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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to drive focused.
05/22/2026

Over Memorial Day Weekend, drive focused and designate a driver

The heat is here and a long three-day weekend is ahead to mark the unofficial start to summer. And with people planning road trips over Memorial Day weekend, we want to remind drivers to stay focused and expect the unexpected. But, before...
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Women discuss construction opportunities at ADOT expo
05/21/2026

ADOT expo panel highlights women in construction

Last week's ADOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Small Business Transportation Expo, themed "Road to Results: People, Projects and Progress," brought together more than 400 attendees ready to connect with industry leaders and explore project opportunities, build partnerships and make workforce connections.
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List of Adopt a Highway volunteers
05/18/2026

Welcome aboard: Meet the new volunteers

These dedicated groups are stepping up to make a positive impact by keeping highways clean. Join us in celebrating their commitment to Arizona and their communities.
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Crosswalk signal showing it's safe to walk
05/28/2024

From suggestion to improvement: 'It has made a WORLD of difference'

Quite a few of us were pleased to see a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff praising an improvement that started when someone reached out to ADOT Constituent Services.
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Three people stand behind large, blue trash bags filled with litter removed from a rural highway.
05/26/2024

Adopt a Highway: Volunteer takes on littered SR 87 near Mount Ord

Volunteer group leader Arturo Delgado wasted no time heading out for a first cleanup on his newly adopted mile, located on State Route 87 from milepost 222 to 224. The segment is near the western trailhead to Mount Ord (external link) and...
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On the Road With ADOT Logo
05/22/2024

PODCAST: How ADOT is helping expand availability of broadband internet

The latest episode of our podcast, On the Road With ADOT, features Brad Burgess, program administrator in the ADOT Broadband Office. Please spend a few minutes listening to him chat with our host, Doug Nintzel, about how ADOT is helping bring broadband internet to rural Arizona.
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A list of new and renewed Adopt a Highway groups.
05/22/2024

Adopt a Highway: Volunteers and high-fives

ADOT is celebrating 23 new and renewed Adopt a Highway volunteer groups this quarter.
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A motorist handing a blue envelope to a DPS trooper during a demonstration of the program.
05/17/2024

Blue Envelopes available in Arizona for autistic drivers and passengers

The Blue Envelope Program works by allowing an individual to present a blue envelope when contacted by law enforcement to indicate that someone in the vehicle may interact differently during the situation.
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Group in front of Fredonia Port of Entry
05/12/2024

It’s a grand reopening for ADOT’s Fredonia commercial port of entry

ADOT invited the community to celebrate the Fredonia Port of Entry’s reopening. It’s another way ADOT is safely connecting people and empowering Arizona’s economy and the economy.
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Cedar Canyon Bridge 2024
05/11/2024

Reusing arches to widen Cedar Canyon Bridge

Did you know that the Cedar Canyon Bridge was doubled in width by using an existing arch from a different bridge?
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A graphic with an airplane that asks, "WIll your license fly?"
05/10/2024

Get the AZ Travel ID during National Tourism Week and be ready to travel in 2025

This week is National Tourism Week, which celebrates travel and encourages people to explore new places. You might ask: Why is ADOT celebrating Tourism Week? Well, the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division isn’t going...
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Detour map for southbound I-17 closure
05/09/2024

Be ready for I-17 weekend closures in north Phoenix for pavement improvements

Please set aside extra travel time and try to avoid peak driving times when closures are scheduled for a pavement improvement project that’s starting in that area.
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Rock covers a highway after rock blasting.
05/08/2024

Moving Mountains: Rock blasting now complete for the I-17 Improvement Project

If your summer road trip will take you along Interstate 17 north of the Phoenix metro area, you’ll notice that the landscape looks a lot different these days. Entire sections of the mountainsides have been removed through controlled rock...
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