Throwback Thursday

Blogs/News articles tagged as Throwback Thursday

December 1, 2022 | Blog Articles
By Julian Lopez / ADOT Communications

Today, we throw it back to a Red Mountain Freeway in progress.

September 29, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

The year is 1966 and the Broadway Curve won't open for two more years.

September 22, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

In 1973, the Globe movie theatre is showing a film that modern audiences know better as a slick sci-fi television series.

August 30, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications
In 1988, Governor Rose Mofford dedicated the first stretch of the Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway.
June 9, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

Take it from a kangaroo who knows: Pool it!

June 2, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

Let's go back 52 years to a familiar scene.

April 28, 2022 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

A friendly reminder that's never outdated.

July 15, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

Take a respite from the high heat and go back in time to lower temperatures.

May 20, 2021 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

Daunting engineering challenge or monster B-movie material? We are looking at a tangled web for Throwback Thursday.

April 29, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

This week we throwback nearly 50 years to a pleasant evening with a Valley freeway in its infancy.

April 8, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

Today we look back on an integral piece of interstate infrastructure.

March 11, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

We're throwing back to a busy rest area along Interstate 17 that comes with a great view. 

March 4, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

We are throwing back to what the 70s can still teach us about construction zone safety

February 4, 2021 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

The community of Ash Fork has always had a knack for being at the right place when it comes to popular transportation.

January 14, 2021 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

This photo of a stunning view led us to a small footnote in the history of US 66 in northern Arizona.

December 3, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

Who doesn't love a good mystery? Because we found one in our archives!

October 1, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

What can you gleam from this photo of roadwork from the 1930s?

September 24, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

This photo looks pretty ordinary, but this scene actually holds a lot of state transportation history.

August 6, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

Going uphill has always been part of driving north in Arizona. And that means steep hills and occasionally rocks, like in this photo from the 1930s.

July 30, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

More than 20 years ago, ADOT did a careful balancing act of widening State Route 87.