Highway Clean Up

Schedule

Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 am

UTC-05:00
Location

Lincoln's New Salem State Park | Springfield, IL

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Join us for the Adopt-a-Highway cleanup at 9:00 AM to take care of our 2-mile IDOT Adopt-A-Highway segment that runs from the south edge of New Salem to the south end of Petersburg. With a full crew it should only take about an hour.
Meet at the main entrance to New Salem State Historic Site off Rte. 97.
Trash bags and safety vests supplied (if you have one our safety vests please bring it).
Please wear gloves, long pants, closed-toed shoes or boots.
See you there!!
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