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On Monday, traffic returned to Southern Avenue between 61st Avenue and 64th Drive in Laveen.

State archives shed light on little-known man once honored as the "Father of Arizona Highways."

Arizona's largest highway project ever is on track to be open to traffic in 2019.

It's National Engineers Week and those of us at ADOT are celebrating!

Photos help tell the story of a freeway that will bring traffic relief when it opens by late 2019.

Capturing chuckwallas is no easy task. Follow along as biologists locate, and relocate, these lizards prior to South Mountain Freeway construction.

TUCSON – Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation.

After completing a series of weekend courses, participants in the Pascua Yaqui Reservation Tribal Employment Rights Organization Construction Academy are now qualified to work on road projects on the reservation, located in the southwest Tucson area.

Construction ponds are used to reduce dust on construction sites but also have other benefits.

There's a lot to see and a lot happening at I-10 and 59th Avenue in west Phoenix, where an interchange under construction will link with the South Mountain Freeway.

Starting this week, we’re rebuilding this stretch of I-40 starting with a new foundation. It’s a long-term fix for the damage winter wants to cause the roadway every year.

After getting beat up by years of freezes, thaws and heavy weather, Interstate 40 west of Flagstaff is getting a much-needed upgrade in the form of two projects.

Check out a video showing Arizona's first prefabricated bridge going up in less than four days.

It didn't happen quite as quickly as it might seem from the time-lapse video above, but as bridge projects go this job in northwestern Arizona was lightning fast.

While it will won't be until late 2019 before South Mountain Freeway opens, a new video allows you to visualize the drive today.

This is a big step forward for a $120 million project creating a modern traffic interchange in a busy area northwest of Tucson.

Before we talk about Phoenix-area projects coming this year, let's look in the rearview mirror at 2016 accomplishments.

As promised, Bell Road will reopen just in time for the holiday shopping season.

If you think the overpass under construction at Bell Road and Grand Avenue (US 60) looks just about ready for traffic, you're right.

This aerial video by Surprise offers an excellent view of the project's focus leading up to reopening Bell Road in November.

ADOT is wrapping up final work on the last in a recent series of projects to upgrade Loop 303. Here are some of the new features.