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ASU student checks irrigation along highway.
03/23/2026

ADOT partnership with ASU aims to optimize landscape water use

We're highlighting an ASU News article features a partnership that’s helping ADOT learn how to optimize water use in freeway landscaping. The ADOT Urban Freeway Landscape Water Use Efficiency Project nvolves graduate students who are part of ASU’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative
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Volunteer placing trash in ADOT bag
03/17/2026

Get involved: Join us for an Earth Day litter clean-up

Adopt a Highway volunteer groups and others are invited to help tidy up along state highways for Earth Day. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer or just looking to make a difference, your participation makes a measurable impact toward reducing roadside litter.
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Sprayer applies fog seal to highway.
03/15/2026

PODCAST: One key way that ADOT extends the life of highway pavement

This week’s episode of On the Road With ADOT features two of our many team members involved in preserving Arizona’s vast investment in state highways and the use of fog seals to extend pavement life.
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A group of people gather alongside a rural highway, posing for a photo beneath an adopt a highway sign.
06/25/2024

Adopt a Highway: Love, life and litter-free on State Route 87

When Lucinda Ramirez’ husband, Fred, unexpectedly passed away 20 years ago, their family decided to get involved with ADOT’s Adopt a Highway program in his memory. Fred Ramirez had worked 10 years as a highway and bridge inspector for ADOT...
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An image of an Arizona driver license.
06/24/2024

After summer vacation get the AZ Travel ID and be ready to travel next summer

Summer is here, schools are out and people are already packing the airports for the annual migration known as summer vacation. While other states travel to warmer locations, here in Arizona we travel to get away from the summer sun and heat...
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State Route 87 Cactus Relocation in July 1971
06/20/2024

From the archives: Cactus relocation in the 1970s

While looking through our photo archives, we found what appeared to be photos of a cactus relocation project on State Route 87 (Beeline Highway) during the summer of 1971. That made us curious to learn more about the practice. Cactus...
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BWC Traffic Split
06/19/2024

Two for the price of one: How the lane splits on Interstate 10 save time and prevent additional closures

Lane splits provide crews the room they need to continue working while also keeping travel lanes open. Lane restrictions on this project take place on weekends and overnight on weeknights, so they impact fewer drivers on the road.
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A worker putting a piece of tire debris in the back of a truck
06/19/2024

A day in the life of an IRU crew member

Working as a member of the ADOT Incident Response Unit, sponsored by GEICO, means showing up to unique incidents on Valley freeways. Not every day is predictable. When crashes occur, IRU members will set up traffic control, using cones or...
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A rendering of an urban freeway.
06/18/2024

Find Your Lane: ADOT to Introduce Collector-Distributor Roads in the I-10 Broadway Curve Area

Collector-Distributor (CD) roads along I-10 in both directions between 40th Street and Baseline Road are coming this summer in the I-10 Broadway Curve area.
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A black truck has severe front end damage. A blue sky and green trees are in the background.
06/17/2024

Driving in rural areas? Pay attention for wildlife near highways

Summer brings out wildlife all over Arizona. Paying attention when they are there can save drivers from nasty crashes.
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A signal devide used for timing traffic signals and other training purposes hangs on a wall.
06/15/2024

Geeking out on traffic signals

If you want to know way too much about traffic signals, you’ve come to the right place. We’re about to go behind the scenes when an interchange signal system goes into “flash mode” – that’s traffic industry lingo for flashing red lights...
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A man removes trash and debris from a pump station.
06/14/2024

Spring cleaning for ADOT is dirty work

Because too many people can’t be bothered to not litter, ADOT cleans each of the pump stations in the metro Phoenix area at an annual cost of about $1 million.
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A bingo card with 25 spaces. 24 of them contain specialty license plates. The space in the middle contains the ADOT Logo.
06/12/2024

ADOT Kids: License plate “BINGO!” is back

There are more than 100 different specialty plates in Arizona that you can look for on the roads everyday. Take this NEW bingo card with you on your family roadtrips!
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