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ADOT's Karl Lopez stands in front of his emergency response truck

10/06/2025

ADOT worker aids flood rescue: 'That kid needed to get to the hospital ASAP'

A news account reported how a severely injured teen ultimately got to a Phoenix hospital for treatment, due in part to help from an ADOT employee who wasn’t identified. Today, we’re sharing more about that employee and his role in the rescue amid flooding in Globe.

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10/05/2025

PODCAST: Traffic engineering's role in safely connecting Arizonans

Where do speed limits come from? How are highways engineered, signed, striped, etc., to maximize safety? To explain these and other aspects of state highways, we're pleased to have State Traffic Engineer Kerry Wilcoxon as this week's On the Road With ADOT guest.

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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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Small, yellow remote-controlled machine helps build ADOT highways

This trench crawling, soil compacting machine almost looks like a toy, but looks can be deceiving. It's a hard worker on highway construction sites.

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10/18/2021

Rounding up the owner of lost livestock gets easier

Finding the owner of a lost dog can be difficult. Imaging trying to track down the owner of a lost cow.

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10/15/2021

Freeway parade highlights importance of "Move Over" law

If you're driving around Phoenix on Saturday, Oct. 16, you may see a freeway parade of 100 or more vehicles.

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10/13/2021

You can help the Fourth Street Bridge project in Flagstaff win a national award

One of Arizona's transportation projects is up for a big award and we need your help!

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10/12/2021

Adopt a Highway: Outstanding volunteers in Leupp gather to remember community leader Mary R. Clay

One Adopt a Highway group in northeastern Arizona honors their Navajo elder through their volunteerism.

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10/10/2021

Where in AZ??

We're coming at you with another image of a road and some unusual rocks. Join our weekly challenge!

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10/08/2021

With I-10 Broadway Curve construction ramping up, chess-themed TV commercials remind you ‘good info is a good thing’

National Chess Day is tomorrow and it's a reminder that details matter, whether it's in the game of chess or while working on a major highway project.

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