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It’s Work Zone Awareness Week, and we’re taking the opportunity to raise awareness about the things we all can do to keep each other safe in work zones. ADOT crews work all hours of the day to build and maintain Arizona’s highways. I’m...
We know it’s not easy to avoid every distraction when you’re behind the wheel. All the more reason to pay attention to Kelsey Mo, ADOT’s public information officer for safety, as she talks to Doug Nintzel during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
If you see more motorcycles than usual on highways this weekend in the Phoenix area, it may be because Arizona Bike Week is currently happening at Westworld of Scottsdale. ADOT is not involved in the event itself, but we’re taking the...

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Take a virtual flip through the highlights of a 1978 issue of Arizona Highways Magazine.
Move over, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls. The Yuma International Airport has also scored a three-peat by winning Arizona Airport of the Year three times!
For this 11-year-old interested in engineering and architecture, there was nothing better than going to the office with Dad.
The holiday weekend is a week away, but now is the time to prepare if you'll be traveling.
Daunting engineering challenge or monster B-movie material? We are looking at a tangled web for Throwback Thursday.
Once the project at Pinto Creek bridge on US 60 is done, ADOT will have accomplished more than just replacing a bridge. It will have helped experts preserve an endangered species of cactus that grows in the area.
Let us just take a moment to say how much we love I-40. How much, you might ask? Oh, we love it to the tune of $275 million.
Arizona is full of scenic roads, but it's hard to beat State Route 260 as it winds its way between Cottonwood and the White Mountains.
Nothing ruins a great shot of Arizona's beautiful scenery like someone's trash. But, picture being the one who helps ensure the state looks camera ready by adopting a mile of highway.
Whether it's the satisfying geometry of a bridge's lines and shapes or the sheer immensity of its size, the various construction stages are a sight to see. When it comes to the new Pinto Creek Bridge on US 60, you have the added appeal of stunning desert scenery and staggering slopes set against an Arizona blue sky.