PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Transportation recently announced it is now past the midway point of its Interstate 17 wildlife overpass construction project near Flagstaff.

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Work to start on I-17 wildlife overpass south of Flagstaff

The I-17 work, which is 12 miles south of Flagstaff and began in May, is on schedule to be finished in fall 2026, according to ADOT.

ADOT said concrete has been laid on the 100-foot-wide bridge just north of Willard Springs Road, which will allow “wildlife, including elk and deer, to cross over I-17” and it

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