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12/28/2025

The Arizona Travel ID can help you avoid a new federal fee

Starting on Feb. 1, those who do not have a federally compliant credential like a passport or the Arizona Travel ID will be charged $45 for the new TSA ConfirmID service to get you through TSA security for up to 10 days.

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Adopt a Highway volunteer holds up a piece of litter.

12/27/2025

PODCAST: Resolve to help keep highways cleaner in 2026

On this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT, Adopt a Highway Program Manager Mary Currie explains how you can get involved and help keep Arizona grand.

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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to drive calmly.

12/25/2025

Drive calmly and jingle all the way home over Christmas

Christmas Day is just around the corner, and while we’re in the final dash to Dec. 25 and buying last-minute presents to put under the tree, we’re taking a moment to remind drivers to practice safe driving over the holidays. If you’re out...

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From the Director: Make better choices when driving

We are launching a website with a collection of safe-driving resources to help drivers make better decisions behind the wheel.

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01/29/2019

Art of Transportation: A perspective on bridge-building

This week's Art of Transportation is all about giving some scale to what goes into a major undertaking such as the South Mountain Freeway.

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South Mountain Freeway girder construction

01/28/2019

What a difference a weekend makes for the South Mountain Freeway

Before and after photos show how ADOT's Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project is advancing quickly.

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Aerial view of Interstate 10 bridges at Jimmie Kerr Boulevard

01/25/2019

VIDEO: Out with the old bridges, in with the new

Watch as our drone flies over the demolition work on the old I-10 bridges at Jimmie Kerr Boulevard in Casa Grande and the new bridges that are part of a widening project there.

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01/24/2019

Throwback Thursday: Over the river

Whether today or 40 years ago, our highway engineers and crews are thinking about how to move traffic from one side to the other of the Salt River in Phoenix.

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Deck pour at night with lights and figure of a person

01/23/2019

Art of Transportation: I-10 and Earley Road deck pour

A deck pour is a lot more than simply laying steel and pouring cement. It can be beautiful too.

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Excavators work on a dirt construction site near a bridge with mountains in the background.

01/22/2019

Old lanes recycled to help build widened stretch of I-10 in Eloy

Recycling is for more than just old newspapers and soda cans. In Pinal County, ADOT is saving time and money as we widen I-10 near Eloy by recycling old highway lanes.

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Aerial view of Interstate 10 dust detection system project

01/18/2019

VIDEO: A year of progress with more ahead on I-10 near Eloy

We are just the past the one-year mark for our project to widen I-10 near Eloy. Watch what we have accomplished so far and what drivers can expect before the work finishes later this year.

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