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Italian American Parade

March 16th, 2024 • 6:00 PM
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This parade will cause detours to the following routes.
All detours will begin 2 hours before the parade and continue for about 2 hours after the parade.
The Italian American Parade is expected to begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, so detours should begin around 4 p.m. The schedule and detours may be affected by delays or adjustments due to the earlier Irish Channel Parade.

Routes Affected

Streetcars

#12 – St. Charles – See service adjustment info below.

#47 – Canal–Cemeteries – See service adjustment info below.

#48 – Canal–City Park/Museum – See service adjustment info below.

#49 – UPT–Riverfront – See service adjustment info below.

Buses

#11 – Magazine – See service adjustment info below.

Check Service Alerts for the latest information. Have questions? Call Rideline at 504-248-3900.

More Parade Info

Detours and Adjustments

#12 – St. Charles Service Adjustments

During the parade, the streetcar itself will stop travel only between S. Carrollton Ave. & S. Claiborne Ave. and St. Charles Ave. & Napoleon Ave.

In place of streetcar service, a bus will run between Napoleon Ave. and Canal St. This bus will detour off of St. Charles Ave. on the portion of the line between Napoleon Ave. (Point A in map below) and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Point B in map below).

The portion of the route between Canal St. and Martin Luther King Blvd. (Point B) will be serviced by bus, but the bus will not detour from the standard route.

For the period when the parade is on Canal St. itself, the buses will have to stop their trip shortly before reaching Canal St.

#47 & #48 – Canal–Cemeteries & Canal–City Park/Museum Streetcars Service Adjustments

During the parade, the streetcars will end their trips into Downtown early, at the intersection of Canal St. & LaSalle.

#49 – UPT-Riverfront Streetcar Adjustments

The streetcar will travel only between French Market and Harrah’s Casino.

#11 – Magazine Adjustments

During the parade, the bus will detour only when leaving Canal St. and traveling towards Uptown / Children’s Hospital. It will take Common to Rampart, then take Poydras to St. Charles, and then return to Magazine and resume its regular route towards Children’s Hospital.