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After 1,700 submissions and more than 3,900 votes, Arizonans have chosen two traffic safety messages as the winners in ADOT’s tenth annual Safety Message Contest! We invited the public to vote on 10 finalists and the winning messages are...
Crash data from 2025 shows a decrease in traffic fatalities and crashes across Arizona roads for the third straight year. That’s a positive step in the right direction, but even one death is one too many, and there is more work to be done...
A lot of business with the Motor Vehicle Division can be done online. However, if a visit to an MVD office is in your future, you’ll want to listen to our latest episode of On the Road with ADOT. MVD Spokesman Bill Lamoreaux sits down with host Doug Nintzel to offer helpful hints to get you “MVD ready.”

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We hear about these places all the time. But how did they get their names?
It’s Crash Responder Safety Week and, here at ADOT, we’re spotlighting a team that responds to incidents and help improve safety by getting traffic moving sooner after crashes and other incidents occur. We are, of course, referring to our...
Asphalt millings, concrete, metal and steel are the most common types of construction waste; but the Broadway Curve project team has future plans for all of them.
Crews are removing viable native vegetation along the 23-mile I-17 improvement project corridor so it can be cared for and closely monitored during construction, then eventually replanted alongside an improved wider highway.
The Arizona Department of Transportation remembers veterans for the commitment made to our great nation and those who continue to serve their communities. Forty-five veterans groups care for adopted segments along state highways throughout...
A collaboration with the Arizona Game & Fish Department helped to greatly reduce elk-vehicle crashes on this Arizona highway.
The Grand Canyon National Park Airport terminal is celebrating 55 years!
Lafe McDaniel died during the construction of the Navajo Bridge, but his identiity and his life had been largely forgotten in the decades after his death.
A shorter queue. A lowered risk of rear-end collisions. Increased roadway efficiency. These are the benefits of the zipper merge!