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01/18/2026

PODCAST: The partnership driving Phoenix-area freeway improvements

The Maricopa Association of Governments' Chief Transportation Officer returns in this week's episode to discuss how Proposition 400 has shaped the region's sucess through projects such as the recently completed I-10 Broadway Curve improvement, the Loop 202 (South Mountain Freeway), Loop 303 (Estrella Freeway) and State Route 24 (Gateway Freeway).
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The top 10 Specialty Plates 2025.
01/16/2026

The 10 most popular specialty license plates in Arizona for 2025

Whether a driver wants to support a cause, rep their team or just add a pop of color to their car, with 109 specialty license plates available in Arizona, there’s a little something for everyone. And specialty license plates are more...
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New striping at northbound I-17 exit to Loop 303
01/15/2026

MAG partnership helps ADOT make quick freeway improvements in Valley

A much-needed second lane at the northbound I-17 exit to Loop 303 results from funding flexibility provided by the Maricopa Association of Governments, the Phoenix area's regional transportation planning agency.
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Compilation of historic image of Queen Creek Tunnel opening and current shots
10/23/2023

‘The most spectacular and expensive project of its kind ever attempted in Arizona’

“Let there no longer be any north, south, east or west in Arizona, but one glorious state tied together by ribbons of road.” With those words, spoken on May 16, 1953, Arizona Gov. J. Howard Pyle cut a ribbon to officially open the 1,217...
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Fall leaves in northern Arizona.
10/20/2023

Where to go on a road trip to see fall foliage in Arizona

Autumn can sometimes feel more like a state of mind than a season in parts of Arizona, but there are places where you can catch colorful scenes that really make it feel like fall. According to Visit Arizona, October is the best time to find...
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A man puts a sign in a machine.
10/19/2023

Throwback Thursday: ADOT Sign Shop stays consistent

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Take the ADOT sign shop, for example. The Sign Shop has been operating for decades and while advances in technology have delivered new machines that have sped up sign making, the overall...
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Screenshot from a traffic camera of the parade in 2019.
10/18/2023

National ‘Move Over’ Day 2023

If you’re driving on Phoenix-area freeways Saturday morning, you may see a procession of tow trucks and first responder vehicles, including ADOT’s Incident Response Unit trucks, as part of the Arizona Professional Towing & Recovery...
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Two people standing in front of an Adopt a Highway sign on State Route 86
10/17/2023

Adopt a Highway: On the Tohono O’odham Nation, the Quinns honor family and tradition

This is a story about a family of volunteers gathering to clean up litter along a state highway in Sells, Arizona. It’s the simple facts that bring this story to life. State Route 86 stretches a little over 118 miles from Why at the...
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A woman sits at a table, working on a computer.
10/13/2023

Survey says! AZMVDNow website is an ‘Extremely Easy’ way to conduct MVD business

If you have not been to AZMVDNow.gov lately, you are missing out on an easy, safe way to get your MVD business done. In fact, surveys of online users over the past seven months show the system keeps getting easier to use for many customers...
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Two clues from Jeopardy. The categories are on the left and read "Road" and "Same first and last letter geography," from top to bottom. On the right is a picture of the Stack annd a map between Kingman and Winslow from top to bottom.
10/12/2023

ADOT’s on Jeopardy!, baby

“Jeopardy!,” in its current iteration, has been on the air continuously since September 10, 1984. That includes close to 10,000 episodes spanning five decades. So it came as a surprise to us over here at ADOT that our state highways were...
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An interstate under construction.
10/11/2023

A new podcast episode takes you inside ADOT’s I-17 Improvement Project

ADOT recently marked one year of major construction for a project expanding capacity on 23 miles of Interstate 17 between Anthem Way and Sunset Point. So it seems an ideal time for our podcast, On the Road with ADOT, to catch up with Laura...
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ADOT Geologist Jim Lemmon, decked out in safety gear, poses in front of a desert landscape
10/10/2023

Q&A with an ADOT Geologist

Earth Science Week This week is going to rock! Oct. 8-14 is Earth Science Week, a week to help people better understand Earth sciences, like geology. Did you know that ADOT has a geologist? Jim Lemmon is part of the Bridge Group’s...
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The AZ511 website showing weather data.
10/05/2023

AZ511 is now better than ever with real-time weather info

AZ511, the ultimate travel companion for Arizona motorists, just got even better. People have become accustomed to using the AZ511 website and app to get information on traffic, construction delays, closures, restrictions and freeway...
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