Arizona DOT

Tue January 02, 2018

Ninth Circuit Ruling Keeps SMF Construction Moving

The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway remains on track to open by late 2019 with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirming a U.S. District Court ruling that allowed the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to move forward with construction....

Tue December 05, 2017

ADOT Opens Its Transportation Plan for Comment

After two years of research and analysis, the public now has the opportunity to comment on the Arizona Department of Transportation's draft long-range plan, outlining strategies for meeting the state's highway and bridge needs over the next 25 years....

Tue November 07, 2017

ADOT, Tucson-Area Tribe Partner on Construction Academy

Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation....

Tue November 07, 2017

ADOT Seeks Input to Reduce Impacts for I-17 Projects in 2018

As the Arizona Department of Transportation prepares to rebuild two busy north Phoenix traffic interchanges in 2018, it is seeking input now from people who live, work and drive in the project area about ways to reduce construction-related impacts on the community....

Angela DeWelles - ADOT Communications - Tue November 07, 2017

From ADOT's Newsletter Archives: Mapping in the '70s

In the late 1970s, maps were primarily printed on paper and definitely didn't have the ability to point you toward any nearby restaurants or tell you what traffic conditions to expect on the drive home....

Peter Corbett - Tue October 10, 2017

Project Offers Rare Look at What Lies Beneath Hwy. Surface

A project under way on Interstate 40 just west of Williams offers a rare opportunity to see what lies beneath at least some of the seemingly endless miles of roadway in the state highway system. Rather than milling off the top layer of pavement and installing a new surface, work occurring in eastbound lanes between mileposts 156 and 161 is rebuilding the roadway from the ground up....

Tue October 10, 2017

Moving Chuckwallas Part of South Mountain Freeway Plans

On several hot summer mornings, biologists dressed in hiking gear searched crannies along ridges in the southwest corner of the South Mountain Park/Preserve. Their mission: finding and then relocating the elusive chuckwalla....

Tue September 12, 2017

Repairs Begin Along Flood-Damaged 24-Mile Stretch of SR 88/Apache Trail

A two-month repair project is under way on a 24-mi. stretch of state Route 88 (Apache Trail) between Apache Junction and an area east of Canyon Lake. State Route 88 experienced structural erosion following heavy flooding on July 24....

Tue September 12, 2017

ADOT Waives Fees to Help Texas After Hurricane Harvey

The Arizona Department of Transportation is helping urgently needed equipment reach Texas as quickly as possible by waiving fees and expediting permits so commercial vehicles hauling oversize loads can get there faster....

Tue September 12, 2017

$128M Ina Road Project Marks Milestone

Six months in, signs of progress abound at an Arizona Department of Transportation project creating a modern traffic interchange at Ina Road and Interstate 10 and more efficient traffic flow through a growing area....