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MVD’s online portal, azmvdnow.gov, conveniently provides a free summary of vehicle license tax and fees paid during 2023 for every vehicle registered in your name.

ADOT is set to begin an $8.2 million project to build a new bridge carrying J.W. Powell Boulevard over I-17 near Flagstaff’s Pulliam Airport. Work is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, weather permitting. Learn more here.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead and plan to use detours as southbound SR 143 will be closed between Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) March 22-25.

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.

Motorists in southeastern Arizona should plan for overnight detours on Interstate 10 west of Willcox as crews begin to demolish the US 191 bridge that was severely damaged in a crash last year. 

The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead and expect delays as northbound SR 143 between Broadway Road and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) will be closed from 10 p.m. Saturday, March 16 to 4 a.m. Monday, March 18 for paving and a traffic shift.

More than 50 personnel from ADOT, AZDPS and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will conduct an annual concentrated commercial vehicle safety enforcement detail as part of the Arizona Commercial Vehicle Safety Partnership.

This week serves as a reminder to vehicle owners of the dangers of lingering vehicle recalls and to get any unrepaired recalls fixed immediately. 

The Arizona Department of Transportation is targeting pavement improvements and expanding several key highways as major parts of its Tentative Five-Year Construction Program for 2025-2029. This proposed annual update to the ADOT’s list of projects in design and construction is now available for public comment through late May.

PHOENIX – The results are in for the Arizona Department of Transportation’s second Name-A-Snowplow Contest and Arizonans have chosen some humorous and creative names. 

After tabulating more than 9,500 votes, the winning snowplow names are:

Some of the most visible work to rebuild a section of I-10 in the Tucson area is quickly progressing as work crews have now set more than 80 bridge girders in place and installed large sections of the new concrete driving surface.

The widening project will increase capacity and reduce congestion on a busy section of I-10 near Wild Horse Pass within the Gila River Indian Community.

Appointments to visit an MVD office can be scheduled through the MVD customer portal at AZMVDNOW.gov or by contacting an MVD employee on the ADOT website through Live Chat. 

The Arizona Department of Transportation is working with the Maricopa Association of Governments and the town of Florence to construct dual roundabouts in Florence that will improve safety and the flow of traffic at the junction of state routes 287 and 79B.

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.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists to plan ahead and expect delays as eastbound Interstate 10 between SR 51 and US 60 will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, through 4 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, for a traffic shift

ADOT's Enforcement and Compliance Division protects Arizona’s transportation infrastructure and promotes road safety through the inspection of commercial vehicles at the state’s ports of entry and mobile inspection stations.

Nearly 9,000 of these dedicated individuals filled more than 15,000 bags with roadside litter, mainly outside of Arizona’s metropolitan areas. The value of this work: $674,000. Learn more at azdot.gov/adoptahighway.

PHOENIX – Three new names will soon be placed on some of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s snowplows after Arizonans submitted about 3,400 entries last month in ADOT’s second Name-A-Snowplow Contest.

Starting today, the public can go to azdot.gov/NameAPlow to vote for their favorite names. The three names that receive the most votes will be crowned the winners and placed on the driver’s side of snowplow cabs. Voting is open through Thursday, Feb. 15. 

The 10 finalists are:

Most specialty plates cost $25 each year. Of that amount, $17 goes to a designated charity or nonprofit group. Last fiscal year sales of specialty plates contributed over $12 million for various causes and charities.