Freeway in the desert

ADOT Blog

Latest blog articles

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.

Popular blog articles

We understand that sometimes the going on Interstate 40 can get rough. But, setting aside the rest of that old adage, ADOT continues to invest in the 360-mile northern Arizona corridor. Last week, maintenance crews began smoothing out some...
It's Heat Awareness Week and we have a few suggestions for Adopt a Highway volunteers -- and, really, anyone planning to be outside during summer -- to consider before heading out to collect litter,
Driving in hot Arizona temps? We have some tips for you.
A truck having to use a runaway truck ramp is a frightening thing to see. But truck ramps are very effective at stopping trucks that have lost use of their brakes.
A glimpse of I-17 under construction in 1974.
Front license plates aren't required in Arizona. That wasn't always the case.
You know that segment of I-10 between Casa Grande and Chandler? Well, some good news has come down the pike and help is on the way.
Don’t get grounded. Join the 1.65 million Arizonans who have already upgraded to the Arizona Travel ID.
Did you know that several Arizona highways can bring you into locales named for various types of flora?
Throwing back to a public meeting for the future Superstition Freeway!