pic: Team 48 Adopts a Highway

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by patrickrd

That's awesome... The next time I'm in the area I'm definately going to stop by and get a picture. Not sure why, but it seems worth going out of the way for Are you allowed repaint the lines to make luxury double-width lanes?

Nope, just litter patrol. Although with the state's current budget crunch, I wouldn't be surprised if they put our team in charge of highway maintenance too! In the meantime, maybe we can "vandalize" RTE. 305 with our team logo in front of our team leader's house and blame it on him? LOL.

Warren's a long way from Ithaca. Do you visit this area often?

[Alex Cormier]

heres a link for the New York State DOT on adopting a highway
Adopt a Highway

"Today, all 50 states have some type of a sponsor-a-highway or adopt-a-highway program in place because there is a very real human need for aesthetically pleasing roadsides in spite of the reality that highway beautification simply cannot compete on an even level with highway safety for ever-diminishing public funds."

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Pit Bull 1126

heres a link for the New York State DOT on adopting a highway
Adopt a Highway

Ohio:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maintadmin/aah.htm

Arizona:
http://www.dot.state.az.us/news/school/adopt/adopt.htm

Virginia:
http://www.virginiadot.org/infoservi...ah-default.asp

South Carolina:
http://www.dot.state.sc.us/community/adoptahiway.html

California:
http://adopt-a-highway.dot.ca.gov/

Arkansas:
http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/PubAff/adopt_a_highway.htm

Michigan:
http://www.michigan.gov/mcsc/0%2C160...34--%2C00.html

Indiana:
http://www.ai.org/dot/programs/aah/index.html

Pennsylvania:
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deput...d/PAbeauty.htm

Florida:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinf...eDOT/adopt.htm

New Jersey:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportatio...opt/litter.htm

Massachusetts:
http://www.mass.gov/mhd/clstate/aah.htm

New Hampshire:
http://www.nh.gov/dot/highwaymainten...hway/index.htm

Connecticut:
http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1380&q=259944


OK, if you didn't find your link above, it's either because I hate your state or I was too lazy to search for it. . Apparently, every state has such a program. I think this is a great way to obtain easy advertising for your team and for FIRST and also provide a service to your community.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Want to know if a route number is near your town?

http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm

[Goobergunch]

Originally Posted by Ogre

Want to know if a route number is near your town?

http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm

*wishes that there were four-digit highway numbers*

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

Nope, just litter patrol. Although with the state's current budget crunch, I wouldn't be surprised if they put our team in charge of highway maintenance too!

If you do get in charge of highway maintenance maybe you could rig a mower deck to your robot and drive it up and down the shoulder mowing. Just think of the attention you will get and the satisfaction of knowing you're the only one who's ever tried mowing a lawn with a drill motor!

[nparikh]

Actually, according to the New Jersey site, only 49 states have this program.