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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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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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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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Everything to slide into place for Fourth Street bridge project in Flagstaff

Starting this weekend, crews are going to be “sliding” the new Fourth Street bridges over I-40 into place using an innovative method that saves a lot of time on bridge projects. The bridge slide method is a technique that basically moves...

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07/14/2020

From the Director: MVD rises to unique customer service challenges during pandemic

ADOT Director John Halikowksi shares his thoughts about the unprecedented challenges now confronting the MVD.

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Award being accepted for Green Shop in Holbrook

07/13/2020

ADOT's Holbrook shop earns environmental award

ADOT's Equipment Services in Holbrook has been recognized for customer service and environmental practices.

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07/10/2020

Calling all photographers: Show your wild(life) side

We want you to show us the wild side of living in Arizona! Arizona Highways magazine is helping promote a wildlife photography contest run by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

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Black and white photo of a street in Jerome, Arizona, showing buildings, telephone poles, a KEEP TO RIGHT sign, and handwritten notes at the bottom.

07/09/2020

Throwback Thursday: One way

We ruminate on humanity's linear existence as we contemplate this old shot of one-way roads in Jerome.

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07/08/2020

Camp marker along SR 82 worth a stop

A marker on SR 82 remembers Camp Crittenden, which may have something to do with where SR 82 ended up.

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A black and white photo of a rural bridge over a river.

07/07/2020

Yuma's 'bridge to nowhere'

McPhaul Bridge near Yuma was built in the late 1920s to help carry vehicle traffic over the Gila River. Find out why it eventually became Yuma's "bridge to nowhere."

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07/06/2020

A big step forward for ADOT's wrong-way detection and warning system

The use of thermal detection cameras to spot wrong-way vehicles on freeway off-ramps along Phoenix-area freeways will continue to grow, especially after the cameras have worked well as part of a pilot project along Interstate 17.

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