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Image of USPS stamp pane featuring eight different stamps.

05/05/2026

ADOT’s director helps dedicate Route 66 postage stamps

The Route 66 centennial is a big deal here at the Arizona Department of Transportation. That’s why our director, Jennifer Toth, gave opening remarks today at a U.S. Postal Service ceremony in Phoenix dedicating stamps honoring the historic route’s 100 years as of this coming November.

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Image showing rendering versus actual photo of a portion of the I-40/US93 interchange in Kingman

05/05/2026

Renderings vs. reality at I-40/US 93 interchange in Kingman

When ADOT commissioned a bird’s eye video rendering of the I-40/US 93 interchange project in Kingman, we never could have imagined there’d be an opportunity to see just how realistic the images would turn out when viewed from above.

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05/04/2026

Summer is almost here. It’s time to prep your vehicle for the heat

If you live in Arizona year-round, there’s one thing for certain: You cannot escape the summer heat. Sometimes, we can’t even escape summer-like temperatures in March. But, during Heat Awareness Week (May 4-8), ahead of the brunt of summer...

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Highway History: Standin’ on a corner… where?

There's a little ambiguity surrounding the corner featured in an iconic Eagles song, though Winslow rightly claims and celebrates it.

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06/25/2020

Highway History: Standin’ on a corner… where?

There's a little ambiguity surrounding the corner featured in an iconic Eagles song, though Winslow rightly claims and celebrates it.

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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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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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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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