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01/06/2026

Adopt a Highway: The sounds of change

What does a radio station in Southeastern Arizona and clean highways have in common? We're talking about a new Adopt a Highway volunteer group who takes community service to the next level.
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01/05/2026

This New Year: Make a resolution to be a safer driver

Happy New Year, Arizona! I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season, spending time with loved ones and ringing in 2026. The start of a new year is a clean slate, and a time to make resolutions to set ourselves up for success. In that...
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01/04/2026

PODCAST: ADOT's partnership with native nations across Arizona

Native nations comprise roughly a quarter of Arizona's land, and state highways are key corridors for them. In this week's episode, our Native Nations Ambassador for Infrastructure Development discusses how ADOT partners with our state's 22 federally recognized tribes and eight others with ancestral ties to Arizona.
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04/14/2023

ADOT’s “Ready to Rubble” event offers future engineers valuable career insights

There will be rumblings the weekend of April 22-23 as the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project gears up to remove the old 48th Street and Broadway Road bridges over Interstate 10. Named,...
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04/13/2023

MVD and Donate Life Arizona celebrate National Donate Life month

The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division and its partner, Donate Life Arizona, are celebrating National Donate Life Month in April. This year we are highlighting the big impact of such an insignificant decision, like...
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04/11/2023

Live Chat with MVD provides quick access to answers and services

Don’t want to drive to your local MVD office for a basic question? Only have a few minutes during your lunch break, but need to talk with an MVD representative? The recently added option of live chat may be the way to get answers to your...
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04/09/2023

ADOT’s Long Range Transportation Plan is our roadmap; we need your input

Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...
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04/07/2023

Out with the old, in with new: 48th Street and Broadway Road bridges removed to make way for new ones

For the hundreds of thousands of Arizona Department of Transportation Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers. For the thousands who downloaded the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project mobile app known simply as, The Curve...
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04/04/2023

Adopt a Highway: Trashed tires litter roadways

The Arizona Department of Transportation receives hundreds of complaints about littered highways and more specifically, tire debris. ADOT maintenance costs to remove and dispose of tire waste from along maintained roadways have already...
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03/30/2023

How are specialty license plates chosen?

Specialty license plates have been available in Arizona for more than 30 years. In that time, the state has made available for purchase dozens of specialty license plates. And each year, new ones hit the street. So, it's understandable that...
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03/15/2023

ADOT’s Tentative Five-Year Construction Program touts safety, innovation and collaboration

Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...
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03/14/2023

Marking March 14 as Pi Day

Today is March 14. Or, written another way, 3/14. That makes today "Pi Day." Pi, which has an approximate value of 3.14, is used to find the area and circumference of a circle. Pi has many applications and engineers at ADOT certainly use it...
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03/13/2023

Arizona driver license and ID card gets a makeover

After nearly 10 years, it was time for the Arizona driver license to get a new look. While the new design is better looking and includes more images that represent Arizona, the best part of the card is that it incorporates more security...
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