Adopt a Highway

Volunteers collected 14,400 bags of trash in 2021, which totals about 197,000 pounds.

TUCSON - A major litter cleanup project in the Tucson area has removed 44,000 pounds of trash from Interstates 10 and 19 in the Tucson area as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s ongoing efforts to keep highways clean.

The cleanup involved trash of all kinds and sizes. From plastic bottles and paper to shopping carts, tires and carpeting, the four-day effort deployed 45 ADOT maintenance crews from as far as Casa Grande and Nogales.

Struggling to complete your holiday gift lift? Consider shopping at ADOT! Seriously. 

It could be said that Aaron and Natalie Merullo are a special welcoming committee for travelers crossing the stateline from Utah into Arizona.

Learn how you can join dozens of volunteers in January to clean miles of State Route 286! 

One Adopt a Highway group in northeastern Arizona honors their Navajo elder through their volunteerism. 

Read about one family that paid tribute to their little brother on National CleanUp Day. 

Hundreds of thousands participated in National CleanUp Day, including Adopt a Highway volunteers. 

Arizona Department of Transportation volunteers answered the call to participate on National CleanUp Day, Sept. 18, by removing more than 150 bags, or 2,053 pounds of trash from alongside Arizona’s highways. 

Forty groups from all corners of the state: Page, Yuma, Concho, Vernon, Show Low, Prescott, Chino Valley, Congress, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Tucson, Bouse, Claypool, Sahuarita and Bullhead City, registered with ADOT for the event on the Adopt a Highway website. 

National CleanUp Day is almost here. Be sure to let your friends and family know you're volunteering! 

National CleanUp Day is just around the corner. Now is the time to register! 

It's not too late to clean a highway for National CleanUp Day on Sept. 18. 

Don't let others talk trash or trash our highways! Check our our new ADOT Kids litter game. 

TUCSON - In an unprecedented push to remove roadside garbage and debris, 42 Arizona Department of Transportation employees from southern Arizona were recently able to pick up 11,000 pounds of trash and bulk items.

Get online and make sure to register your group for National CleanUp Day! 

Today's blog takes you on a unique journey. 

Mark you calendar for National CleanUp Day on Saturday, Sept. 18! 

One Adopt a Highway volunteer was inspired to serve his community during his daily drive to work. 

You may have noticed them while traveling on the interstate, state highways in Arizona. Adopt a Highway recognition signs bearing the name of a volunteer group, a loved one memorialized or a local business sponsoring litter cleanup are all along our roadways. 

The signs represent the adopters or caretakers of a two-mile segment of state highway. Volunteers who represent those signs are a priceless resource that helps keep Arizona’s highways clean. 

Volunteers often make lemonade out of lemons.