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Adopt a Highway
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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02/24/2023

Behind every highway project, an engineer is translating plans into pavement

The next time you trek to Las Vegas and notice work crews are widening another section of US 93, you might pause for a moment to think of the work of Kara Lavertue. Lavertue’s role at ADOT includes working on high-profile improvements like...
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02/24/2023

CADD: It’s not a game

At first glance, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting ‒ or CADD ‒ looks like a really cool video game: cool colors, neat graphics, and the ability to change just about anything at the push of a keyboard button. However, CADD is not a game for...
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02/15/2023

Shining a spotlight on our “Little Yellow Truck”

This 1959 Chevy Apache was a work truck for decades. In the ‘80s, the daily grind caught up and its condition deteriorated. But its best years were yet to come.
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Donor Network of Arizona
02/14/2023

Three hearts and three years later

Feb. 14 is National Donor Day and we're thrilled to share the story of three Arizona siblings who received heart transplants.
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02/07/2023

Adopt a Highway: SR 286 “All the Way to the Border” removes 1.4 tons of trash

Adopt a Highway volunteers are the real MVPs.
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02/02/2023

The 10 most popular speciality license plates in Arizona for 2022

Almost anywhere you go, you’re bound to see one. Many Arizona drivers put specialty license plates on their cars to show support for their favorite sports teams, causes and more, all while supporting organizations working to better our...
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01/31/2023

Ensure your pet's safety when traveling with these tips

Traveling with pets can be fun: they keep you company and can make for some great photos at landmarks. It can also add some stress and we’re sharing these travel safety tips from the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to...
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Mill Avenue Ramps
01/26/2023

Ramping up knowledge of ramp closures

Unless you’re a traffic engineer, you probably haven’t thought much about how freeway ramp closures impact nearby exit and entrance ramps and the local streets they lead to and from. Well, let's ramp up your knowledge of this!
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01/20/2023

Pardon our dust, we’re moving that bridge in Florence

Piece by piece, the Gila River bridge on State Route 79 is sliding into place.
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01/12/2023

Driving in Arizona's high country in the winter? Here's what to keep in your car

I'm just going to say it: I hate the cold. Anything under, say, 70 degrees, and I'm a whining, grumbling malcontent. So, as the weather outside turns cold and gray, you can often find me hovering near a space heater, or swathed in some...
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