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Gregory Byres named incoming State Engineer
ADOT veteran succeeds retiring Dallas Hammit
PHOENIX - Gregory Byres, P.E., has been named the incoming Deputy Director for Transportation and State Engineer for the Arizona Department of Transportation. He will succeed Dallas Hammit, who is retiring after 22 years with ADOT.
Watch our video wrapping up the past year.
It's long gone, but you can still see the legacy of old US 80 across the southern half of Arizona virtually everywhere.
The Arizona Department of Transportation will hold an additional public hearing for the revised 2021-2025 Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program on Friday, Oct. 16 during the monthly State Transportation Board meeting.
The hearing is open to anyone who wishes to address the board with his or her comments about what should be included in the 2021-2025 Five-Year Program. The public hearing and board meeting will be held online. Meeting details can be found at aztransportationboard.gov.
Want to see the best places the state has to offer? The Arizona highway system has you covered.
You are getting away for a long weekend in the White Mountains. Or maybe you are coming back from a vacation at Rocky Point. Either way, you are on the highway and wondering how much longer until you reach your destination.
Then, a little farther down the road, you see a familiar green shape. It's a sign letting you know that you are now X miles from Pinetop-Lakeside or have Y miles left to get to Phoenix.
Not only will both entrances to 40th St. Park & Ride in Ahwatukee reopen, but a new interchange from the South Mountain Freeway will also help people get there.
Have you ever wondered why 411th Avenue in Tonopah is Exit 95 off Interstate 10? Or why if you are turning on to Dragoon Road in southeastern Arizona you take Exit 318?
Or how about using Exit 67 to get to Dateland from Interstate 8, or Exit 322 on Interstate 17 to get to Munds Park?
The answer is deceptively simple: It's all about mileposts.
Our ArizonaDOT Spotify playlist of transportation-related songs has continued growing over the past year. We hope you'll check it out.
ADOT Director John Halikowski takes a look back at the agency's 2018 accomplishments.
In this blog, the second remembering cartoonist and Arizona resident Bill Keane, we take a closer look at the cartoon itself.
ADOT has done the research and analysis, but now we need from you about the long-range transportation plan.
Crashes and fatalities involving drivers under the influence of drugs or medications are on the rise.
Where better to learn about the intersection of math and transportation than the biggest transportation project in Arizona?
Year one of the I-11 study is over. Our newest video provides a recap of what's been done to date and explains what's next for the proposed interstate.
Survey says...expansion and preservation are important Arizona transportation priorities. Find out what else we found out from a recent online survey.
ADOT is looking into the future and wants your input on the future of transportation in Arizona.
Help guide the future of transportation by taking a quick, interactive survey that will help determine transportation investment priorities.
Continued investment in our state’s busiest corridors and those beyond our state borders will provide better mobility and help enhance economic development.
PHOENIX – Nearly 8,000 more trucks, 400,000 more passenger vehicles and 900,000 more people entering the U.S. in 2015 through Arizona’s international ports of entry speak to numbers critical to this state’s economy: