplest detours you can have for full freeway closure.’ The closures are the latest scheduled as contractors work on a project to improve six I-10 interchanges. The $16.5 million project will replace the existing Indian Canyon Drive interchange with a new, six-lane bridge that includes bike lanes. Contractors do not plan to close the interstate there again until the middle of 2011 when they will demolish the old bridge.” Miss Penny Lane says: She likes to drive up Indian Canyon to the 10 to treat herself to a Dairy Queen there, but she'll need to find another way to satisfy her sweet tooth this weekend.