By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications ADOT’s first-in-the-nation I-17 wrong-way vehicle alert system, featuring thermal camera technology, continues to draw provide opportunities to share ideas with agencies from other states. The latest example: a recent peer-to-peer meeting with a team from the North Texas Tollway Authority at ADOT’s Traffic Operations Center in Phoenix. ADOT has hosted groups … Read more
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By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications 161. That’s the number of miles of US 93 between Wickenburg and the Nevada state line that have been upgraded to four-lane divided highway. And we’re launching a $35.5 million project that will add nearly 4 more miles to that total. This work just north of Wikieup, between Carrow and Stephens, will … Read more
By Garin Groff /ADOT Communications After an extended stretch of dry weather, Arizona drivers should prepare for driving in the rain – or in snow at higher elevations – late this week and into the weekend. For much of the state, rain will be the main concern. Our tips for driving in on wet roads … Read more
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director What do Disney and driving have in common? To many people it’s a short list that includes the Autopia ride at Disneyland and the “Cars” movie franchise that spawned Cars Land at Disney California Adventure Park. Those are solid answers. How many of us – or our children – received … Read more
<a href="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/aot-salt-river-bridge-pour.jpg?sfvrsn=0"><img title="AOT-Salt-River-bridge-pour" style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="AOT-Salt-River-bridge-pour" src="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/aot-salt-river-bridge-pour.jpg?sfvrsn=0&MaxWidth=550&MaxHeight=&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=CC0614E3DFE239A1C3C9F05137C6C651" data-openoriginalimageonclick="true" data-displaymode="Custom" data-customsizemethodproperties='{"MaxWidth":"550","MaxHeight":"","ScaleUp":false,"Quality":"High"}’ data-method="ResizeFitToAreaArguments"></a><br><br><strong>By John Dougherty /<em>ADOT Communications</em></strong><br><br> Art helps to enlarge people’s perspective, which this shot of a recent bridge deck pour for the <a href="https://www.azdot.gov/projects/central-district-projects/loop-202-(south-mountain-freeway)">South Mountain Freeway</a> is definitely doing. This early morning shot gives some scale of the recent work that went into completing the … Read more
By Dustin Krugel / ADOT Communications As the before (left) and after photos above show, ADOT’s Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project is advancing quickly. Monday morning commuters using I-10 through the South Mountain Freeway work zone in west Phoenix saw that progress first-hand Monday. After a weekend of work, there are now mammoth support beams, … Read more
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By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications Today we are throwing back to this 1979 photo of construction work under Interstate 10 at the Salt River Bridge. The photo didn’t come with information on what is being done, but it’s worth noting that seven floods swept through the Phoenix area between October 1977 and February 1980, … Read more