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These are just a few examples of the efforts made by our growing team of volunteers. See who's volunteering in your community and the accomplishments already being made to reduce litter.
While Route 66 was officially decommissioned in the 1980s and replaced in Arizona by I-40, its centennial is a big deal for those of us in the highway business. In this post, we're pointing you to some of the ways Arizona cities and towns are celebrating:
Joe Heller, our resident engineer on a big project getting underway in the North Valley, joins On the Road With ADOT this week to explain what's coming over the next two and a half years, including a flyover ramp connecting northbound I-17 with Loop 303.

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If you liked the list of five electrical maintenance tasks regularly performed by ADOT crews we shared last month, you’re in luck today …
The Munds Park traffic interchange on I-17 has come a long way since we first checked in on construction...
The State Fair has been an Arizona institution since before Arizona was even a state. It got its start 128 years ago when a group of early settlers worked together and planned an event featuring agricultural exhibits, home economic displays and even some pony races, according to the Arizona State Fair’s official website.
Don’t know how closely you’ve been tracking ADOT’s Twitter feed lately, but something big just happened over there. At about 7 a.m. today, ADOT’s 20,000th Tweet went out to the masses!
ADOT’s statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan has come a long way since we first told you about it last May… Back then, ADOT was asking people across Arizona to share their thoughts on getting around by bike or by foot along our state highway system. Today, we’re looking for feedback again, but this time around the plan is closer to being finalized and ADOT wants to know what you think of the draft final report.
As you can see in the video below, girders are the concrete and steel beams that enable the bridge to support the roadway and the vehicles on top of it. They’re vital to the design of a bridge, but not all girders are the same…
We’ve blogged before about how vital research is when it comes to progress in the field of transportation… Whether it has to do with methods, the environment, maintenance or safety; research plays a big role at ADOT.
We think 2013 holds a lot of promise and look forward to the year ahead, but before we get back to blogging about what’s on ADOT’s horizon, we thought we’d take a look back at the year that was …
Just in time for the Christmas and New Year holidays, ADOT has completed the new Cordes Junction ‘flyover’ bridge, which is now open to traffic!
As you can see in the video above, work to replace the San Pedro River Bridge is in full swing…