Adopt-A-Highway is an MDOT program designed to help keep the state's highway roadsides clean and attractive. Participants adopt both sides of a section of state highway roadside to clean up for at least a two-year period. A minimum two-mile stretch of roadway is recommended. All types of state highways may be adopted, including two-lane roads, limited access highways, boulevards and business routes.
Since 1990, Adopt-A-Highway local groups have collected over a million bags of trash. Currently 2,900 groups are participating in the program and have adopted over 6,000 miles of Michigan highways.
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April 11 - 19
May 9 - 17
Includes:
July 11 - 19
All counties
September 19 - 27
All counties
Every year, volunteers collect over 60,000 bags of trash from Michigan roadsides, helping keep communities cleaner and supporting MDOT crews in maintaining safe, litter-free highways.
Participants are required to conduct a safety meeting before each pickup and wear an MDOT-provided safety vest while working along the roadside.
The Michigan Sponsor A Highway Program lets businesses fund professional litter removal on designated state highways. Sponsors are recognized with FHWA-approved signs featuring their name and logo. By participating, companies help keep highways clean and allow MDOT to redirect litter‑removal funds to road improvements.
