Wed October 12, 2016
ADOT Sends Old SR 89 Hell Canyon Bridge Out With a Bang
The 62-year-old state Route 89 bridge at Hell Canyon was removed on Sept. 16. The Arizona Department of Transportation replaced the 1954 bridge, which no longer met state and federal design standards for larger and heavier vehicles, earlier this year....
Chuck Harvey - Wed October 12, 2016
Tangerine Road Project Keeps Crews Busy in Oro Valley
Crews are widening Tangerine Road — an important east-west connection between I-10 and SR 77 north of Tucson — and turning it into a modern multi-use desert parkway. As a parkway, it will be a broad, landscaped highway thoroughfare designed for commuters as well as sightseers out for a recreational drive....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT, Flagstaff Team Up to Improve Traffic Flow in City
Flagstaff residents and visitors will be able to spend more time enjoying the attractions of northern Arizona and less time getting there due to an upcoming Arizona Department of Transportation project designed to reduce congestion in the heart of that cityADOT and the city of Flagstaff are teaming to add turn lanes where North Humphreys Street (U.S....
Fri September 16, 2016
Shoulder Widening Under Way on SR 64 Near Airport
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is performing a shoulder widening project along State Route 64 (SR 64) near the town of Tusayan in Coconino County beginning at the Grand Canyon National Airport access road (milepost 234 to 235), skipping the town of Tusayan, and ending just south of the southern boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park (milepost 237)....
Fri September 16, 2016
Gila River Tribe Votes to Appeal Court's Decision on Freeway
PHOENIX (AP) The governing body of the Gila River Indian Community has voted unanimously to appeal a federal court's decision to allow construction of the proposed South Mountain Freeway adjacent to tribal lands....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT, FHA Prevail in South Mountain Freeway Lawsuit
Construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is scheduled to begin in early September after the U.S. District Court in Phoenix dismissed legal challenges and ruled that the Arizona Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration completed all steps required to move forward....
Fri September 16, 2016
Structures Acquired for South Mountain Freeway Provide Invaluable Training
Because of structures the Arizona Department of Transportation has acquired in the future path of the South Mountain Freeway, probationary firefighters with the Rural/Metro Fire Department were able to practice what's known as a mayday scenario, wearing blacked-out masks to simulate being trapped in a building filled with smoke.At a former hotel, SWAT teams from various law enforcement agencies practiced responding to hostage situations....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT Wins Award for 2015 Vermilion Cliffs Mud Clean Up
After a spectacularly strong monsoon dumped 1.5 in. of rain on northern Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs in just 15 minutes, it was no surprise that mud and rocks had covered U.S. 89A. But when Arizona Department of Transportation crews arrived on that day in August 2015, what they saw stopped their bulldozers in their tracks: boulders the size of elephants — 15 ft....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT Replants Saguaros on Loop 101
Drivers on the now-wider Loop 101 (Pima Freeway), where new lanes have been added south of Shea Boulevard, may also have noticed construction crews working in recent months to transplant large saguaros, other cactuses and trees that had temporarily been stored in nurseries near the freeway....
