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Volunteer sign please help protect our beautiful earth at mile 9

12/22/2025

Volunteers make spirits bright

ADOT is grateful to volunteers year 'round, and there is no better time to express our gratitude than during the holiday season.

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Aerial view of I-17 wildlife overpass project

12/21/2025

PODCAST: Catching you up on projects and more in Northern Arizona

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Jeremy DeGeyter, administrator of ADOT's Northcentral District. Jeremy talks with host Doug Nintzel not just about the I-17 wildlife overpass project but the much-anticipated Lion Springs widening of SR 260 east of Payson, among other topics.

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12/17/2025

A national spotlight for ADOT's partnership with public universities

A video from American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) features ADOT director explaining the Arizona Transportation Institute and its goals.

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Adopt a Highway: Starlight Pines Homeowners Association celebrates 32 years of volunteerism

One community in Happy Jack is celebrating 32 years of particiption in Arizona's Adopt a Highway program!

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10/17/2022

Tips for your teen driver

National Teen Driver Safety Week is a great time to talk to your new driver about how stay safe on the road.

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The graphic reads MOVE OVER AZ. Every vehicle, every time. Its the law. on a dark background with blurred red and blue lights.

10/15/2022

For incident responders, the roadside is the office, so ‘Move Over’ to keep them safe

Imagine an officer worker sitting at a desk working on the side of the freeway while vehicles whiz by at 65 mph. Pretty dangerous, huh? While the roadside isn’t the normal place for office workers, it is the regular work area for incident...

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10/14/2022

Move Over: It’s the law

Move Over. Besides being the law in Arizona, it’s a simple gesture to provide a safe space for law enforcement, medical personnel, emergency responders and tow truck operators to render aid to motorists on the side of the road. By moving over, you are saving lives.

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A yellow Caterpillar road grader working on a dirt road under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

10/12/2022

Partnerships help produce new snow chain pull-out, SR 169 improvements

A new pull-out area on eastbound I-40 near Ash Fork is nearing completion that will allow commercial truckers to put snow chains on their semis.

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10/11/2022

Cross that bridge when you come to it

Construction is underway on the future multiuse bridge at Alameda Drive, which will connect both ends of street over I-10 in Phoenix and Tempe.

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Glendale Motor Vehicle Division road test area

10/05/2022

Changes to the MVD road test: What to expect

Changes to the new driver road test are here and we have the details!

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10/03/2022

Adopt a Highway: Volunteers collect 2.3 tons of litter in second largest statewide event

On National CleanUp Day on Sept. 17, 39 volunteer groups and 215 individual volunteers in 11 counties in Arizona filled 335 litter bags and gathered larger debris into piles for disposal totalling 2.3 tons.

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