At ADOT, safety is always top of mind. Our crews respond to all sorts of incidents on the highway — from wildfires to crashes and more — and it’s important for them to be prepared and refresh their skills so they can help clear the highway...
Alexis Zaring, Environmental Program Coordinator for ADOT's Central District, visits On the Road With ADOT to explain what it takes to maintain hundreds of miles of shoulders lining Phoenix-area freeways.
Adopt a Highway volunteer program coordinators are holding an open house and appreciation event for Phoenix-area volunteers and those considering an adoption from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 16.
If you are the type of person who wants everything on your car, truck or motorcycle to be customized, please remember the license plate on the back must remain authentically Arizonan. We have been made aware of a small number of people...
License plates can be more than a means of identifying a vehicle. Much like bumper stickers or the clothes we wear, specialty plates can an expression of our values and beliefs or a nod to our hobbies. In Arizona we have more than 90...
Progress is happening and drivers are noticing. If you’ve recently driven along Interstate 17 north of the Phoenix metro area, you’ve seen the flurry of construction activity, along with the noticeable changes to this well-traveled highway...
While summer weather lingers for desert dwellers, ADOT team members are already gearing up for winter. And this season, that means branching out beyond the existing fleet of 200 or so snowplows as ADOT prepares to unveil two new high...
The Arizona Department of Transportation welcomes 18 of the newest volunteer groups helping keep Arizona highways clean! These families, groups and organizations recently made a choice to adopt or renew adopted miles and to reduce litter...
Just in time for the fall travel season, highway crews working for ADOT have finished the Interstate 17 pavement improvement project between Dunlap Avenue and Deer Valley Road. How important is that? Well, drivers who regularly use that...
ADOT team members are part of the communities they serve. I had the privilege of seeing that action Saturday, Sept. 16, as the Tucson North MVD office spent National Cleanup Day working along Oracle Road (State Route 77). More than a dozen...
Did you know that you’ve likely been carrying around a picture of a ringtail in your wallet? If you’ve gotten an Arizona driver license or ID card in the past few years, look closely and you’ll see an illustration of a ringtail, the...
Our Adopt a Highway volunteers do very important work throughout the year, helping keep Arizona grand. While we work to visit and recognize our Adopt a Highway volunteer groups, we also want volunteers to share the work they do with their...
Year Seven of ADOT's Safety Message Contest is in the books! The challenge kicked off on July 19 with an appeal for engaging traffic safety messages that would be displayed on overhead message boards on Arizona’s highways. And once again...
