Northern Arizona road closures this week are a shorter list than they were after the Nov. 1 floods, but a few important ones remain. In Prescott, two low-water crossings are still shut. In Oak Creek Canyon, a damaged stretch of State Route 89A between Pine Flats and Oak Creek Vista has no reopening date. Conditions can change with new rain, so treat this as a Friday, Nov. 13 snapshot and confirm live maps before you drive.
The practical habit behind Northern Arizona road closures this week is simple: check AZ511 for state highways, then the City of Prescott flooding page for local barricades. This starter post is how Bridge News will keep Northern Arizona road closures this week in one place, alongside our earlier Verde River flood report.
How to Follow Northern Arizona Road Closures This Week
Start with AZ511, then local city and county notices
The live state map is the first stop; city pages catch the streets AZ511 may not list. AZ511 covers Arizona Department of Transportation highways and many incidents. For Yavapai County highways, open the AZ511 Yavapai County view, or call 511. Coconino County also maintains a county road status map that incorporates AZ511 data.
- Check AZ511 before a Flagstaff, Sedona, Verde Valley or Prescott trip, especially if you planned to use SR 89A through Oak Creek Canyon.
- Add the City of Prescott emergency page for low-water crossings and park access inside city limits.
- Sign up for Prescott Alert and Genasys Protect, which the city uses for closure notices.
Prescott low-water crossings still closed
Northern Arizona road closures this week still include two Prescott crossings, barred as of the city’s Nov. 12, 2:37 p.m. update.
- Lincoln Avenue at Grove Street
- Clearwater at Robin Drive
The city says several low-water crossings remain closed during cleanup, that drivers should not go around barricades, and that additional closures can appear if water rises again. If you come up on a flooded roadway, turn around. Most flood deaths happen in vehicles.
SR 89A in Oak Creek Canyon: what is open and the detour
The longest of the Northern Arizona road closures this week is on SR 89A: Sedona to the area beyond Slide Rock is open; the upper switchbacks are not. ADOT closed much of SR 89A on Nov. 1 after Oak Creek flooded and tore at the road. Crews later reopened the highway from Sedona to Slide Rock State Park, then opened about five more miles so homes and businesses past the original Slide Rock closure could be reached, according to KTAR on Nov. 11 and the Sedona Red Rock News on Nov. 12.
- Still closed: from about milepost 387, just south of Pine Flats Campground (still inaccessible), to Oak Creek Vista at milepost 390.
- ADOT has not issued a reopening estimate and has described a long-term reconstruction job on that damaged section.
- Detour between Sedona and Flagstaff: State Route 179 and Interstate 17.
- Parking along the open canyon stretch is prohibited. Expect repair work and tighter turns for large vehicles.
What this road-closure beat will do next
Each update will start from official maps, then name only the closures we can verify that day. Northern Arizona road closures this week will be checked against AZ511 and city or county notices, not scanner chatter or unsigned social posts.
- We will note when a previously listed closure reopens, as ADOT has been doing in stages on SR 89A.
- Holiday parade routes, including the Nov. 28 Holiday Light Parade and the Dec. 5 Christmas Parade, will be added once the city posts street-closure maps. See our roundup of Prescott Christmas City events 2026.
- If you hit a new barricade, send a photo and location to Bridge News after you are safely off the road. We will confirm it with an official source before it goes in the log.
For flood-recovery context behind these detours, read the companion Yavapai County flood recovery update. Related local notices are collected under Yavapai County News and Community Resources.
Citations and resource links
Use the live maps first; the articles below explain the longer highway closure.
