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This small bridge on State Route 88 (Apache Trail) has been here for quite some time and will likely be here for quite a while more.
ADOT has more than 100 specialty license plates featuring a range of worthy causes or charities. To boost awareness, we showcase one specialty license plate each week on social media.
It's time to STOP and YIELD to the temptation to learn where highway signs come from. There's ONE WAY to do that, and that's listening to this episode of On the Road With ADOT.

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Arizona Highways is read and loved around the world, which is why it came as no surprise that it has receive yet more accolades.
We may not be able to hang it up on a refrigerator like some of the art we've received, but ADOT Kids was recently recognized for explaining transportation to a general audience during the public health situation.
Though 2020 had a 'nonsoon,' it did give us a good trial for our innovative new dust detection and warning system on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson.
Sixty years ago, Arizona drivers encountered highway signs that were a little more splashy.
A popular landmark sits at the end of this road. Do you know "Where in AZ??" this image was taken?
The world famous Route 66 may have been decommissioned 35 years ago, but here in Arizona you can still cruise through some of those memories.
What would you like to see happen at Grand and 35th avenues? We have some ideas, but want to hear from you as part of an improvement study in the area!
It may still be a little warm outside, but it's never too early to start preparing for winter storms.
The project to bring southern Arizona its first diverging diamond is moving fast, both to complete the work and to minimalize impact for drivers.
If you are driving in search of the quasi-mythical Arizona fall, please remember to be careful behind the wheel.