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See Adopt a Highway volunteers across Arizona caught in the act on National CleanUp Day 2025.
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.
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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Let's celebrate the I-10 Deck Park Tunnel's 32nd Birthday with some things you might not know!
Four new specialty license plates have been made available to Arizonans.
National Cleanup Day is Saturday, Sept. 17. Mark your calendar and watch for registration information in the coming weeks.
There's something magical in a state where each new bend in the road reveals a new feast for the senses, and that magic translates magnificently into photos feature on ADOT's Flickr account. And readers like you must agree: The site recently attained 10 million page views!
The town of Winkelman, on the border of Pinal and Gila counties, has a distinctive bridge claim to fame. The Winkelman Bridge began life back in 1915, when the Pinal County Board of Supervisors appropriated $52,000 from a $500,000 bond...
Have you thought about becoming an Adopt a Highway volunteer? Here's all you need to know about joining the program and keeping Arizona grand.
Hundreds of veterans work at ADOT in a variety of career fields throughout the state.
Join us on a trip to the Verde Valley and learn about Arizona's direct connection to one of the most important British statesmen of the 20th Century.
On a complex project in a large metropolitan area, it may be a natural inclination during freeway closures for some drivers to self-detour onto local roads. ADOT collaborates with local cities and towns in the project area on a unique program to make sure drivers can get where they’re going without too much delay and with minimal disruption.
A Gila River bridge replacement project on SR 79 is already underway.