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Halloween celebrations in Salem: Road closures, traffic impacts

The following alerts are directly from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department Facebook page. 

SALEM TRAFFIC ALERTS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

Devil's Chase road race starts at 8 a.m. at the Salem Willows soccer field on Fort Ave. No road closures are planned, however expect traffic delays until 10:30 a.m. on the following roadways: Fort Ave, Derby St, Szetela Ln, Webb St, Andrews St, Washington Sq, Essex St, Charter St, Derby St, Winter Island Rd, Columbus Ave, Restaurant Row, and Memorial Dr.

Several no parking tow zones will be posted on Memorial Dr, Victory Rd, and Larkin Ln.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

The Seabourn Quest cruise ship arrives at the Footprint dock. The Salem Wharf parking lot on Blaney St. will be closed during the ship's one-day visit.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29-30

There will be no on-street parking on Essex St from Hawthorne Blvd to New Liberty St from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. This section of Essex St will also be closed to through traffic from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Access to Museum Place garage will be via Brown St. only.

STREET CLOSINGS POSSIBLE on Essex Street from North St. to Washington, Church Street, Federal Street, Lynde Street, or Washington Street depending on the crowds Saturday and Sunday.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31

Halloween events will include multiple road closures and heavy traffic delays for the entire day and night. Expect major traffic delays on Rte 114 and Rte 1A. Downtown streets will close to all traffic no later than 4 p.m.

Road closures include: Essex St at Crombie St and Barton Sq to Union St, Washington St from New Derby St to Bridge St, Federal St from St. Peter's St to North St, Washington Sq N and W from Essex St to Brown St, Hawthorne Blvd, Derby St, Rte 1A, Congress St near Pickering Wharf, Charter St, Central St, Front St, and Lafayette St from New Derby St to Front St. Bridge St at Sgt. James Ayube Memorial Dr will also close to all traffic between the westerly overpass ramps and Sgt. James Ayube Memorial Dr from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for the closing fireworks.

Access into the MBTA Parking Garage will be restricted as of 6 p.m. on Halloween night. Access into and out of the MBTA Parking Garage will be restricted between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. (or the completion of festivities).

The MBTA will be adding additional trains on Saturday and Sunday. We strongly encourage using the MBTA Commuter Rail if you are traveling to Salem. See more on this page at the MBTA website.

We are anticipating the following road closures and traffic impacts this week: Saturday, October 29: Devil’s Chase road...

Posted by Salem MA Police on Sunday, October 23, 2016