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04/26/2026

PODCAST: Your knowledge of Arizona airports is about to take off

On the Road with ADOT takes to the skies while Matthew Munden, manager of ADOT’s Aeronautics Group, talks about his staff’s role in supporting airport development and Federal Aviation Administration funding for a robust statewide network of publicly owned airports.
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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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Buckle up safety message on freeway board
09/04/2019

Driving Safety Home: Buckle Up

Did you know that more than 20 percent of all people killed on Arizona roadways in 2018 weren’t wearing seat belts? That equaled 216 unnecessary fatalities. Seat belt use in Arizona has been on a decline, dropping from 88 percent in 2016 to...
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Overhead highway signs show directions for I-10 West to Phoenix (Exit 178B) and I-10 East to Tucson (Exit 178A) above a road with a truck driving.
09/03/2019

Why 178? A guide to interstate exit numbering

Have you ever wondered why 411th Avenue in Tonopah is Exit 95 off Interstate 10? Or why if you are turning on to Dragoon Road in southeastern Arizona you take Exit 318? Or how about using Exit 67 to get to Dateland from Interstate 8, or...
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08/29/2019

Throwback Thursday: Tracking ADOT's office technology

From typewriters to computers, pen-and-ink maps to satellite imagery, ADOT's office tech has evolved a lot in the past few decades.
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A man in glasses and a blue shirt stands next to a display of printed photos showing decorative wall designs and murals.
08/28/2019

ADOT freeway landscape designer wins lifetime achievement award

ADOT’s Joseph Salazar was honored recently with a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Landscape Architects Arizona Chapter. Salazar, who has been with ADOT for almost 30 years and serves as landscape architectural...
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08/26/2019

Four miles down, four to go on I-10 between Casa Grande and Tucson

The drive between Phoenix and Tucson has gotten a little bit better, and another improvement is just weeks away. That’s because an ADOT project has provided three lanes in each direction on a 4-mile section of Interstate 10 in Casa Grande...
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Historic photo of highway sign
08/23/2019

Flashback Friday: Sign of the times

More than 30 years ago, the Black Canyon Freeway saw the first digital message boards installed.
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Brown road sign reads: 60 Governor Rose Mofford Memorial Highway against a blue sky.
08/22/2019

New signs on US 60 east of Valley honor Governor Rose Mofford

These signs along two stretches carry a designation recently approved by the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names.
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08/21/2019

eTitle part of MVD blazing trail for better, quicker service

The Motor Vehicle Division is making great strides to get people out of line and safely on the road, the most recently recognized is the eTitle program.
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08/19/2019

ADOT 'angel' helps stranded motorists

Shelli and Al Ortman of Yucca were headed to a doctor’s appointment in Lake Havasu City when their trip was suddenly cut short. ADOT employee Jeff Baumeister came to their aid.
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A group of people in yellow safety vests pose together outside a log cabin on a sunny day.
08/15/2019

Decades of love results in commitment to Adopt a Highway

Read how love often leads volunteers to Adopt a Highway.
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