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See Adopt a Highway volunteers across Arizona caught in the act on National CleanUp Day 2025.
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.

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The Deck Park Tunnel is more than a way to get cars from point A to point B. Vent rooms with giant fans are ready to keep fresh air flowing when needed.
Summer has arrived. From extreme temperatures to extremely strong storms, we all need to know how to handle summer in Arizona.
This week's "Where in AZ??" showcases a beautiful bridge in our state.
What do smashed melons, historic dust storms and skidding cars have in common? They're all featured in this week's #FridayFive.
We're going back to 1977 and showing you a unique vehicle used to test the wet friction characteristics of a road.
If you regularly travel through the Deck Park Tunnel, you'll probably remember this crash from 2013.
ADOT joins other DOTs in seeking a federal grant to develop a program alerting commercial truck drivers to available public parking at I-10 rest areas.
A modern roundabout coming to SR 88 will give residents of a growing area a safe, efficient intersection while accommodating those taking Apache Trail to recreation sites.
We're taking you back to the Old West in this week's "Where in AZ??" challenge.
We're talkin' fireworks, dust storms and a wrong-way detection success in this week's #FridayFive.