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09/15/2026

Adopt a Highway: Route 66 Centennial Cleanup

Join us in the great outdoors for a special cleanup along Arizona’s legendary Route 66, also known as the Mother Road, Main Street of America and the Will Rogers Highway.
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MVD photo law update
09/14/2026

Time to update your MVD photo

Beginning September 12, Arizona law, A.R.S. 28-3173, adjusts the time frame to update your MVD photo from 12 years to 16 years. Those with a standard driver license or ID and an old photo may receive a letter in the mail explaining it is time to update your photo.
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09/13/2026

PODCAST: Learn more about the Loop 101/I-10 interchange improvement project in the West Valley

It’s still in the early stages, but the project to add improvements around the interchange connecting I-10 and Loop 101 in the Phoenix area’s West Valley is advancing. Find out more as Resident Engineer Cliff Oltman provides details about bridge construction and other project work.
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Frank Dorizio with his ADOT truck
03/10/2020

Frank's final call is a lesson for all of us

“6 Tom 16” In following the tradition of the fire service and law enforcement, ADOT issued a final radio call for fallen Incident Response Unit member Frank Dorizio Tuesday following his memorial service in Tempe. That was Frank’s call sign...
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Graphic with tips on quick clearance
03/09/2020

Driving Safety Home: Quick Clearance

Dallas Hammit, the state engineer, reminds people involved in a non-injury crash to practice quick clearance for the safety of themselves and other drivers.
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Prescott MVD office sign
03/03/2020

From big rigs to doughnut trucks, MVD has good news for commercial drivers

We here at the ol' ADOT ranch love the men and women who ply the roadways in commercial vehicles. Whether it's driving a big rig all over the fruited plain or delivering doughnuts to the local gas station, commercial drivers are, in many...
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Incident Response Unit truck with State Farm sponsor logo
03/02/2020

From the Director: Incident Response Unit is in good company

I know you have heard the jingle “Like a good neighbor, State Farm® is there.” That can now be said for the Arizona Department of Transportation Incident Response Unit, or IRU, sponsored by State Farm®. Let me explain. ADOT operated the...
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Historic photo of car using bridge along highway to Yuma
02/28/2020

Flashback Friday: In Yuma, 'reaping the reward of work well done'

Ninety-five years ago today, thousands flocked to Yuma to celebrate completion of a highway linking Arizona with the Pacific Ocean.
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Work proceeds on South Mountain Freeway multiuse path
02/27/2020

South Mountain Freeway shared-use path is taking shape

As your friend drives on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway in Ahwatukee – eyes on the road, drivers – sneak a peek off the south side of the road. What you see might at first look like a ribbon of dirt in the desert. But take a closer...
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Rescued kitten on dashboard of ADOT truck
02/26/2020

Highway Hawk rescues highway cat

This is the story of a lucky cat rescued from danger. Let’s call it: Highway Hawk saves highway cat. On Monday, the young feline was clinging to a drainage grate on the shoulder of US 60 near Mill Avenue in Tempe. Her prospects looked...
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A weathered gravestone curved at the top with a cross and leaves carved into the stone. The name Hermann Wolf is carved into the stone along with birth and death dates.
02/25/2020

Let I-40 take you to an odd gravesite

Interstate 40 and former US Route 66 can take you to some odd places across the state. Today's example is the lone gravesite of Hermann Wolfe.
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First Lady of Arizona, Harriet Babbitt with Train Conductor in 1980.
02/24/2020

40 years later, Hattie B. lore chugs on

It was 40 years ago that the Hattie B., aka the Puddle Jumper and the Sardine Express, helped saved the day when Salt River flooding knocked out most crossings.
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Patrice Brun at site of road damaged by earth movement
02/21/2020

For what's happening under highways, turn to geotechnical engineers

When ADOT constructs a new road or bridge, you can thank somebody like Patrice Brun for being one of the first engineers to turn over the soil or move the rock. But Brun isn’t putting down asphalt or building bridge piers. As a geotechnical...
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