Jan 23, 2025 - Travel
Map: Roads closed for Gasparilla 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of the City of Tampa
Tampa residents should prepare for heavy traffic and crowds on Saturday as pirates take over the city for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival.
The big picture: There will be many street closures before, during and after the parade.
- Much of Bayshore Boulevard and Ashley Drive, along with surrounding streets like Platt and Brorein, will be closed.
We've rounded up a list of full road closures:
3am to midnight
- Bayshore Boulevard between Brorein Street and Platt Street
- Platt Street/Channelside Drive from Plant Avenue to Franklin Street
5:30am to 9pm
- Crosstown - EB Willow Avenue Exit Ramp (Exit 4)
7am to midnight
- Ashley Drive between Brorein Street and Channelside Drive
- Brorein Street from Jefferson Avenue to Parker Street
- Franklin Street between Channelside Drive and Harbour Island Bridge
- Water Street between Franklin Street and Florida Avenue
9am to 9pm
- Kennedy Boulevard between Florida Avenue and Plant Avenue
- Ashley Drive between Tyler Street and Brorein Street
- Whiting Street between Ashley Drive and Tampa Street
- Washington Street between Ashley Drive and Tampa Street
- Jackson Street from Ashley Drive to Tampa Street
- Madison Street between Ashley Drive and Florida Avenue
- Twiggs Street between Ashley Drive and Florida Avenue
- Zack Street between Ashley Drive and Florida Avenue
- Polk Street between Ashley Drive and Florida Avenue
11am to midnight
- Cass Street between Willow Avenue and Tyler Street
- North A Street between Willow Avenue and Newport Avenue
- North B Street between Willow Avenue and Newport Avenue
- Carmen Street between Willow Avenue and Delaware Avenue
- Newport Avenue between Cass Street and North A Street
- Gilchrist Avenue between Cass Street and Fig Street
- N Boulevard between Kennedy Boulevard and Main Street
2pm to 9pm
- Laurel Street between N Boulevard and Doyle Carlton Drive
2:30pm to 9pm
- Willow Ave between Cleveland Street and Kennedy Boulevard
3pm to 9pm
- Platt Street between Armenia Avenue and Plant Avenue
- Azeele Street between MacDill Avenue and Armenia Avenue
- N Boulevard between Cleveland Street and Kennedy Boulevard
3:30pm to 9pm
- Cass Street between Tyler Street and Tampa Street
- Tyler Street between Tampa Street and Cass Street