Did you hear the news? ADOT named the Cottonwood Municipal Airport as the 2022 Arizona Airport of the Year!

I'm just going to say it: I hate the cold. Anything under, say, 70 degrees, and I'm a whining, grumbling malcontent. So, as the weather outside turns cold and gray, you can often find me hovering near a space heater, or swathed in some...

Piece by piece, the Gila River bridge on State Route 79 is sliding into place.

Unless you’re a traffic engineer, you probably haven’t thought much about how freeway ramp closures impact nearby exit and entrance ramps and the local streets they lead to and from. Well, let's ramp up your knowledge of this!

Traveling with pets can be fun: they keep you company and can make for some great photos at landmarks. It can also add some stress and we’re sharing these travel safety tips from the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to...

Almost anywhere you go, you’re bound to see one. Many Arizona drivers put specialty license plates on their cars to show support for their favorite sports teams, causes and more, all while supporting organizations working to better our...

Adopt a Highway volunteers are the real MVPs.

Feb. 14 is National Donor Day and we're thrilled to share the story of three Arizona siblings who received heart transplants.

This 1959 Chevy Apache was a work truck for decades. In the ‘80s, the daily grind caught up and its condition deteriorated. But its best years were yet to come.

At first glance, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting ‒ or CADD ‒ looks like a really cool video game: cool colors, neat graphics, and the ability to change just about anything at the push of a keyboard button. However, CADD is not a game for...

The next time you trek to Las Vegas and notice work crews are widening another section of US 93, you might pause for a moment to think of the work of Kara Lavertue. Lavertue’s role at ADOT includes working on high-profile improvements like...

March is Women’s History Month and we want to take a moment to acknowledge former Arizona Governor Rose Mofford. Mofford was Arizona’s first female governor, holding the state’s highest office from 1988 to 1991. She was governor when the...

Renovation of the Sunset Point Rest Area along Interstate 17 is ongoing and we're sharing a peek at the work being done at the rest area. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Arizona DOT (@arizona_dot) Sunset Point Rest Area is...

There are two basic kinds of questions ADOT employees get asked all the time: “When are you doing something to improve this highway?” And, “How can I have a say in what projects should be next?” It turns out that now is the perfect time to...

After nearly 10 years, it was time for the Arizona driver license to get a new look. While the new design is better looking and includes more images that represent Arizona, the best part of the card is that it incorporates more security...

Today is March 14. Or, written another way, 3/14. That makes today "Pi Day." Pi, which has an approximate value of 3.14, is used to find the area and circumference of a circle. Pi has many applications and engineers at ADOT certainly use it...

Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...

Specialty license plates have been available in Arizona for more than 30 years. In that time, the state has made available for purchase dozens of specialty license plates. And each year, new ones hit the street. So, it's understandable that...

The Arizona Department of Transportation receives hundreds of complaints about littered highways and more specifically, tire debris. ADOT maintenance costs to remove and dispose of tire waste from along maintained roadways have already...

For the hundreds of thousands of Arizona Department of Transportation Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers. For the thousands who downloaded the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project mobile app known simply as, The Curve...