The new interchange and realignment will feature wider entrance and exit ramps with traffic signals, overpass bridges that will provide for future growth, and a design that will accommodate a future project to add a westbound I-10 climbing lane starting at the Ocotillo Road exit east of SR 90.

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I-10

SR 90

8/3/2012

SR 260 improvement work continues through Doubtful Canyon

Judging from the video above, crews have been busy since we last checked in on the SR 260 widening project east of Payson… Go watch the video from a year ago to compare with today’s and see if you agree (we’ll wait right here!).

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SR 260

New US 70 Gila River Bridge at Bylas is being constructed adjacent to the old bridge

8/1/2012

Bridge replacement project under way in Bylas

This might sound cliché, but ADOT really is getting rid of the old to make room for the new… It’s happening right now on the San Carlos Apache reservation as ADOT crews construct a new bridge to replace the US 70 Gila River Bridge at Bylas.

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Bridges

US 70

Erosion along the roadway - the result of an East Valley monsoon.

7/31/2012

ADOT maintenance crews work through the monsoons

Ever survey an Arizona freeway during a monsoon? If you have, you’re likely to have seen debris in the roadway, landscapes in disarray, damage and even flooding…

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Landscaping

7/27/2012

Florence Bridge: A Monument of Treachery

The bridge crossing the Gila River outside Florence has quite a few distinctions in its history.

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Bridges

Crews work on some finishing touches to the I-10 ramps to Goodyear

7/26/2012

New I-10 ramps in Goodyear open this week

As ADOT prepares to open a new eastbound on-ramp and westbound off-ramp at Sarival Avenue and I-10, crews have been busy adding the finishing touches…

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I-10

Construction

Cars entering the Papago Freeway tunnel, better known as the Deck Park Tunnel

7/25/2012

A very special tunnel

Interstate 10 moves approximately 260,000 vehicles through the Phoenix metro area every day. It’s a vital link for commercial traffic traveling to and from California and New Mexico; for intrastate travelers going between Phoenix and Tucson; and for a respectable number of travelers going to and from many of Arizona’s southern towns and cities.

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Deck Park Tunnel

7/24/2012

Shoe Tree near SR 87 is an Arizona curiosity

The “mystery tree” on I-17 still has us baffled, so imagine our bewilderment upon seeing these photos of a shoe tree off of State Route 87, south of Payson.

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I-17

SR 87

Mystery Tree

Sign sheeting samples are put to the test in the Arizona sun.

7/19/2012

Signs are put to the test underneath Arizona's sun

Hard to believe, but after more than 200 blog posts we’re still surprised by some of the things we find out here at ADOT. For example, did you know there’s a small yard adjacent to an ADOT field office parking lot filled with dozens of sign samples?

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Materials Testing

7/18/2012

MVD launches emerging technologies for registration renewals

QR codes are big nowadays … you see them everywhere. They’re the two-dimensional bar codes that provide a quick link to web pages for your smart phone. They are not only fun (there’s something kind of awesome about scanning a code and instantly being taken to a web destination), but they’re also convenient and that’s why ADOT’s Motor Vehicle Division is utilizing QR codes along with a new mobile site to provide customers the ability to renew vehicle and aircraft registration on the go!

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Motor Vehicle Services

Technology

Large group of Calabasas Middle school children that part in a walk-to-school event in Rio Rico

7/17/2012

ADOT's Safe Routes to School program funds $4.5 million in projects

It’s still summer vacation for most students, but several schools across Arizona already are planning on creating or enhancing their Safe Routes to School programs for next school year, thanks to reimbursement grants from ADOT.

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Safe Routes to School

7/13/2012