Friday's Christmas City of the North Parade will create detours, road closures and special no parking zones, the Duluth Police Department reports.
The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. From the assembly point on Railroad Street, the parade will travel east on Railroad Street to Lake Avenue, across the Lake Avenue Bridge, then west on Superior Street to its end at 5th Avenue West.
Detours and road closures for the parade include:
Commerce Street between Canal Park Drive and South Lake Avenue will be closed starting at 2:30 p.m.
Railroad Street between Lake Avenue South and Garfield Avenue will be closed to through traffic after 3:30 p.m. for the parade lineup.
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I35 Northbound and Southbound exits onto Lake Avenue will be closed for duration of the parade, approximately 6:10 to 8:20 p.m. Travelers going to Canal Park or Park Point will have to use alternate routes to access Lake Avenue.
Lake Avenue South will be closed to through traffic at Buchanan Street. Northbound traffic off of Park Point will be detoured to Canal Park Drive. Vehicular traffic on to and off of Park Point will use Canal Park Drive.
The only access to the DECC will be via 5th Avenue West to Harbor Drive.
No parking zones for the parade include:
Superior Street between 6th Avenue East and Lake Avenue after 4:30 p.m.
Michigan Street between 5th and 6th avenues west after 4:30 p.m.
Harbor Drive after 3 p.m.
The no-parking rule applies to both sides of the streets and includes handicapped zones.
