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Adopt a Highway volunteer lineup
06/12/2026

The heat is on: Safety tips for volunteers

Read about safety precautions for Adopt a Highway volunteers and anyone planning to enjoy the Arizona outdoors this summer.
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Arizona Wallet
06/11/2026

Arizona Wallet adds more features and functions

The Arizona Wallet app can now alert you when your vehicle registration is about to expire, directly on your smartphone. To learn more about the Arizona Wallet and the other digital wallet options available in Arizona, please visit azdot.gov/DigitalIDs.
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Photo from the Loop 101: Princess Drive to Shea Boulevard project.
06/10/2026

ADOT wins 5 awards for excellence in transportation partnering

The winners of the 2025 Arizona Transportation Partnering Excellence Award have been announced, and ADOT received five awards for roadway construction partnerships. The annual competition recognizes partnering processes and achievements...
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Masked participants in Construction Academy classroom
06/23/2020

Virtual technology helping ADOT boldly go forward

It may not quite be to the level of "Star Trek," but ADOT has embraced virtual communication during the current public health situation.
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Minutes to Stack on Construction Sign
06/23/2020

Portable signs point the way to bypassing I-17 work zone

The important ongoing project to reconstruct the Interstate 17 bridge over Central Avenue south of downtown Phoenix remains in an early stage. But before the work got started, our staff at ADOT knew the bridge work zone would present...
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Sample license plate
06/22/2020

Something new for license plate lovers to spot

Most people may not be aware of it, but there are lots of people out there who really geek out on license plates. They collect them, hang them on their walls, trade war stories about strange and ancient plates they may have seen or actually...
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Road sign reads: Next 11 miles, Variable Speed Limit Corridor, with a white truck in the background.
06/18/2020

New for Monsoon 2020: When dust kicks up, speed limit goes down

Interstate 10 drivers between Eloy and Picacho Peak should expect something very different this summer when storms hit: reduced speed limits, speed feedback signs and new overhead boards that display urgent safety messages.
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Historical marker on State Route 82 in Southern Arizona
06/16/2020

SR 82 stop offers two-for-one history lessons

A State Route 82 pullout east of Nogales offers two nods to Arizona history in one spot.
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Flooded desert landscape with muddy water covering the ground and partially submerging fence posts and vegetation, with mountains visible in the distance.
06/15/2020

With monsoon season here, is your vehicle rainstorm-ready?

The summer monsoon season is at hand. If you get caught in a heavy downpour, do you know what to do?
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Several semi-trucks parked on a wide concrete lot under a partly cloudy sky with mountains in the distance.
06/12/2020

Quick turnaround for commercial vehicle parking at rest areas

We've moved into action quickly to expand the number of commercial parking spaces at two rest area along I-40.
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People looking at road map on the wall
06/11/2020

Throwback Thursday: Hearing from you

The highway may never have been built, the spirit behind this public meeting in 1960s Tucson lives on.
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A large, weathered barn with wooden doors and windows, featuring a partially open entrance and faded green metal siding. Shrubs and dirt surround the structure.
06/10/2020

Looking back to when Grand Canyon aviation began

On this day 92 years ago, the first airport at the Grand Canyon took flight.
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Overhead freeway sign showing I-10 west and 101 north
06/09/2020

Lane adjustments on I-10 already improving traffic, safety

It's not often in life that you get immediate results. A lot of things worth doing take time and patience to bear any fruit. That's why it was gratifying when we saw a noticeable change in traffic flow and safety after crews completed a...
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