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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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A crane and construction equipment are positioned near an unfinished highway overpass under a clear blue sky.
03/04/2015

Work to improve, expand Loop 303/US 60 interchange is underway

Work on the Loop 303 continues out in the West Valley.
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03/03/2015

Don’t Park Your Cars Yet: Arizona Still Needs its Highways for a Robust Economy

A balanced, multimodal approach to transportation is the best long-term solution for Arizona’s future.
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02/27/2015

ADOT's Twitter account offers more than just trip tips

On Twitter, ADOT provides real-time traffic conditions to help the traveling public safely and swiftly navigate Arizona’s highways.
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Technical drawing showing slope mine benching detail with perspective and section views, labeled annotations, contour lines, and construction notes, titled DETAIL ES8.
02/25/2015

Transportation Defined: Minibenches, a closer look

Dirt has been a pretty popular topic for us. Today, we want to explain why we bench it. More specifically, why we minibench it.
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Three workers in orange jackets inspect a road severely damaged and lifted by a landslide in a rocky area.
02/24/2015

Engineers Week celebrates engineering contributions

Saying that engineers are an important part of ADOT is really kind of an understatement.
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Image of crews paving on US 89
02/20/2015

US 89 landslide: Final phase of the repair

The landslide-damaged stretch of US 89 has come a long way in the past two years...
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A crane and construction scaffolding are positioned near an overpass under repair, with traffic cones blocking part of the road.
02/12/2015

Key ADOT projects move forward this year in Phoenix, Tucson and statewide

We’re only a month in, but 2015 is already looking like it’ll be a big year for ADOT.
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US 89 Landslide Repair
02/11/2015

ADOT continues progress on US 89 landslide repair

After six months of extensive earthwork on the US 89 landslide repair project south of Page, ADOT is moving on to the final phase of the project to restore the highway.
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Workers in safety gear pour and spread concrete into a large hole at a construction site with machinery nearby.
02/10/2015

Crews repair, repave sinkhole on SR 89A

State Route 89A in the Oak Creek Canyon switchbacks (mileposts 387-390) was fully reopened this afternoon after crews repaired a sinkhole that had been discovered in the northbound lane on Saturday.
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A paved, empty highway curves through a desert landscape with rocky hills, dry vegetation, and scattered boulders under a partly cloudy sky.
02/04/2015

Work on a new climbing lane along SR 95 is underway

ADOT has begun construction of a northbound climbing lane on SR 95 to improve traffic flow through the Mohave Mountains region, about 10 miles north of Lake Havasu City (mileposts 190-195).
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