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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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07/06/2023

Flashback: How ADOT, Desert Botanical Garden saved endangered hedgehog cactus during US 60 Pinto Creek Bridge Project

The Arizona hedgehog cactus, usually about a foot tall, is found in very few places, including where ADOT was replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on US 60 in 2018. Named for its resemblance to the prickly animal, the Arizona Hedgehog cactus...
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Graphic saying that 120,000 cubic yards if rocks were blasted at the I-17 Anthem Way to Sunset Poit project and that equals 6,000 dump trucks. Which, lined up, would be equal to the entire length of the 23-mile project.
07/03/2023

Cue the fireworks, then enjoy this video of blasting work along I-17

It may not be a dazzling Fourth of July fireworks show, but controlled rock blasting for the I-17 Improvement Project is a pretty spectacular sight in our eyes. And it’s a necessary operation to make way for the additional lanes between...
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A screenshot of a map of Arizona on the az511.gov website, showing event and incident icons.
07/03/2023

ADOT Big Kids: Mappin’ it this summer

Hey kids — and big kids, too! Headed to northern Arizona this summer to enjoy the high country’s cool weather or stake your claim to a favorite fishing hole? We’ve got the map that may help plan your trip and help save travel time by revealing a more direct route to your intended location.
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Renderings of highway signs for flex lanes on Interstate 17.
06/30/2023

Arizona’s first flex lanes are coming: Take a look at how they will operate

The first flex lanes on Arizona’s highway system are coming to Interstate 17 in 2025 as part of the I-17 Improvement Project from Anthem Way to Sunset Point. During the last year, crews have been busy blasting rock and moving earth in...
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A volunteer collects litter from a highway roadside.
06/29/2023

Celebrating Adopt a Highway Volunteers

The nation's birthday is a great time to reflect on Arizonans serving the community. Last year, more than 5,900 volunteers assembled to bag litter along adopted miles of state highways. These families, groups and organizations made a choice...
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Specialty license plates for Supporting Arizona Education, Empowering Today’s Youth, Keep Hearts Beating and Make-A-Wish.
06/28/2023

June recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

Each week, ADOT showcases a specialty plate on our social media platforms with the goal of drawing attention to the worthy cause or charity featured on that particular plate. This month, the focus was squarely on children and education. We...
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A black-and-white photo from 1936 of a vehicle driving under an underpass.
06/27/2023

Finding the Frank Flittner Underpass right outside my door

Transportation history can be right in front of you and still require a little luck to find it. That happened when I checked what the State Library, Archives and Public Records’ Arizona Memory Project has on a former state highway underpass...
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A dumpster is filled with shredded and blown-out tires.
06/26/2023

How to avoid "gators" on Arizona's highways

This week is National Tire Safety Week. Here at ADOT, we’ve got some tips for keeping your tires in tip top shape, making sure you and others around you are safe. Here are some tips: Check your tires before a road trip and at least once a...
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A map of Arizona containing locations where ADOT will perform pavement repairs.
06/22/2023

Five-Year Construction Program update expands pavement-repair projects

ADOT’s 2024-2028 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program, approved recently by the State Transportation Board, adds to projects repairing damaged surface pavement after the record-setting winter. This program has $40...
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A highway median is awash in flower blooms.
06/21/2023

ADOT grows pollinator habitats along roadways

With pollinating insect populations like bees and Monarch butterflies declining, ADOT is establishing and conserving pollinator habitats along its rights of way. ADOT’s efforts are spotlighted in the Transportation Research Board’s National...
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