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11/02/2025

PODCAST: ADOT Enforcement & Compliance Division promotes commercial vehicle safety

One way ADOT helps safely connect people and empower Arizona's economy is operating commercial ports of entry. This is where officers with our Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD) make sure large trucks and other commercial vehicles have proper permits and weight and are safe to operate on state highways.
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Adopt a Highway
11/01/2025

Superstition club keeps history alive, US 60 clean

This dedicated group of individuals brings the the history, legends and lore of the southwest to life. ADOT celebrates three decades of Adopt a Highway volunteer service to help keep US 60 clean near the Peralta Trail.
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A digital message board on the highway encouraging drivers to use their blinker.
10/31/2025

Avoid giving others a sudden fright when lane changing this Halloween

With haunted houses, ghoulish monsters, and scary costumes aplenty this Halloween, we want to take a moment and remind drivers to not give others a sudden fright on the roads when changing lanes and to drive safely in neighborhoods where...
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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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09/01/2019

Where in AZ??

Join us for a special Labor Day weekend "Where in AZ??"
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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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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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08/27/2019

New sponsored 511 signs hitting the road

Something new, blue and helpful-to-you is popping up along Arizona highways, and it's just the beginning. The Arizona Department of Transportation has installed the first four 511 business-sponsored signs as part its recently launched 511...
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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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08/25/2019

Where in AZ??

Wouldn't this be a refreshing spot to visit? Join our challenge and find out where this is located.
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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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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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