Cherry Blossom Festival Parade


April 14, 2023

The Nation’s Springtime Parade is returning to Constitution Avenue on Saturday, April 15, 2023! Grand colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a spectacle of music and showmanship celebrating spring in Washington, DC. Additional details can be found on the event website. In response to the parade there will be  several road closures to keep in mind if traveling to or from GW this weekend.

 

The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking and closed to vehicle traffic on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 5:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
 

  • 9th St between Pennsylvania Ave, NW and Constitution Ave, NW 
  • Constitution Ave, NW from 7th to 23rd St, NW
  • 10th St between Pennsylvania Ave, NW and Constitution Ave, NW
  • 12th St between Pennsylvania Ave, NW and Independence Ave, SW
  •  SE/SW Freeway-access to 12th St Tunnel from I-395 ramp
  •  14th St between N Pennsylvania Ave, NW to Independence Ave, SW 
  •  Inbound I-395 (14th St Bridge). All traffic will be sent eastbound on I-395 SW Freeway
  •  17th St between New York Ave, NW and Independence Ave, SW
  •  19th St between E St, NW and Constitution Ave, NW
  • Virginia Ave, NW between 20th St, NW and Constitution Ave, NW 
  •  Pennsylvania Ave from 3rd St to 7th St, NW
  •  Constitution Ave from 3rd St to 7th St, NW
  •  4th St from Madison Dr to Pennsylvania Ave, NW
  • 6th St from C St to Constitution Ave, NW

 

Additionally, the following Metro Bus routes will detour

 

  • 16E Columbia Pike
    • Buses will operate between Franklin Square and Pentagon Station.

 

  • 33 Wisconsin Avenue
    • Buses will operate between Friendship Heights and a bus stop located on F St at 13th St NW (stop ID# 1001049). 

 

  • 32 Pennsylvania Avenue 
  • 36 Pennsylvania Avenue
    • Buses will operate between Southern Ave/Naylor Rd and a bus stop located on Pennsylvania Ave at 21st St NW (stop ID# 1001182). 

 

  • 42 Mount Pleasant
  • 43 Mount Pleasant
    • Buses will operate between Mt. Pleasant and a bus stop located on 17th St at K St NW (stop ID# 1001212). 

 

  • 52 14th Street northbound to 14th at Colorado
    • Buses begin detouring on 7th St at Frontage St SW, resuming regular route on 14th St at F St NW. 

 

  • 52 14th Street southbound to L’Enfant Plaza Station 
    • Buses begin detouring on 14th St at F St NW, resuming regular route on D St at 6th St SW. 

 

  • 63 Takoma Petworth
  • 64 Fort Totten- Federal Triangle 
    • Buses will operate between Fort Totten and a bus stop located on 13th at F St NW (stop ID#1001054). 

 

  • 70 Georgia Avenue -7th Street
  • 79 Georgia Avenue Metroextra
    • Buses will operate between Silver Spring Transit Center and a bus stop located on 7th St at F St NW (stop ID# 1003417). 

 

  • 74 Convention Center – SW Waterfront northbound Convention Center 
    • Buses begin detouring on 7th St SW at I-395N, resuming regular route on 7th St at F St NW. 

 

  • 74 Convention Center-SW Waterfront southbound to Buzzard Point
    • Buses begin detouring on 7th St at E St NW, resuming regular route on 7th St at G St SW. 

 

  • P6 Anacostia-Eckington northbound to Rhode Island Ave Station 
    • Buses begin detouring on I St at 4th St SW, resuming regular route on 11th St at G St NW. 

 

  • P6 Anacostia-Eckington southbound to Anacostia Station
    • Buses begin detouring on 11th St at E St NW, resuming regular route on I St at Wesley Pl SW. 

 

  • S2 16th Street
    • Buses will operate between Silver Spring Transit Center and a bus stop located on 13th St at G St NW (stop ID# 1001073).

 

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