National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) 2020 is scheduled for April 20-24. This year’s theme is Safe Work Zones for All: Protect workers. Protect road users. It features a poster reminiscent of the World War II poster with Rosie the Riveter. In her place are a male and female roadway worker proclaiming, “We Can Do It!”, which is the original language used in the WWII poster. Michigan chose that image as a reflection of its industrial heritage. Original “Rosies” worked as riveters in an aircraft factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan that built B24 bombers, which is now the site of the American Center for Mobility (ACM).
Michigan officials have canceled the April 21 kickoff event in accord with CDC guidelines regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Individual NWZAW events in your area may need to be curtailed, postponed, or canceled due to public health precautions.
However, NWZAW will continue as scheduled on April 20-24. We strongly encourage all participants to take part in NWZAW this year through social media to remind the public to drive safely in and around work zones.
For more information, check out the website below.
Printer version of the National Work Zone Awareness Week poster is available for download in PDF format. Please feel free to print copies for personal or professional use.
To order print copies of this poster, please contact Melanie Laird, [email protected].
To find out what federal, state, and other agencies are doing to promote National Work Zone Awareness Week, view the links below.
Federal Agencies
Federal Highway Administration
- FHWA 2020 National Work Zone Awareness Week Press Release
- A Message from FHWA Executive Director Tom Everett on Work Zone Safety
- National Work Zone Awareness Week website
- FHWA Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division employees wearing orange today …
State and Local Agencies
Alabama
- Alabama Department of Transportation
- Decatur Utilities
Alaska
- Alaska Department of Transportation
Arizona
- Arizona Department of Transportation
- Video: ADOTKids Chalk Art Contest
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Stay off the phone
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Best teammate we had
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: He drove through our closure
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: A motorist hit me
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Slow down and share the road
- ADOT Blog: Video: ADOT crews give on-the-ground view of work zone safety
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: At no fault of his own
- In Work Zones, Orange is the new (Caution) Yellow
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Understanding the Move Over law
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: What scares us
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: We want to go home to our families
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: We lost our friend
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Work With us for one day
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: “She would’ve taken out the whole crew.”
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week: Slow down
- Work Zone Awareness Week has Extra Significance This Year
- Driving Safety Home: Safe work zones for all
- Throughout National Work Zone Awareness…
- Arizona Local Technical Assistance Program
Arkansas
- Arkansas Department of Transportation:
- Northwest Arkansas:
Colorado
- Colorado Department of Transportation
- Video: Work Zone Education
- CDOT Region 1 National Work Zone Awareness Week 2020
- CDOT Honoring Fallen Employees on Remembrance Day
- Video: National Work Zone Awareness Week 2020
- National Work Zone Awareness Week 2020
- Work Zone Awareness Week Coloring Contest (scroll down to see it)
- National Work Zone Awareness Week on the Central 70 Project
- Honoring Transportation Workers who Gave Their Lives
- Colorado Springs
Connecticut
- Connecticut Department of Transportation
Delaware
- Delaware Department of Transportation
Florida
- Florida Department of Transportation
- Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority
Georgia
- Georgia Department of Transportation
Illinois
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Illinois Tollway
- City of Peoria Public Works Department
- Peoria Observes National Work Zone Awareness Week
Indiana
- Indiana Department of Transportation
- Video: Will you slow down to help us make safer work zones for everyone?
- Indiana Recognizing National Work Zone Awareness Week
- INDOT Celebrates National Work Zone Awareness Week
- Special Week Promotes Safety in Work Zones
- INDOT’s Tweet – “National Work Zone Awareness Week kicks off a week from today!”
Kansas
- Kansas Department of Transportation
Kentucky
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Louisiana
- Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
- Video: Work Zone Safety Awareness Week in Louisiana
- Video: Work Zone Awareness – Michael Flowers
- Video: Dr. Shawn Wilson – National Work Zone Awareness Week 2020
- National Work Zone Awareness Week is …
- Video: Work Zone Ken Roberts
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Gerald Mahaffey
- Video: Work Zone Bobbie Page
- National Work Zone Awareness Week is celebrating 20 years. …
Maryland
- Maryland Department of Transportation
Michigan
- Michigan Department of Transportation
- Kent County, MI:
- Ottawa County Road Commission
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Washington County
Mississippi
- Mississippi Department of Transportation
Missouri
- Missouri Department of Transportation
- MoDOT Seeing Fewer Drivers on Road but Higher Distractions and Speeding
- MoDOT Kids!
- MoDOT Launches Website to Help Teach Roadway Safety to Children
- MoDOT Encourages Drivers to be on the Lookout for Construction Workers
- Video: Work Zone Awareness Week 2020
- Video: MoDOT St. Louis Work Zone Awareness Week
- MoDOT Encourages Driver Safety in Work Zones
- MoDOT Stresses Slow Down During Work Zone Awareness Week
- Work Zone Awareness Week 2020 PSA-1
- Work Zone Awareness Week 2020 PSA-2
- Work Zone Awareness Week 2020 PSA-3
- MoDOTvideo: Safety is in Your Hands
- MoDOTvideo: Bring us to Zero
- Drivers Urged to Slow Down, Pay Attention as Construction Ramps up (Jefferson City)
- Drivers Urged to Slow Down, Pay Attention as Construction Ramps Up (Lees Summit)
- Retired Modot Employee Urges Drivers to Slow Down
- Missouri Local Technical Assistance Program
Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Transportation
Nevada
- Nevada Department of Transportation
- Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
- Las Vegas
New Jersey
- New Jersey Local Technical Assistance Program
New Mexico
- New Mexico Department of Transportation
New York
- New York Department of Transportation
North Carolina
- North Carolina Department of Transportation
Ohio
- Ohio Department of Transportation
- Video: The Loop 04.24.20
- Ohio Department of Transportation Honors Workers Killed in Crashes
- ODOT Recognizes “National Work Zone Awareness Week,” Urges Public to Drive Carefully
- ODOT Reminding Motorists to Move Over, Slow Down for Road Crews
- Video: During National Work Zone Awareness Week …
- ODOT and Law Enforcement Express Importance of National Work Zone Awareness Week
- ODOT Encourages Safe Driving During National Work Zone Awareness Week
- This Week is National Work Zone Awareness Week
- ODOT Celebrates Work Zone Awareness Week
- 2019 was Worst Year for Work Zone Crashes, Ohio Department of Transportation Says
- Transportation Department Reminding Drivers to Move Over for Workers
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City
Oregon
- Oregon Department of Transportation
- Go Orange Day (See Page 2 of 3)
- Jackson County Roads
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Department of Transportation
South Carolina
- South Carolina Department of Transportation
Tennessee
- Tennessee Department of Transportation
Texas
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- North Texas Tollway Authority
Virginia
- Virginia Department of Transportation
Washington
- Washington State Department of Transportation
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Portage County Highway Department
- Drive Safe in Work Zones This Construction Season
Wyoming
- Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Video: Work Zone Safety
- Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Non-governmental Organizations
AGC Alabama
AGC Michigan
- National Work Zone Awareness Week (See Page 3 of 4)
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- Annual Work Zone Awareness Effort Emphasizes Motorist Safety
- Video: Be Alert! It’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 20-24, 2020
- Speeding Concerns for National Work Zone Appreciation Week
American Road & Transportation Builders Association
- Work Zone Awareness Week Begins With Online Stand-Down
- National Work Zone Awareness Week Opens Monday With Online Stand-Down
- National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 20-24
- National Work Zone Awareness Week Responds to COVID-19 Crisis
- April 20 National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents in Construction
American Society of Safety Professionals
- Virtual National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents in Construction (scroll down to see it)
American Traffic Safety Services Association
- ATSSA Blog: National Work Zone Awareness Week National Work Zone Awareness Week Observed Across the Country
- Video: ATSSA Supports NWZAW 2020
- ATSSA Blog: National Work Zone Awareness Week starts Monday
- ATSSA Blog: National Work Zone Awareness Week Still on for April 20-24
CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Construction Safety & Health Network
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
National Asphalt Pavement Association
National Demolition Association
National Safety Council
Roads & Bridges
OSHA Training Institute Education Center
Date updated: 4/5/2021