Street Closings Announced For The Weekend

Friday, June 22, 2012

Aquarium Way from northbound Broad Street to Market Street, West 8th Street between Broad Street and Market Street, the southbound curb lane of Market Street from Aquarium Way to 8th Street, and the northbound curb lane of Broad Street from 8th Street to Aquarium Way will be closed from 6:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, for the Market Street Mile Runs.

Chestnut Street, between West 13th Street and West Main Street, Fort Street, between West 13th Street and West Main Street, and West 14th Street, between Carter Street and Chestnut Street will be closed from 4 p.m. on Friday, through noon on Sunday, for the T Bucket Nationals.

ML King Boulevard between Market Street and Georgia Avenue, and Market Street between East 8th Street and ML King Boulevard will be closed from 5:30 p.m.-midnight on Friday, for the Nightfall Concert Series. The 800 block of Cherry Street will be closed at ML King Boulevard and will only be accessible from East 8th Street. There will be limited handicapped parking in the 900 block of Georgia Avenue on the Miller Park side on the meters covered with Orange "reserved" bags.

Reggie White Boulevard  between West 19th Street and the entrance to the Skate Park will be closed from 3-11:59 p.m. on Saturday, for a Chattanooga Football Club game.

Reggie White Boulevard between West 19th Street and the entrance to the Skate Park will be closed from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday, for the Chattanooga Market.


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