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ASU student checks irrigation along highway.

03/23/2026

ADOT partnership with ASU aims to optimize landscape water use

We're highlighting an ASU News article features a partnership that’s helping ADOT learn how to optimize water use in freeway landscaping. The ADOT Urban Freeway Landscape Water Use Efficiency Project nvolves graduate students who are part of ASU’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative

Volunteer placing trash in ADOT bag

03/17/2026

Get involved: Join us for an Earth Day litter clean-up

Adopt a Highway volunteer groups and others are invited to help tidy up along state highways for Earth Day. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer or just looking to make a difference, your participation makes a measurable impact toward reducing roadside litter.

Sprayer applies fog seal to highway.

03/15/2026

PODCAST: One key way that ADOT extends the life of highway pavement

This week’s episode of On the Road With ADOT features two of our many team members involved in preserving Arizona’s vast investment in state highways and the use of fog seals to extend pavement life.

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semi-truck on the highway

05/21/2014

Transportation Management Plans help to minimize construction impacts

Transportation Management Plans help manage and minimize the impact of ADOT construction.

05/20/2014

Additional energy efficient license plates now available exclusively for plug-in hybrids

Beginning today, specific hybrid vehicle owners will have another opportunity to obtain one of the “Clean Air – Blue Skies” Energy Efficient license plates.

Cars and a motorcycle drive on a highway under a digital sign that reads, LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES; exit sign for 67th Ave is visible.

05/16/2014

Share the road and save a life during motorcycle safety awareness month

May 2014 is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and this topic is more important than ever.

highway overhead signs

05/15/2014

Check It Out: Freeway Sign Installation

During last week's I-10 closure, ADOT took advantage of having an empty freeway by installing some new signs.

05/13/2014

Vehicles of ADOT: Boom Axe

The boom axe, with its long “arm” allows crews to cut down trees and brush without leaving the roadway.

Excavators demolishing a bridge while construction workers oversee the site on a sunny day.

05/07/2014

Check it Out: I-10 bridge demolition

Late last month, work to demolish the I-10 bridges over Perryville Road got underway in the west Valley.

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05/06/2014

Many methods used to prevent wildlife from entering roadway

Our newest video shows the different methods used by ADOT to prevent wildlife from getting into the roadway.

05/02/2014

ADOT launches mobile version of site

ADOT has launched a mobile-friendly version of its website, azdot.gov.

05/01/2014

ADOT to launch new driver license process and design

Coming soon to your wallet or handbag: a newly designed Arizona driver license – and a new process to get it.

Crane installs concrete tunnel for wildlife underpass

04/30/2014

Check it out: Wildlife underpass installation

We’ve got an interesting time-lapse video to share with you today that shows the installation of a wildlife underpass on SR 86.