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06/30/2025

June recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media.
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06/29/2025

PODCAST: Get the lowdown on how ADOT handles emergencies

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features David Egliskis, who makes sure ADOT is prepared for all manner of natural and human-caused events that could affect travelers.
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06/23/2025

MVD collects aluminum tabs for Arizona Ronald McDonald houses

For the third straight year, MVD offices across the state collected those magical aluminum tabs for an entire year for the Ronald McDonald House Charities to help provide families traveling for their child’s medical needs a welcoming home away from home.
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04/16/2020

Going somewhere? Message boards statewide say how long it will take

Over the past year we've announced that motorists along the interstates between Tucson and Flagstaff have been able to gauge how long their trips would take thanks to travel times displayed on ADOT's overhead digital message boards. But...
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04/15/2020

ADOT Kids Activity: ‘Keep It Grand’ art challenge!

Please have your kids encourage others to Keep it Grand using their creativity with chalk art.
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04/15/2020

For materials lab supervisor, road safety is personal

As in her job with ADOT, Kelly Baum gets to play in dirt to make sure the materials used in construction projects are up to the task.
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04/14/2020

ADOT Kids: Zoom backgrounds for future engineers!

We're offering some transportation-themed free Zoom virtual backgrounds for kids captivated by construction.
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04/14/2020

What's in a name? The reason behind I-17's interstate designation

Interstate 17 is a great highway, but if it only runs between Phoenix and Flagstaff, why is it called an interstate?
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04/13/2020

Adopt a Highway: Treasures found year-round in Congress

One Adopt a Highway group has found "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is sometimes true.
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04/12/2020

Where in AZ??

It's a slightly more obscure "Where in AZ??" challenge we have for you this week!
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04/10/2020

ADOT Kids Activity: Get to know snowplows!

EDITOR'S NOTE: During this unprecedented time, ADOT is creating transportation activities for kids. Please visit azdot.gov/ADOTKids or use the hashtag #ADOTKids on ADOT's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to see what we have going on...
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04/09/2020

Throwback Thursday: Keeping the lights on

Somebody has to keep the lights on, which is why today's Throwback Thursday highlights a crew doing lighting maintenance in the early 1970s.
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04/08/2020

ADOT (literally) pulling out the stops to support trucking during pandemic

We don't use the word "literally" lightly, but it applies to what ADOT has done to better help serve truckers during the current public health situation.
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