Arizona is on track to receive a $54 million federal grant helping fund two key widening projects, and adding traffic-management technology that includes a dust storm detection and warning system, along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson. Members of…
Overseeing Cleanups, ADOT Looks Out for the Environment
PHOENIX, Jan. 27, 2016—When fuel and other hazardous materials spill along our highways, the Arizona Department of Transportation makes sure the messes…
Arizona to Add Structural Health Monitoring to I-15 Bridges
PHOENIX, Jan. 22, 2016—Arizona Department of Transportation engineers in Phoenix will get real-time information on the conditions of four interstate…
Arizona Focuses on Sustaining a Reliable Transportation System
PHOENIX – As traffic demands continue to grow across the state, the Arizona Department of Transportation is becoming more efficient and innovative in operating and sustaining a transportation system that touches the lives of nearly every Arizonan. In streamlining…
ADOT and ASU Partner on Real-Time Weather Information
PHOENIX – With weather updates important to traffic flow and the safety of motorists, an innovative partnership between the Arizona Department of Transportation and Arizona State University will provide real-time forecasts to those managing our highways.…
Arizona’s South Mountain Freeway to be Constructed as Public-Private Partnership
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation has selected a preferred developer for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, which remains on track for construction to begin in summer 2016 as the largest-ever highway project in the state. This is the first…
Federal Highway Administration Awards $6.4 Million to Tribal Government and Six States to Speed Innovative Projects
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced more than $6.4 million in grants from the Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program to fund innovative projects in Arizona,…
ADOT Receives Environmental Award for San Pedro Bridge Replacement Near Sierra Vista
PHOENIX, April 29, 2015—The Arizona Department of Transportation has been recognized for its environmental protection efforts while rebuilding the San Pedro Bridge through a sensitive conservation area on State Route 90 east of Sierra Vista. The American…
Landscape Evolution Observatory Wins National Steel Building Award
April 16, 2015—The Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at Biosphere 2, an Earth systems science research facility in Oracle, Ariz., has earned national recognition in the 2015 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards…
Study Takes Aim at Mitigating the Human Impact on the Central Valley
TEMPE, Ariz., March 30, 2015—As more people move to different regions of the country it will require planners to use as many tools as they can to develop urban areas that satisfy population demands and not over burden the environment. A new study from Arizona…
