City of Salem Announces Downtown Road Closures For Halloween

From the City of Salem:

October 29, 2019

City of Salem Announces Downtown Road Closures For Halloween

Most downtown roads closing by 4pm. Visitors should not drive to Salem on Halloween.

SALEM, MA – Halloween will include multiple road closures and heavy traffic impacts for the entire day and night in Salem. Visitors are strongly encouraged to take the commuter rail or ferry to get to Salem. Expect major traffic impacts on Route 114 and Route 1A. Downtown streets will close to all traffic no later than 4:00 p.m. and likely earlier. Downtown streets to be closed will be posted as no parking zones and vehicles left in those locations will be towed at the owner’s expense.

Planned road closures include: Essex Street at Street and Barton Square to Union Street, Washington Street from New Derby Street to Bridge Street, Federal Street from St. Peter’s Street to North Street, Washington Square North and West from Essex Street to Brown Street, Brown St from New Liberty to Washington Square North, Hawthorne Boulevard, Derby Street, Route 1A, Congress Street near Pickering Wharf, Charter Street, Central Street, Front Street, and Lafayette Street from New Derby Street to Front Street.

Bridge Street at Sgt. James Ayube Memorial Drive will also close to all traffic between the westerly overpass ramps and Sgt. James Ayube Memorial Drive from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for the closing fireworks.

Downtown residents will be able to park on Halloween night in the Sewall Street parking lot, with proof of residency.

This press release was produced by The City of Salem. The views expressed here are the author’s own.