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02/01/2026

PODCAST: How a Travel ID beats the TSA fee

Bill Lamoreaux, our lead communicator on all things MVD, has the details you need on how to join millions of Arizonans who are able to use their driver licenses and state ID cards for air travel and other uses that have REAL ID requirements.

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A snowplow on an icy highway plowing snow.

01/27/2026

ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest is back!

ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest is back again and we’re asking for Arizonans to help name a few of our snowplows! When winter storms roll through our state, ADOT’s snowplow operators work tirelessly to clear highways of ice and snow, helping...

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01/25/2026

PODCAST: Looking ahead to Southern Arizona projects for 2026

In this 10-minute episode of On the Road With ADOT, Public Information Officer Garin Groff discusses Southern Arizona improvements that are starting, continuing and finishing in 2026, including major upgrades for the Tucson area.

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Art of Transportation: A perspective on bridge-building

This week's Art of Transportation is all about giving some scale to what goes into a major undertaking such as the South Mountain Freeway.

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South Mountain Freeway girder construction

01/28/2019

What a difference a weekend makes for the South Mountain Freeway

Before and after photos show how ADOT's Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project is advancing quickly.

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Aerial view of Interstate 10 bridges at Jimmie Kerr Boulevard

01/25/2019

VIDEO: Out with the old bridges, in with the new

Watch as our drone flies over the demolition work on the old I-10 bridges at Jimmie Kerr Boulevard in Casa Grande and the new bridges that are part of a widening project there.

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01/24/2019

Throwback Thursday: Over the river

Whether today or 40 years ago, our highway engineers and crews are thinking about how to move traffic from one side to the other of the Salt River in Phoenix.

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Deck pour at night with lights and figure of a person

01/23/2019

Art of Transportation: I-10 and Earley Road deck pour

A deck pour is a lot more than simply laying steel and pouring cement. It can be beautiful too.

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Excavators work on a dirt construction site near a bridge with mountains in the background.

01/22/2019

Old lanes recycled to help build widened stretch of I-10 in Eloy

Recycling is for more than just old newspapers and soda cans. In Pinal County, ADOT is saving time and money as we widen I-10 near Eloy by recycling old highway lanes.

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Aerial view of Interstate 10 dust detection system project

01/18/2019

VIDEO: A year of progress with more ahead on I-10 near Eloy

We are just the past the one-year mark for our project to widen I-10 near Eloy. Watch what we have accomplished so far and what drivers can expect before the work finishes later this year.

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