Throwback Thursday

From typewriters to computers, pen-and-ink maps to satellite imagery, ADOT's office tech has evolved a lot in the past few decades.

On this date in 1917, some heavy weather took a toll on the Ajo Highway and in Flagstaff. It's as good a reason as any to talk about driving safely in bad weather.

The first issue of Arizona Highways, published 98 years ago, was not the same as what you would expect today.

Can you pick out where this picture in the Valley was taken more than 50 years ago?

If you feel like a hike, you can visit the original highway tunnel that connected Superior and Miami.

Today we're reliving a 1983 milestone for the Superstition Freeway in Mesa.

It was 90 years ago that Arizona dedicated Navajo Bridge spanning the Colorado River at Marble Canyon.

The Deck Park Tunnel has been a planned feature for Interstate 10 through Phoenix since the 1980s. But before that, concepts included something a little more interesting.

SR 88 is more than just the road to Canyon Lake. More than a century old, this curving highway was instrumental in the construction of Roosevelt Dam.

Interstate 17, the Black Canyon Highway, was dedicated 55 years ago. Here's the story behind this important north-south link.

Sunset Point remains one of our most popular rest areas. And when we unveiled it nearly 50 years ago, it made a big impression countrywide.

For today's Throwback Thursday, we have a little "remember when?" for people who live south of Tucson.

Interstate 10 Broadway Curve: Interstate 17 (Split) to Loop 202 (Santan Freeway)Do you recognize this stretch of highway from 1972? The answer might surprise you.

We are throwing back to a reconstruction project in the 1970s of one of the state's lesser-used highways.

Recently ADOT switched to using Google for our email services. While a big switch, it has nothing on two phone projects the agency took on in the late 70s and early 80s.

For this Throwback Thursday, we look back to a 1973, when safety standards were a little different than they are today.

In the midst of the Great Depression the state Highway Commission came up with an idea to boost Arizona's copper industry through some unusual license plates.

Whether today or 40 years ago, our highway engineers and crews are thinking about how to move traffic from one side to the other of the Salt River in Phoenix.

The cars may have changed since 1979, but MVD employees are still helping prospective drivers earn their licenses through the road test.

We're sharing the story of 60-year-old truck that has a special place at ADOT.