Holiday Weekend Traffic Alert: Expect Busy Roads Throughout the City

Fri., July 3:

• Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival:  4,800 expected at Judkins Park from 12 noon – 9 p.m.

• Green Day Concert:  10,000 expected at Seattle Center-Key Arena from 7 – 11 p.m. Expect congestion on Valley Street which may impact traffic coming off of I-5 at Mercer Street.

• Firecracker 5000 race:  1, 250 participants expected from 11:55 p.m. – 1 a.m. (July 4). Starts at the Memorial Stadium in the Seattle Center, heads out on 4th N at Republican, north on 4th to Mercer, east on Mercer to 9th, north on 9th to Broad, west on Broad to Denny, west on Denny to 1st N, north on 1st to Mercer, east on Mercer to 5th, south on 5th to Harrison, west on Harrison around the Center Fountain, back to Mercer, east on Mercer to 4th, south on 4th to the Memorial Stadium.

Sat., July 4:

• Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival:  4,800 expected at Judkins Park from 12 noon – 9 p.m.

• Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival:  15, 000 spectators expected at  Lake Union Center for Wooden Boats from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Expect congestion on Valley Street which may impact traffic coming off of I-5 at Mercer Street.

• Admiral Fourth of July Kids Parade: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. West Seattle Streets and Hamilton Viewpoint Park Rolling slowdowns with Seattle Police escort.  Parade starts at Sunset Avenue SW and 44th Avenue SW, goes south on Sunset to SW Atlantic Street,  east on Atlantic to Palm Avenue SW, north on Palm into Hamilton Viewpoint Park.

• Chase Family Fourth:  50,000 spectators expected at Lake Union-Gas Works Park from 12 noon – 11 p.m. (traffic delays possibly up to midnight) From 12 noon to 6 p.m., Seattle Police will set up a perimeter restricting traffic to “local access only” between Sunnyside Avenue N on the east, Interlake Avenue N on the west, N 39th Street on the north and N Northlake Way/GasWorks Park on the south. From 6 p.m. 11:30 p.m., the restricted traffic access perimeter will be enlarged to I-5 on the east, Stone Way N on the west, N 40th Street on the north and N Northlake Way/ Lake Union/Gas Works Park on the south.

Sun., July 5:

• Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival:  4,800 expected at Judkins Park from 12 noon – 9 p.m.

• Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival:  15, 000 spectators expected at  Lake Union Center for Wooden Boats from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Expect congestion on Valley Street which may impact traffic coming off of I-5 at Mercer Street.

• Summer Sundays on Pike Place: 1,000 expected to attend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Streets closed:  Pike, Pine and Stewart streets between First Avenue and Pike Place and Pike Place (adjacent to the market).