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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to drive calmly.
12/25/2025

Drive calmly and jingle all the way home over Christmas

Christmas Day is just around the corner, and while we’re in the final dash to Dec. 25 and buying last-minute presents to put under the tree, we’re taking a moment to remind drivers to practice safe driving over the holidays. If you’re out...
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Volunteer sign please help protect our beautiful earth at mile 9
12/22/2025

Volunteers make spirits bright

ADOT is grateful to volunteers year 'round, and there is no better time to express our gratitude than during the holiday season.
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Aerial view of I-17 wildlife overpass project
12/21/2025

PODCAST: Catching you up on projects and more in Northern Arizona

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Jeremy DeGeyter, administrator of ADOT's Northcentral District. Jeremy talks with host Doug Nintzel not just about the I-17 wildlife overpass project but the much-anticipated Lion Springs widening of SR 260 east of Payson, among other topics.
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ADOT's John Walradt at keyboard
06/29/2020

Contest names ADOT's dust storm ditty

http://azdot.gov/adotkidsA few enterprising ADOT employees have found a new way to spread the word about dust-storm safety, but they need your help to finish it!
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06/28/2020

Where in AZ??

It's not your typical Arizona stucco house, but we're hoping you've spotted our "Where in AZ??" building somewhere around the state.
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Historic photo of Fairbank, Arizona
06/26/2020

Fairbank: Little town, shorter existence along SR 82

When talking about historic Arizona towns, our minds suddenly leap to more popular haunts like Jerome, a must-stop along the curvaceous State Route 89A, or Tombstone, the Old West archetype on State Route 80. But the fact is our state is...
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06/25/2020

Highway History: Standin’ on a corner… where?

There's a little ambiguity surrounding the corner featured in an iconic Eagles song, though Winslow rightly claims and celebrates it.
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Standing on a corner display in Winslow
06/25/2020

Highway History: Standin’ on a corner… where?

There's a little ambiguity surrounding the corner featured in an iconic Eagles song, though Winslow rightly claims and celebrates it.
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Masked participants in Construction Academy classroom
06/23/2020

Virtual technology helping ADOT boldly go forward

It may not quite be to the level of "Star Trek," but ADOT has embraced virtual communication during the current public health situation.
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Minutes to Stack on Construction Sign
06/23/2020

Portable signs point the way to bypassing I-17 work zone

The important ongoing project to reconstruct the Interstate 17 bridge over Central Avenue south of downtown Phoenix remains in an early stage. But before the work got started, our staff at ADOT knew the bridge work zone would present...
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Sample license plate
06/22/2020

Something new for license plate lovers to spot

Most people may not be aware of it, but there are lots of people out there who really geek out on license plates. They collect them, hang them on their walls, trade war stories about strange and ancient plates they may have seen or actually...
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06/21/2020

Where in AZ?

Can you identify this location?
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Road sign reads: Next 11 miles, Variable Speed Limit Corridor, with a white truck in the background.
06/18/2020

New for Monsoon 2020: When dust kicks up, speed limit goes down

Interstate 10 drivers between Eloy and Picacho Peak should expect something very different this summer when storms hit: reduced speed limits, speed feedback signs and new overhead boards that display urgent safety messages.
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