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Whether a driver wants to support a cause, rep their team or just add a pop of color to their car, with 109 specialty license plates available in Arizona, there’s a little something for everyone. And specialty license plates are more...
A much-needed second lane at the northbound I-17 exit to Loop 303 results from funding flexibility provided by the Maricopa Association of Governments, the Phoenix area's regional transportation planning agency.
Snowplow operator James Kline joins On the Road With ADOT to discuss not just what goes into clearing snow but what you and other drivers can do to keep yourselves and our operators safe.

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Today's Art of Transportation photo is a meta-level look at our project on I-17 and Pinnacle Peak.
Building on efforts across the decades, we’re working on a dust detection and warning system on I-10 near the community of Picacho.
Join the herd and take our "Where in AZ??" challenge!
If lightning never strikes the same place twice, we're glad an ADOT weather camera was able to catch this one-in-a-million shot of a strike near Holbrook.
In 1974, the Arizona Highway Department and the Arizona Aeronautics Department merged to become ADOT. Today our Aeronautics Group continues to serve airports statewide.
Since 1974, ADOT has combined functions once handled by the Arizona Highway Department, the motor vehicle services agency and the Arizona Aeronautics Department.
The big reorganization brought with it many new responsibilities for the department, including the addition of several new divisions.On July 1, 1974, the Arizona Highway Department officially became the Arizona Department of Transportation...
A holiday is coming up, but we have last "Where in AZ??" before you go on vacation this week!
Listing who received invitations and even how officials would obtain lumber to build a speaker stand made for page-one news back in 1936.
It was 90 years ago that Arizona dedicated Navajo Bridge spanning the Colorado River at Marble Canyon.