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Volunteer picking up trash on SR 74
02/11/2026

Volunteers throw shade on trash

Volunteers tidied up a section of State Route 74 in north Phoenix, for the community and groundhogs alike.
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A concrete bridge with large support beams spans a deep red rock canyon under a cloudy sky.
02/10/2026

Waterhole Canyon Bridge is out-of-this-world

An odd-looking bridge in Northern Arizona is a gateway to some of Arizona's most spectacular scenery.
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Samaritans Adopt a Highway Volunteers
02/09/2026

All the Way to the Border cleanup sees 100 volunteers

Hospitality and community support fuel Melissa Owen's 11th annual cleanup to reduce trash along State Route 286.
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2022-2026 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program Cover
06/02/2021

We want your opinion as we map out years of highway improvements

We want your help planning highway projects. The deadline to comment on our tentative Five-Year Plan ends tomorrow!
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I-10 and I-17 Split Night View
06/02/2021

Art of Transportation: A good long look

This long-exposure photo sums up how we are about to zip into the future with the Broadway Curve project.
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Road construction with vehicles and workers paving a rural highway under a partly cloudy sky.
06/01/2021

North to south, east to west, ADOT investing in road preservation

Did you know ADOT invested half a billion dollars in pavement preservation over the last five years? And we don't plan on slowing down anytime soon.
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Adopt a Highway sign and group of volunteers
05/28/2021

Adopt a Highway: Few words, many memories on Memorial Day

These families remember the loved ones they've lost all year long by keeping their small part of Arizona grand and litter-free.
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For Tom Erickson, it's all in the signs!
05/27/2021

It's all in the signs for this ADOT employee

Some people like to knit or sew. Others love car racing, going to the theater or solving crossword puzzles. Tom Erickson's passion is making signs. And, as an ADOT sign shop employee, he gets to do it every day.
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Arizona Highways Magazine cover cactus with flowers
05/26/2021

Arizona Highways: 43 years later, same great state

Take a virtual flip through the highlights of a 1978 issue of Arizona Highways Magazine.
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A mural shows a red airplane flying over fields and a river with a banner that reads, Thanks for Flying Yuma.
05/25/2021

Yuma International Airport is a triple winner

Move over, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. The Yuma International Airport has also scored a three-peat by winning Arizona Airport of the Year three times!
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Engineer Jeremy Moore and his daughter at bridge deck pour
05/24/2021

Watch us make a new bridge, and maybe a future bridge builder

For this 11-year-old interested in engineering and architecture, there was nothing better than going to the office with Dad.
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A highway runs toward distant mountains under a blue sky filled with large, fluffy clouds.
05/21/2021

Now’s the time to prepare for a Memorial Day road trip

The holiday weekend is a week away, but now is the time to prepare if you'll be traveling.
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Image of Hoover Dam at night
05/20/2021

Throwback Thursday: What a tangled web we weave

Daunting engineering challenge or monster B-movie material? We are looking at a tangled web for Throwback Thursday.
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