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07/19/2026

PODCAST: Truck parking is a big deal for ADOT – and for everyone

In this episode of On the Road With ADOT, Public Information Garin Groff talks with host Doug Nintzel about improvements we have made and will be making to help connect truckers with safe and convenient parking so they can safely move goods

AAH in memory of Hunter Maggard

07/13/2026

Remembering Hunter Maggard inspires miles of clean highways

Read about a family whose memories keep Arizona beautiful through volunteering. About 800 groups care for miles along Arizona’s highways and nearly half are adopted in remembrance of loved ones.

07/05/2026

PODCAST: I-10 widening project keeps advancing south of the Valley

In this episode of On the Road With ADOT, Marcy McMacken, our lead communicator on the project, talks with guest host Laura Douglas about what drivers will see as we continue creating a wider Interstate 10 between the Valley and Casa Grande.

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Aerial view of freeway

07/23/2019

From the Director: Accomplishing the 'to do' list

With fiscal year 2019 now behind us, ADOT Director John Halikowski talks about what the agency has crossed off it's to-do list.

Several vehicles drive up a divided highway overpass on a clear day, with streetlights lining both sides and a rocky median in the center.

07/22/2019

Independence for Maricopa drivers

Thanks to a new overpass that is part of a $55 million ADOT improvement project, drivers no longer have to wait for trains crossing SR 347.

Rebar reminiscent of meerkats standing on hind legs

07/19/2019

Art of Transportation: Metal meerkats

Our photographer was seeing meerkats at the project to expand Pinnacle Peak over Interstate 17.

Black and white image of Claypool Tunnel

07/18/2019

Throwback Thursday: Claypool Tunnel

If you feel like a hike, you can visit the original highway tunnel that connected Superior and Miami.

07/17/2019

They're keeping Arizona grand by adopting high country highways

Some Adopt a Highway volunteers enjoy the mountains while clearing roadside litter near their cabins.

Graphic discouraging illegal use of red-dyed diesel

07/16/2019

Help us stop illegal use of red-dyed diesel

Do you know what red-dyed diesel is? Because using it in a vehicle that will drive on the highway is a crime and you can help stop that.

07/15/2019

Lend us your ears for quick rundowns of highway work

ADOT is now offering audio versions of the Weekend Travel Advisory and Roadwork Roundup.

Deck pour at I10 over Jimmie Kerr

07/12/2019

VIDEO: The logistics of a concrete deck pour

There's a lot of logistics and planning that goes into large products, like the concrete deck pour for the expansion project of I-10 in Casa Grande.

Superstition freeway sign across road

07/11/2019

Throwback Thursday: Zooming ahead on US 60

Today we're reliving a 1983 milestone for the Superstition Freeway in Mesa.

Freeway message board carrying message about wildfire prevention

07/10/2019

Seriously, don't park in tall grass

Those signs saying don't park in tall brush or don't drag chains? There's a serious reason for them.