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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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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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Driving Safety Home: Before you go, Know Snow

Our team is prepared to help remove snow and ice from state highways, but we need help from all drivers to be ready in case they find themselves in winter driving conditions.

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11/22/2019

MVD heads to the airport to promote Travel ID

This holiday travel season, you'll find some helpful faces at the airport talking about the Arizona Travel ID.

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11/21/2019

A transportation playlist for the coldest winter

Planning on taking a drive "Out in the Cold" through a "Winter Wonderland?" Our newest Spotify transportation playlist has you covered!

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11/19/2019

Do you really "Know Snow?"

Winter is around the corner and we want to test your knowledge about traveling in snow.

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11/15/2019

Adopt a Highway: New volunteers excited to get started

Though Philip C. Brogdon has passed away, his family will continue to gather near Big Lake. But they are taking one more step to remember Philip and his love for "God's country."

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Black and white image of construction on I-19

11/14/2019

Throwback Thursday: The when and where

We were lucky that today's Throwback Thursday photo tells us it was snapped during I-19's construction in February 1977 between Tubac and Canoa Ranch.

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11/13/2019

Condensed Construction Academy format providing fast track to careers

How much could you get done in two weeks? A new format for ADOT's Construction Academy gives participants a chance to jumpstart careers in construction.

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Red Do Not Enter and Wrong Way signs are posted at the entrance to a roadway, with traffic lights and a fence visible on the right side.

11/12/2019

Making wrong-way signs more noticeable – in a big way

Efforts to reduce the risk of crashes caused by often-impaired wrong-way drivers involve a variety of countermeasures. They include increasing the size and visibility of wrong-way signs at state highway interchanges. Those upgrades received...

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