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04/18/2024

ADOT employees wear orange for work zone safety

If you’ve driven through a work zone, you’ve seen workers wearing hard hats and orange or yellow reflective vests. Those bright colors stand out and make it easier for motorists to see people working near travel lanes, building and...
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04/15/2024

Wearing orange on April 17 supports work zone safety

National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19, is an annual spring event that brings attention to the importance of work zone safety. This year’s theme is “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever.” It highlights...
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A man in a hard hat and orange vest points at a STOP sign while another man steps back.
04/15/2024

PSA highlights how not to behave in the office and in the work zone

There are certain things people shouldn’t do in an office setting — talking loudly over the phone and disturbing others, stealing lunches that don’t belong to them or microwaving fish (and causing a massive stink). It’s courteous behavior...
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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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A desert tortoise eats a shrub in the desert. Saguaro cactuses are in the background.
07/17/2023

How ADOT works with desert tortoises

We’re talking tortoises today at the Arizona Department of Transportation. Did you know that ADOT helps support tortoise populations by paying attention to where these shelled reptiles may burrow near highways. Our biologists follow steps...
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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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An anthropomorphic rain drop standing in front of a puddle of water, surrounded by various debris.
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...
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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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