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Our new Northwest Regional Improvements page at azdot.gov/NWImprovements that features multiple projects on I-40 and US 93. Stop by to learn about more than 20 projects improving highways in the area.
Register here as a first step to gathering friends and family for the 7th annual ADOT litter cleanup on National CleanUp Day, Saturday, Sept. 21. While Adopt a Highway permits are for two-years and require cleanups several times per year...
In Arizona’s infamous summer heat, you can work up a sweat very quickly and easily from basic yardwork or even a short walk, making that first sip of water a refreshing relief. Understanding the importance of water during these months, the...

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ADOT has completed the fencing along the US 89T corridor to help prevent livestock from crossing the roadway. That means the route is now fully open – nighttime and speed restrictions have been lifted.
Taken in 1979 at 19th Avenue and the Salt River in Phoenix, these pictures in today's blog post show an area before and during a pretty intense-looking dust storm.
Right now, crews are repaving a six-mile stretch of SR 587 between Hunt Highway and I-10 within the Gila River Indian Community.
Today’s video does a very good job of summing up what the maintenance crews do and why it should matter to the traveling public.
Starting this month, ADOT’s 14 rest areas will be managed under one contract under the agency’s first active public-private partnership.
There’s a realignment and intersection improvement project in the works near Flagstaff that, when complete, will help eliminate some major backups in the area.
Work is getting underway on the San Pedro River Bridge replacement project … again.
A new partnership between ADOT and the U.S. Army will afford job opportunities to soldiers once they’re ready to leave the service.
ADOT has been recognized for its communications efforts with six national awards, winning first-place honors in every skills contest the agency competed in.
ADOT Photolog Specialists are tasked with recording and maintaining a comprehensive digital record of Arizona’s State Highway System.