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04/15/2024

Wearing orange on April 17 supports work zone safety

National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19, is an annual spring event that brings attention to the importance of work zone safety. This year’s theme is “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever.” It highlights...
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A man in a hard hat and orange vest points at a STOP sign while another man steps back.
04/15/2024

PSA highlights how not to behave in the office and in the work zone

There are certain things people shouldn’t do in an office setting — talking loudly over the phone and disturbing others, stealing lunches that don’t belong to them or microwaving fish (and causing a massive stink). It’s courteous behavior...
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A work truck is parked inside a tunnel as construction work occurs inside the tunnel.
04/12/2024

Shining the light on a safety improvement project on the SR 80 tunnel near Bisbee

It’s time to shed some light, literally and figuratively, on a highway safety project just outside of Bisbee.
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Construction of an underground drainage system. A concrete pipe is partially buried in the ground.
08/07/2023

Answering questions about the I-17 Regional Drainage System

ADOT announced in July the new Interstate 17 Regional Drainage System between Dunlap Avenue and Greenway Road in north Phoenix is fully operational in time for this summer’s monsoon. Construction started in summer 2020. Our Public...
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A bingo card with various Arizona specialty license plates.
08/03/2023

ADOT Kids: I spy … a red bird, coyote, snake ... “BINGO!”

Hey ADOT Kids (and parents)! Are you taking one more road trip before school starts back up? If so, we have a fun game for the whole family to play in the car (except the driver!). License plate bingo is easy and fun to play. We have a link...
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A woman removes litter from a highway shoulder in a rural, desert area with mountains in the distant background.
08/02/2023

Adopt a Highway: Save the date Sept. 16 is National CleanUp Day

Welcome one and all! Whether you are an existing Adopt a Highway volunteer group or want to pitch-in for one day. This year National CleanUp Day is Saturday, Sept. 16—only seven weeks away. The day is set aside for civic-minded individuals...
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A group of 12 people, all wearing traffic safety orange shirts and members of a volunteer litter-pick-up group, gather for a group photo with a mountain in the background.
08/01/2023

Adopt a Highway: Prescott Litter Lifters and high-country volunteer heroes

Every cleanup day is a new experience for the Prescott Litter Lifters, an Adopt a Highway volunteer group whose beginning dates back to 1981, according to group leader and co-manager Farrish Sharon. Seven miles of state highway along state...
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Three spotlights shine on four specialty license plates.
07/31/2023

July recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

Arizona residents can choose from more than 90 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To create extra awareness – and highlight the worthy causes that specialty license plates support – we’ve been...
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Summer emergency travel kit
07/26/2023

What to pack in a summer emergency travel kit

You’ve checked your car’s tires, fluids and battery, filled up your gas tank and mapped out your route, but you’re never fully ready for a road trip until you’ve prepared an emergency travel kit. With record-breaking heat across Arizona...
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Three copper license plates from the 1930s are pictured over a background of a map of the state of Arizona.
07/24/2023

A match made in PR heaven: Arizona and (real) copper license plates

Arizona and copper go together like – well, like Arizona and copper. Copper drove Arizona’s early economy, giving rise to communities such as Bisbee, Globe, Miami, Morenci, Ajo and Jerome. Copper adorns the dome of our State Capitol. When...
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Graphic with a gradient from yellow to blue top to bottom featuring a sign that says "Submit your message."
07/21/2023

ADOT's Safety Message Contest is back for the 7th time

It’s that time again, Arizona! ADOT’s Safety Message Contest is back for its seventh year and entries are open through July 25. Have you ever wanted to see your traffic message on a Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) above the highway? Here’s your...
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A multi-lane interstate highway cuts through a desert landscape.
07/19/2023

I-10 in Buckeye now provides smoother sailing than the Gila River

In those years just before a freeway improvement project is ready to start, we’re all allowed to imagine what it will be like once the work is done. On I-10 in the Buckeye area, the imagination has become reality. ADOT’s $82 million project...
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A collage of the images of many Arizona specialty license plates.
07/18/2023

Specialty license plates help provide a voice to more than just the driver

You may have seen vehicles with an Arizona Cardinals plate, Phoenix Suns plate or Veterans plate – maybe one with the Special Olympics Arizona logo on it. Clearly, the vehicles’ owners support the team or organization displayed on the plate...
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