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Make Bullhead Better volunteers

10/09/2025

Tomorrow’s leaders make a positive difference in Fort Mohave

Motivated to improve the community, a civic group and 35 students led a cleanup of State Route 95 in Fort Mohave.

A digital message board on the highway encouraging drivers to use their blinkers

10/08/2025

Give me an assist and use your blinker

As the Phoenix Mercury prepares to play in their first home game of the 2025 WNBA Finals, we want to remind motorists to give an assist to their highway teammates and use their blinkers while they’re driving to help them safely get to and...

ADOT's Karl Lopez stands in front of his emergency response truck

10/06/2025

ADOT worker aids flood rescue: 'That kid needed to get to the hospital ASAP'

A news account reported how a severely injured teen ultimately got to a Phoenix hospital for treatment, due in part to help from an ADOT employee who wasn’t identified. Today, we’re sharing more about that employee and his role in the rescue amid flooding in Globe.

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08/07/2020

Adopt a Highway: Decades of volunteerism in the White Mountains

About 50 Heber-Overgaard community members helped clean a dozen miles of highway shoulders this month.

08/06/2020

Throwback Thursday: The rocky road to Prescott

Going uphill has always been part of driving north in Arizona. And that means steep hills and occasionally rocks, like in this photo from the 1930s.

08/05/2020

Everything now in place for the Fourth Street bridge project

Our project on the Fourth Street bridge over Interstate 40 is one of those times when things just seem to slide into place.

08/04/2020

Catching up on our US 60 at Pinto Creek project

See for yourself how things are progressing on US 60 at Pinto Creek.

08/03/2020

Why are US 93 mileposts in backward order?

US 93 has a surprising quirk: Its milepost numbers get higher as you head south. Why the highway is like that is a tricky question to answer.

08/02/2020

Where in AZ??

It might be a sign of the times or it might just be a busy area! Join or weekly "Where in AZ??" challenge.

07/31/2020

Flashback Friday: Mule crews

Here's a photo that reminds us why we are happy working in these mechanized times.

07/30/2020

Throwback Thursday: A balanced approach

More than 20 years ago, ADOT did a careful balancing act of widening State Route 87.

07/29/2020

Turning back the pages on Carefree Highway's top 10 hit

Did you know there's a connection between an Arizona highway and Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot?

07/28/2020

ADOT's pedestrian hybrid beacon study wins national award

An ADOT study on traffic control devices to help pedestrians cross a street or highway has received a national award.