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A rural highway work zone.
04/25/2025

At Skousen Road and SR 87, a big improvement for the Coolidge area

An ADOT project added a traffic signal and lighting and reconstructed the intersection, which is about a mile west of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It added a lane on SR 87 west of Skousen Road to allow for right turns onto Skousen Road. And both directions of Skousen Road now feature left-turn lanes for traffic turning onto SR 87.
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Sample driver licenses under a blacklight.
04/24/2025

Shining a light on a lesser-known Arizona driver license feature

The Arizona Travel ID deadline is almost upon us. But, if you haven’t gotten yours yet – or maybe even if you have – there’s a feature of your card that many don’t know exists. If you have a Travel ID, or any Arizona driver license or ID...
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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to slow down.
04/22/2025

Slow down and give workers a brake during Work Zone Awareness Week

If you travel on Arizona highways this week, you might see ADOT’s overhead message signs displaying a traffic safety message encouraging motorists to slow down in work zones. National Work Zone Awareness Week, which runs from April 21-25...
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Alameda Bridge under construction
05/09/2023

National Bike Month: A good time to talk multimodal improvements for Pedestrians, Cyclists in Tempe, Phoenix and Guadalupe

On your left! May is National Bike Month! This serves as a great opportunity to remind Valley residents that the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project is working on enhancing pedestrian and...
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Arizona MVD staff are assisting people getting a driver license or state ID card.
05/05/2023

MVD participates in annual Maricopa County StandDown event for veterans

You may not think much about that license or ID card in your purse or wallet, but a driver license or ID card is an important document to identify you with the government. Just as you would use it to show your age or permission to drive...
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Ready to Rubble College tour
05/03/2023

“Ready to Rubble” sparks interest in transportation, engineering

We came, we saw, we rubbled! The April 22-23 “Ready to Rubble” event wrapped up another major milestone for the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project—the removal of the old 48th Street and Broadway Road bridges over Interstate 10. This...
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An Adopt a Highway volunteer collects litter
04/17/2023

From the Director: Thanking ADOT Adopt a Highway volunteers

How many volunteers does it take to keep Arizona highways grand? Last year, about 6,000 volunteers picked up 12,500 bags of trash from along Arizona’s highways. The equivalent dollar amount associated with this volunteer effort is about...
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04/14/2023

ADOT’s “Ready to Rubble” event offers future engineers valuable career insights

There will be rumblings the weekend of April 22-23 as the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project gears up to remove the old 48th Street and Broadway Road bridges over Interstate 10. Named,...
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04/13/2023

MVD and Donate Life Arizona celebrate National Donate Life month

The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division and its partner, Donate Life Arizona, are celebrating National Donate Life Month in April. This year we are highlighting the big impact of such an insignificant decision, like...
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MVD Live Chat
04/11/2023

Live Chat with MVD provides quick access to answers and services

Don’t want to drive to your local MVD office for a basic question? Only have a few minutes during your lunch break, but need to talk with an MVD representative? The recently added option of live chat may be the way to get answers to your...
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04/09/2023

ADOT’s Long Range Transportation Plan is our roadmap; we need your input

Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...
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04/07/2023

Out with the old, in with new: 48th Street and Broadway Road bridges removed to make way for new ones

For the hundreds of thousands of Arizona Department of Transportation Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers. For the thousands who downloaded the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project mobile app known simply as, The Curve...
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04/04/2023

Adopt a Highway: Trashed tires litter roadways

The Arizona Department of Transportation receives hundreds of complaints about littered highways and more specifically, tire debris. ADOT maintenance costs to remove and dispose of tire waste from along maintained roadways have already...
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