Map showing two I-40 interchanges
3 December 2024

Grant will advance improving two I-40 connections on Navajo Nation

A $27.5 million federal grant will advance the ADOT’s plans to upgrade two I-40 traffic interchanges providing vital connections with the Navajo Nation capital of Window Rock and other northeastern
OHV Safety Class
3 December 2024

Training course required for off highway vehicle registrations

Owners registering off-highway vehicles (OHVs) will use AZMVDNOW.gov to take a safety course required by a state law taking effect in January. This course will be required one time for at least one of
Shadow selfie of Adopt a Highway volunteer

Adopt a Highway: Working off Thanksgiving along State Route 87

I decided to get away from ESPN and work off Thanksgiving along my adopted mile of State Route 87, just north of the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway. Here's what I learned on a cool Saturday morning. 
Material lab

ADOT’s Materials Lab lays the foundation for Arizona’s highways

Across the state, teams in the central lab and satellite locations are hard at work testing the essential building blocks of Arizona’s infrastructure – solids, asphalt, paint, concrete and steel rebar. These raw materials are what keep highways strong and durable, despite the harsh desert summers and freezing winter temperatures in the high-country.
On the Road With ADOT Logo

PODCAST: Express yourself 104 different ways with specialty license plates

This episode of On the Road With ADOT features Bill Lamoreaux, our chief communicator on MVD matters. Bill discusses how specialty plates come to be, which are the most popular, what they cost and how specialty plates might work as holiday gifts.
Specialty plates featured in November.

November: Specialty Plate Spotlight

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.
A graphic showing the names of Adopt a Highway groups.

Adopt a Highway: More than 29 reasons to be thankful

We're celebrating 29 new groups that joined the Adopt a Highway Volunteer Program between August and October!
A digital message board on the highway encourages motorists to slow down.

We’re thankful for safe drivers this Thanksgiving

It’s that time of year when all of us are asked what we’re grateful for. And if you asked us, we’d say we’re thankful for motorists who practice safe driving. 

Map of future I-40 interchange at Rancho Santa Fe Parkway
26 November 2024

Construction to begin on new I-40 interchange in east Kingman

The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin work in early December along Interstate 40 to construct a new interchange that will in turn connect with a new roadway serving the east Kingman area
A dog sits in a truck.

ADOT Incident Response Unit member helps rescue dog on I-10 in Phoenix

ADOT employee Rich Dimaio was on-duty, traveling Phoenix-area highways, when a call came out for a dog on the freeway. 

Dimaio, who is a member of ADOT’s incident Response Unit, sponsored by GEICO, responded to the call on I-10 eastbound near 40th Street where Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers had already surrounded the dog in the median. 

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