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04/28/2026

Arizona’s Route 66 specialty license plate

As Arizona gears up to celebrate 100 years of Route 66, the Arizona Department of Transportation wants to highlight a great way to carry a piece of the so-called Mother Road with you no matter where you’re headed.

04/26/2026

PODCAST: Your knowledge of Arizona airports is about to take off

On the Road with ADOT takes to the skies while Matthew Munden, manager of ADOT’s Aeronautics Group, talks about his staff’s role in supporting airport development and Federal Aviation Administration funding for a robust statewide network of publicly owned airports.

A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to slow down in work zones.

04/23/2026

Give workers a ‘brake’ in construction zones

If you’re out on Arizona highways this week, you may notice overhead message boards displaying a message encouraging drivers to slow down in work zones. That’s because Work Zone Awareness Week runs from April 20-24, and it’s the perfect...

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A graphic of cars driving on a highway. The text urges drivers to slow down and avoid tailgating to prevent crashes.

08/17/2020

Rear-end crashes are the most common type of collision

The latest annual Arizona vehicle crash data tells us about the most common type of collision - and how some simply changes to driving behavior can help change that.

A broken concrete bridge with missing sections stands over dry, cracked ground and tall grass, with a hill and another bridge visible in the background.

08/13/2020

The triumph and folly of Antelope Bridge

Antelope Bridge is an early example of an Arizona project built with prison labor, but it couldn't overcome a poorly selected crossing site.

Construction workers in safety gear working on a bridge framework with metal supports and green hills behind.

08/12/2020

As piers rise from below, Pinto Creek project at halfway point

We are halfway through our project on US 60 at Pinto Creek. You may not have seen much now, but that will change as we move into the back half of the project.

08/11/2020

Join National CleanUp Day!

Calling all volunteers! National CleanUp Day is coming and we hope you'll participate through Adopt a Highway.

A large bulldozer faces two massive boulders blocking a dirt road under a clear blue sky. The boulders appear to have fallen onto the road, obstructing passage.

08/10/2020

Five years ago we were boulder busting on US 89A

Five years ago a monsoon storm dumped mud and boulders along US 89A. That's when we got to work.

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.

Black and white photo of rocky hill

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.

Old and new Pinto Creek Bridges

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.