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10/05/2025

PODCAST: Traffic engineering's role in safely connecting Arizonans

Where do speed limits come from? How are highways engineered, signed, striped, etc., to maximize safety? To explain these and other aspects of state highways, we're pleased to have State Traffic Engineer Kerry Wilcoxon as this week's On the Road With ADOT guest.

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10/01/2025

Volunteers bag 1.8 tons of litter on National CleanUp Day

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

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09/30/2025

September recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

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.

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First responders benefit from training opportunities along South Mountain Freeway path

Personnel from more than a dozen agencies have benefited from training at properties that ADOT acquired along the 22-mile-long corridor for the South Mountain Freeway.

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08/10/2016

Our photographers go to extremes to document all things ADOT

ADOT photographers have taken more than 5,000 photos over five years documenting ADOT projects around Arizona.

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08/08/2016

How tropical moisture fuels Arizona's wild monsoon weather

With more monsoon rain in the forecast this week, we're explaining the climatological features responsible for monsoon storms.

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08/07/2016

Where in AZ??

It's time for another Where in AZ?? challenge. Can you tell us where the photo below was snapped?

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08/05/2016

Driving Safety Home: Prepare for high temperatures to stay safe on the road

Arizona is known for its extreme heat. Each of us can take precautions to help ensure we’ll stay safe in Arizona's extreme temperatures.

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08/04/2016

Boulders on a highway? For US 89A repairs, ADOT called Boulder Busters

Learn how ADOT used an explosive device the size of a shotgun shell to reopen 24 miles of US 89A after a widespread flash flood.

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08/03/2016

Travel tips for football fans driving to Camp Tontozona

Football fans headed to Camp Tontozona near Kohls Ranch should be prepared for heavy traffic on SR 260.

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08/01/2016

From the Director: Protecting your 'blind side'

What does Arizona Cardinals left tackle and captain Jared Veldheer have in common with the Arizona Department of Transportation? We both know that seat belts save lives.

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