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10/01/2025

Volunteers bag 1.8 tons of litter on National CleanUp Day

See Adopt a Highway volunteers across Arizona caught in the act on National CleanUp Day 2025.
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Specialty plates featured in September.
09/30/2025

September recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media. We call this the "Specialty Plate Spotlight" and here are the plates that were featured in September.
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09/26/2025

PODCAST: What's coming to Valley freeways under Prop 479?

We're thrilled to have John Bullen, Assistant Executive Director with the Maricopa Association of Government (MAG), join us for this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT. While ADOT will build the projects, MAG manages the funding and scheduling of the improvements under a Strategic Transportation Plan.
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An electronic message board near a highway displays the message, "celebrate freedom, independence and designated drivers."
07/04/2024

This July 4, only sparklers should be lit

As Arizonans celebrate Independence Day with hot dogs, cookouts, fireworks and time by the pool, we at ADOT want to remind drivers to make sure you have a plan to get home safely if the celebrations include alcohol. Whether that’s calling a...
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Four before-and-after photographs that show how much earth blasting removed.
07/04/2024

ADOT Kids: Building highways is a blast!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to move mountains? Let’s dig in and learn more! The I-17 Improvement Project corridor is one example of an ADOT project that required entire sections of the mountainsides to be blasted and excavated to...
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Two men stand next two barrels filled with license plates.
07/03/2024

What was happening at ADOT in July 1974?

Like many large organizations or companies, ADOT has a internal publications aimed at keeping employees up-to-date on agency issues. Back in July 1974, when the state legislature created the Arizona Department of Transportation when it...
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Two people pose for a photo during a litter clean-up event near a road.
07/02/2024

Adopt a Highway: Register early for ADOT cleanup on National CleanUp Day

Plan ahead and register for National CleanUp Day, Sept. 21, 2024.
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Chalk art of a desert scene.
07/02/2024

ADOT Kids: ‘Keep It Grand’ Art Challenge

Need to keep the kids occupied in the summer? Have them color, doodle or paint the Keep it Grand logo, or use your paper and choice of art materials to show us what a litter-free Arizona means to you.
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A man stands next to an old safe.
07/01/2024

Taking a trip through transportation history

Tucked away in an unassuming government office building in the West Valley is a storage room that's like a portal to a bygone era. The mundane appearance of the ADOT Motor Vehicle Division building in Phoenix belies the more fascinating...
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Specialty plates featured in June.
06/28/2024

June recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

In Arizona we have more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a wide range of causes or charities. To boost awareness, we spotlight one specialty license plate a week on social media.
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NSTI
06/27/2024

National Summer Transportation Institute lauds ADOT with hopes of inspiring students

During a June 13, field trip to the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project, the project office, and the Traffic Operations Center in Phoenix, high school students from all over the state witnessed the varying jobs and careers that are available at ADOT in the transportation industry.
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06/26/2024

Podcast: Let's catch you up on our exciting project improving Interstate 17

You don't want to miss the lastest episode of our podcast, On the Road With ADOT. In just a few minutes, you'll be up to speed on exciting improvements coming to I-17 north of Phoenix.
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A group of people gather alongside a rural highway, posing for a photo beneath an adopt a highway sign.
06/25/2024

Adopt a Highway: Love, life and litter-free on State Route 87

When Lucinda Ramirez’ husband, Fred, unexpectedly passed away 20 years ago, their family decided to get involved with ADOT’s Adopt a Highway program in his memory. Fred Ramirez had worked 10 years as a highway and bridge inspector for ADOT...
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