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Grogginess, yawning, sluggishness — they’re all signs of fatigue. That fatigue can make it harder to get through a workday, and your motor skills can be impaired. If you drive while drowsy, it could result in a crash. So during Drowsy...
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.
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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Crews are out putting up new signs celebrating 100 years of Grand Canyon National Park.
We are throwing back to a reconstruction project in the 1970s of one of the state's lesser-used highways.
We've launched a redesigned az511 website and phone line to better give individual drivers the information they need for the routes they drive.
An easy-to-use interactive map now available on our Adopt a Highway website shows which stretches are in need of volunteers.
Thanks to the work of our photographers, ADOT's Flickr page has more than 9,000 pictures of highway projects from the last six years, which have been viewed more than 6 million times.
A swirl of cloud and some mountains are the clues to help you located this week's "Where in AZ??" challenge.
Work zones go hand-in-hand with freeways. We want everyone - including our crews - to get home safely, so here are a few tips on how to navigate construction zones.
Recently ADOT switched to using Google for our email services. While a big switch, it has nothing on two phone projects the agency took on in the late 70s and early 80s.
ADOT is updating the Strategic Highway Safety Plan with a renewed emphasis. You can read more about it.
Take an interactive before-after look at a bridge demolition that's part of a project building a wider I-10 between Eloy and Picacho in central Arizona.