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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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10/02/2020

Arizona Highways named best Instagram account of 2020

The Phoenix New Times has chosen Arizona Highways as the best Instagram account for 2020.
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10/01/2020

Throwback Thursday: Capturing a moment

What can you gleam from this photo of roadwork from the 1930s?
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09/30/2020

There's more to guardrail repair than meets the eye

Crews have been hard at work replacing guardrail on northbound State Route 87. But what does that entail? Here's what goes into putting in these silent sentries of highways.
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09/29/2020

Kilometers in Arizona? You bet!

Ever wondered why I-19 is marked in kilometers? Thank Gerald Ford!
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09/28/2020

A butterfly’s view of Mariposa Road

Mariposa means butterfly in Spanish, so we are giving you a butterfly's view of the improvements to State Route 189, Mariposa Road, in Nogales.
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09/27/2020

Where in AZ??

Our weekly "Where in AZ??" often features beautiful landscapes around the state. This week is no different.
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09/25/2020

Historic Ligurta Wash Bridge still carrying traffic

All the traffic may be on Interstate 8, but that doesn't mean this 90-plus-year-old bridge a stone's throw away isn't still doing its job.
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09/24/2020

Throwback Thursday: Over the bridge and under the surface

This photo looks pretty ordinary, but this scene actually holds a lot of state transportation history.
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09/23/2020

Adelante Nogales via SR 189

A part of ADOT employee Gaby Gonzalez Kemp's heart will always be in her hometown of Nogales. That's why she is glad to see the improvements coming to State Route 189.
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09/22/2020

Adopt a Highway: National CleanUp day is in the bag

National CleanUp Day was this past Saturday - and by all accounts it was a phenomenal success!
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