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St. Patrick's Day Parade to close downtown streets
Mar. 16, 2016 2:23 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade will close portions of downtown Cedar Rapids Thursday.
Beginning at 11 a.m., the staging area will be closed. That area includes:
— Fourth Avenue SE from Fifth Street SE to Eighth Street SE.
— Sixth and Seventh streets SE from Third Avenue SE to Fifth Avenue SE.
The parade itself begins at 1 p.m. and will close the following streets:
— Sixth Street SE from First Avenue SE to Third Avenue SE.
— Fifth Street SE from First Avenue SE to Fourth Avenue SE.
— Third Street SE from First Avenue SE to Fourth Avenue SE.
— Second Street SE from Second Avenue SE to Fourth Avenue SE.
— Second Avenue SE from Second Street SE to Seventh Street SE.
— Third Avenue SE from First Street SE to Sixth Street SE.
The parade is scheduled to end at 2:30 p.m. Mary Oehler, Traffic Engineering Program Administrator for the city, said streets will reopen as the parade passes and all streets should be reopened by 3 p.m.
Tammy Maneely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, marches the parade route with members of the Davis family float 'Still Kickin for Gold After All This Years' during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in March 2014. The parade is organized by the Saint Patrick's Day Parade Society, better known as SaPaDaPaSo. The non-profit run by volunteers has been organizing the parades since 1977. The first parade was held in 1975. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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