This is the story of a lucky cat rescued from danger. Let’s call it: Highway Hawk saves highway cat. On Monday, the young feline was clinging to a drainage grate on the shoulder of US 60 near Mill Avenue in Tempe. Her prospects looked pretty bleak. Enter ADOT’s Raymond Shaban, a member of the .  Shaban, who once was … Read more

Interstate 40 can take you to some odd places throughout Arizona – including this gravesite. It’s rumored to commemorate the final resting place of the only man who died peacefully near a rough Arizona town. Canyon Diablo (“Devil’s Canyon” in Spanish) was truly “lawless.” When the town was founded in 1880, the closest law enforcement was over … Read more

Pardon me boys. Is that the Hattie B. choo-choo? It’s been nearly 40 years since a passenger train dubbed the Hattie B. chugged its way into Arizona transportation history as one of the only ways to cross the Salt River during epic flooding that washed out most bridges and temporarily closed the busy Interstate 10 bridge … Read more

2/23/2020 Where in AZ?? If you haven’t been to this Arizona spot, it’s one you’ll want to add to your list. Tags:  Where in AZ Source: Arizona DMV

When ADOT constructs a new road or bridge, you can thank somebody like Patrice Brun for being one of the first engineers to turn over the soil or move the rock. But Brun isn’t putting down asphalt or building bridge piers. As a geotechnical engineer, his job is to understand the makeup of the earth … Read more