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06/29/2025

June recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

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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06/29/2025

PODCAST: Get the lowdown on how ADOT handles emergencies

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features David Egliskis, who makes sure ADOT is prepared for all manner of natural and human-caused events that could affect travelers.
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06/23/2025

MVD collects aluminum tabs for Arizona Ronald McDonald houses

For the third straight year, MVD offices across the state collected those magical aluminum tabs for an entire year for the Ronald McDonald House Charities to help provide families traveling for their child’s medical needs a welcoming home away from home.
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04/26/2022

Teamwork makes protecting I-17 bridge decks work

To prevent lower-height bridge decks along Interstate 17 from getting hit by trucks, ADOT employees explored ways to bring attention to the bridge decks. And found a solution that's working.
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04/20/2022

A big ‘Thank You’ to our awesome Adopt a Highway volunteers!

During National Volunteer Week, we're thankful for the 1,002 Adopt a Highway volunteer groups who cleaned nearly 2,000 miles of state highways in 2021.
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04/18/2022

Distracted Driving Awareness Month is a reminder to focus on the road

During National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, consider what's really worth paying attention to while driving.
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04/13/2022

Project team takes action to slow down drivers in their work zone

As the project manager for the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project, I’ve come to expect the unexpected. It’s all part of leading the Arizona Department of Transportation’s largest-ever urban highway reconstruction project: a...
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04/11/2022

Safely Home for both crews and drivers in work zones

National Work Zone Awareness Week is a good time to remind everyone of the importance of being a responsible driver in work zones. Sadly, national data shows motorists are the ones killed most frequently in work zones because of speed and inattention.
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04/08/2022

We can all pitch in and prevent road-side brush fires

Last weekened, the first. big fire-related highway closure of 2022 occurred. History tells us that won’t be the only one we see this year. Learn how drivers can help prevent wildland fires.
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04/07/2022

In Florence, we’re building a bridge that’s designed to move

When ADOT builds a new bridge, our top priority is to make sure the gigantic mass of steel and concrete stays right where we build it. But that won’t be the case with a new bridge we’re constructing on State Route 79 in Florence, because...
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04/04/2022

ADOT, NAU biologists work to protect endangered species while improving Verde River bridges

Learn about how wildlife species are protected along the Verde River when construction activities occur nearby.
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03/31/2022

Your input is important to ADOT’s planning and programming process

The Arizona State Transportation Board values the input from the public in deciding which projects get approved for inclusion in the Five-Year Program. It is a good time to remind you that our Five-Year plan isn’t just about highways.
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03/28/2022

Meet the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project team members featured in new safe-driving Public Service Announcement

A new safety campaign aims to reduce the number of crashes in the 11-mile work zone for the Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
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