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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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08/29/2019

Throwback Thursday: Tracking ADOT's office technology

From typewriters to computers, pen-and-ink maps to satellite imagery, ADOT's office tech has evolved a lot in the past few decades.
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A man in glasses and a blue shirt stands next to a display of printed photos showing decorative wall designs and murals.
08/28/2019

ADOT freeway landscape designer wins lifetime achievement award

ADOT’s Joseph Salazar was honored recently with a lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Landscape Architects Arizona Chapter. Salazar, who has been with ADOT for almost 30 years and serves as landscape architectural...
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08/27/2019

New sponsored 511 signs hitting the road

Something new, blue and helpful-to-you is popping up along Arizona highways, and it's just the beginning. The Arizona Department of Transportation has installed the first four 511 business-sponsored signs as part its recently launched 511...
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08/26/2019

Four miles down, four to go on I-10 between Casa Grande and Tucson

The drive between Phoenix and Tucson has gotten a little bit better, and another improvement is just weeks away. That’s because an ADOT project has provided three lanes in each direction on a 4-mile section of Interstate 10 in Casa Grande...
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08/25/2019

Where in AZ??

Wouldn't this be a refreshing spot to visit? Join our challenge and find out where this is located.
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Historic photo of highway sign
08/23/2019

Flashback Friday: Sign of the times

More than 30 years ago, the Black Canyon Freeway saw the first digital message boards installed.
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Brown road sign reads: 60 Governor Rose Mofford Memorial Highway against a blue sky.
08/22/2019

New signs on US 60 east of Valley honor Governor Rose Mofford

These signs along two stretches carry a designation recently approved by the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names.
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08/21/2019

eTitle part of MVD blazing trail for better, quicker service

The Motor Vehicle Division is making great strides to get people out of line and safely on the road, the most recently recognized is the eTitle program.
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Arizona Department of Transportation pickup truck
08/19/2019

ADOT 'angel' helps stranded motorists

Shelli and Al Ortman of Yucca were headed to a doctor’s appointment in Lake Havasu City when their trip was suddenly cut short. ADOT employee Jeff Baumeister came to their aid.
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08/18/2019

Where in AZ??

If you need an idea for a road trip, stay tuned to the answer for this week's "Where in AZ??"
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