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Where do speed limits come from? How are highways engineered, signed, striped, etc., to maximize safety? To explain these and other aspects of state highways, we're pleased to have State Traffic Engineer Kerry Wilcoxon as this week's On the Road With ADOT guest.
See Adopt a Highway volunteers across Arizona caught in the act on National CleanUp Day 2025.
ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media. We call this the "Specialty Plate Spotlight" and here are the plates that were featured in September.

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Here we are, blogging about pavement … again! When we told you there’s a lot to learn on the subject, we weren’t joking ...
The weather is beautiful right now in much of our state – what better time to step out and explore the scenery on two wheels!
Things have come a long way in the two months since a landslide buckled part of US 89 south of Page…
There’s just one more public hearing for ADOT’s Five-Year Construction Program and the meeting is coming up soon …
Isn’t it interesting to see that a production crew was filming the state’s roads back in January 1978?
The proposed Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway has a history that dates back to 1985, but we’re not going to blog about the project’s timeline today …
We’ve blogged before about what happens after a crash on the state highway system ...
When a landslide buckled a portion of US 89 back in February, the incident (unsurprisingly) brought many people together to work on restoring mobility to the area ...
Arizona’s State Transportation Board has two new members ... Appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer and confirmed by the Arizona State Senate, Deanna L. Beaver and William F. Cuthbertson have replaced outgoing members Bobbie Lundstrom and Bill Feldmeier (members of the board serve six-year terms) ...
Lake Havasu City has long been recognized as one of Arizona’s premier spots for travel and tourism. The city’s airport is essential to the flourishing tourism industry, and is now being recognized for its superior service and accomplishments over the past year ...