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At ADOT, safety is always top of mind. Our crews respond to all sorts of incidents on the highway — from wildfires to crashes and more — and it’s important for them to be prepared and refresh their skills so they can help clear the highway...
Alexis Zaring, Environmental Program Coordinator for ADOT's Central District, visits On the Road With ADOT to explain what it takes to maintain hundreds of miles of shoulders lining Phoenix-area freeways.
Adopt a Highway volunteer program coordinators are holding an open house and appreciation event for Phoenix-area volunteers and those considering an adoption from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 16.

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Check out our new video showing how crews place massive girders for the new Hell Canyon Bridge.
Engineers are kind of a big deal here at ADOT.
There were 891 motor-vehicle crash fatalities on Arizona roadways in 2015, up from 773 in 2014. And impaired driving, speeding and failure to use seat belts,contributed to many of those deaths.
Arizona Transportation History reports gives a look at the history of US 89.
Residents will have a more reliable link with Yuma County’s largest employer, Yuma Proving Ground, thanks to a 600-foot bridge ADOT is building across a flood-prone section of US 95.
The zipper merge is being piloted by ADOT to reduce construction travel delays on I-10, east of Tucson.
Out of 3.7 million vehicle registration renewals that were completed in Arizona during 2015, a whopping 60.2 percent of them – roughly 2.2 million – were handled online through ServiceArizona.com.
A number of agencies, including ADOT’s Motor Vehicle Division, helped homeless and at-risk veterans during an annual event called the Maricopa County StandDown.
When Arizona’s latest winter storm hit Sunday evening, ADOT crews went into high gear.
A little dog that made her way onto SR 51 during Monday evening’s rush hour and miraculously avoided being hit by traffic now has a good home in her future.