Blogs/News articles tagged as ADOT Kids
Have you ever wondered what it takes to move mountains?
Let’s dig in and learn more!
The I-17 Improvement Project corridor is one example of an ADOT project that required entire sections of the mountainsides to be blasted and excavated to make way for additional lanes. That includes 15 miles of widening and 8 miles of flex lanes along the entire 23 miles from Anthem Way to Sunset Point.
People litter when they throw their garbage somewhere instead of putting it in a trash can. Sometimes people litter when they don’t care about the place where they’re throwing their trash, or when they think someone else will come and clean up after them.
Not only is litter unsightly to see on the ground, along our highways or in waterways, but this type of pollution hurts people and the planet in multiple ways.
Don't let others talk trash or trash our highways! Check our our new ADOT Kids litter game.
There are almost as many type of engineers as there are branches of math. Learn how math plays an important part in engineering.
A recent ADOT-sponsored transportation institute fosters learning about transportation engineering careers.
ADOT's engineers get a lot of attention, but there is a huge variety of employees at the agency helping people getting home safely!
PHOENIX – When many school children started staying home when the pandemic hit last year, the Arizona Department of Transportation launched a new outreach campaign called “ADOT Kids,” which seeks to educate children on transportation through videos, games and activities geared for them.
Signs are everywhere along the road, but did you know that ADOT has its very own shop to make them?
Is your child a future engineer? If she enjoys building bridges out of toothpicks, loves heavy equipment such as snowplows or gets a kick out of watching a controlled blast take out rock hanging above a roadway, you may be raising someone who will design, build, maintain or operate tomorrow’s transportation system.
Kids should know they too can participate in Adopt a Highway and help Keep it Grand.