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01/04/2026

PODCAST: ADOT's partnership with native nations across Arizona

Native nations comprise roughly a quarter of Arizona's land, and state highways are key corridors for them. In this week's episode, our Native Nations Ambassador for Infrastructure Development discusses how ADOT partners with our state's 22 federally recognized tribes and eight others with ancestral ties to Arizona.
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01/02/2026

ADOT, AZDPS team up and reunite lost dog with family on New Year's Eve

A dispatch supervisor at our Traffic Operations Center spotted a loose dog on a freeway camera. Then he found the dog's family, which was looking for her.
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12/31/2025

Valley freeways: A glance at '25 and glimpse at '26 projects

A couple of words come to mind when one examines the year that was and the year to come when it comes to Phoenix-area freeways: new lanes. Here's a look back and forward for Phoenix-area freeways.
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04/03/2025

ADOT MVD helps “Let Life Sing” for National Donate Life Month in April

In April of each year, the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division and Donate Life Arizona celebrate National Donate Life Month to help raise awareness of organ donation, encourage registration and honor donors and their...
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04/02/2025

Look out for motorcyclists on Valley highways this week

With Arizona Bike Week happening this week at Westworld in Scottsdale, you might be seeing more motorcycles on Arizona highways. Although ADOT is not involved in the event, it’s never a bad time to remind drivers of four-wheeled and two...
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04/01/2025

Don’t get fooled this April, avoid fake toll road scam texts from ‘AZDOT’ or ‘DMV’

April Fool’s Day can be a fun, lighthearted day of pranks and practical jokes to add a little bit of laughter to your life. But there is one thing we can all agree that is most certainly not funny; scam texts. We are all tired of unexpected...
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03/30/2025

PODCAST: Arizona Highways centennial celebration, part two: John Wayne movies, great photographers & more

Did Arizona Highways magazine play a role in getting Old West movies filmed in Monument Valley? That’s one of the interesting stories shared by Editor Robert Stieve in this episode of On the Road With ADOT.
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03/27/2025

What to expect when you are expecting your Travel ID in the mail

As you have heard by now, May 7 is the deadline for federal REAL ID, also known as the Arizona Travel ID, deadline. We know you are aware, because many of you are choosing to update your standard Arizona IDs to the federally compliant...
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Concrete bridge with brown railings spans a dry, rocky creek bed. Power lines and barren trees are visible in the background under a clear blue sky.
03/26/2025

Pinal Creek Bridge: Small part of big US 60 history

A small bridge in Globe is a huge part of early Arizona transportation history.
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03/23/2025

PODCAST: Celebrate 100 years of Arizona Highways with the magazine's editor

Learn about photography, the Grand Canyon and the history of a great magazine with Arizona Highways Editor Robert Stieve joining On the Road With ADOT.
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A list of new or renewed Adopt a Highway groups.
03/21/2025

Adopt a Highway: Inspiring minds talk on trash

What inspires you to get involved in cleaning up highway trash? That is a question recently answered by Altar Valley Conservation Alliance representative and Adopt a Highway volunteer Julia Guglielmo. “It brings everyone together no matter...
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Interstate 8 from the 1970s between Casa Grande and Gila Bend.
03/19/2025

The history of Interstate 8

Spanning more than 350 miles from its westernmost point in San Diego to its eastern terminus at the Interstate 10 junction in Casa Grande, Interstate 8 is a primary route for travel in the Southwest. Here’s the history of how the highway...
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Setting girder for I-40 bridge
03/17/2025

All in a night’s work: Placing bridge girders along I-40 in Kingman

Progress along the Interstate 40/US 93 interchange project in Kingman sometimes can be apparent at the end of each day’s work, but in some cases, it’s quite visible even at night.
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