11/10/2024
SIU Homecoming Parade is Saturday morning in Carbondale, and all the street closures and detours are below...⬇️
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
October 11, 2024
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – The Carbondale Police Department is looking forward to seeing you at the 2024 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Homecoming Parade! The parade is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2024. The parade will require vehicular traffic on Illinois Route 51 (South Illinois Avenue and South University Avenue) south of West Walnut Street to Pleasant Hill Road to be re-routed beginning at 9:30 a.m.
STREET CLOSURE:
All lanes of traffic from East Grand Avenue north to Cherry Street on South Illinois Avenue and all lanes of South University Avenue from Walnut Street south to Mill Street will be closed for the parade. The Mill Street underpass will also be closed. East Mill Street will be blocked off between South Illinois Avenue to South Wall Street.
PARADE ASSEMBLY:
The parade will assemble and stage on East Mill Street between South Wall Street and South Illinois Avenue. This street will be closed to vehicular traffic.
NORTHBOUND DETOUR:
The detour for northbound traffic will begin at Grand Avenue at South Illinois Avenue, where it will turn east and proceed to South Wall Street. Traffic will turn north onto South Wall Street and continue to East Main Street, where it will turn west. Traffic will proceed to Illinois Avenue (Route 51) and turn north.
SOUTHBOUND DETOUR:
The detour for southbound traffic will begin at West Walnut Street, where it will turn east and proceed to South Wall Street. Traffic will turn south onto South Wall Street and continue to Pleasant Hill Road, where it will turn west. Traffic will proceed to South Illinois Avenue (Route 51) and turn south.
HANDICAPPED PARKING:
Handicapped parking is available on the east side of the First Mid-Illinois Bank parking lot and in the lot behind the Evolve Apartment Complex. There is additional handicapped parking in the Quatro’s Deep Pan Pizza and B&A Travel parking lots.
PARADE ROUTE:
The parade route goes north on S Illinois Avenue from W Mill Street, then west on W Cherry Street, and then south on S University Avenue. The route continues south on S University Avenue to S Illinois Avenue where it continues to Lincoln Drive on the SIU Campus. The parade will end on Lincoln Drive near the SIU Student Center. The detour for northbound Route 51 traffic begins at W Pleasant Hill Road and proceeds east to S Wall Street, north to E Main Street, and west to Illinois Avenue. The detour for southbound Route 51 traffic begins at W Walnut Street and proceeds east to S Wall Street, south to Pleasant Hill Road, and west to S Illinois Avenue.
You can also check out SIU’s website for more campus-related information: https://homecoming.siu.edu/homecoming-parade/
GO SALUKIS!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.