Adopt a Highway

Calling all volunteers! National CleanUp Day is coming and we hope you'll participate through Adopt a Highway. 

About 50 Heber-Overgaard community members helped clean a dozen miles of highway shoulders this month. 

PHOENIX – A lot has changed over the last few months, but there is still a need for volunteers to help keep our state looking its best. Last weekend about 50 volunteers in Heber-Overgaard cleaned portions of state routes 260 and 277 as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway program.

If you drive through the Hopi Reservation, you’ll notice an Adopt a Highway sign that reads “BC One of a Kind” about 11 miles south of Second Mesa. It honors Branyon Rebeau Claw Sr., the oldest son of Madeline Sahneyah, also known as “BC.”

One Show Low group has a long history of community service and it includes keeping our state beautiful with the Adopt a Highway program. 

Our ADOT Kids coloring activity this week encourages kids to avoid littering.

One White Mountain community group has maintained 2 miles of State Route 277 for 15 years. 

We're answering kids' litter questions and featuring their Keep it Grand artwork. 

One Adopt a Highway segment near Show Low has one family traveling nearly 200 miles to honor a beloved sister.

Kids should know they too can participate in Adopt a Highway and help Keep it Grand.

PHOENIX – What do you get when 10,000 volunteers remove 107 tons of litter along state highways in a year? 

First, there’s a $500,000 savings in taxpayer funds that can be used for other Arizona Department of Transportation priorities. More importantly, though, is a determination to Keep It Grand by making Arizona’s highways more appealing for all.

That makes those who commit time and effort to ADOT’s Adopt a Highway program worthy of a big thank you from all Arizonans during National Volunteer Week, which lasts through April 25.

Take our trash quiz and learn more about how the Adopt a Highway program helps with litter in our state. 

Please have your kids encourage others to Keep it Grand using their creativity with chalk art. 

One Adopt a Highway group has found "one man's trash is another man's treasure" is sometimes true. 

We have a great way for you to celebrate Arizona on Statehood Day.

Show your love on Valentine's Day with Adopt a Highway. 

For five years Melissa Owen has worked toward her dream of cleaning all 45 miles of State Route 286. In 2020, 121 volunteers made her dream come true.

Adopt a Highway offers an opportunity to serve all year round. 

If you're looking to make a positive contribution, you might be considering adopting. We're not talking about a pet or a baby, but a highway.