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Whether you’re celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with hot dogs and barbecue, attending a fireworks show or spending time with family and friends, we want to remind Arizonans to designate a driver or have a game plan of how you’re...
The Arizona Travel ID and other forms of federally compliant identification such as a valid U.S. passport, make it easier to fly to your favorite American locations for this holiday to see a small town parade, big city fireworks or other American traditions.
ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media.

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Today's Art of Transportation photo is a meta-level look at our project on I-17 and Pinnacle Peak.
Building on efforts across the decades, we’re working on a dust detection and warning system on I-10 near the community of Picacho.
Join the herd and take our "Where in AZ??" challenge!
If lightning never strikes the same place twice, we're glad an ADOT weather camera was able to catch this one-in-a-million shot of a strike near Holbrook.
In 1974, the Arizona Highway Department and the Arizona Aeronautics Department merged to become ADOT. Today our Aeronautics Group continues to serve airports statewide.
Since 1974, ADOT has combined functions once handled by the Arizona Highway Department, the motor vehicle services agency and the Arizona Aeronautics Department.
The big reorganization brought with it many new responsibilities for the department, including the addition of several new divisions.On July 1, 1974, the Arizona Highway Department officially became the Arizona Department of Transportation...
A holiday is coming up, but we have last "Where in AZ??" before you go on vacation this week!
Listing who received invitations and even how officials would obtain lumber to build a speaker stand made for page-one news back in 1936.
It was 90 years ago that Arizona dedicated Navajo Bridge spanning the Colorado River at Marble Canyon.