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Arizona Highways magazine holiday cover from the 1950s
12/07/2025

PODCAST: Arizona Highways magazine celebrates its centennial, the holidays and more

Editor Robert Stieve visits with host Doug Nintzel about Arizona Highways magazine's ongoing centennial celebration, how the holiday edition has become annual treasure and even how the magazine is looking toward next year's Route 66 centennial.
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MVD Community Connections Thanksgiving drives
12/01/2025

MVD employees step up to help during the Thanksgiving holiday

As part of the MVD Community Connections efforts, several office locations across the state organized food donation drives to help out in their communities this Thanksgiving.
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A metal footbridge spans a rocky canyon with steep cliffs and sparse vegetation under a bright sky.
11/30/2025

Fish Creek Bridge: A small piece of nearly timeless history

A small bridge on a historic road is nearly timeless.
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04/17/2020

A little pain, but a whole lot of gain during MVD transition

The old saying for athletes is, “No pain, no gain.” At the Motor Vehicle Division we are all about reducing the pain of an office visit or using our services online. In fact, over the past few years we’ve made a lot of changes that have...
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A pile of stocked up road litter in blue bags
04/16/2020

ADOT Kids Quiz: Let's trash talk about litter!

Take our trash quiz and learn more about how the Adopt a Highway program helps with litter in our state.
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511 website representations of travel times messages
04/16/2020

Going somewhere? Message boards statewide say how long it will take

Over the past year we've announced that motorists along the interstates between Tucson and Flagstaff have been able to gauge how long their trips would take thanks to travel times displayed on ADOT's overhead digital message boards. But...
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Adot keep it grand logo drawn with chalk in background
04/15/2020

ADOT Kids Activity: ‘Keep It Grand’ art challenge!

Please have your kids encourage others to Keep it Grand using their creativity with chalk art.
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A woman stands in a laboratory holding a metal tray filled with dried black material, with shelves and lab equipment in the background.
04/15/2020

For materials lab supervisor, road safety is personal

As in her job with ADOT, Kelly Baum gets to play in dirt to make sure the materials used in construction projects are up to the task.
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ADOT Construction Crane during Girder Installation at Hell Canyon
04/14/2020

ADOT Kids: Zoom backgrounds for future engineers!

We're offering some transportation-themed free Zoom virtual backgrounds for kids captivated by construction.
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A metal Interstate 17 sign displayed at a news conference
04/14/2020

What's in a name? The reason behind I-17's interstate designation

Interstate 17 is a great highway, but if it only runs between Phoenix and Flagstaff, why is it called an interstate?
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04/13/2020

Adopt a Highway: Treasures found year-round in Congress

One Adopt a Highway group has found "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is sometimes true.
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04/12/2020

Where in AZ??

It's a slightly more obscure "Where in AZ??" challenge we have for you this week!
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adot kids snow plow coloring drawing cartoon
04/10/2020

ADOT Kids Activity: Get to know snowplows!

EDITOR'S NOTE: During this unprecedented time, ADOT is creating transportation activities for kids. Please visit azdot.gov/ADOTKids or use the hashtag #ADOTKids on ADOT's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to see what we have going on...
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