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The project to build a freeway-to-freeway connection between I-40 and US 93 in Kingman features all the usual elements of a big interchange: new travel lanes, bridges, flyover ramps and two absolutely massive concrete bunkers.
Imagine this situation: You’re involved in a crash and your car is no longer operable. You and the other driver need to get to the shoulder of the highway, but cars and trucks are whizzing past. In situations like these, ADOT crew members...
To discuss the importance of Crash Responder Safety Week, this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Luis Venegas, supervisor of our Incident Response Unit.

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Work on the Loop 303 continues out in the West Valley.
A balanced, multimodal approach to transportation is the best long-term solution for Arizona’s future.
On Twitter, ADOT provides real-time traffic conditions to help the traveling public safely and swiftly navigate Arizona’s highways.
Dirt has been a pretty popular topic for us. Today, we want to explain why we bench it. More specifically, why we minibench it.
Saying that engineers are an important part of ADOT is really kind of an understatement.
The landslide-damaged stretch of US 89 has come a long way in the past two years...
Traffic breaks are typically conducted by highway patrol officers to create a gap in traffic.
We’re only a month in, but 2015 is already looking like it’ll be a big year for ADOT.
After six months of extensive earthwork on the US 89 landslide repair project south of Page, ADOT is moving on to the final phase of the project to restore the highway.
State Route 89A in the Oak Creek Canyon switchbacks (mileposts 387-390) was fully reopened this afternoon after crews repaired a sinkhole that had been discovered in the northbound lane on Saturday.