I-40

Blogs/News articles tagged as I-40

March 4, 2025 | News/Press Release
Expect delays while crews place bridge girders for new interchange
Motorists on westbound Interstate 40 in Kingman should plan ahead for overnight restrictions and full closures of up to 30 minutes the nights of March 10, 13, 17 and 20.
January 24, 2025 | News/Press Release
Project is part of state’s plan to expand broadband access in rural areas
This historic effort in underserved and unserved areas is possible because of a state law that allows private broadband providers to install, operate and maintain telecommunications equipment within ADOT’s right of way using the conduit.
December 12, 2024 | News/Press Release
Earthwork, bridge foundations underway for new free-flowing traffic connection
ADOT is six months into a $106 million project to eliminate delays that can occur for passenger and truck traffic on the main route between Las Vegas and Arizona. The free-flowing interchange will carry traffic northwest of the current connection.
December 3, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT will use funds to improve interchanges near New Mexico line
A $27.5 million federal grant will advance the ADOT’s plans to upgrade two I-40 traffic interchanges providing vital connections with the Navajo Nation capital of Window Rock and other northeastern Arizona locations.
November 26, 2024 | News/Press Release
Rancho Santa Fe Parkway will provide direct connection to industrial park near airport
The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin work in early December along Interstate 40 to construct a new interchange that will in turn connect with a new roadway serving the east Kingman area.
July 3, 2024 | News/Press Release
It’s one of several US 93 improvements underway or planned
Work is scheduled to get underway Thursday, July 11, on a free-flowing interchange connecting US 93 and Interstate 40 in Kingman.
May 22, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
The latest episode of our podcast, On the Road With ADOT, features Brad Burgess, program administrator in the ADOT Broadband Office. Please spend a few minutes listening to him chat with our host, Doug Nintzel, about how ADOT is helping bring broadband internet to rural Arizona. 
April 16, 2024 | News/Press Release
Drivers should plan for extra travel time
The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a pavement and improvement project Monday, April 22, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and the community of Chambers in northeastern Arizona. 
March 15, 2024 | News/Press Release
Construction starts this summer on free-flowing connection
The State Transportation Board has awarded a $106 million project to build a free-flowing traffic interchange for Interstate 40 and US 93 in Kingman. It's designed to reduce congestion and enhance safety on the highly traveled route between Phoenix and Las Vegas.
August 2, 2023 | News/Press Release
Work starts Aug. 3 and continues Monday-Thursday through Aug. 17
The restrictions will be in place during daylight hours Monday to Thursday starting Thursday, Aug. 3, and ending Thursday, Aug. 17. An ADOT project will remove and replace surface pavement. A website at azdot.gov/PavingRepairs details these Statewide Critical Pavement Repair Projects.
April 21, 2023 | News/Press Release
Drivers should plan for extra travel time

HOLBROOK – The Arizona Department of Transportation will continue two improvement projects on Interstate 40 from Joseph City through Holbrook (mileposts 278-290) starting Monday, April 24.

Crews will be working on the bridge decks at the Tanner Wash Bridge and the Geronimo Road overpass, as part of a pavement improvement project along I-40 from Joseph City to Perkins Valley Road. 

For more information, visit the project webpage.

January 19, 2023 | News/Press Release
Public invited to learn about west Kingman freeway project

KINGMAN – The Arizona Department of Transportation invites the public to join a virtual public meeting to learn more about the design of a new traffic interchange that will provide a free-flowing connection between Interstate 40 and US 93 in west Kingman.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, which the public can join at https://bit.ly/wkingman. ADOT project members will present a video simulation of the new interchange design at the meeting and will then answer questions from the public.

October 27, 2022 | News/Press Release

Two public meetings in northern Arizona have been scheduled by the Arizona Department of Transportation to share the details of its plan to develop a network of electric vehicle fast charging stations along interstate highways in Arizona.

The first meeting is in Kingman and will be held on Tuesday, November 1st from 5-7 p.m. at the Mohave County Administration Building, 700 W Beale Street.

In Flagstaff, the meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2nd from 5-7 p.m. at the Flagstaff Aquaplex, 1702 N Fourth Street.

September 15, 2022 | News/Press Release

Arizona is one of the first states in the nation to have its Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan given the stamp of approval from the Federal Highway Administration. 

August 16, 2022 | News/Press Release

KINGMAN – The Arizona Department of Transportation has submitted an application for a federal bridge grant that, if awarded, would allocate nearly $73 million toward the construction of the planned West Kingman Traffic Interchange that will provide a free-flowing connection between US 93 and Interstate 40.

July 19, 2022 | News/Press Release

FLAGSTAFF – As the Arizona Department of Transportation makes a final push to complete a pavement project on I-40 between I-17 and Walnut Canyon Road in Flagstaff, drivers should expect alternating lane restrictions and delays while traveling through the area.

Beginning Thursday, July 21, there will be alternating lane restrictions on I-40 throughout the 10-mile project area during daytime hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drivers should expect delays of 30 minutes or more.

June 7, 2022 | News/Press Release

FLAGSTAFF – The Arizona Department of Transportation has replaced the A-1 Mountain Road bridge in west Flagstaff ahead of schedule thanks to an innovative bridge construction method. The new bridge was opened to traffic Tuesday, June 7.

May 26, 2022 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications

We understand that sometimes the going on Interstate 40 can get rough. But, setting aside the rest of that old adage, ADOT continues to invest in the 360-mile northern Arizona corridor.

Last week, maintenance crews began smoothing out some of those rough patches along a 6-mile stretch of I-40 in Kingman. They are milling down patches of rough pavement between Andy Devine Avenue and milepost 46, west of the city limits. This will help create a smoother, safer ride for drivers in Kingman.

May 12, 2022 | News/Press Release

KINGMAN – The Arizona Department of Transportation will perform pavement repair along a six-mile stretch of Interstate 40 in Kingman beginning Sunday, May 15.

East- and westbound I-40 will be narrowed to one lane in each direction from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly from Sunday, May 15, to Saturday, May 21. The work will take place from Andy Devine Avenue to west of the Kingman city limits (mileposts 46-52).

Crews will mill down worn asphalt in certain areas along I-40 and repave those areas with new pavement creating a smoother ride for drivers.

April 22, 2022 | News/Press Release

FLAGSTAFF – The Arizona Department of Transportation will demolish and replace the A-1 Mountain Road overpass along I-40 in Flagstaff in 40 days thanks to an innovative bridge construction method.

Crews will use an accelerated bridge construction method known as a geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge system. That means crews will create bridge abutments by putting in alternating layers of granular fill reinforced with synthetic material.

In order to replace the bridge, A-1 Mountain Road will be closed to all traffic over I-40 starting Monday, May 2.