These are just a few examples of the efforts made by our growing team of volunteers. See who's volunteering in your community and the accomplishments already being made to reduce litter.
While Route 66 was officially decommissioned in the 1980s and replaced in Arizona by I-40, its centennial is a big deal for those of us in the highway business. In this post, we're pointing you to some of the ways Arizona cities and towns are celebrating:
Joe Heller, our resident engineer on a big project getting underway in the North Valley, joins On the Road With ADOT this week to explain what's coming over the next two and a half years, including a flyover ramp connecting northbound I-17 with Loop 303.
As your friend drives on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway in Ahwatukee – eyes on the road, drivers – sneak a peek off the south side of the road. What you see might at first look like a ribbon of dirt in the desert. But take a closer...
This is the story of a lucky cat rescued from danger. Let’s call it: Highway Hawk saves highway cat. On Monday, the young feline was clinging to a drainage grate on the shoulder of US 60 near Mill Avenue in Tempe. Her prospects looked...
It was 40 years ago that the Hattie B., aka the Puddle Jumper and the Sardine Express, helped saved the day when Salt River flooding knocked out most crossings.
When ADOT constructs a new road or bridge, you can thank somebody like Patrice Brun for being one of the first engineers to turn over the soil or move the rock. But Brun isn’t putting down asphalt or building bridge piers. As a geotechnical...
Depending on the job, ADOT’s team of engineers has different responsibilities and experiences. Delivering the state’s massive highway infrastructure system involves a variety of roles for engineers. During National Engineers Week, we bring...
While the most visible aspect of engineering at ADOT is building, maintaining and operating state highways, there’s a lot of prep work that goes into projects. One area of ADOT that does a lot of preparation work to help keep important...
It has been said that engineers solve problems you didn’t know you had in ways you don’t understand. At the Arizona Department of Transportation, our engineers do work that is technical and often complicated, and we depend on them to solve...
Technology is everywhere when it comes to transportation these days, but, as this photo reminds us, at the end of the day we'll always need gearheads, tinkerers and handymen.
