Memorial Day Weekend Parade Street Closures Events Parking
These are the updates I just got about Memorial Day Parade and Street Closures in Chicago. If you are planning on attending the Chicago Memorial Day Parade, The JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Race, The Memorial March, or the Bike the Drive event, check this list first to find out where the streets are closed and where/when the events happen. I hope eveyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend and have a burger from the grill for me!
J. P. MORGAN CHASE CORPORATE CHALLENGE (3.5 miles) on Thursday, 21 May 09, 6pm – 10pm:
This event site will be in Grant Park, Lower Hutchinson Field.
The run will take place on Columbus Drive from Roosevelt Rd to Wacker Drive.
Start time for the run is at 7:10 pm.
Columbus will close at 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm from Roosevelt Rd to Balbo.
Columbus from Balbo to Wacker Drive, as well as the east west streets in this area will remain open for as long as possible to allow for the end of rush hour traffic.
The on site CPD Commander will give the order to close the streets shortly before the race begins.
At the end of the race, as soon as it is safe to do so, Columbus from Balbo to Wacker Drive and the east west streets in the area will be opened.
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE on Saturday, 23 May 09:
The parade route is from Wacker Drive to Van Buren on State Street, step off 12 noon.
State Street and the east west streets along the route will close at 11:30 am.
Wacker Drive will be closed for staging from Wabash to Lake Street at 8:00 am.
Van Buren will be closed for vehicles and disbanding from Michigan to Franklin at 8:00 am.
The parade will last approximately 2 hours and streets will be opened to traffic as soon as it is safe.
BIKE THE DRIVE on Sunday, 24 May 09:
The event site will be in Grant Park, Butler Field the bike route is on Lake Shore Drive.
Lake Shore Drive will be closed to vehicle traffic from 5:00 am to 10:30 am from Hollywood to 63rd Street.
AMERICANS FOR LIFE, LIFE MEMORIAL MARCH on Friday, 22 May 09:
This group will meet at the Thompson Center Plaza; the march will step off at 11:30 am.
A group of 2000 to 3000 people will march south on Clark St to Adams, east on Adams into Federal Plaza.
The group will hold a rally at Federal plaza until approximately 2:30 pm.
During the march traffic will be affected from Wacker Drive to Jackson and State to LaSalle.
As soon as it is safe, streets will be opened to traffic.
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