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By David Woodfill / ADOT Communications In this week’s Friday Five blog post, transportation officials from other states visited Arizona to witness our strides in developing wrong-way detection technology. We also stumped you with a new “Where in AZ??” brain teaser and showed some of the latest pictures of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway construction, … Read more
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications The thrills of aerobatic piloting skills are on full display in these photos taken at the Festival of Flight, an airshow held at the Phoenix Deer Valley Municipal Airport in April 1978. The show was sponsored by community service organization the Arizona Jaycees. It featured, among other things, a visit … Read more
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications With last year’s installation of the pilot Interstate 17 wrong-way vehicle detection and warning system in Phoenix, the Arizona Department of Transportation has looked ahead to sharing information about the project with other states also responding to challenges involving often-impaired wrong-way drivers. An opportunity to do that happened this month when … Read more
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director “Buckle Up, Buttercup” is the year’s winner in the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Safety Message Contest. The runner-up messages were “Road Rage Gives You Wrinkles” and “Camping in the Left Lane Attracts Bears.” All three safety messages appeared on overhead signs statewide this past weekend. I want to thank … Read more
<a title="South Mountain Freeway: Salt River Bridges – April 2018" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/arizonadot/albums/72157693679678471" data-flickr-embed="true"><img width="640" height="427" alt="South Mountain Freeway: Salt River Bridges – April 2018" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/901/41307991782_23a8b2a1cd_z.jpg"></a><script src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8" async=""></script><br><br> <strong>By Steve Elliott / <em>ADOT Communications</em></strong><br><br> A project as large as the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway makes for some impressive pictures, including the slideshow above produced as … Read more
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By David Woodfill / ADOT Communications As progress chugs along on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, this week’s Art of Transportation gives us a peek at one of the giant, lumbering creatures of forged steel that make such a massive project possible. “I was on the south end of one of the two new Salt … Read more
By Mary J. Currie / ADOT Communications National Volunteer Week has been observed throughout the United States and the world for over 20 years. And ADOT is marking it by sending certificates of appreciation to the 800-plus groups that are part of our Adopt a Highway volunteer program. These volunteers cleaned up nearly 1,500 miles along highways and … Read more
By Laura Douglas / ADOT CommunicationsWhen it comes to transportation planning, can one voice make a difference? The answer is yes. Transportation is personal. As you can imagine, we hear from a lot of people every day who have questions and comments for us about Arizona’s highway system. We want people to be engaged in transportation, … Read more