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An individual in an orange safety jacket holding a welder and wearing a welding mask.

07/22/2024

ADOT seeking aspiring mechanics, welders, tinkerers

ADOT is hiring paid interns to work in its Equipment Services Division. Interns get hands-on training in automotive repair and maintenance.

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A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to designate a driver.

07/19/2024

Designating a driver is always an ‘All-Star’ move

If you’re driving on Arizona highways this Friday and Saturday, you may notice some of our overhead signs displaying a traffic safety message related to the WNBA All-Star Game happening in Phoenix. We want to grab people’s attention and...

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07/18/2024

PODCAST: A 51-year ADOT veteran reflects on ADOT's first half century

To mark ADOT's 50th anniversary this month, we're inviting some longtime employees onto our podcast, On the Road With ADOT. The latest episode features Tami Wollaston, who started as a draftsman nearly 51 years ago and currently is a transportation engineering specialist in ADOT’s Roadway Engineering Group.

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I-10/Houghton interchange work moving quickly to reopen ramps

The project to bring southern Arizona its first diverging diamond is moving fast, both to complete the work and to minimalize impact for drivers.

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10/26/2020

Stay safe while out finding fall in Arizona

If you are driving in search of the quasi-mythical Arizona fall, please remember to be careful behind the wheel.

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10/25/2020

Where in AZ??

It's definitely not the proverbial "Bridge to Nowhere." We promise this bridge is somewhere in Arizona! If you know where, join our challenge!

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10/23/2020

We're blushing; thank you for the thank yous!

Recently we received two thank you notes for ADOT employees who had gone above and beyond.

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10/22/2020

Did you notice? Work progresses on I-17 at Central Avenue

We are nearly half a year into our project to reconstruct the I-17 bridge over Central Avenue. While the project won't be finished until fall 2021, here's some photographic evidence of progress being made.

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10/21/2020

We're tackling distracted driving via social media

It's not always easy to reach people with a message about distracted driving, so we are taking the message onto social media with new stickers and profile frames.

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