Missouri’s AAH and Sponsor-A-Highway programs are suspended in order to perform a top to bottom review of the programs. While they're under review, no applications will be accepted, and no signs will be placed on the system.
Since 1987, Missouri's Adopt-A-Highway program has involved volunteers across the state working together to clean up Missouri.
Improve I-70 Kansas City
The Kansas City District of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is improving Interstate 70 (I-70) between The Paseo Boulevard and U.S. 40/31st Street, also known as...
Improve I-70: Columbia to Kingdom City
As work to update the Environmental Impact Statement wraps up, Improve I-70 Columbia to Kingdom City will transition to a Design-Build project. This project is one of several which will modernize the I-70 corridor across the state. Since its original...
Bootheel Bridge Bundle
Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 54 Interchange Improvements in Callaway
UPDATE: This study has been completed and the project has been absorbed by the Statewide Improve I-70 Program. This interchange will be a part of Improve I-70: Project #1 (Columbia to Kingdom City) and will be delivered via a design-build contract...
Interstate 55 Corridor Upgrades in Jefferson
The I-55 Corridor Improvements project area includes the cities of Pevely, Herculaneum, Festus, and Crystal City. The purpose of this project is to address traffic and safety concerns along the I-55 corridor and account for future development and...
Since 1987, Missouri's Adopt-A-Highway program has involved volunteers across the state working together to clean up Missouri. Currently, more than 5,300 groups and 50,000 volunteers in the program are focused on making Missouri’s roadsides cleaner and more attractive for our residents and visitors. More than 6,400 miles of roadway have been adopted.
Adopter groups include commercial and private enterprises, civic and non-profit organizations, families and individuals. MoDOT spends about $6 million annually to remove litter from more than 385,000 acres of right of way along 34,000 state highway miles.
Adopters perform about $1 million a year in litter cleanup and beautification efforts. Every area kept free of litter by adopters allows MoDOT to devote resources to other much-needed tasks.
Report Litter Cleanup
Report your Adopt-A-Highway or Sponsor-A-Highway Activity here.
Adopters have four options:
- clean up litter
- mow
- beautify through landscaping
- Grow Native! by planting native Missouri wildflowers and grasses
Litter Clean-Up Adopters must:
adopt at least 1/2 mile of urban roadside or two miles of rural roadside
- collect litter at least four times a year
- sign a three-year agreement
- submit an activity report to MoDOT
- follow all safety procedures
MoDOT provides adopters with a certificate of appreciation, a safety training video, safety materials, and a sign with the group’s name posted on each end of the adopted highway section. MoDOT provides trash bags and pick up and disposal of the bags of collected litter.
No MOre Trash!
In 2002, MoDOT helped establish No MOre Trash!, a litter-prevention campaign that encourages people to stop littering by educating them about the negative impacts of litter.
Adopt Today for a Clean Tomorrow:
| Cover Your Load Information |
| Adopt-A-Highway Brochure |
| Administrative Rules |
| Activity Report Link |
| Six Steps to Success |
| Safety Tips |
| Litter Facts |
| Safety Video |