Arizona Roadside Memorial Tributes

This Official Arizona AZ Roadside Memorial Registry page will allow you to register, plot, pin point and pay tribute to your loved one(s) Roadside Memorial for the State of Arizona AZ.  The regulation, rules, laws, policy, procedures and or guidelines etc information provided below for the AZ Arizona State Roadside Memorials is ever changing and we will do our best to maintain this information for you.  If you have new or updated regulation information that we have not posted, please let us know HERE.

Arizona Roadside Memorials, check below for your ability to install one in the state of Arizona
and what the State of Arizona thinks about Roadside Memorials and or if they have an
 official sign program for roadside memorials.

An ADOT policy allows families to place memorial markers along state highways honoring those who have been killed in crashes, but these markers must be approved by ADOT and must meet safety standards for size, materials and placement. Families who already have memorials along highways may either:

• keep in place memorials that meet safety standards listed below for size, materials and placement;
• or work with ADOT to replace memorials that don’t meet safety standards for size, materials and placement.

Who qualifies for or can put up a Roadside Memorial in AZ Arizona
Markers may be placed for traffic-related fatalities that occur on the state highway system (roadways designated as state routes or U.S. highways). A request to place a marker must be submitted to ADOT by the victim’s family or a person who has written permission from the victim’s family. One marker is allowed per victim.

WHERE CAN MY AZ Arizona ROADSIDE MEMORIAL BE PLACED
Arizona AZ ADOT will consult with those making requests on the exact location of a marker to ensure proper and safe placement.

A Roadside Memorial Tribute marker should be:

• as close as possible to the edge of the highway right of way that is farthest away from the road surface, preferably near a utility pole or at the edge of an area that isn’t mowed;
• and located in a way that doesn’t distract motorists.

A Roadside Memorial Tribute marker may not be:

• placed in a highway median or between the lanes and frontage road of a controlled-access highway;
• located in front of developed property unless the owner of that property gives written permission to the family or its designee;
• or affixed to traffic-control devices, signs, signals, light poles, trees, walls, fences or other features.

AZ Arizona ADOT Roadside Memorial Size limits and material usage.
There are limits to the size of markers and to the materials that may be used to create markers.

A Roadside Memorial Tribute marker:

• may be no more than 30 inches high and no wider than 18 inches;
• may have a foundation no more than 12 inches deep, and that foundation shall not involve concrete or metal footings;
• may be fabricated from wood or plastic/composite material;
• may include components no larger than 2 inches thick and 4 inches wide;
• may include a plaque up to 4
• inches by 4 inches and 1/16-inch thick listing the victim’s name, date of birth and date of death.