US 93

Blogs/News articles tagged as US 93

January 30, 2025 | News/Press Release
Advances goal of four-lane divided highway between Phoenix area and Nevada
The Arizona Department of Transportation is starting its latest project to divide US 93 into a four-lane highway between Phoenix and Nevada, this time by widening 4 miles between Wikieup and Interstate 40.
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.
November 21, 2024 | News/Press Release
Advances agency’s goal of four-lane, divided highway between Valley, Nevada
ADOT has transformed 5 miles of US 93 from two lanes to four-lane divided highway in Wickenburg. It's part of a long-term vision to transform the entire 200-mile section of US 93 from Wickenburg to the Hoover Dam bypass into a four-lane divided highway.
November 15, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Julian Lopez / ADOT Communications

Traveling north on US 93 past Kingman is an old mining town called Chloride.

October 23, 2024 | News/Press Release
INFRA grant will help expand divided highway near Wickenburg by 1.27 miles
A $26 million federal grant will advance the Arizona Department of Transportation’s plans to upgrade US 93 to a four-lane divided highway northwest of Wickenburg. 
September 5, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications
In this episode of On the Road With ADOT, Public Information Officer Garin Groff provides an update on a project creating a free-flowing interchange for US 93 and Interstate 40 in Kingman. He also has an update on other projects improving travel in northwestern 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.
February 13, 2024 | News/Press Release
Project replaced pavement surface on two bridges
The Arizona Department of Transportation has completed a project to improve the pavement surface and flood protection capabilities of two bridges on US 93 south of Wikieup.
December 28, 2023 | News/Press Release
It’s one of many 2024 improvements planned for northern Arizona
The new year will be an exciting one for drivers who use US 93 between the Phoenix area and Kingman as the Arizona Department of Transportation advances one major project to increase capacity and starts another.
March 23, 2023 | News/Press Release
Five-mile segment to become four-lane divided highway

The Arizona Department of Transportation has begun a project near Wickenburg to transform another 5 miles of US 93 from two lanes to four-lane divided highway.

The work is part of ADOT’s long-term vision to transform the entire 200-mile section of US 93 from Wickenburg to the Hoover Dam bypass into a modern four-lane divided highway. In the past several years, ADOT has invested nearly $500 million in projects that have widened and improved US 93.

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 18, 2022 | News/Press Release
Rumble Strips

WICKENBURG, AZ – The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin a project to improve safety along US 93 north of Wickenburg by installing centerline rumble strips along a 20-mile section of the highway.

The project area stretches from the Santa Maria River to the junction with State Route 71, which is mileposts 161 to 183. The work will take place overnights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Monday, July 18, and lasting through early August. No weekend work is scheduled.

May 25, 2022 | News/Press Release

The Arizona Department of Transportation submitted a competitive grant bid that, if awarded, would allocate approximately $65 million to speed up already-planned improvement projects on US 93 between Wickenburg and Interstate 40. 

 

If the grant application is approved, these competitive funds would be added to state match funding and additional federal dollars, for a potential total of more than $200 million for the improvements on US 93, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration. 

April 6, 2022 | News/Press Release

KINGMAN – As construction season in northern Arizona resumes, three bridges in the northwestern part of Arizona will be rehabilitated starting this year.

Along Interstate 40, ADOT will reconstruct the bridge decks on the bridge at Exit 123 into the east side of Seligman. The project is needed to replace the damaged elements of the bridges and to perform other upgrades to increase the lifespan of the bridges.

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.

December 24, 2020 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications

Once a favorite tourist haunt along US 93, Santa Claus is now nothing more than a blip on the map.

December 8, 2020 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation has finished converting three miles of US 93 north of Wikieup to a four-lane divided highway increasing safety and traffic capacity.

The upgrade to a four-lane divided highway improves traffic flow, supports the movement of freight and enhances safety through this heavily traveled corridor.

September 18, 2020 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – With the completion of new lanes for the US 93 widening project north of Wikieup, the Arizona Department of Transportation will conduct a traffic switch Monday, Sept. 21 so crews can work on rebuilding the existing southbound lanes.

The traffic switch will occur at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, between mileposts 116 and 119. Drivers in the area should expect a brief delay while crews switch all traffic to the new northbound lanes.

September 2, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications

We take a look at the community of Nothing, which was something at one point.

August 28, 2020 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – Travelers driving between Kingman and Wickenburg will need to plan extra travel time as the Arizona Department of Transportation will be conducting pavement maintenance work on US 93 south of Wikieup from Monday, Aug. 31 through Thursday, Sept. 3.

Work will take place from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily between the Santa Maria Bridge and Alamo Road, which includes mileposts 162 to 180. US 93 will be narrowed to one lane with flaggers and a pilot car leading traffic through the work zone. Crews will only be working in sections of a few miles a day.