By Angela De Welles / ADOT Communications The state was continuing to suffer through the Great Depression, and there were barely more than 400,000 people living here … but there were cars on the road! And those cars – about 112,000 vehicles were registered in Arizona at the time – needed license plates. So, members of … Read more
By Kim Noetzel / ADOT Communications Drivers who use Pinnacle Peak Road at Interstate 17 will soon experience the first major impact of the $50 million project to reconstruct two overburdened traffic interchanges in north Phoenix. A section of Pinnacle Peak Road directly east of I-17 is scheduled to close for 23 days as crews … Read more
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By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications It wasn’t the Oscars, and, more importantly, it was about highway safety. As the video above shows, ADOT was in the spotlight at a recent ceremony in Washington D.C., when a national group honored one of the agency’s creative safety solutions. The National Operations Center of Excellence presented its Best … Read more
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications It’s a common question we get on social media: Why isn’t all construction done at night? Night work does have the advantage of happening when it will impact the least amount of traffic. Around the Phoenix area especially, ADOT tries to schedule work on major freeways for nighttime or … Read more
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By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications The Renaissance is known for its advances in science, art and culture, among its many historic accomplishments. So with an annual festival celebrating the Renaissance drawing heavy traffic along US 60 near Gold Canyon, ADOT has turned to the very modern science of traffic engineering to help reduce delays … Read more
By Mary Currie / ADOT Communications We arrived at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, to the Three Points/Robles Junction Community Center, a scenic 25-mile drive southwest of Tucson. The crisp, 50-degree morning could not have been more agreeable for a morning highway cleanup. Melissa Owen of Rancho Sierra Vista de Sasabe was preparing an … Read more
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications It’s never easy getting drivers ready for construction work along a busy Phoenix-area freeway. Heck, some of you reading this might not even know that starting Friday night, Feb. 8, ADOT is embarking on a large makeover of Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) in north Phoenix and Scottsdale. But even … Read more
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications Wrapping up a civil engineering degree? Want to make a difference by helping build, operate and maintain the nation’s most reliable transportation system? Then we hope you’ll consider a career with ADOT. You’ll see us at job fairs held by Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona. … Read more