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The project to build a freeway-to-freeway connection between I-40 and US 93 in Kingman features all the usual elements of a big interchange: new travel lanes, bridges, flyover ramps and two absolutely massive concrete bunkers.
Imagine this situation: You’re involved in a crash and your car is no longer operable. You and the other driver need to get to the shoulder of the highway, but cars and trucks are whizzing past. In situations like these, ADOT crew members...
To discuss the importance of Crash Responder Safety Week, this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Luis Venegas, supervisor of our Incident Response Unit.

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Can you identify this location?
Dust storm season will soon be upon us. Do you know what you should do if you encounter one while driving?
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.
In addition to learning more about monsoon season safety, we're encouraging you to create your own sign to keep people from driving into a dangerous dust storm.
A State Route 82 pullout east of Nogales offers two nods to Arizona history in one spot.
The summer monsoon season is at hand. If you get caught in a heavy downpour, do you know what to do?
Can you identify this well-known Arizona location?
We've moved into action quickly to expand the number of commercial parking spaces at two rest area along I-40.
The highway may never have been built, the spirit behind this public meeting in 1960s Tucson lives on.
On this day 92 years ago, the first airport at the Grand Canyon took flight.