Sedona AZ (January 5, 2017) – With Valley drivers benefiting from several freeway improvement projects completed during 2016, including the widening of Loop 101 between Shea Boulevard and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) in the Scottsdale area, the Arizona Department of Transportation is poised to start or complete several Phoenix-area projects in the coming year. ADOT’s highlights for the regional... 

Sedona AZ (May 3, 2016) – Arizona State Route 89 will close for four hours approximately 13 miles north of Chino Valley starting at 9:00 p.m. on May 6, so crews can pour a concrete bridge deck at Hell Canyon (milepost 346). It’s one of the final steps in readying a $14.4 million bridge scheduled to open to traffic in mid-June 2016. Motorists planning to use SR 89 between I-40 and Prescott between... 

Joseph R. Walker photo by Matthew Brady circa 1860 led a well-known gold-hunting expedition of 34 men into the mountains of central Arizona, near what is now the city of Prescott. The company struck gold along the Hassayampa River and Lynx Creek bringing subsequent white settlement in the area. The village of Walker, Arizona is named for him. He died at his home in Walnut Creek, California, and is... 

Sedona AZ (March 14, 2014) – Early next week traffic will be switched to the newly constructed (east side) of the Big Chino Bridge on Arizona State Route 89, north of Chino Valley, Arizona. Delays are expected of up to fifteen minutes on Monday and Tuesday, March 17 and 18, 2014, between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. as crews prepare to open the east side of the bridge and remove the temporary signal... 

Sedona AZ (September 6, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation will begin making improvements to the Big Chino Wash Bridge on State Route 89, approximately eight miles north of Chino Valley (milepost 335 to 336) on Monday, September 9, 2013, weather permitting. The Chino Valley bridge work consists of widening the existing bridge and replacing its decking followed by re-striping the... 

Phoenix AZ (April 13, 2012) – Late night closures and restrictions will be in place on Arizona Interstate 17 at Cordes Junction for the week of April 15 through April 20, 2012 as crews perform bridge work and construct a new detour, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation: ● Sunday night, April 15, 2012 between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. northbound Arizona I-17 will be closed intermittently...