Published: 10/11/2021

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS CONTINUING ITS MISSION TO PREVENT AND REDUCE LITTER STATEWIDE BY OBSERVING OCTOBER AS ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MONTH. ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY BEGAN STATEWIDE IN 1989 AND HAS REMOVED MORE THAN 12 MILLION POUNDS OF LITTER FROM TENNESSEE ROADSIDES. IN TOTAL, MORE THAN 476 MILES OF HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO COMMIT TO CONDUCTING FOUR LITTER CLEANUPS ON TWO MILES OF ROADWAY WITHIN ONE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THE ROADSIDE RECOGNITION PANELS, LOCAL T-DOT DEPARTMENT STAFF PROVIDES ALL THE RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR THE QUARTERLY CLEANUPS, INCLUDING SAFETY EQUIPMENT, TRASH GRABBERS, AND BAGS. PARTICIPANTS MAY EASILY SELECT AN AVAILABLE ROUTE FOR ADOPTION BY VIEWING THE NEWLY ENHANCED ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MAP AT APPS DOT GEOPOWERED DOT COM/T DOT A A H