Upcoming Special Event Road Closures Announced

  • Tuesday, August 2, 2022
The Chattanooga Division of Transportation announces the following upcoming special event road closures:
  
 
Provence Street
 
• A press conference will take place at the 3000 block of Provence Street on Wednesday, Aug. 3 from 9-11 a.m.
 

Nightfall - Cherry Street/Martin Luther King Boulevard/Market Street
 
The following closures will be in effect each Friday night through Sept. 2:
 
• Cherry Street will be closed at E.
MLK Boulevard on Friday from 3 p.m.-midnight for Nightfall setup.
• Market Street will be closed from East 8th Street to East 10th Street, and Martin Luther King Boulevard will be closed from Broad Street to Georgia Avenue from 5:30 p.m.-midnight.
 

Missionary Ridge Road Race - S. Crest Road
 
•From 7-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6th, S. Crest Road will be closed to through traffic between S. Seminole Drive and Waheela Road for the Missionary Ridge Road Race.
• Traffic control officers will be stationed at the intersections of S. Crest and Shadowlawn Drive, Peachtree Road, Waheela Road, Old Ringgold Road, E. View Drive, Ridge Avenue and S. Seminole. Please follow all instructions given by law enforcement.
 

HCDE Back To School Bash - Reggie White Boulevard
 
• Reggie White Boulevard will be closed in front of the First Horizon Pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for the Back To School Bash.
 

Chattanooga Football Club Home Match 
 
The following roads will be closed on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 4:30 p.m.-midnight:
• Reggie White Boulevard between the Chattanooga Skate Park north entrance and W. 20th Street (Reggie White will remain closed until 6 p.m. on Sunday for the Chattanooga Market).
• Chestnut Street between W. 17th Street and W. 19th Street.
• W. 19th Street between Reggie White Boulevard and Chestnut Street.

Street parking will be prohibited on Chestnut Street within the closure on the dates/times listed above. Vehicles left within the closure will be towed at the owner's expense.
 

Riverfront Nights - Riverfront Parkway
  
• Riverfront Parkway, between Power Alley and Chestnut Street, will be closed on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 6-10 p.m. for Riverfront Nights. 
• All vehicles over two axles, including tractor-trailers, must use Aquarium Way or W. Martin Luther King Boulevard as a detour.
 

Chattanooga Market - Reggie White Boulevard
 
• Reggie White Boulevard will be closed in front of the First Horizon Pavilion on Sunday, Aug. 7 for the Chattanooga Market until 6 p.m.
• This Sunday's theme is "Sunday Funday"
 

View CDOT's map of events and road closures for full details of these activities and other projects underway in our public space.
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