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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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Crew on lift adds new lights in Deck Park Tunnel
05/11/2021

Shedding new light on your drive in the I-10 Deck Park Tunnel

Things are looking pretty bright for our project to install LED lighting in the Deck Park Tunnel - pun intended.
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05/07/2021

Adopt a Highway: Mom would be proud! Students reduce litter along US 191 in Morenci

You are never too young to care about your community, something demonstrated recently by a group of middle school students who helped clean up a section of US 191 near Morenci.
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05/06/2021

The 'haunted' grave of Angeline Hoagland

Angeline Hoagland would be amazed. After all, she was but a toddler when she died near the Old Black Canyon Highway in 1889, but stories of her death – and reports of her “ghost” – are alive and kicking today.
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05/05/2021

How a bridge comes to life

Ever wonder how a bridge, whether it be a stately metal connector over a canyon or a concrete slab over a wash, comes into being? And why they take the form they do? Well, let us tell you!
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Justin Herman at a desk
05/04/2021

'Big Foot' former director left big transportation legacy

History will most likely remember the late Justin Herman, Arizona Highway Department director from 1956-1973, as the energetic leader who shepherded in the modern state freeway system, including the Black Canyon (I-17), Superstition (US 60) and Maricopa (I-10) freeways.
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Steel truss bridge spans a rocky canyon with green shrubs and a river below, under a clear blue sky.
05/03/2021

The other Salt River bridge

This century-old other bridge over the Salt River deserves some recognition.
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Work Zone Safety Awarness message on freeway board
04/30/2021

Work zone awareness is needed at all times

As National Work Zone Awareness Week comes to an end, we hope the message of work zone safety is something that stays with all drivers.
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Work zone with lighted barricades
04/28/2021

From the Director: It's risky business in work zones for both crews and drivers

Did you know that two highway workers have been injured this year while working on projects? That's why National Work Zone Awareness Week is so important. ADOT's director shares his thoughts.
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04/27/2021

Celebrating 10 years of who, what, when, where, why and how

ADOT has been posting to its blog for 10 years now, but the entire time we've had one mission - to give you the inside look at what we do and how and why we do it.
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AZMVDNOW welcome screen
04/26/2021

What’s the difference between AZMVDNow and ServiceArizona?

A year ago we introduced AZMVDNow.gov to help you complete MVD services on the Internet. But what about ServiceArizona.com? This is how the two work together to get you out of the MVD and onto the road.
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