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Arizona DOT using pavement sensors to predict and respond to ice formation

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is using sensors at three Interstate 40 locations near Flagstaff to predict ice formation on the roadway and set their response plans as a result. The agency reports the data they’ve been collecting has proven helpful and plans to install sensors at other “high-country roadway locations” in the future. […]

February 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT holds highway safety message contest

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is holding a contest soliciting for safety messages to be placed on the agency’s overhead sings above state highways. The department first began using what it calls “unconventional safety messages” on these boards more than a year ago to “kick-start a change in social acceptance” of dangerous driving behaviors, including […]

February 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allows South Mountain Freeway work to continue

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Gila River Indian Community’s motion for an injunction pending appeal to stop the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. Work can now proceed on the South Mountain Freeway “while an appeal by freeway opponents is pending before the 9th Circuit in San Francisco,” says the Arizona […]

January 19, 2017

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Arizona DOT begins designating Safety Corridors to reduce collisions and deaths

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started adding signage to highways in the state indicating those that are designated as Safety Corridors—roadway sections that have more crashes, injuries and death than normally expected. Along with ADOT, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety are implementing four Safety Corridors […]

December 15, 2016

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Arizona DOT uses remote-monitoring system to manage Maricopa traffic in real time

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has added a wireless communication system on Arizona 347 in Maricopa that allows technicians in Phoenix to keep an eye on traffic conditions and rework the time of signals and lights to keep traffic flowing efficiently.   “We’re working to make the best use of the existing road through […]

December 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT opens Maricopa County’s third-busiest intersection

The bridge at Bell Road and U.S. 60/Grand Ave. in Surprise, Arizona, part of a $41.9 million interchange project at Maricopa County’s third-busiest intersection, opened to motorists Nov. 22 after seven months of construction, azcentral.com reports. The new interchange will eliminate delays caused by trains on the BNSF Railway tracks along Grand Ave. Doug Nintzel, spokeman for the […]

December 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT to launch I-17 driver safety project near Phoenix

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will launch a driver safety project on Interstate 17 north of Phoenix to include alerts for speeding, curves and traffic conditions. Included in the project are digital displays showing drivers their current speed in relation to the speed limit, new signs indicating curves in the highway ahead of the […]

November 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation team up for South Mountain Freeway design elements

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to incorporate design aesthetics into the South Mountain Freeway. Wright was in Arizona in the late 1920s to design a resort and created a temporary settlement named Ocatillo near what will be the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. The project ended, but […]

November 28, 2016

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Arizona DOT set to reopen portion of $42 million Bell-Grand interchange

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) plans to open the overpass that carries Bell Road across Grand Avenue Nov. 22, as part of a $41.9 million interchange project in Surprise, Arizona. ADOT’s goal was to reopen Bell Road before the holiday shopping season, and then subsequently complete the entire project before spring training baseball season. The […]

November 16, 2016

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Arizona DOT raises $1.9 million for breast cancer awareness with license plate

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has raised $1.9 million for breast cancer awareness in the last 10 years through its Motor Vehicle Vision’s Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness specialty license plates. The agency has issued close to 110,000 of the plates since 2006, with a portion of the funds allocated for the Arizona Department […]

November 2, 2016

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DOTs recommend pedestrian, commuter vigilance on Halloween

Departments of transportation are reminding motorists and pedestrians to be more aware today during evening commute times as trick-or-treaters make their rounds. Reports of pedestrian injuries and fatalities typically increase on Halloween. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says in 2013 pedestrian fatalities on Halloween accounted for 31 percent of all traffic fatalities, double the […]

October 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT making progress on Grand Ave./Bell Road Interchange Project

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) issued a project update as work continues on the Grand Ave./Bell Road Interchange Project. According to YourWestValley.com, the update states that Bell Road between 134th Ave. and West Point Pkwy. will remain completely closed until November 22, 2016, at which time construction on that portion of the project should be completed, […]

October 25, 2016