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The Arizona Travel ID and other forms of federally compliant identification such as a valid U.S. passport, make it easier to fly to your favorite American locations for this holiday to see a small town parade, big city fireworks or other American traditions.
ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media.
This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features David Egliskis, who makes sure ADOT is prepared for all manner of natural and human-caused events that could affect travelers.

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Hey kids! Have you seen the creative safety messages that are sometimes displayed on the highway overhead message boards? The messages sometimes relate to concerts and sporting events happening in the Valley or they’ll reference certain...
A recent Maricopa Association of Governments news release notes that the system has worked as designed and addressed the longstanding problem of rainwater building up in cross-street underpasses along this stretch of I-17 in Phoenix.
ADOT supports monarch butterflies by planting and managing butterfly-friendly habitats along roadsides to help monarchs during migration and help ensure that future populations of monarchs thrive
The 17th Avenue Underpass near downtown Phoenix was once part of a major transcontinental highway.
We recently stumbled upon this photo from 1974 of US 80 in Douglas. Originally called the “Mother of Arizona Highways” because of its economic impacts to cities and towns it passed through, US 80 was completely paved or surfaced with oil by...
On the Road With ADOT has Public Information Officer Kelsey Mo discussing what makes for a strong safety message and why ADOT holds its annual Safety Message Contest for the traveling public. Get the inside information you need to succeed.
ADOT is hiring paid interns to work in its Equipment Services Division. Interns get hands-on training in automotive repair and maintenance.
If you’re driving on Arizona highways this Friday and Saturday, you may notice some of our overhead signs displaying a traffic safety message related to the WNBA All-Star Game happening in Phoenix. We want to grab people’s attention and...
To mark ADOT's 50th anniversary this month, we're inviting some longtime employees onto our podcast, On the Road With ADOT. The latest episode features Tami Wollaston, who started as a draftsman nearly 51 years ago and currently is a transportation engineering specialist in ADOT’s Roadway Engineering Group.
Three versions of the bridge over the Hassayampa River in Wickenburg have carried traffic for over a century.