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A major component of the work will be building the direct ramps to create the freeway-to-freeway interchange. When completed over the next two-and-a-half years, drivers will skip the traffic signals at the current Loop 303/I-17 diamond interchange.
Engineers at ADOT play a vital role in building and maintaining Arizona’s roads. During National Engineers Week, Feb. 22-28, we’re celebrating engineers and the work they do to keep Arizona moving.
As we mark National Engineers Week, let’s introduce you to where the action happens: ADOT’s State Engineer’s Office, led by State Engineer and Deputy Director Audra Merrick.

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Spanning more than 350 miles from its westernmost point in San Diego to its eastern terminus at the Interstate 10 junction in Casa Grande, Interstate 8 is a primary route for travel in the Southwest. Here’s the history of how the highway...
Progress along the Interstate 40/US 93 interchange project in Kingman sometimes can be apparent at the end of each day’s work, but in some cases, it’s quite visible even at night.
Mark Sanders, featured in this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT, is involved in a wide variety of efforts to promote safe commercial travel across the U.S.-Mexico border and safe travel for Arizonans visiting Sonora.
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The men and women directing traffic on rural highways in work zones are on a constant lookout for inattentive and reckless drivers.
March can be a crazy month in Arizona. College basketball tournaments start (hopefully your team is one of the Cinderella stories), and Major League Baseball is back in the Valley for spring training. Then there’s spring break for students...
Learn how the Insurance Recovery Team processes thousands of claims each year to recover millions of dollars when incidents damage state highways.
You may have had an opportunity to drive past a group of Adopt a Highway volunteers bagging trash or participating in a cleanup. Here is a friendly and fair warning that if this has not yet happened to you, my experience shows that ADOT...
Traveling between Bullhead City and Quartzsite at a length of more than 100 miles, State Route 95 is a primary north-south route in Western Arizona. The southern terminus of State Route 95 is in Quartzsite and, while the roadway continues...