Dallas Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Wednesday at City Hall Plaza: the Route and the Downtown Closures
The ceremony opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall Plaza and the parade follows at 11:15 from Houston and Young. Staging streets close at 9 a.m.; the route itself closes from 11 to 1.
Dallas's own Veterans Day parade takes over downtown on Wednesday, and the City has published the full street plan. The opening ceremony starts at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza, and the parade steps off at 11:15 a.m. at Houston and Young Streets before ultimately ending back at City Hall Plaza, according to the City of Dallas's official notice.
The route runs north on Houston, east on Main, south on Ervay, west on Young, south on Akard, east on Marilla and south on Ervay to Canton. Closures come in three waves: the staging area — Houston Street from Wood to Young and the Houston Street viaduct, used for staging, float lineup and bus drop-off — closes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; dispersal streets including Canton, Marilla, Akard and Browder segments close from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and the parade-route streets themselves, segments of Main, Marilla, Houston, Ervay, Young and Akard, close from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Drivers are not cut off entirely: Lamar, Griffin, Commerce at Houston and Ervay remain open along the parade route for incoming and outgoing downtown traffic, the City said. Wednesday's weather helps the observance — the station's feed codes Veterans Day clear with a high near 80. The City directs updates and changes to its @1500Marilla and DallasCityHall channels.
