Adopt-A-Highway Program Brochure
Help Stop The Great Indiana Cover Up!-Be A "Trash Basher!"
Did you know there has been a cover up in Indiana? The landscape is littered with the trash people throw from their vehicles and this debris is hiding Indiana’s scenic beauty. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has a solution to this problem, but it needs your help.
When groups join the Adopt-A-Highway program, members help significantly reduce the roadside trash problem. This improves the look of their communities, and can also uncover Indiana’s natural heritage. what an excellent way to gain a sense of accomplishment right in your own town!
INDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway coordinator in your area can supply your group with safety training, vests, road work signs, and trash bags to help get the job done. In return, INDOT will place a sign on the portion of highway your group adopts for this worthwhile effort.
More than a thousand groups are already making this program a success around Indiana. The Adopt-A-Highway program helps us all recover our natural heritage, but we can’t do it without your help.
Adopt-A-Highway coordinators are located in 35 INDOT regional offices. The offices are divided by district and can be found under that heading. They are as follows:
- Northern Indiana: LaPorte and Fort Wayne District
- Central Indiana: Crawfordsville and Greenfield District
- Southern Indiana: Seymour and Vincennes District
Contact the office near you for more information about the Adopt-A-Highway program. You can also write INDOT’s Public Affairs Division at 100 N. Senate Avenue, Room N755, Indianapolis, IN 46204, or call at 317-232-5533.
Adopt-A-Highway Regional Offices
| Crawfordsville District: Crawfordsville Subdistrict - 765-362-9484 Fowler Subdistrict - 765-884-1500 Frankfort Subdistrict - 765-659-3369 Cloverdale Subdistrict - 765-795-6826 Terre Haute Subdistrict - 814-232-7921 Veedersburg Subdistrict- 765-294-2241 |
Fort Wayne District: Angola Subdistrict (260) 665-9506 Bluffton Subdistrict (260) 694-6558 Fort Wayne Subdistrict (260) 484-9541 Goshen Subdistrict (574) 533-9578 Wabash Subdistrict (260) 563-0681 Warsaw Subdistrict (574) 267-8571 |
| Greenfield District: Centerville Subdistrict - 317-966-2696 Greenfield Subdistrict - 317- 462-7751 Indianapolis Subdistrict - 317-356-2411 Ridgeville Subdistrict - 765-857-2143 Tipton Subdistrict - 765-675-7401 |
LaPorte District: Gary Subdistrict - 219-949-7865 LaPorte Subdistrict - 219-362-3520 Monticello Subdistrict - 219-583-4171 Plymouth Subdistrict - 219-936-4057 Rensselaer Subdistrict - 219-866-7422 Valparaiso Subdistrict - 219-462-5511 Winamac Subdistrict - 219-946-3732 |
| Seymour District: Aurora Subdistrict - 812-926-0376 Bloomington Subdistrict - 812-332-1411 Columbus Subdistrict - 812-372-7837 Falls City Subdistrict - 812-282-7493 Madison Subdistrict - 812-574-4368 |
Vincennes District: Dale Subdistrict - 812-937-4481 Evansville Subdistrict - 812-867-9016 Linton Subdistrict - 812-847-2245 Paoli Subdistrict - 812-723-3184 Petersburg Subdistrict - 812-354-9631 Tell City Subdistrict - 812-836-2111 |
The Life-Span of Trash
Traffic Ticket: 2-4 Weeks
Cotton Rag: 1-5 Months
Rope: 3-14 months
Wool Sock: 1-3 years
Bamboo Pole: 1-3 years
Painted Wood Stake - 13 years
Tin Can - 100 years
Aluminum Can - 200-500 years
Plastic 6-Pack Cover - 450 years
Glass Bottle - undetermined
- I want to check current traffic conditions.
- I want to file a Tort Claim for property damage &/or personal injury.
- I want to see what’s going on in my county.
- I want to search employment opportunities with INDOT.
- I want to search the current 18-month Letting List (All projects).
- I want to search the current 18-month Letting List (Major Moves).
- I want to contact INDOT.
- I want to Adopt-A-Highway.
