By Mary Currie / ADOT Adopt a Highway This story began as a back-to-school message to kids of all ages about the negative effects of littering. I was struggling for a catchy new angle when the phone rang. Richard Perez, permit supervisor for ADOT’s Northwest District, called to notify me that the Glendale Union High … Read more
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Stephanie Dyer / ADOT Communications It’s Shark Week! Discovery Channel is back with its annual viewing extravaganza featuring this predator that resides near the top of the marine food chain. Did you know there were 130 reported incidents of shark-human interaction worldwide in 2018? According to the International Shark Attack File, a scientific organization that compiles … Read more
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By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications This year’s monsoon hasn’t hit with anything too bad, at least so far, but it’s always helpful to be reminded of how hazardous extreme weather can be. According to The Associated Press, on this date in 1917 a 5-mile stretch of the Ajo Highway was reported washed out and the southern … Read more
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications For those of us looking forward to new lanes being added to Interstate 17 in the Anthem and Black Canyon City region, this week was another important one as ADOT prepares to start construction in less than two years. The Federal Highway Administration provided great news that Arizona will … Read more
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications On this date in 1921, nine years and some months after statehood, the Arizona Highway Department published the first incarnation of Arizona Highways. Looks a little different from the glossy magazine featuring stunning landscape photography and rich storytelling about Arizona, doesn’t it? This first printing, shown above, was a … Read more
<a href="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/ca34be178c8006c57b531ff0000a35efc.jpg?sfvrsn=0"><img src="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/ca34be178c8006c57b531ff0000a35efc.jpg?sfvrsn=0&MaxWidth=550&MaxHeight=&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=519746E16BBE40885F1A3FD7378FD090" data-displaymode="Custom" alt="c" title="c" data-openoriginalimageonclick="true" style="vertical-align: middle;" data-method="ResizeFitToAreaArguments" data-customsizemethodproperties="{"MaxWidth":"550","MaxHeight":"","ScaleUp":false,"Quality":"High"}"></a><br><br><strong>By David Rookhuyzen / <em>ADOT Communications</em></strong><br><br>Ever see a picture of friend in high school, and they sort of look the same but are also sort of unrecognizable?<br><br>That’s how we are feeling about this picture taken by the Arizona Highway Department in 1966 and available through … Read more
By Captain Leah Ray / ADOT Enforcement and Compliance Division Earlier this month, officers from ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division joined the Peoria Police Department’s crisis intervention team for that agency’s seventh annual Homeless Outreach Event. The goal of the event, held at the Rio Vista Community Center, was working with social service resources, mental health providers, … Read more
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