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The holiday season is in full swing and with people gathering with family and friends to celebrate meals, traditions and more, we want to make sure you get safely to and from your destination. To that end, ADOT will be displaying several...
Randy Everett, ADOT Central District Administrator, previews improvements on tap for the coming year, including freeway-to-freeway ramps at Loop 303 and I-17 and extending Loop 303 southward in the West Valley.
Editor Robert Stieve visits with host Doug Nintzel about Arizona Highways magazine's ongoing centennial celebration, how the holiday edition has become annual treasure and even how the magazine is looking toward next year's Route 66 centennial.

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More than 20 years ago, ADOT did a careful balancing act of widening State Route 87.
Did you know there's a connection between an Arizona highway and Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot?
An ADOT study on traffic control devices to help pedestrians cross a street or highway has received a national award.
State Route can't seem to decide whether its coming or going. We dive into while the route from Phoenix to Lukeville is numbered in two contrary ways.
This tower is the key to solving this week's "Where in AZ??" challenge.
See the demolition that will lead to a better bridge on I-17 over Central Avenue.
Did you know that Mule Pass Tunnel near Bisbee had a cameo in a major Hollywood motion picture? It's true, and let us tell you about it.
It isn't exactly news that history abounds along Arizona highways. A casual driver can learn about historical figures ranging from Hi Jolly to Tom Mix by visiting various historical markers and monuments. But what might be news to you, as...
It was 89 years ago that the Arizona Highway Commission decided to help out local industry by making copper license plates.
The name of the route commonly called the Beeline Highway was officially changed to the Duthie-Martin Highway in honor of two law enforcement officers who lost their lives on the road in the line of duty.