Arizona DOT

Associated Press - Thu March 26, 2020

'Disruptive' Major Freeway Project Planned in Phoenix

Phoenix (AP) — Transportation planners are spreading the word that the start of a multiyear project to rebuild a critical freeway corridor in the heart of the Phoenix metro area is only about a year off....

Thu March 26, 2020

Special Academy Session Helps Women Move Into Construction

ADOT has hosted many sessions of its Construction Academy during the past six years. But the latest one held at the beginning of March in Phoenix was still a momentous first. That's because all the participants in this academy, which ran from March 2 to 13, were women....

ADOT - Mon December 30, 2019

Native Plants Return Along South Mountain Freeway

After spending time in temporary nurseries, more than 1,000 saguaro cactuses, palo verde trees and other native plants removed from the path of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway are now being used to grace the 22-mile corridor....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 05, 2019

Coffman Ames Helms Much-Needed Loop 101 Widening Job

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is overseeing a $185 million effort that will widen and improve the Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) from Interstate 17 in Phoenix east to Pima Road in Scottsdale....

ADOT - Wed October 09, 2019

Work Begins on $22.7M Pinto Creek Bridge Project

An Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) project on U.S. 60 east of the Phoenix area is replacing the 70-year-old bridge over Pinto Creek with a nearly 700-ft. span designed to better accommodate personal and commercial travel for decades to come....

ADOT - Wed October 09, 2019

Speed Limits Posted on Pavement on SR 347 South of I-10

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has added to the ways drivers see the posted speed limit on a stretch of SR 347 in the southeast Valley. The speed limit is now displayed on the highway pavement in large white decals as part of an effort to improve safety along SR 347 between I-10 and Riggs Road....

ADOT News - Tue October 08, 2019

Federal Grant Will Advance U.S. 191 Bridge Improvements on Navajo Nation

Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to advance improvements to four U.S. 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona....

Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue August 13, 2019

Innovative Techniques Make I-40 Bridge Replacement Faster

An Arizona Department of Transportation project replacing the Interstate 40 bridge at Meteor City Road is using innovative techniques that get the work done faster, limit inconvenience for motorists and reduce long-term maintenance costs....

Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue August 13, 2019

Loop 101 Project Will Close Bridge Through Late 2020

The 15th Avenue bridge over Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) in north Phoenix will be closed until late next year starting July 8, for improvements that are part of the Arizona Department of Transportation's ongoing freeway widening project....

Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue July 16, 2019

Crews Set Final Girder for Loop 202 SMF

After construction on 40 bridges over more than two years, workers have placed the final girder for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, the Arizona Department of Transportation's single largest-ever freeway construction project....