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An Adopt-A-Highway sign on Interstate 8. The Adopt-A-Highway program allows any organization to participate, which became a point of controversy when the Ku Klux Klan adopted a portion of Interstate 55 just south of St. Louis, Missouri. While legally the program had to uphold the groups' rights to participate, public outcry and repeated ...
Oct. 21—On Wednesday, Caltrans announced a new Clean California pilot program that will give Adopt-a-Highway volunteers up to $250 for picking up highway litter. As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom's ...
Formed originally under authority of the General Assembly of Maryland in 1908 as the State Roads Commission (SRC), under the direction of the executive branch of state government headed by the governor of Maryland, [3] it is tasked with maintaining non-tolled/free bridges throughout the state, removing snow from the state's major thoroughfares ...
Jul. 14—Caltrans is looking for volunteers to take part in its Adopt-a-Highway in Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity, Lassen, Modoc, and Plumas counties. Adopters are eligible for up to $250 per ...
Adoption is a way to keep all articles clean from virtual trash, like real-life Adopt-A-Highway programs keep highways free of litter. Adopting a highway means that you volunteer to keep that article up to current project standards (both USRD and WP:IH/WP:USH standards) and free of vandalism.
A sign honoring a former convict who was executed for killing a police officer was up for several months in 2022. MoDOT is reviewing the program.
Adopt a Highway or Sponsor-a-Highway programs or campaigns are often used by municipalities to carry out many highway beautification projects by offering volunteers from organizations or individual groups to do activities such as, carrying out litter pick-ups, invasive plant spotting, reporting, or landscape maintenance. [8]
Gerton is the site of North Carolina's longest-running Adopt-A-Highway program, started in 1988. US 74A's routing in Henderson County is brief, lasting for approximately 6.7 miles. It first encounters the unincorporated community of Gerton , becoming Gerton Highway , at the head of a narrow gorge and at Hickory Creek, which will later become ...