Picacho Peak stands out as the signature landmark along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson. Next to the freeway, a transportation landmark entering its fifth monsoon season stands ready to activate when blowing dust dangerously reduces visibility.
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June 11, 2024 | News/Press Release
Innovative safety corridor helps drivers reduce speed during dust storms
June 10, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT marks Monsoon Awareness Week
PHOENIX – A wall of dust that towers on the horizon. A heavy downpour of localized rain. These weather occurrences that happen during the monsoon season can rapidly reduce visibility and create unsafe driving conditions.
With the monsoon season rapidly approaching – officially, it runs June 15-Sept. 30 – ADOT is reminding motorists during Monsoon Awareness Week (June 9-15) how to stay safe and be prepared for the extreme weather that monsoon season brings.
June 9, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews continued much-needed project to smooth the ride
Continuing a much-needed project to improve the ride on 6 miles of I-17 between Happy Valley Road and SR 74, crews removed a top layer of older, worn asphalt pavement before advancing to work to smooth the remaining concrete surface through a process called diamond grinding.
June 6, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT safety project continues west of Heber-Overgaard
East- and westbound SR 260 traffic is alternating in one lane between Rim Road and Heber-Overgaard (mileposts 282-304) from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 5 a.m. to noon on Fridays. Expect significant delays that become more pronounced as the weekend approaches.
June 2, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews continued much-needed project to smooth the ride
ADOT continued a much-needed project to improve the ride on I-17 between Happy Valley Road and SR 74. Crews removed a top layer of older, worn asphalt pavement before advancing to work to smooth the remaining concrete surface through a process called diamond grinding.
May 30, 2024 | News/Press Release
Improvements include LED lighting, extra room for bicycles
The Arizona Department of Transportation has completed a project enhancing safety for motorists and bicyclists using State Route 80 in and near the Mule Pass Tunnel just west of Bisbee in southeastern Arizona.
May 28, 2024 | News/Press Release
Northbound State Route 143 between Broadway Road and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) will also be closed
The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead and expect delays as westbound Interstate 10 will be closed between US 60 and Interstate 17 from 10 p.m. Friday, May 31, to 4 a.m. Monday, June 3, for bridge work.
May 24, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT receives $72,000 supporting team that processes crash reports
As it has annually since 2014, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety awarded $72,000 to ADOT’s Crash Records section, which is responsible under state law for creating crash data reports that government agencies, nonprofit groups and others use to improve traffic safety.
May 19, 2024 | News/Press Release
Crews removed surface pavement between Loop 303 and SR 74
The posted detour using the northbound I-17 frontage road moved traffic efficiently throughout the weekend, and ADOT is grateful to drivers who heeded advice to use this route. Law enforcement officers and ADOT personnel were in the area to assist with local-only closures at neighborhood entrances.
May 16, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT award cites planning for new runway, facility updates
This is the second time Show Low Regional Airport has been named the state’s Airport of the Year. The first was in 2007. It is one of 67 airports across Arizona that are publicly owned and publicly operated.
May 15, 2024 | News/Press Release
Stay on detour route, which follows two-lane frontage road
Drivers should allow extra travel time and stay on the designated detour route, which uses the frontage road, while northbound I-17 is closed between Loop 303 and State Route 74.
May 14, 2024 | News/Press Release
Eastbound US 60 between I-10 and Mill Avenue to close as well
The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead and expect delays as northbound State Route 143 will close between Broadway Road and Washington Street from 10 p.m. Friday, May 17, to 4 a.m. Monday, May 20, for paving.
May 14, 2024 | News/Press Release
Mohave County Manager will represent western Arizona counties
Pending confirmation by the state Senate, Elters will represent the district that includes the western Arizona counties of La Paz, Mohave, Yavapai and Yuma. He succeeds the late Gary Knight, whose term ended in January, and will serve a term that ends Jan. 21, 2030.
May 13, 2024 | News/Press Release
Highway to close three days a week for bridge replacement project
The Arizona Department of Transportation reminds motorists who travel on US 60 between Miami and Superior to plan ahead for about six months of three times-a-week daytime closures starting Thursday, May 16. This start date is one day later than originally announced for a project involving rock blasting as work begins to replace the Queen Creek and Waterfall Canyon bridges.
May 10, 2024 | News/Press Release
ADOT’s proposed 2025-2029 focus: upgrading pavement, improving major corridors
The Arizona Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on Friday, May 17, on the agency’s recommended statewide program of construction projects for the next five years.
May 9, 2024 | News/Press Release
Highway to close three days a week for bridge replacement project
The Arizona Department of Transportation reminds motorists who travel on US 60 between Miami and Superior to plan ahead for about six months of three times-a-week daytime closures starting Thursday, May 16. This start date is one day later than originally announced for a project involving rock blasting as work begins to replace the Queen Creek and Waterfall Canyon bridges.
May 9, 2024 | News/Press Release
The I-10 Wild Horse Pass Corridor Project
PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Transportation is pleased to announce that construction of the new I-10 bridges over the Gila River is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 13, 2024.
May 8, 2024 | News/Press Release
Blasting was a crucial earthwork operation for constructing the new lanes
If you’ve recently traveled along I-17 north of the Phoenix area, you’ve noticed that the landscape looks a lot different. Entire sections of the mountainsides have been removed through rock blasting, and this major earthwork operation is now complete.
May 7, 2024 | News/Press Release
Plan to use detours and expect delays
The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead for the long-term closure of the eastbound Interstate 10 off-ramp at Baseline Road. The off-ramp will close at 10 p.m. on Friday, May 10, for ramp reconfiguration. This closure is expected to last into July.
May 7, 2024 | News/Press Release
Dean Lindsey managed implementation of I-10’s ‘Final Mile’ in the 1980s
ADOT officials, former colleagues and others joined Lindsey’s family in Margaret T. Hance Park, located above the tunnel through which well over 250,000 vehicles pass daily, to unveil a plaque reading “Dean Lindsey I-10 Memorial Tunnel.”