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ASU student checks irrigation along highway.
03/23/2026

ADOT partnership with ASU aims to optimize landscape water use

We're highlighting an ASU News article features a partnership that’s helping ADOT learn how to optimize water use in freeway landscaping. The ADOT Urban Freeway Landscape Water Use Efficiency Project nvolves graduate students who are part of ASU’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative
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Volunteer placing trash in ADOT bag
03/17/2026

Get involved: Join us for an Earth Day litter clean-up

Adopt a Highway volunteer groups and others are invited to help tidy up along state highways for Earth Day. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer or just looking to make a difference, your participation makes a measurable impact toward reducing roadside litter.
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Sprayer applies fog seal to highway.
03/15/2026

PODCAST: One key way that ADOT extends the life of highway pavement

This week’s episode of On the Road With ADOT features two of our many team members involved in preserving Arizona’s vast investment in state highways and the use of fog seals to extend pavement life.
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12/16/2018

Where in AZ??

Can you tell us "Where in AZ??" this quiet roadway is located?
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12/14/2018

From the Director: Giving of ourselves this holiday season

It's important to give of ourselves this holiday season - whether mentoring, being prepared when traveling, or helping a stranded motorist.
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12/13/2018

Throwback Thursday: Globe in the horse-and-buggy era

For today's Throwback Thursday, we go to Globe back during the horse-and-buggy era.
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Image of bid-well
12/12/2018

Transportation Defined: Bid-Well

Deck pours as we build the South Mountain Freeway give us a chance to explain the role a Bid-Well plays in smoothing concrete.
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12/11/2018

Video: Severed fence leads to rescue of driver stranded for days

Two ADOT employees and a Department of Public Safety trooper discovered a woman whose car ran off US 60 and down an embankment near Wickenburg.
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12/09/2018

Where in AZ??

Our "Where in AZ??" challenge is in line with the spirit of the season.
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Compilation of specialty plate options
12/07/2018

How about a specialty plate for that person who's impossible to shop for?

More than 40 plates available at ServiceArizona.com support charitable causes.
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Traffic using new westbound I-10 lanes at Eloy
12/06/2018

As widening project advances near Eloy, westbound I-10 moves to new lanes

The shift comes almost a year to the day since we began clearing and grubbing to make room for a new, wider stretch of I-10, with three lanes in each direction.
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12/05/2018

Safety tip: Highway shoulders are for emergencies, not snowball fights

Whether your passion is sledding, making snowmen or taking selfies with heart hands, don’t park on highway shoulders to play in the snow.
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Black and white photo of a man working on a Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway sign.
12/04/2018

Look Back: How I-10 became Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway

Interstate 10 goes by several names, but outside the Valley its name remembers an important event in American history - and the impact it had on transportation in Arizona.
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