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Three versions of the bridge over the Hassayampa River in Wickenburg have carried traffic for over a century.
A dog rescued by an ADOT employee is now flourishing in her new fur-ever home.
US 60 has a storied history in the Valley. In the 1970s, it became the very first freeway that wasn’t an interstate. And until its completion in 1991, it was known as State Route 360. The Superstition Freeway portion of the highway (which...

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State Route 89A between Flagstaff and Sedona winds through some of Arizona’s most beautiful and iconic scenery. One part of that drive is the Midgley Bridge over Wilson Canyon, just north of Sedona.
Soil testing is a vital part of making sure roads will last.
An update on the I-10 widening project in Tucson.
In our latest podcast, host Doug Nintzel talks with Paul Patane, director of the Multimodal Planning Division. They discuss the ins and outs of ADOT's Tentative Five-Year Construction Program.
That tell-tale ding and buzz of your phone catches your attention. It’ll just take a few seconds to read and send a reply, you might think as you’re driving. Or perhaps you’re running late to an appointment and so you’re scarfing down a...
Volunteers filled more than 15,000 bags, with trash deposited onto roadways in 2023. That is about 103 tons of plastic water bottles, cigarette butts, beer cans, construction trash and other unsecured items lost or tossed from vehicles.
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and it’s a great time to remind everyone to not drive distracted.
Motorists can drive support to their favorite charitable cause by choosing to purchase a specialty license plate from the Arizona Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Division.
We post quite frequently about our Adopt a Highway program on our social media pages, so I wanted to get a first-hand experience of what the process is like and share it for anyone who might be curious. First, someone must choose a section...
Over the two days, the MVD team helped nearly 350 people with services including driver license duplicates, motor vehicle records, renewals and reinstatements.