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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to slow down in work zones.
04/23/2026

Give workers a ‘brake’ in construction zones

If you’re out on Arizona highways this week, you may notice overhead message boards displaying a message encouraging drivers to slow down in work zones. That’s because Work Zone Awareness Week runs from April 20-24, and it’s the perfect...
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A memorial dedicated to ADOT workers who died serving the state.
04/20/2026

Stay alert and slow down during Work Zone Awareness Week

It’s Work Zone Awareness Week, and we’re taking the opportunity to raise awareness about the things we all can do to keep each other safe in work zones. ADOT crews work all hours of the day to build and maintain Arizona’s highways. I’m...
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04/12/2026

PODCAST: You should pay attention to ADOT's distracted driving podcast

We know it’s not easy to avoid every distraction when you’re behind the wheel. All the more reason to pay attention to Kelsey Mo, ADOT’s public information officer for safety, as she talks to Doug Nintzel during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
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10/04/2019

Driving Safety Home: Talk to your teens about safe driving

National Teen Driver Safety Week is approaching and our state engineer has some tips for families to help keep that new driver safe on the road.
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10/02/2019

Adopt a Highway volunteers collect 1.3 tons of litter in one day

Adopt a Highway volunteers went all out for National CleanUp Day!
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10/01/2019

From the Director: Make your air travel less complicated … Get a Travel ID

A year before the Oct. 1, 2020 deadline, ADOT Director John Halikowski talks about the steps to get a Travel ID to make sure Arizona residents are good to fly.
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Narrow hiking trail winding along a steep, rocky canyon wall above a green valley.
09/30/2019

Along State Route 88, water displays its awesome power

Flooding from the hurricane remnants that lashed Arizona last week, exacerbated by tens of thousands of acres of high desert burned in the Woodbury Fire, caused extensive damage along State Route 88 east of the Valley. As of today, an...
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09/27/2019

Adopt a Highway: Honoring two veterans and a beloved wife and mother

US 60 in Gold Canyon is cleaned by Bea Sanchez and her family in honor of her family.
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09/26/2019

Throwback Thursday: The past and future of I-17

We are thinking a lot about I-17 today and that has us reminiscing about this highway's important past.
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09/25/2019

From the Director: Your opinion counts on transportation studies

When is ADOT going to widen Interstate 10 as you travel from Phoenix toward Casa Grande? What is ADOT doing to have an alternate route between Phoenix and Tucson? What is to be done with traffic congestion at the Broadway Curve? I have...
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A desert highway with a speed limit of 55 mph painted in large white numbers on the road and several cars driving in both directions.
09/24/2019

A new way to keep the speed limit top of mind

Those driving along State Route 347 between Interstate 10 and Riggs Road will see large white decals being tested on the pavement.
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09/23/2019

Making the rounds on National CleanUp Day

ADOT Adopt a Highway volunteer groups raked-in – literally – hundreds of bags of trash from highways, joining groups around the country making their communities better.
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09/20/2019

'Drive Aware, Get There' safety campaign recognized

There’s no single, engineering solution to solving wrong-way drivers. That hasn’t stopped ADOT from constructing, installing, implementing and engaging in a variety of countermeasures aimed at making our highways safer. Earlier this week...
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