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

02/06/2026

It’s a super day (to designate a driver)

No matter what team you’re rooting for in the Super Bowl (or maybe you’re just waiting for the halftime show), we want to remind drivers to have a plan to get home safely after the game is over. If you’re out on Arizona highways on Sunday...

Arizona Travel ID example

02/01/2026

PODCAST: How a Travel ID beats the TSA fee

Bill Lamoreaux, our lead communicator on all things MVD, has the details you need on how to join millions of Arizonans who are able to use their driver licenses and state ID cards for air travel and other uses that have REAL ID requirements.

A snowplow on an icy highway plowing snow.

01/27/2026

ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest is back!

ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest is back again and we’re asking for Arizonans to help name a few of our snowplows! When winter storms roll through our state, ADOT’s snowplow operators work tirelessly to clear highways of ice and snow, helping...

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03/10/2021

ADOT Highway Trivia Quiz #2

Put your Arizona highway knowledge to the test! Can you get them all right?

Red Burma-Shave sign stands in a dry, open landscape under a partly cloudy sky.

03/09/2021

Like our signs? Then you'll love the original highway message masters

On your drive / visit SR 66 / to find and read / the original / highway sign masters: Burma-Shave

Road trip safety graphic

03/08/2021

Driving Safety Home: How to prepare for your next road trip

Spring break is looking different this year, but if it involves a road trip at all, remember to keep these tips in mind.

Dinosaur with mouth open showing teeth

03/07/2021

Where in AZ?? 03/07/21

They say dinosaurs no longer roam the earth, but we've found that may not be true!

03/05/2021

Two Guns bridge connects outlaw past to new engineering

As we build new bridges along I-40 at Two Guns, we are connecting more than two pieces of roadway.

Black and white image of a sign that reads "Turn off 2-way radio"

03/04/2021

Throwback Thursday: One signal at a time!

We are throwing back to what the 70s can still teach us about construction zone safety

Workers in safety gear perform maintenance in a tunnel using a lift and yellow trucks, with traffic lanes closed and overhead lights illuminated.

03/03/2021

Lighting the way. ADOT converting I-10 Deck Park Tunnel’s lights to LED

Things are looking a little brighter when it comes to the I-10 Deck Park Tunnel.

03/02/2021

Second half kickoff for construction of new I-17 bridge at Central Avenue

Half time's over! Crews kick off second half of the I-17 Central Avenue bridge project.

Historic photo shows female ADOT employee working with project drawing

03/01/2021

Celebrating women in transportation and at ADOT

For Women's History Month we talked with several women at ADOT about how they entered into a career in transportation.

Unidentified freeway in Arizona

02/28/2021

Where in AZ?? 02/28/21

Help identify this location in our "Where in AZ??" challenge!