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Image of Route 66 license plate on turquoise square background.

04/28/2026

Arizona’s Route 66 specialty license plate

As Arizona gears up to celebrate 100 years of Route 66, the Arizona Department of Transportation wants to highlight a great way to carry a piece of the so-called Mother Road with you no matter where you’re headed.

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04/26/2026

PODCAST: Your knowledge of Arizona airports is about to take off

On the Road with ADOT takes to the skies while Matthew Munden, manager of ADOT’s Aeronautics Group, talks about his staff’s role in supporting airport development and Federal Aviation Administration funding for a robust statewide network of publicly owned airports.

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Adopt a Highway volunteers with found action figures

04/25/2026

Volunteers unite for Earth Day cleanup

Thank you to volunteers and supporters for making Earth Day 2026 the highest attended cleanup with the most trash picked up during an ADOT-hosted cleanup.

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Keeping Arizona clean again motivates Adopt a Highway manager

Mary Currie decided early on that it was important to walk the walk, so she organized employees in her part of ADOT to adopt a mile of US 60 northwest of the Valley.

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06/04/2019

The mysterious disappearance of the Miami-Superior Highway plaque

What became of a plaque installed to commemorate the 1922 opening of a highway that's no longer in use?

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Public restroom with tiled walls and floors, two sinks with a soap dispenser, and several open stalls separated by partitions.

06/03/2019

We've had some good water-saving ideas. How about you?

Water conservation is something all of us should practice. Here is what ADOT is doing to use less water.

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06/02/2019

Where in AZ??

Get your thinking cap on and let us know "Where in AZ??" this photo was taken.

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05/31/2019

Quick-acting maintenance crew returns lost dog to owners

Early in the morning on Sunday, May 19, ADOT Maintenance Supervisor Brett Rupp was driving west on SR 260 along the Mogollon Rim east of Payson when he spotted something out of the ordinary. A Shetland sheepdog, more commonly referred to as...

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Frances Walker works at a drafting board.

05/30/2019

Throwback Thursday: The Arizona Highway Department’s first female engineer

More than 60 years ago, Frances Walker became the first female engineer with the Arizona Highway Department. Here is what highway engineering looked like back then.

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05/29/2019

The case of US 70's missing 12 miles

We may not have solved this mystery, but we have a pretty good guess as to why numbers on mile markers jump suddenly between Bylas and Safford.

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Crew members work on deck of Pinnacle Peak bridge

05/28/2019

Take a look at I-17 interchange projects on the rise

Piers and bridge abutments for the new interchanges at Pinnacle Peak and Happy Valley roads are currently going up, so take a look at some of the work happening right now.

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