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Volunteer sign please help protect our beautiful earth at mile 9

12/22/2025

Volunteers make spirits bright

ADOT is grateful to volunteers year 'round, and there is no better time to express our gratitude than during the holiday season.

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Aerial view of I-17 wildlife overpass project

12/21/2025

PODCAST: Catching you up on projects and more in Northern Arizona

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Jeremy DeGeyter, administrator of ADOT's Northcentral District. Jeremy talks with host Doug Nintzel not just about the I-17 wildlife overpass project but the much-anticipated Lion Springs widening of SR 260 east of Payson, among other topics.

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12/17/2025

A national spotlight for ADOT's partnership with public universities

A video from American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) features ADOT director explaining the Arizona Transportation Institute and its goals.

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Nov. 19 Camp Day: What's your favorite Copper State campground?

Don't miss our latest survey!

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Cody Smith with his Incident Response Unit vehicle

11/17/2022

Shining the spotlight on our Incident Response Unit during Crash Responder Safety Week

It’s Crash Responder Safety Week and, here at ADOT, we’re spotlighting a team that responds to incidents and help improve safety by getting traffic moving sooner after crashes and other incidents occur. We are, of course, referring to our...

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Demolished roadway concrete pieces to be reused

11/15/2022

Waste Not: Reusing materials from the past to build for the future

Asphalt millings, concrete, metal and steel are the most common types of construction waste; but the Broadway Curve project team has future plans for all of them.

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11/11/2022

ADOT protecting native plants along I-17 as part of Improvement Project between Anthem Way and Sunset Point

Crews are removing viable native vegetation along the 23-mile I-17 improvement project corridor so it can be cared for and closely monitored during construction, then eventually replanted alongside an improved wider highway.

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11/10/2022

Adopt a Highway: Thank you, veteran volunteers

The Arizona Department of Transportation remembers veterans for the commitment made to our great nation and those who continue to serve their communities. Forty-five veterans groups care for adopted segments along state highways throughout...

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11/07/2022

Elk fence reduced crashes, great example of collaboration

A collaboration with the Arizona Game & Fish Department helped to greatly reduce elk-vehicle crashes on this Arizona highway.

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11/02/2022

Grand Canyon National Park Airport terminal marks 55 years

The Grand Canyon National Park Airport terminal is celebrating 55 years!

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11/01/2022

Bridge builder's identity rediscovered, honored one century after death

Lafe McDaniel died during the construction of the Navajo Bridge, but his identiity and his life had been largely forgotten in the decades after his death.

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