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Upcoming Arizona Freeway Sign Update Projects

Arizona uses reflective backgrounds and legend on all new regulatory, warning, marker, and guide signs, including large freeway guide signs. The reflective sheeting on these signs eventually diminishes in effectiveness over time, so periodic replacement of signs is necessary.

Arizona has developed a statewide program of periodically replacing signs on freeways. This program permits ADOT to maintain safe and effective signing on all the state's freeways. The average freeway will undergo a complete sign update approximately every 10-15 years. This program is funded 95% by Federal funds, and 5% by State funds.
The scope of a typical sign update project is as follows:

Change and update sign legends to meet the needs of changing and growing communities along Arizona freeways

Replace regulatory, warning, marker, and guide signs along freeway mainline through the project limits

Replace regulatory, warning, marker, and guide signs on ramps and crossroads within the project limits

Replace or improve sign installations that do not meet current standards for height, lateral offset, and location

Replace sign posts and foundations that do not meet current structural and crashworthiness standards

Relocate exit signs to reduce the possibility of damage by errant drivers

Current and Upcoming Projects:

Location Est. Cost Date

I-8 California State Line - Ligurta $0.7 million Completed 1996

I-8 Ligurta - Dateland $0.6 million Completed 1997

I-19 Nogales - Tucson $3.0 million Completed 1999

I-17 Pinnacle Peak Rd - Cherry Rd $1.6 million Completed 1998

I-40 Winslow - Sun Valley $1.5 million Underway

I-40 McConnico - Seligman $2.4 million Underway

I-17 Maricopa TI - Thomas Rd $1.8 million Underway

I-40 Seligman - Bellemont $1.5 million Underway

I-10 Jct I-19 - Craycroft Rd $1.4 million Nov 1999

I-10 Tangerine Rd - Jct I-19 $3.2 million Apr 2000

I-40 Sun Valley - New Mexico State Line $1.6 million FY 2000

I-10 Dysart Rd - 27th Ave $2.8 million Jun 2001

US 60 Jct I-10 - Power Rd $3.5 million FY 2001

I-17 Peoria - Pinnacle Peak $1.7 million Nov 2002

I-8 Gila Bend Rest Area - Jct I-10 $0.9 million FY 2002

SR 51 Jct I-10 - Glendale Ave $1.6 million FY 2002

I-10 Jct SR 202 - Chandler Blvd $3.5 million FY 2003

I-40 Bellemont - Winslow $1.6 million FY 2004

I-10 Craycroft Rd - Willcox $2.0 million FY 2004

I-10 Willcox - New Mexico State Line $1.1 million FY 2007

US 60 Power Rd - Mountain View Rd $2.3 million FY 2007