The road closings are due to the downtown pancake breakfast and parade
SPRINGFIELD – Street closings are scheduled on Friday and Saturday and traffic will be rerouted in conjunction with the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast and the city’s 375th anniversary celebration.
The pancake breakfast is on Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. on Main Street. On Friday, Main Street from State to Bridge Street will be closed at 10 a.m., to allow for the set-up of the breakfast. Boland Way through Harrison Avenue and Court Street through Falcon Way will remain open until 4 a.m., on Saturday.
Main Street is expected to reopen to vehicular traffic on Saturday, by 3 p.m. In addition, there are street closings and rerouting of traffic on Saturday due to a parade for the 375th anniversary.
The parade is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on State and Main streets.
Armory Street will close to through traffic at 9 a.m. on Saturday, due to the parade. State Street will close at 10 a.m., and Main Street, from State to Mill Street will close at 10:30 a.m. Elliott at State Street will close at 7 a.m.
All streets in the downtown are expected to reopen before 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Other events on Saturday include Springfield’s 375th Chorus at 9:30 a.m., on the City Hall Esplanade; Springfield Museums activities from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Armory Day at the Springfield Armory from 1 to 5 p.m.; Blessings for Springfield at St. Michael’s Cathedral at 5 p.m.; the Sci-Tech High School Jazz Band Concert at 7:30 p.m., fireworks 9 p.m., at Blunt Park.
For a full schedule visit www.springfield375.org or contact the Spirit of Springfield at (413) 733-3800 or staff@spiritofspringfield.org.
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