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Arizona transportation board approves five-year construction program

The Arizona State Transportation Board has approved the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) five-year construction program that includes projects aimed at increasing capacity on major commerce corridors. “Connectivity and reliability are crucial for an ever-expanding state highway system like Arizona’s, especially as the population continues to grow and businesses choose to relocate here,” says ADOT […]

June 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute adds two colleges

Arizona’s National Summer Transportation Institute, which introduces high school students to transportation-related careers, is adding Gila Community College and Pima Community College in addition to what has been available at Arizona State University. The Federal Highway Administration funds the program which costs students nothing. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) handles the program, consisting of […]

June 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT’s first highway P3 delivering South Mountain Freeway 3 years ahead of schedule

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) reports the state’s first highway public-private partnership (P3) is delivering the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway sooner than anticipated. The P3, which involves Connect 202 Partners, allowed for the final piece of the Loop 202 system to be built as a single project, rather than nine individual projects as […]

June 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT’s newest roundabout aims to combat congestion

The Arizona DOT (ADOT) has opened to traffic its newest roundabout east of Interstate 17 in Camp Verde, an area about 90 miles north of Phoenix. The $1.3 million project is located at the intersection of SR 260 and Industrial Drive, a busy area ADOT says is popular with I-17 travelers for gas and food. […]

June 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT adding sensors to I-17 to track traffic flow

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is in the process of adding sensors along Interstate 17 in the Phoenix area over the next few weeks as part of an overall system to monitor traffic flow across the state. The data collected by the sensors will be used in estimate travel times displayed on overhead message […]

May 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT using mechanically stabilized earth panels on South Mountain Freeway interchange

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Connect 202 Partners are using mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls in the construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange with 17th Avenue. The project is expected to be finished in 2019. MSE’s are assembled like building blocks as large as 5-by-10 feet that incorporate the walls […]

May 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT picks winners of Safety Message Contest

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) selected two winners for its Safety Message Contest, with the two messages displayed at various times April 21 through April 24. One message “That’s the temperature – not the speed limit.” was displayed on overhead signs April 21-23 across the state. The other, “Single in HOV? Get a real […]

April 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT to install state’s first prefabricated bridge

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will install the state’s first prefabricated bridge on old Route 66 (Oatman Highway) over Sacramento Wash in northwestern Arizona, KTAR News reports. The 110-foot-long bridge will be transported in sections from Phoenix, where it is being manufactured, to the bridge site in Mohave County. The support structure is already in place, and bridge […]

March 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT uses concrete columns to test aesthetics for Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has placed a series of painted concrete columns and walls near the southwest corner of 59th Avenue and Washington Street in Phoenix to test the aesthetics of shapes and colors for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. The sample bridge piers and sound walls “provide a full-scale view of […]

March 8, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT holds Safety Message Contest voting

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has narrowed down the entries into its Safety Message Contest for overhead signs to 20 finalists and has opened online voting to select the winner through March 15. Finalist messages and voting are available at azdot.gov/signcontest. The winning messages will appear on overheads signs for one day each in April. […]

March 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT names DeMers as director of innovative partnerships and alternative funding

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has named Michael DeMers as the its director of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, a position that oversees efforts to find new ways of generating transportation revenue and finding ways to “leverage emerging technologies.” “I am thrilled to be a part of the MoDOT team,” DeMers says. “The department […]

February 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT opens Grand Ave. ramps at Bell Road bridge

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has opened all four ramps at the Grand Avenue (U.S. 60) and Bell Road interchange near Surprise, Arizona. The $41.9 million project was started just over a year ago. The project is known as a median urban diamond, ADOT reports, that features “connections at the center rather than ramps […]

February 20, 2017