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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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For our Spanish-speaking audience, today's blog covers how to safely drive near semitrailers and other large trucks.
A new record was set at the MVD last month and it's all for a good cause.
Just like a home needs occasional renovating, so do highway rest areas.
You have a smartphone, may want a smart car and will soon be introduced to smart highways.
To keep yourself and others safe, you need to drive differently when you're near semi-trucks.
Can you guess "Where in AZ??" we snapped this photo? Post your guess on our Facebook page!
After getting beat up by years of freezes, thaws and heavy weather, Interstate 40 west of Flagstaff is getting a much-needed upgrade in the form of two projects.
If you think you've spotted an Arizona highway on the the big screen, you're probably right.
Updates at the MVD Regional Service Center in Tucson means better customer service.
ADOT Director John Halikowski discusses a planned system to help detect wrong-way drivers.