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During Arizona summers, it’s not uncommon for wildland fires to result in the closures of highways. When this happens, we’re usually asked why the highway is closed or restricted when the fire isn’t on the road. It’s a fair question and the...
Hey kids! Have you seen the creative safety messages that are sometimes displayed on the highway overhead message boards? The messages sometimes relate to concerts and sporting events happening in the Valley or they’ll reference certain...
A recent Maricopa Association of Governments news release notes that the system has worked as designed and addressed the longstanding problem of rainwater building up in cross-street underpasses along this stretch of I-17 in Phoenix.

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ADOT is in line to receive a $54 million federal grant to help fund two key widening projects on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson.
Information will be provided on the alignment revisions for the SR 347 at Union Pacific Railroad project on Thursday, July 14.
Today's Art of Transportation blog features a photograph taken between SR 89A and Lees Ferry.
Setting girders for an overpass carrying Bell Road across Grand Avenue (US 60) in Surprise is another sign that ADOT is on track to reopen Bell by November.
At ADOT we’re always looking for ways better ways to communicate information about traffic restrictions, construction projects, and transportation.
ADOT is wrapping up final work on the last in a recent series of projects to upgrade Loop 303. Here are some of the new features.
Continued investment in our state’s busiest corridors and those beyond our state borders will provide better mobility and help enhance economic development.
There is still time to comment on the Interstate 11 environmental study.
Texas Canyon Rest Area reopened this week following six months of renovations.
With crews are busy repairing a half mile of I-17 guardrail that burned in a wildfire near Cordes Junction, here's what guardrails are and why they're so important.