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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to designate a driver.
07/19/2024

Designating a driver is always an ‘All-Star’ move

If you’re driving on Arizona highways this Friday and Saturday, you may notice some of our overhead signs displaying a traffic safety message related to the WNBA All-Star Game happening in Phoenix. We want to grab people’s attention and...
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07/18/2024

PODCAST: A 51-year ADOT veteran reflects on ADOT's first half century

To mark ADOT's 50th anniversary this month, we're inviting some longtime employees onto our podcast, On the Road With ADOT. The latest episode features Tami Wollaston, who started as a draftsman nearly 51 years ago and currently is a transportation engineering specialist in ADOT’s Roadway Engineering Group.
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A picturesque bridge spanning a tranquil river, surrounded by lush greenery
07/17/2024

A brief history of three Wickenburg bridges

Three versions of the bridge over the Hassayampa River in Wickenburg have carried traffic for over a century.
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Four Arizona speciality plates. From top left: Conserving Wildlife, Friends of Eight, Arizona State University and a State of Good Character
09/29/2023

September recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

License plates can be more than a means of identifying a vehicle. Much like bumper stickers or the clothes we wear, specialty plates can an expression of our values and beliefs or a nod to our hobbies. In Arizona we have more than 90...
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Progress on the I-17 Improvement Project
09/28/2023

I-17 Improvement Project taking shape one year into major construction

Progress is happening and drivers are noticing. If you’ve recently driven along Interstate 17 north of the Phoenix metro area, you’ve seen the flurry of construction activity, along with the noticeable changes to this well-traveled highway...
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A group of people are gathered around a heavy-duty snowblower and receiving training on how to use the snowblower.
09/25/2023

ADOT team members are already getting ready for winter

While summer weather lingers for desert dwellers, ADOT team members are already gearing up for winter. And this season, that means branching out beyond the existing fleet of 200 or so snowplows as ADOT prepares to unveil two new high...
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A woman removes litter from near a highway.
09/21/2023

Adopt a Highway: New and Renewed Volunteers Keep AZ Grand

The Arizona Department of Transportation welcomes 18 of the newest volunteer groups helping keep Arizona highways clean! These families, groups and organizations recently made a choice to adopt or renew adopted miles and to reduce litter...
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A highway with no cars traveling on it because it's closed for roadwork.
09/20/2023

I-17 pavement improvement project in north Phoenix is completed on schedule

Just in time for the fall travel season, highway crews working for ADOT have finished the Interstate 17 pavement improvement project between Dunlap Avenue and Deer Valley Road. How important is that? Well, drivers who regularly use that...
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Three people in bright yellow reflective safety vests pick up litter on the side of a highway.
09/19/2023

Tucson North MVD team devotes National Cleanup Day to its community

ADOT team members are part of the communities they serve. I had the privilege of seeing that action Saturday, Sept. 16, as the Tucson North MVD office spent National Cleanup Day working along Oracle Road (State Route 77). More than a dozen...
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Rocky the ringtail on the 2023 Arizona driver license design
09/15/2023

Rocky the ringtail has been keeping Arizona driver licenses and ID cards secure since 2014

Did you know that you’ve likely been carrying around a picture of a ringtail in your wallet? If you’ve gotten an Arizona driver license or ID card in the past few years, look closely and you’ll see an illustration of a ringtail, the...
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Adopt a highway volunteers picking up trash on the side of a highway
09/14/2023

Adopt a Highway: Celebrating volunteers on social media

Our Adopt a Highway volunteers do very important work throughout the year, helping keep Arizona grand. While we work to visit and recognize our Adopt a Highway volunteer groups, we also want volunteers to share the work they do with their...
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Two highway signs displaying this year's winning messages. "Seatbelts Always Pass The Vibe Check" is on top and "I'm just a sign, asking a driver to use turn signals" is on the bottom.
09/11/2023

2023’s Safety Message Contest: A look back

Year Seven of ADOT's Safety Message Contest is in the books! The challenge kicked off on July 19 with an appeal for engaging traffic safety messages that would be displayed on overhead message boards on Arizona’s highways. And once again...
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A newly-constructed traffic interchange on Loop 303 near Phoenix.
09/08/2023

ADOT traveled fast track in opening new Loop 303 interchanges west of I-17

As with many ADOT freeway improvement projects, the mission was a challenge: build two new interchanges along Loop 303 west of Interstate 17 in one year. Well, the project team came through before Labor Day, which is symbolic given the...
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