Adopt-a-Highway starts in Tyler

FirstMarch 9, 1985. Card 147 of 165.

Adopt-a-Highway started in Tyler.

The Tyler Civitan Club adopted a two-mile stretch of US 69, and its “First Adopt-a-Highway in the Nation” signs went up on March 9, 1985.

The date is now marked as international Adopt-a-Highway Day.

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Sources

TxDOT: Adopt-a-Highway historytxdot.gov

Checked September 29, 2026. How the cards are filed

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