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10/17/2025

Move Over for flashing lights on the side of the road

Every day, members of ADOT’s Incident Response Unit, sponsored by GEICO, and our maintenance crews put themselves at risk when they work near traffic. I’m grateful for their dedication and diligence. Their work is critical to keeping the...
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10/12/2025

PODCAST: Our director explains Arizona's new safe-driving campaign

Spend a few minutes with ADOT Director Jennifer Toth and host Doug Nintzel and we hope you'll take the following to heart: Choosing not to speed, choosing not to drive impaired, choosing to wear a seat belt and making other simple choices will result in fewer life-altering crashes on all Arizona roadways.
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Make Bullhead Better volunteers
10/09/2025

Tomorrow’s leaders make a positive difference in Fort Mohave

Motivated to improve the community, a civic group and 35 students led a cleanup of State Route 95 in Fort Mohave.
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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to use their blinker.
02/12/2025

Using your blinker? You’re talking our type of language this Valentine’s Day

As Arizonans secure last-minute dinner plans and gifts for their loved ones this Valentine’s Day, we want to remind drivers that using your turn signals is an easy way to show your care for others on the road. If you’re out on the highways...
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02/09/2025

PODCAST: Maintaining state highways sometimes includes fighting a fire

We invited Payson Maintenance Supervisor Brett Rupp into the On the Road With ADOT studio to discuss a recent incident in which ADOT personnel from Payson and Mesa teamed to put out a potentially nasty fire along SR 87 before it got out of hand.
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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to designate a driver.
02/06/2025

On Super Bowl Sunday, have a game plan to get home safely

With Game Day approaching and Arizonans prepping appetizers and hedging their bets on who will be crowned Super Bowl champions, we want to remind drivers to have a game plan on how to get home. Regardless of whether you’re rooting for the...
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A group of students participate in an Adopt-a-Highway clean-up event along a rural highway.
02/05/2025

Adopt a Highway: Recognizing 'All the Way to the Border' volunteers

A cheering crowd surrounded Melissa Owen during a safety briefing that preceded a cleanup of all 45 miles of State Route 286 between SR 86 and Sasabe Along with this ADOT representative, they celebrated Owen’s 10 years of organizing the...
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A view of an airplane flying from inside the airplane.
02/04/2025

The Arizona Travel ID deadline is quickly approaching

As we get closer and closer to May 7, 2025, ADOT MVD continues to encourage travelers to update their standard Arizona driver license or ID card to the federally compliant Arizona Travel ID. May 7 will be the first date that TSA will begin...
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On the Road With ADOT Logo
02/02/2025

PODCAST: His passion is promoting engineering careers and STEM education

Engineers Week is a pretty big deal around ADOT, as you might imagine. So we're leading up to the week beginning Feb. 16 by introducing you to ADOT team members who do different kinds of engineering, starting with Jordan Kurlin, a team lead in Roadway Design.
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An SUV with a broken rear window after it clipped a snowplow.
01/28/2025

Don't pass the plow, give them space to operate

Don't pass the plow. Early Tuesday morning on Jan. 28, an ADOT snowplow was struck near Prescott when an SUV attempted to pass the plow. Fortunately, no one was injured. Our plow left the crash with minor damage, but the same can't be said...
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Specialty plates featured in January
01/27/2025

January recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media.
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Pinto Creek Bridge on US 60
01/26/2025

PODCAST: How does ADOT look after all of those bridges along state highways?

Arizona has an enviable record for the condition of state highway bridges. Some of that has to do with the relative youth of our infrastructure, but it also has a lot to do with this week's guest: State Bridge Engineer David Benton.
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How did these Loop 101 Agua Fria cross streets get their names?
01/24/2025

How some Loop 101 Agua Fria cross streets got their names

For another installment of “how highway cross streets got their names,” we move on to the Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway. We’ve completed past installments for these freeways: US 60 Superstition Freeway Interstate 17 through Phoenix Loop 101...
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