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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. We call this the "Specialty Plate Spotlight" and here are the plates that were featured in September.
We're thrilled to have John Bullen, Assistant Executive Director with the Maricopa Association of Government (MAG), join us for this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT. While ADOT will build the projects, MAG manages the funding and scheduling of the improvements under a Strategic Transportation Plan.
Garin Groff, our Public Information Officer for the Tucson area, has details on I-10 projects there in this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT. Spend a few minutes with Garin and host Doug Nintzel and you'll be up to date on how ADOT and our partners are improving traffic flow in the Old Pueblo.

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Early in the morning on Sunday, May 19, ADOT Maintenance Supervisor Brett Rupp was driving west on SR 260 along the Mogollon Rim east of Payson when he spotted something out of the ordinary. A Shetland sheepdog, more commonly referred to as...
More than 60 years ago, Frances Walker became the first female engineer with the Arizona Highway Department. Here is what highway engineering looked like back then.
We may not have solved this mystery, but we have a pretty good guess as to why numbers on mile markers jump suddenly between Bylas and Safford.
Piers and bridge abutments for the new interchanges at Pinnacle Peak and Happy Valley roads are currently going up, so take a look at some of the work happening right now.
A mix of mountains and clouds makes for a pretty photo in this week's edition of "Where in AZ??"
A celebration this week in 1915 included a parade of decorated automobiles, a concert and horse races.
Our ArizonaDOT Spotify playlist of transportation-related songs has continued growing over the past year. We hope you'll check it out.
For those who have their driver licenses suspended, we've made ordering a temporary ID card as easy as visiting ServiceArizona.com.
This summer we are rolling out new highway signs to both promote the 511 phone line, attract business sponsorship and generate funds to maintain roads.
As summer starts again, its now warm enough for work on several road improvement projects in northern Arizona.