Traffic restrictions for July 4

LUDINGTON — The following are the street closures for the Ludington Area Jaycees’ Freedom Festival activities on Friday, July 4:

Grand Parade (start time 2 p.m.):

Ludington Avenue: restricted beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Madison Street: Closed up through end of parade.

Downtown parking: cleared by noon.

Note that westbound Ludington Avenue from Park Street to Lakeshore Drive will be closed for a short time immediately following the parade. 

Fireworks

Stearns Park: Closed to traffic at 5 p.m. All parking is first come, first served on Friday. Some handicap spaces will be available.

At 10:30 p.m. all traffic lights through Ludington and out to Brye Road will be switched to flashing. Preference will be given to eastbound traffic on Ludington Avenue and U.S. 10.

U.S. 10: traffic will be nonstop eastbound in the right lane.

Jebavy Drive: traffic will be directed northbound at Bryant Road, Johnson Road and then eastbound on Rasmussen Road.

Pere Marquette Highway: traffic will be southbound on Conrad Road east. Iris Road traffic will only be eastbound and then south on Pere Marquette Highway.

Nelson Road: No southbound traffic.