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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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08/17/2020

Rear-end crashes are the most common type of collision

The latest annual Arizona vehicle crash data tells us about the most common type of collision - and how some simply changes to driving behavior can help change that.
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08/16/2020

Where in AZ??

It's a long, flat two-lane road that takes you through part of Arizona. Join our weekly challenge if you've traveled this road.
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08/14/2020

Looking back at past Safety Message Contest winners

Our fourth Safety Message Contest has wrapped up, so we are looking back at the start of the annual contest and past winners.
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08/13/2020

The triumph and folly of Antelope Bridge

Antelope Bridge is an early example of an Arizona project built with prison labor, but it couldn't overcome a poorly selected crossing site.
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08/12/2020

As piers rise from below, Pinto Creek project at halfway point

We are halfway through our project on US 60 at Pinto Creek. You may not have seen much now, but that will change as we move into the back half of the project.
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08/11/2020

Join National CleanUp Day!

Calling all volunteers! National CleanUp Day is coming and we hope you'll participate through Adopt a Highway.
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08/10/2020

Five years ago we were boulder busting on US 89A

Five years ago a monsoon storm dumped mud and boulders along US 89A. That's when we got to work.
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08/09/2020

Where in AZ??

If your travels have led you to this spot, you might want to join our "Where in AZ??" challenge.
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08/07/2020

ADOT Kids Travel Bingo

We've created bingo cards filled with highway signs, traffic signs, specialty license plates and other things that you may spot on an Arizona road trip. Pack these cards on your next car trip for some family fun and we hope it can help keep...
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08/07/2020

Adopt a Highway: Decades of volunteerism in the White Mountains

About 50 Heber-Overgaard community members helped clean a dozen miles of highway shoulders this month.
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