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The westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) on-ramp at Val Vista Drive in the Southeast Valley is scheduled to close for approximately 60 days starting at 10 p.m. Friday, March 14. The closure will allow crews to reconstruct the ramp as part of the Loop 202 widening project.

Snow and ice on the road can lead to slide-offs and crashes. Those who choose to travel anyway should leave prepared to spend extended time in winter weather. Packing an emergency kit is among ADOT’s safety recommendations you’ll find at azdot.gov/KnowSnow.

May 7 will be here quickly. So join the 2,509,977 – and counting – Arizonans who have already upgraded to the Arizona Travel ID. More information, including a full list of qualifying documents, is available at azdot.gov/TravelID.

The Hassayampa Rest Area on US 60 near Wickenburg will close starting Monday, March 10, for a renovation that’s expected to be complete in summer 2025.

Along Interstate 40 and US 93 in this Northwestern Arizona community, the many features of a free-flowing interchange are rising: a bridge for US 93, 2 miles of sound walls, a path for a new roadway between these two major highways.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to plan ahead and expect to use detours as southbound SR 143 will be closed between Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and I-10 from 10 p.m. Friday, March 7, to 10 a.m. Sunday, March 9, for a traffic shift.

Motorists on westbound Interstate 40 in Kingman should plan ahead for overnight restrictions and full closures of up to 30 minutes the nights of March 10, 13, 17 and 20.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is targeting pavement improvements and expanding several key highways in the $12.7 billion Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program for 2026-2030. This list of projects ADOT intends to design and construct over the next five years is available for public comment through May 23.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to plan ahead and expect to use detours as northbound State Route 143 will close between I-10 and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) from 7 p.m. Saturday, March 1, to 4 a.m. Monday, March 3, for a traffic shift.

MVD's Tucson North office on North Shannon Road will be undergoing a complete remodel. Limited MVD services will continue to be available through a temporary office modular trailer. Services will be conducted via 13 TeleMVD stations inside the trailer.

Six of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s snowplows will soon be named. Through Feb. 25, the public can vote for their favorite names as part of ADOT’s third Name-A-Snowplow contest. More than 2,100 entries were received in January and whittled down to 15 finalists.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to plan ahead and expect to use detours as northbound State Route 143 will be closed between Interstate 10 and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, to 4 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is pleased to announce that the newly constructed, additional travel lanes on  eastbound and westbound Interstate 10 mainline in the Broadway Curve area are now open to motorists.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has finished reconstructing the interchange of Interstate 10 and Orange Grove Road, reopening the busy interchange to traffic early Wednesday morning.

Full closures for this project, which is replacing the Queen Creek Bridge and Waterfall Canyon Bridge east of Superior, are normally scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, as needed, for blasting and cleanup.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has completed a $23.9 million improvement project to expand capacity on US 95 between Yuma and the Yuma Proving Ground, the area’s top civilian employer.

Drivers traveling along southbound Interstate 17 during the overnight hours next week should plan for full closures of I-17 at Bumble Bee Road (milepost 248) for work to take down the old Bumble Bee bridge over southbound I-17 as part of the I-17 Improvement Project.

The Arizona Department of Transportation advises motorists to plan ahead and expect to use detours as eastbound Interstate 10 will be closed between SR 51 and US 60 from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, to 4 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, for bridge work.

ADOT will use this grant, through the Federal Highway Administration’s Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, to develop an online mapping tool that will help identify wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots, analyze data about collisions and identify wildlife corridors for habitat connectivity.

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.