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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.
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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.
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Adopt a Highway volunteers with found action figures
04/25/2026

Volunteers unite for Earth Day cleanup

Thank you to volunteers and supporters for making Earth Day 2026 the highest attended cleanup with the most trash picked up during an ADOT-hosted cleanup.
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06/22/2020

Something new for license plate lovers to spot

Most people may not be aware of it, but there are lots of people out there who really geek out on license plates. They collect them, hang them on their walls, trade war stories about strange and ancient plates they may have seen or actually...
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Road sign reads: Next 11 miles, Variable Speed Limit Corridor, with a white truck in the background.
06/18/2020

New for Monsoon 2020: When dust kicks up, speed limit goes down

Interstate 10 drivers between Eloy and Picacho Peak should expect something very different this summer when storms hit: reduced speed limits, speed feedback signs and new overhead boards that display urgent safety messages.
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Historical marker on State Route 82 in Southern Arizona
06/16/2020

SR 82 stop offers two-for-one history lessons

A State Route 82 pullout east of Nogales offers two nods to Arizona history in one spot.
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Flooded desert landscape with muddy water covering the ground and partially submerging fence posts and vegetation, with mountains visible in the distance.
06/15/2020

With monsoon season here, is your vehicle rainstorm-ready?

The summer monsoon season is at hand. If you get caught in a heavy downpour, do you know what to do?
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Several semi-trucks parked on a wide concrete lot under a partly cloudy sky with mountains in the distance.
06/12/2020

Quick turnaround for commercial vehicle parking at rest areas

We've moved into action quickly to expand the number of commercial parking spaces at two rest area along I-40.
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06/11/2020

Throwback Thursday: Hearing from you

The highway may never have been built, the spirit behind this public meeting in 1960s Tucson lives on.
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A large, weathered barn with wooden doors and windows, featuring a partially open entrance and faded green metal siding. Shrubs and dirt surround the structure.
06/10/2020

Looking back to when Grand Canyon aviation began

On this day 92 years ago, the first airport at the Grand Canyon took flight.
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06/09/2020

Lane adjustments on I-10 already improving traffic, safety

It's not often in life that you get immediate results. A lot of things worth doing take time and patience to bear any fruit. That's why it was gratifying when we saw a noticeable change in traffic flow and safety after crews completed a...
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06/08/2020

Adopt a Highway mile honors a father, son and police officer

If you drive through the Hopi Reservation, you’ll notice an Adopt a Highway sign that reads “BC One of a Kind” about 11 miles south of Second Mesa. It honors Branyon Rebeau Claw Sr., the oldest son of Madeline Sahneyah, also known as “BC.”...
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Several semi-trucks parked in a row under a clear blue sky in a truck stop parking lot.
06/05/2020

Providing help to truckers in need of rest with technology

Our director shares his thoughts about what the addition of truck parking spaces to ADOT's Arizona Traveler Information 511 website means for commercial drivers.
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