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ASU student checks irrigation along highway.

03/23/2026

ADOT partnership with ASU aims to optimize landscape water use

We're highlighting an ASU News article features a partnership that’s helping ADOT learn how to optimize water use in freeway landscaping. The ADOT Urban Freeway Landscape Water Use Efficiency Project nvolves graduate students who are part of ASU’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative

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03/17/2026

Get involved: Join us for an Earth Day litter clean-up

Adopt a Highway volunteer groups and others are invited to help tidy up along state highways for Earth Day. Whether you are a seasoned volunteer or just looking to make a difference, your participation makes a measurable impact toward reducing roadside litter.

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03/15/2026

PODCAST: One key way that ADOT extends the life of highway pavement

This week’s episode of On the Road With ADOT features two of our many team members involved in preserving Arizona’s vast investment in state highways and the use of fog seals to extend pavement life.

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ADOT Kids: How road signs are made

Hey, ADOT Kids, you see signs all the time, but do you know how they are made?

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Screenshow showing Loop 303 cameras on AZ511.gov and one camera view

02/10/2021

'C' is for new cameras along Loop 303

What gets you excited? For ADOT it's definitely new cameras, like the ones now up along the Loop 303!

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Freeway board with safety message about reducing fatalities

02/09/2021

Driving Safety Home: Sharing what you know

ADOT tries to share safety messages with the public as much as we can, but we could always use help from the best ally there is - you.

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An overpass crosses above a multi-lane road with light traffic; several cars travel on both the overpass and the street below, with trees and buildings in the background.

02/08/2021

You can be part of Feb. 10 online meeting about future of L-101/75th Avenue interchange

Let's get together and talk about how to improve the Loop 101 Agua Fria 75th Avenue interchange. No pickup truck required.

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02/05/2021

Grand story of the Old Black Canyon Highway

This unassuming piece of weathered pavement is actually part of the grand, sweeping story of the Old Black Canyon Highway.

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Historic photo of Ash Fork back in the day

02/04/2021

Throwback Thursday: Ash Fork is at the right place

The community of Ash Fork has always had a knack for being at the right place when it comes to popular transportation.

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A white Ford Super Duty truck with a pickup bar mounted on its front bumper by the roadside.

02/03/2021

Pokey-picker-upper tool gives maintenance crews a pick-me-up

They say necessity is the mother of invention. That's definitely true for our Quartzsite Maintenance Unit, which assembled a nifty little gadget to save both time and money.

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