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12/17/2025

A national spotlight for ADOT's partnership with public universities

A video from American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) features ADOT director explaining the Arizona Transportation Institute and its goals.

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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to drive safe.

12/14/2025

Celebrate eight days of lights and safe driving

The holiday season is in full swing and with people gathering with family and friends to celebrate meals, traditions and more, we want to make sure you get safely to and from your destination. To that end, ADOT will be displaying several...

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12/13/2025

PODCAST: We’re talking about big Phoenix-area projects for 2026

Randy Everett, ADOT Central District Administrator, previews improvements on tap for the coming year, including freeway-to-freeway ramps at Loop 303 and I-17 and extending Loop 303 southward in the West Valley.

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Another ADOT acronym: RWIS

RWIS sites help ADOT crews learn about adverse weather conditions along perennially affected corridors. Learn more about them here!

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01/10/2022

Going back to the 80s with Arizona Highways magazine

Join us as we flip through the January 1980 issue of Arizona Highways magazine.

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Two new specialty plates for veterans groups

01/05/2022

Helping veterans, their communities is the goal of new VFW specialty plates

Helping more veterans and their communities: That's the goal of two new specialty plates for Veterans of Foreign Wars and Veterans of Foreign Wars Arizona Auxiliary.

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Adot kids truck and heavy equipment illustrations

01/03/2022

ADOT Kids: How ADOT builds roads

Hey, ADOT Kids! There’s a lot that goes into constructing roads, like our highways in Arizona. And we’re here to give you the details.

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A winding road with cars cuts through a dry, hilly landscape under a clear blue sky.

12/31/2021

New year means renewed hope

As we say goodbye to 2021, we look to 2022 with hope for the new year.

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12/30/2021

Throwback Thursday: Vintage cars and palm trees

A vintage look from ADOT headquarters over a half century ago.

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12/27/2021

I-10 project in Buckeye will improve traffic flow, safety along Key Commerce Corridor

A lot of progress along I-10 in the West Valley has been made over the past 15 years and more improvements are coming.

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12/22/2021

Blended training sessions save money, time

Saving as many taxpayer dollars as possible is a priority with ADOT. And nowhere is that more evident than training new workers. It used to be that new highway-operations workers had to train for two weeks in Phoenix. Not anymore. A new...

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