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A project to rehabilitate the Little Colorado Bridge along State Route 77 in Holbrook is scheduled to begin April 15, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Even as work continues on the Loop 101 widening project in the Northwest Valley, crews have opened sections of a new fourth westbound general purpose lane in areas between I-17 and 51st Avenue. Learn more here.

Closures of southbound SR 51 (Indian School Road to I-10) and eastbound I-10 (at Perryville Road in the West Valley) are among the restrictions scheduled this weekend (April 10-13) for freeway improvement projects in the Phoenix area. Learn more here.

The Arizona Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Hualapai Tribe, will host a public meeting on Thursday, April 16, to obtain community input for preservation and reuse of the historic Osterman/Shell Gas Station on Route 66 in Peach Springs.

A highway repair project along westbound Interstate 40 near Williams will start the week of April 6-10 with an around-the-clock lane closure. Learn more here about what drivers should plan for when the work zone is in place.

The $7.8 million project began in April 2025 just west of the New Mexico line on I-40. Crews removed the old structure and replaced it with a 223-foot reinforced concrete beam and girder bridge serving the commercial and residential areas around it on the Navajo Nation.

Work to improve a 14-mile stretch of US 160 in the Tuba City area in Northeastern Arizona is scheduled to start the week of April 6-10. Resurfacing will require lane restrictions and traffic shifts into fall 2026. Learn more here.

A project to resurface and make other improvements along a 19-mile stretch of State Route 64 in the Williams area is scheduled to ramp up the week of April 6. Learn more here.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has entered the final year of work on a project to construct a free-flowing interchange that will reduce delays on the main route between Arizona and Las Vegas.

A guardrail replacement project along the State Route 89A switchbacks at the north end of Oak Creek Canyon is scheduled to begin Wednesday, April 1. The improvement work will require traffic restrictions. Learn more here.

ADOT MVD offers five new specialty license plates. The Arizona Youth Charities, Gila River Indian Community, No One Fights Alone, Teen Lifeline and 4AZKids specialty plates are new and the Arizona Diamondbacks plate received a fresh look.

Spring weather will allow work to continue or start in the coming weeks on highway improvement projects across Northern Arizona. Learn more about some of these major projects here.

Drivers planning weekend travel in the Phoenix area will see southbound SR 51 closed between Northern and Highland avenues through early Monday. The ramp from eastbound Loop 303 to southbound I-17 will be closed on Saturday as part of a widening and interchange project.

Operation Full House, which this year will include more than 50 commercial vehicle enforcement inspectors, is conducted as part of the Arizona Commercial Vehicle Safety Partnership made up of ADOT's Enforcement and Compliance Division and AZDPS State Troopers.

The public can share their transportation concerns and priorities through an online survey at NextMoveAZ.com. Under the banner of Next Move Arizona, ADOT personnel will be attending pop-up and virtual community events throughout the state.

The eastbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) off-ramp at Cooper Road in the Southeast Valley will close for approximately 60 days starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. Learn more here.

A stretch of southbound SR 51 has fully reopened to traffic between Cactus Road and Northern Avenue following a weekend closure for the start of a pavement improvement project. This weekend's work removed surface pavement from this stretch in preparation for diamond grinding.

ADOT MVD is providing a new digital wallet option for Arizona residents. The Arizona Wallet app is available to download on the App Store and Google Play.

After tallying more than 10,000 votes, Arizonans have chosen four new names in Arizona Department of Transportation’s fourth Name-A-Snowplow Contest.