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09/21/2025

PODCAST: Catching you up on Tucson-area projects

Garin Groff, our Public Information Officer for the Tucson area, has details on I-10 projects there in this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT. Spend a few minutes with Garin and host Doug Nintzel and you'll be up to date on how ADOT and our partners are improving traffic flow in the Old Pueblo.
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Community Connections 2025 Award
09/20/2025

MVD Community Connections receives award for charitable giving

The ADOT MVD Community Connections team was recently recognized with the AAMVA Region 4 2025 Community Service Award for their continued efforts to support community organizations across the state.
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Construction occurs on a highway.
09/17/2025

Bridge girder placement another sign of progress on US 93 widening project

Two bridges under construction on US 93 north of Wikieup didn’t look much like bridges until recently, as they were little more than concrete piers jutting up from a dry wash. That all changed rapidly in the past few weeks, as crews lifted...
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A man stands in line at an Arizona Motor Vehicles Division office. A light blue sign next to the queue features a smiling happy face and the message, "all services enter here."
07/11/2023

ADOT Motor Vehicle Division ranks near the top in national survey

The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division just placed in the top four of MVD or DMV offices, according to a CarInsurance.com survey across all 50 states. The online article highlights some of the changes and technology...
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07/10/2023

Hey ADOT Kids! Do you love a good rainstorm?

As an Arizona kid, you are likely used to many days of hot, dry weather. When we get the occasional rainstorm, do you celebrate by dancing in the rain (but never during a thunderstorm), rather than heading indoors to stay dry? You may have...
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cooking pot hotpatch tool
07/07/2023

Cooking pot becomes maintenance tool

Yes, you read that headline correctly! ADOT’s Cordes Junction Maintenance Unit has put a discarded cooking pot to good use. Technician Patrick Thompson found the cooking pot while removing litter and trash from highways. His unit, which is...
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07/06/2023

Flashback: How ADOT, Desert Botanical Garden saved endangered hedgehog cactus during US 60 Pinto Creek Bridge Project

The Arizona hedgehog cactus, usually about a foot tall, is found in very few places, including where ADOT was replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on US 60 in 2018. Named for its resemblance to the prickly animal, the Arizona Hedgehog cactus...
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Graphic saying that 120,000 cubic yards if rocks were blasted at the I-17 Anthem Way to Sunset Poit project and that equals 6,000 dump trucks. Which, lined up, would be equal to the entire length of the 23-mile project.
07/03/2023

Cue the fireworks, then enjoy this video of blasting work along I-17

It may not be a dazzling Fourth of July fireworks show, but controlled rock blasting for the I-17 Improvement Project is a pretty spectacular sight in our eyes. And it’s a necessary operation to make way for the additional lanes between...
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A screenshot of a map of Arizona on the az511.gov website, showing event and incident icons.
07/03/2023

ADOT Big Kids: Mappin’ it this summer

Hey kids — and big kids, too! Headed to northern Arizona this summer to enjoy the high country’s cool weather or stake your claim to a favorite fishing hole? We’ve got the map that may help plan your trip and help save travel time by revealing a more direct route to your intended location.
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Renderings of highway signs for flex lanes on Interstate 17.
06/30/2023

Arizona’s first flex lanes are coming: Take a look at how they will operate

The first flex lanes on Arizona’s highway system are coming to Interstate 17 in 2025 as part of the I-17 Improvement Project from Anthem Way to Sunset Point. During the last year, crews have been busy blasting rock and moving earth in...
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A volunteer collects litter from a highway roadside.
06/29/2023

Celebrating Adopt a Highway Volunteers

The nation's birthday is a great time to reflect on Arizonans serving the community. Last year, more than 5,900 volunteers assembled to bag litter along adopted miles of state highways. These families, groups and organizations made a choice...
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Specialty license plates for Supporting Arizona Education, Empowering Today’s Youth, Keep Hearts Beating and Make-A-Wish.
06/28/2023

June recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

Each week, ADOT showcases a specialty plate on our social media platforms with the goal of drawing attention to the worthy cause or charity featured on that particular plate. This month, the focus was squarely on children and education. We...
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A black-and-white photo from 1936 of a vehicle driving under an underpass.
06/27/2023

Finding the Frank Flittner Underpass right outside my door

Transportation history can be right in front of you and still require a little luck to find it. That happened when I checked what the State Library, Archives and Public Records’ Arizona Memory Project has on a former state highway underpass...
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