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The Arizona Department of Transportation is temporarily closing 13 of 18 state-owned rest stops as part of a plan to shore up a $100 million budget shortfall.

Among the closures: the Canoa Ranch rest area on Interstate 19 south of Green Valley the Sacaton rest area on Interstate 10 north of Casa Grande and the San Simon rest area on I-10 near the Arizona-New Mexico border.

The Texas Canyon rest area, on I-10 between Benson and Willcox, is one of five rest stops that will remain open. Others staying open include ones on Interstate 8 between Casa Grande and Yuma and I-10 between Phoenix and the Arizona-California border.

The closures could begin as soon as Oct. 19, said Linda Ritter, an Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman. The state will review those closures after the 2009-2010 fiscal year ends in June, she said.

Areas selected for closure were chosen based on several factors, Ritter said, including their distance to other facilities such as restrooms and overnight truck stops.

Canoa, Ritter said, was chosen because it’s only 10 miles from Green Valley, while the San Simon rest area is just 20 miles west of a rest area in Lordsburg, N.M.