US 89

Blogs/News articles tagged as US 89

March 28, 2025 | News/Press Release
Replacement, repair of channels and other work requires restrictions
Work on a project to improve drainage channels and other infrastructure carrying storm runoff will begin Tuesday, April 1, along a stretch of US 89 starting approximately 12 miles northeast of downtown Flagstaff. Learn more here.
January 2, 2025 | Blog Articles
By Julian Lopez / ADOT Communications

Atop a bridge in Page, just a couple miles from the Arizona-Utah state line is a picturesque view or, if you’re afraid of heights, an absolutely terrifying one.

September 8, 2022 | News/Press Release

Upgraded speed limit signage and pedestrian crossing signage on US 89 entering the community of Yarnell are among the immediate measures being taken by the Arizona Department of Transportation to address safety issues following a recent fatal crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian. 

March 30, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications

Flooding and heavy rain took our a section of US 89 near Cameron. Now, we're working to make permanent repairs to the damaged section of highway. 

March 22, 2021 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation is starting a project this week to make permanent repairs to a section of US 89 near Cameron that was washed out when the state was hit with severe rain from remnants of Hurricane Rosa in October 2018.

ADOT was able to complete emergency repairs of that 30-foot section of US 89 in less than 48 hours after the road washed out to ensure motorists had a safe driving route to a large area of northern Arizona.

November 11, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

There are many highways in Arizona named in honor of veterans, but portions of three in the northeast part of the state seek to honor Native Americans who have served in the military.

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.

September 10, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications

What does it take to cross the Little Colorado River? The answer is more than a century and three different bridges.

May 18, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

In 1909 the Territory of Arizona proposed building a north-south highway between Prescott and Phoenix. A year later, construction started in earnest. We look back at this territorial road 110 years later.

October 16, 2018 | Blog Articles

The recent emergency repairs to US 89 in northern Arizona illustrate the importance of partnerships.

October 9, 2018 | Blog Articles

Photos and videos shared through our social media accounts helped tell the story of our nonstop efforts that reopened US 89 in less than 48 hours.

October 5, 2018 | News/Press Release

Working around the clock to protect motorists and restore a key route through northern Arizona, the Arizona Department of Transportation has reopened US 89 after flooding severed the roadway late Wednesday between Flagstaff and Page.

January 23, 2018 | Blog Articles

An Arizona photographer has traveled tens of thousands of miles to document US 89.

December 5, 2016 | Blog Articles

We’ve said it all along: Working for ADOT can be a real blast. Check out videos illustrating this point.

September 14, 2016 | Blog Articles

Major upgrades have just been completed on a four-mile, four-lane stretch of US 89 in Cameron.

September 14, 2016 | News/Press Release

US 89 through the Navajo Nation community of Cameron has a wider roadway, two new bridges over the Little Colorado River, a modern roundabout at the junction with State Route 64, and underpasses for people and livestock thanks to a recently completed Arizona Department of Transportation project.

June 20, 2016 | Blog Articles

A postcard image takes us back in time to look at the iconic bridge in Cameron as we look at the modern bridge ADOT has created alongside it.

May 30, 2016 | Blog Articles

Today we’re taking you on a unique drive through Cameron on US 89 north of Flagstaff.

November 5, 2015 | Blog Articles

You’d think after 43 blog posts, 26 videos and hundreds of photographs, that we might be out of new things to say about the US 89 landslide repair project. But we’re not!

October 22, 2015 | Blog Articles

We have good news for drivers up north – work on the new roundabout at US 89 and Haul Road in Page is complete.