Adopt a Highway

An easy-to-use interactive map now available on our Adopt a Highway website shows which stretches are in need of volunteers.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is making it easier than ever to help keep state highways litter-free by introducing an interactive map showing which Adopt a Highway segments are waiting for volunteers.

Now in its fourth year, one woman's dream of a one-day cleanup of all 45 miles of State Route 286 in southern Arizona is even closer to happening.

Most Adopt a Highway segments are 2 miles. But an upcoming volunteer cleanup along SR 286 in southern Arizona aims to tackle 45 miles.

Many of us are searching for the perfect gift on this Black Friday. Instead of naming a star for someone, how about being a start yourself by helping keep highways litter-free?

Over 400 groups statewide adopted their segments as a memorial or remembrance of a friend or family member close to them.

Walt and Nancy Einsele of Kirkland Junction have made State Route 89 near Wilhoit nicer for everyone using the highway.

Volunteer groups from around the state answered the invitation to participate in National CleanUp Day.

Prescott Adopt-a-Highway group goes back decades.

Adopt a Highway volunteers now have access to frequently-used information via the ADOT mobile site homepage.

After her first Adopt a Highway cleanup along US 60 near Wittman, an ADOT employee describes the experience and what inspired her to volunteer.

ADOT is seeking more volunteers to help clear litter from state highways.

Quick action by ADOT employees made a mother's day.

Hundreds of volunteers help keep Arizona's highways clean every year, saving the taxpayers money and keeping Arizona beautiful.

We applaud the hard work of our Adopt a Highway volunteers who cleaned up 1,500 miles of state highway last year.

Adopt a Highway volunteers made big splash in 2017, but we could use even more help.

Almost 1,500 miles of landscape cleaned along state highways. Fourteen-thousand bags of trash collected. Half a million taxpayer dollars saved. That’s what nearly 11,000 volunteers wearing lime-yellow vests accomplished in 2017 through the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway program.

Sixty volunteers come together to remove litter along State Route 286.

Three-dozen volunteers came together to pick up litter along State Route 286.

Meet some dedicated volunteers doing a dirty job to help keep Prescott beautiful.