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The project to build a freeway-to-freeway connection between I-40 and US 93 in Kingman features all the usual elements of a big interchange: new travel lanes, bridges, flyover ramps and two absolutely massive concrete bunkers.
Imagine this situation: You’re involved in a crash and your car is no longer operable. You and the other driver need to get to the shoulder of the highway, but cars and trucks are whizzing past. In situations like these, ADOT crew members...
To discuss the importance of Crash Responder Safety Week, this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Luis Venegas, supervisor of our Incident Response Unit.

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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.
A new safety campaign aims to reduce the number of crashes in the 11-mile work zone for the Broadway Curve Improvement Project.
Freeway models are used to show the public what a future highway may look like. This one is from the late 1960s.
Volunteers from Arizona Game & Fish Department participate in highway clean-up in southern Arizona.
ADOT crews collected 800 tons of litter in 2021 along Maricopa County freeways. That’s a lot of litter and also a 47% increase in the amount of litter picked up in 2017.
Take a 100-year journey through ADOT's Old MVD Building.
Melissa Owen's annual "All the Way to the Border" cleanup celebrated a comeback as 101 volunteers returned to collect litter along 45 miles of State Route 286, between Three Points at State Route 86 to Sasabe at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Whether fixed- or truck-mounted, attenuators are designed to absorb the impact of a crash, protecting workers and helping to reduce injuries to motorists and damage to vehicles.
Volunteers collected 14,400 bags of trash in 2021, which totals about 197,000 pounds.
How to participate in a virtual meeting for an upcoming Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway project.