Jan 25, 2024 - Travel
Map: Roads closed for Gasparilla 2024
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Tampa residents should prepare for heavy traffic and crowds on Saturday as pirates take over the city for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival.
What's happening: There will be many street closures before, during and after the parade.
- Much of Bayshore Boulevard and surrounding streets, from Gandy Boulevard to the Platt Street Bridge, will be closed.
We've rounded up a list of full road closures:
3am to midnight
- Bayshore Boulevard between W Brorein Street and W Platt Street
- W Platt Street/Channelside Drive from S Plant Avenue to S Franklin Street
5:30am to 9pm
- Crosstown- EB S Willow Avenue Exit Ramp (Exit 4)
7am to midnight
- S Ashley Drive between Jackson Street and Brorein Street
- Brorein Street from S Jefferson Avenue to S Parker Street
- S Franklin Street between Channelside Drive and Harbour Island Bridge
- Water Street between S Franklin Street and S Florida Avenue
- E Washington Street between S Ashley Drive and S Tampa Street
- E Whiting Street between S Ashley Drive and S Tampa Street
9am to 9pm
- E Kennedy Boulevard between N Florida Ave and S Plant Ave
- N Ashley Drive between E Cass Street and E Jackson Street
- E Jackson Street from N Ashley Drive to N Tampa Street
- E Madison Street between N Ashley Drive and N Florida Avenue
- E Twiggs Street between N Ashley Drive and N Florida Avenue
- E Zack Street between N Ashley Drive and N Florida Avenue
- E Polk Street between N Ashley Drive and N Florida Avenue
11am to midnight
- W Cass Street between N Willow Avenue and W Tyler Street
- W North A Street from N Willow Ave to N Newport Avenue
- W North B Street from N Willow Ave to N Newport Avenue
- W Fig Street between N Willow Avenue and N Gilchrist Avenue
- W Carmen Street between N Willow Avenue and N Delaware Avenue
- N Newport Avenue between W Cass Street and W North A Street
- N Gilchrist Avenue between W Cass Street and W Fig Street
- N Boulevard between W Cass Street and W Main Street
1:30pm to 9pm
- Cass Street between W Tyler Street and N Tampa Street
- W Tyler Street between N Tampa Street and W Cass Street
2pm to 9pm
- N Boulevard between W Kennedy Blvd and W Cass Street
3pm to 9pm
- W Bay to Bay Boulevard (Eastbound Closure Only) between S MacDill Avenue and S Ysabella Avenue
- W Platt Street between S Armenia Avenue and S Plant Ave
- W Azeele Street between S MacDill Avenue and S Armenia Avenue
- W Platt St at S South Boulevard
- S Boulevard between W Kennedy Boulevard and W Platt Street