Greg Byres, our State Engineer and Deputy Director for Transportation, discusses projects starting, continuing and wrapping up this year in the Phoenix area, southern Arizona and northern Arizona.
Construction
Blogs/News articles tagged as Construction
January 5, 2025 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
September 6, 2024 | News/Press Release
America’s Transportation Awards cites community development benefits
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.
June 21, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT’s focus: upgrading pavement and bridges, improving major corridors
The $8.2 billion program puts a major emphasis on improving highway pavement and bridge infrastructure beyond Maricopa and Pima counties. It provides more than $2.5 billion for these high-priority improvements during the next five years.
April 12, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
It’s time to shed some light, literally and figuratively, on a highway safety project just outside of Bisbee.
March 12, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
After one year of construction, a project to widen a 5-mile segment of US 93 in Wickenburg has reached an important milestone: It’s now approximately 80% complete.
May 24, 2023 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
When time permits here at the ADOT Communications factory, I like to dive into the State Library, Archives and Public Records Arizona Memory Project and look at old photos of highway projects, equipment, people, etc.
January 20, 2023 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
Piece by piece, the Gila River bridge on State Route 79 is sliding into place.
June 21, 2021 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
We mention it a lot, but what is pavement preservation? We break down the work and considerations that goes into maintaining Arizona's highways and freeways.
June 2, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
We want your help planning highway projects. The deadline to comment on our tentative Five-Year Plan ends tomorrow!
June 1, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications
Did you know ADOT invested half a billion dollars in pavement preservation over the last five years? And we don't plan on slowing down anytime soon.
May 24, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
For this 11-year-old interested in engineering and architecture, there was nothing better than going to the office with Dad.
May 18, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications
Let us just take a moment to say how much we love I-40. How much, you might ask? Oh, we love it to the tune of $275 million.
May 4, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications
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.
April 5, 2021 | News/Press Release
March 31, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications
Does merging present a dilemma for you? Then let us introduce the zipper merge to help!
February 2, 2021 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
Everything you've ever wanted to know about box culverts, but were too afraid to ask!
January 8, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications
A new interchange is coming to the Loop 202 Santan Freeway and Gilbert just kicked off the construction in style while still being safe.
November 24, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Lori Baker / ADOT Communications
Does the new interchange at SR 189 and I-19 give you butterflies too? Learn why and how monarch butterflies are being incorporated into the design.
October 27, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications
The project to bring southern Arizona its first diverging diamond is moving fast, both to complete the work and to minimalize impact for drivers.
October 1, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications
What can you gleam from this photo of roadwork from the 1930s?