Adopt-A-Highway

You can help to create a good first impression of Pennsylvania, and you can help spread the message that littering along our highways hurts our environment. Under PennDOT’s Adopt-A- Highway Program, you, your civic or volunteer group can help beautify Pennsylvania two miles at a time.

You, your civic or volunteer group may sign a two-year program participation request with PennDOT to adopt a two-mile portion of state highway and promise to pick-up litter at least four times a year. In return, PennDOT will post signs along the highway giving you or your group full credit for your efforts.  PennDOT will provide complete safety training for volunteers as well as orange safety vests and highway warning signs to be used during litter pick-ups.

The Department also provides trash bags and will pickup the bagged litter from the roadside. Volunteers must be at least eight years old, and participants under 18 must be accompanied by adults.  You can join a popular effort to clean-up litter on Pennsylvania’s collective front yard – its 150,000 acres of roadside.

Click here for the Adopt-A-Highway Info Pack: Includes a program overview, definition of terms, application form, and a copy of the safety requirements and recommendations

By helping to keep this great state clean for our own residents, as well as for the millions of visitors who travel our roads every year, you are making an important contribution to take care of the environment.  Below is a list of roads available as of 4/16/2010

TownshipRoadFromToLength
FallsPhiladelphia AvePA Ave.Tyburn Rd2 miles
FallsLower Morrisvillle RdYardley AveTyburn Rd2 miles
FallsTrenton RdOxford Valley RdTyburn Rd2 miles
FallsHood BlvdOxford Valley RdNew Falls Rd2 miles
FallsNew Falls RdPenn Valley RdNew Fallsington Rd2 miles
FallsPenn Valley RdNew Falls RdRt 13/Tullytown Rd2 miles
FallsPenn Valley RdTullytown RdBristol Pike2 miles
FallsYardley RdWest Trenton AveRt 12 miles
FallsWest Trenton AveWoolston DrPine Grove Rd2 miles
FallsLincoln Hwy/BRt1Oxford Valley RdTyburn Rd2 miles