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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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From the director: Why care about traffic incident management?

Please share these tips with family and friends so even more drivers become aware of how they can contribute to making our roads safer.

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11/07/2019

MVD director does a little good with mini-Tesla donation

When our MVD director was a recipient of a pint-sized Tesla and U-Haul trailer, he knew exactly where it should go.

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Traffic camera view of snow along I-17 at Cordes Junction

11/05/2019

Driving Safety Home: Know Snow

http://twitter.com/ArizonaDOTIt's the time of the year to once again be thinking about how to drive safely during snowy and icy conditions. ADOT's state engineer shares a few tips.

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11/04/2019

Doing the bridge slide - and we don't mean a dance move

It's not a dance move, but an innovative new technique for replacing bridges. Read more in today's blog.

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11/01/2019

Wrong-way detection system receives national award

They say virtue is its own award. We would say that helping everyone get home safely after a hard day's work, a weekend escape or a night out is also its own award. But occasionally we are recognized for doing just that. Such is the case...

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10/31/2019

Throwback Thursday: This photo has us bedeviled

Just in time for Halloween: We can't tell you when this photo was taken. But we can tell you where: the Devil's Highway.

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A young boy stands indoors wearing a homemade costume resembling a highway road sign with directional signs for Williamson Valley, Prescott, and Seligman.

10/30/2019

Trick-or-treating as a highway sign? We 'like' that

When his great aunt shared a photo of Hunter Vincente dressed up as a highway sign, we had to know more.

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10/29/2019

Simple, predictable schedule helping Pinto Creek bridge project

Let’s face it: Nobody looks forward to construction delays. But with restrictions and some temporary closures set for the Pinto Creek Bridge replacement project on US 60 between Superior and Globe, we’re giving drivers something they can...

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