ADOT Blog

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...

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...

From typewriters to computers, pen-and-ink maps to satellite imagery, ADOT's office tech has evolved a lot in the past few decades.

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...

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...

More than 30 years ago, the Black Canyon Freeway saw the first digital message boards installed.

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

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.

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.

Read how love often leads volunteers to Adopt a Highway.