ROUTE 66 FESTIVAL: See lists of road closings in downtown Springfield

Motorists in downtown Springfield should expect road closures and traffic delays starting the morning of Thursday, Aug. 9 through Saturday, Aug. 11 in downtown Springfield due to the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival.

Below is a comprehensive list of the closures. Barricades will be in place at several downtown intersections by Thursday.

3-4 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 9

The tuning fork locations along Jefferson Avenue between McDaniel Street and Olive Street will close early Thursday morning. SPD will begin identifying illegally parked vehicles for tow by 5 a.m.

2 a.m., Friday, Aug. 10

Park Central Square

Jefferson Avenue and Phelps Street

St. Louis Street from the Springfield Convention & Visitors Center to Jefferson Avenue

Kimbrough Avenue from Trafficway to McDaniel Street

9 a.m., Friday, Aug. 10

St. Louis Street and Jefferson Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Olive Street

St. Louis Street and Benton Avenue (including the Discovery Center exits)

St. Louis Street and Kimbrough Avenue (westbound traffic on Kimbrough at Sherwin-Williams)

1:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10

St. Louis Street and Kimbrough Avenue (eastbound and westbound)

St. Louis Street and AT&T driveway

Park Central West and Patton Avenue

Boonville Avenue and Park Central North/Olive

South Avenue and Park Central South/McDaniel

Park Central East and Robberson Avenue

The Springfield Police Department will provide traffic direction and control for the staging of Friday’s Birthplace of Route 66 Parade route starting at 3 p.m. The below locations will reopen after the conclusion of the parade at 7 p.m.

3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10

Kansas Expressway and Olive Avenue

College Street and Nettleton Avenue

College Street and Fort Avenue (north side)

College Street and New Avenue (south side)

College Street and Broadway Avenue

College Street and 9th Avenue (south side)

College Street and Missouri Avenue (south side)

College Street and 8th Avenue

College Street and Douglas Avenue (south side)

Officers will then provide traffic direction and control along the route of the parade for the duration of the event. Public Works staff and volunteers will assist the SPD with traffic control by manning and/or monitoring the barricades.

The parade will travel east on College to Park Central Square at which point the two rows of cars will split and “zipper” around the square and re-join into two rows at Park Central East. The route will continue along Park Central East onto St. Louis Street, past Kimbrough and the grandstand to National Avenue. The parade will terminate at National and St. Louis, with participants being directed in columns of two into the open southbound lanes onto National Avenue.

5:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10

Kansas Expressway and College Street

Grant Avenue and College Street

Hayden Avenue and College Street

Main Avenue and College Street

Market Avenue and College Street

Campbell Avenue and McDaniel Street

College Street and Campbell Avenue/Park Central West

St. Louis Street and Hampton Avenue

St. Louis Street and Florence Avenue

6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10

Grant Avenue and McDaniel Street