The $70 million project is a top 12 finalist in the 2024 America’s Transportation Awards competition, making it eligible for the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award. You can vote for the People’s Choice Award once daily through Oct. 29.
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September 6, 2024 | News/Press Release
America’s Transportation Awards cites community development benefits
July 15, 2024 | News/Press Release
America’s Transportation Awards cites community development benefits
A recent Arizona Department of Transportation project that constructed Loop 303 interchanges at 43rd and 51st avenues near Interstate 17 is a winner in the 2024 America’s Transportation Awards competition that includes a focus on community development.
July 2, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT publication honored by International Regional Media Association
Arizona Highways magazine, published by ADOT, won three first-place Gold Awards from the nonprofit International Regional Media Association. A panel of magazine industry experts judges its annual awards competition.
January 31, 2024 | News/Press Release
Testing evaluated safety promise of emerging transportation technology
ADOT partnered with Verizon and the Maricopa Association of Governments to test the viability of using sensors, cameras and wireless connectivity to deliver critical information about upcoming curves, work zones and slowing traffic on Phoenx-area freeways.
September 12, 2023 | News/Press Release
Effort involved 67 miles between Anthem Way and McGuireville
Engineering News-Record has honored the team responsible for the project, including prime contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., with a 2023 Best Projects Award of Merit for the Southwest region in the Specialty Construction category.
April 5, 2023 | News/Press Release
WTS Advancing Women Advancing Transportation recognizes industry commitment
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation's Business Engagement and Compliance Office and Robert Samour, ADOT Deputy State Engineer for the Major Projects Group, have been honored for contributions to the transportation industry and to advancing women.
October 14, 2021 | News/Press Release
The accolades keep rolling in for Arizona Highways. The magazine published by the Arizona Department of Transportation has earned more recognition for its excellence in design, visuals, outstanding writing and production.
In its annual awards program, the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) awarded Arizona Highways a total of 22 honors in categories including excellence in feature writing, photography, art direction, Writer of the Year, Photographer of the Year, among others.
September 24, 2021 | News/Press Release
FLAGSTAFF – The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Fourth Street Bridge replacement project in Flagstaff is receiving national recognition. The project is among a list of 12 in line for national awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
September 15, 2021 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – For its efforts to improve traffic flow and safety in Flagstaff, the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Fourth Street Bridge replacement project has won a regional award, as announced Wednesday by the Western Region of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
February 1, 2021 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Transportation has been honored by the Arizona Transportation Partnering Excellence Award Committee for excellence shown in a number of infrastructure and other projects statewide in 2020.
These awards recognize transportation partnership teams that show a high degree of achievement by using partnering principles and processes related to the transportation industry.
November 5, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
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.
October 29, 2020 | News/Press Release
Arizona Highways, the world-renowned magazine published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, has earned more recognition for its excellence in words, pictures and design.
In its annual awards program, the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) awarded Arizona Highways a total of 19 honors in categories including essay writing, illustration, photography and art direction. The magazine also received an Award of Merit for its February 2019 feature celebrating the 100th anniversary of the designation of Grand Canyon as a national park.
September 15, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Doug Pacey / ADOT Communications
Most drivers have never heard of the AAMVA Awards, but MVD employees, it's a big deal.
September 11, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is up for an award, but whether it receives the award is up to you!
August 31, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Kathy Boyle / ADOT Communications
Three ADOT projects won big in a national competition last week, but the agency was also recognized in another contest.
August 21, 2020 | Blog Articles
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director
Three ADOT projects from the last year have been recognized as some of the best in the industry in the 2020 America's Transportation Awards.
July 13, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Lori Baker / ADOT Communications
ADOT's Equipment Services in Holbrook has been recognized for customer service and environmental practices.
February 11, 2019 | Blog Articles
A video by the National Operations Center of Excellence features an ADOT engineer explaining the benefits from new striping and signs along a westbound stretch in Tempe.
December 11, 2018 | News/Press Release
Arizona Department of Transportation efforts that have improved safety on a busy stretch of westbound US 60 in Tempe and advanced a first-in-the-nation system that reduces the risk from wrong-way drivers have been honored by a national organization dedicated to the management and operation of state highways.
September 28, 2018 | News/Press Release
Arizona Highways IRMA awards