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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to slow down in work zones.
04/23/2026

Give workers a ‘brake’ in construction zones

If you’re out on Arizona highways this week, you may notice overhead message boards displaying a message encouraging drivers to slow down in work zones. That’s because Work Zone Awareness Week runs from April 20-24, and it’s the perfect...
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A memorial dedicated to ADOT workers who died serving the state.
04/20/2026

Stay alert and slow down during Work Zone Awareness Week

It’s Work Zone Awareness Week, and we’re taking the opportunity to raise awareness about the things we all can do to keep each other safe in work zones. ADOT crews work all hours of the day to build and maintain Arizona’s highways. I’m...
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04/12/2026

PODCAST: You should pay attention to ADOT's distracted driving podcast

We know it’s not easy to avoid every distraction when you’re behind the wheel. All the more reason to pay attention to Kelsey Mo, ADOT’s public information officer for safety, as she talks to Doug Nintzel during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
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An Arizona license plate is pictured in the foreground of a desert sunset. The sky is colored shades of yellow, orange, pink, red and purple. Two saguaro cactus can be seen.
08/08/2023

Arizona’s license plate takes the top spot in national survey

The Arizona license plate was just voted the best plate in the country, according to an Insurance.com survey across all 50 states. The online article highlights some of the favorite license plates according to the survey respondents...
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Construction of an underground drainage system. A concrete pipe is partially buried in the ground.
08/07/2023

Answering questions about the I-17 Regional Drainage System

ADOT announced in July the new Interstate 17 Regional Drainage System between Dunlap Avenue and Greenway Road in north Phoenix is fully operational in time for this summer’s monsoon. Construction started in summer 2020. Our Public...
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A woman removes litter from a highway shoulder in a rural, desert area with mountains in the distant background.
08/02/2023

Adopt a Highway: Save the date Sept. 16 is National CleanUp Day

Welcome one and all! Whether you are an existing Adopt a Highway volunteer group or want to pitch-in for one day. This year National CleanUp Day is Saturday, Sept. 16—only seven weeks away. The day is set aside for civic-minded individuals...
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A group of 12 people, all wearing traffic safety orange shirts and members of a volunteer litter-pick-up group, gather for a group photo with a mountain in the background.
08/01/2023

Adopt a Highway: Prescott Litter Lifters and high-country volunteer heroes

Every cleanup day is a new experience for the Prescott Litter Lifters, an Adopt a Highway volunteer group whose beginning dates back to 1981, according to group leader and co-manager Farrish Sharon. Seven miles of state highway along state...
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Three spotlights shine on four specialty license plates.
07/31/2023

July recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

Arizona residents can choose from more than 90 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To create extra awareness – and highlight the worthy causes that specialty license plates support – we’ve been...
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Summer emergency travel kit
07/26/2023

What to pack in a summer emergency travel kit

You’ve checked your car’s tires, fluids and battery, filled up your gas tank and mapped out your route, but you’re never fully ready for a road trip until you’ve prepared an emergency travel kit. With record-breaking heat across Arizona...
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Three copper license plates from the 1930s are pictured over a background of a map of the state of Arizona.
07/24/2023

A match made in PR heaven: Arizona and (real) copper license plates

Arizona and copper go together like – well, like Arizona and copper. Copper drove Arizona’s early economy, giving rise to communities such as Bisbee, Globe, Miami, Morenci, Ajo and Jerome. Copper adorns the dome of our State Capitol. When...
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Graphic with a gradient from yellow to blue top to bottom featuring a sign that says "Submit your message."
07/21/2023

ADOT's Safety Message Contest is back for the 7th time

It’s that time again, Arizona! ADOT’s Safety Message Contest is back for its seventh year and entries are open through July 25. Have you ever wanted to see your traffic message on a Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) above the highway? Here’s your...
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A multi-lane interstate highway cuts through a desert landscape.
07/19/2023

I-10 in Buckeye now provides smoother sailing than the Gila River

In those years just before a freeway improvement project is ready to start, we’re all allowed to imagine what it will be like once the work is done. On I-10 in the Buckeye area, the imagination has become reality. ADOT’s $82 million project...
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A collage of the images of many Arizona specialty license plates.
07/18/2023

Specialty license plates help provide a voice to more than just the driver

You may have seen vehicles with an Arizona Cardinals plate, Phoenix Suns plate or Veterans plate – maybe one with the Special Olympics Arizona logo on it. Clearly, the vehicles’ owners support the team or organization displayed on the plate...
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