ADOT Blog

A simple soil test helps determine the choice of road building materials.

Thermoplastic paint is a very important part of Arizona’s highways. Every batch must be tested and meet ADOT standards before it is used.

It’s been a great year for the ADOT Blog. We published more than 140 articles, covering a wide range of topics from project progress and historical anecdotes to animal rescues and Adopt a Highway updates. Since it’s the end of the year, now’s the perfect time to count down the ten most-read blogs of 2023.

Since the late 1980s, the APS Electric Light Parade has lit up Central Phoenix every December with festive celebrations of holiday spirit.

This year, though, marks the return of ADOT’s presence in the annual tradition.

“I’ve been here since 1996, and to my knowledge that’s the last time ADOT was in the parade,” said Mesa Maintenance Supervisor Jerry Turner. “We’re gonna make this look good.”

Jerry and his crew of five worked overnight for five days during the week leading up to the parade, preparing two floats.

ADOT's Blog and Twitter accounts came home with wins at the 2021 AASHTO TransComm Awards.

History will most likely remember the late Justin Herman, Arizona Highway Department director from 1956-1973, as the energetic leader who shepherded in the modern state freeway system, including the Black Canyon (I-17), Superstition (US 60) and Maricopa (I-10) freeways.

ADOT has been posting to its blog for 10 years now, but the entire time we've had one mission - to give you the inside look at what we do and how and why we do it.

We take a look at the community of Nothing, which was something at one point.

Five years ago a monsoon storm dumped mud and boulders along US 89A. That's when we got to work.

After almost 800 posts, it’s time to change the way we do things here on the ADOT Blog.

We've reached a milestone, here on the ADOT Blog!

It’s an exciting day for us here on the ADOT Blog. Not only are we celebrating the blog’s third birthday, today we’re also marking our 500th blog post!

If you’re reading this post it means you’ve found the ADOT Blog’s new home! So, what do you think? We really like the new space and hope you’ll take some time to look around and see how the entire ADOT website has been redesigned with you in mind.

The ADOT Blog turns one today ... that's a lot of blog posts, photos and videos! One year ago today we launched this blog and now, 12 months later, we’re trying to figure out how to mark the anniversary…