Posted March 17, 2015
Fourth Avenue will be the host of the annual Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair this weekend. The Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair begins on Friday, March 20, 2015 and is open daily through Sunday, March 22, 2015, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Attendance for the Street Fair is estimated to be approximately 300,000 people, so please adjust travel plans accordingly.
To accommodate the street fair booths, there will be a temporary route adjustment for the Sun Link Streetcar and Sun Tran buses will be used to shuttle streetcar passengers from temporary end point stops at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street and University Boulevard and Third Avenue.
Beginning at approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2015 until approximately midnight on Sunday, March 22, 2015, Fourth Avenue will be closed from University Boulevard south to Eighth Street, with the exception of Sixth Street. Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Streets will be closed between Third Avenue and Fifth Avenue.
The Sun Link Streetcar will operate on the east end of the route from the eastern terminus at Helen Street to University Boulevard and Third Avenue and back. On the western terminus, the Sun Link Streetcar will operate from Avenida del Convento through downtown to Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street and back.
A Sun Tran shuttle bus will provide streetcar passengers service around the Fourth Avenue Street Fair closure. Passengers can board the shuttle bus at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street and at University Boulevard and Third Avenue. The attached map details the streetcar route adjustments and shuttle bus route and stops.
The traveling public should use caution when driving, bicycling or walking around the event. Please watch for event participants, obey all traffic control, and watch for detour signs and personnel providing traffic control.
Further information about the Fourth Avenue Winter Street Fair may be found at www.fourthavenue.org