Saint Patrick's Day Parade 2019 traffic advisory

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade, as well as the South Boston Boys and Girls Club Road Race, will be held in South Boston on Sunday, March 17, 2019.  The parade and road race will result in street closures and reduce on-street parking availability. People coming into the City for the event are encouraged not to drive their personal vehicles. Information on Bluebikes, the regional bike share service, on their website. You can also find MBTA information online. For a faster return trip, the MBTA advises riders to purchase a round-trip rather than a one-way ticket. Walking is also a great way to move around Boston.

The parade route will be closed to traffic from about 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The route:

1. starts on West Broadway at the Broadway MBTA Station
2. continues left onto East Broadway
3. takes a right onto P Street
4. right onto East Fourth Street
5. left onto K Street
6. right onto East Fifth Street
7. left onto G Street
8. right onto Thomas Park
9. right onto Telegraph Street
10. left onto Dorchester Street, and
11. ending at Dorchester Avenue. 

Disbursal will be on Dorchester Avenue from Dorchester Street to Damrell Street.

“Tow Zone No Stopping Boston Police Special Event Sunday” parking restrictions will be in effect as follows.

• Dorchester Avenue, Both sides, from Gillette Park to Old Colony Avenue, and Both sides, from Dorchester Street to Damrell Street
• Foundry Street, Both sides, from Greenbaum Street to Dorchester Avenue
• West Second Street, Both sides, from Dorchester Avenue to A Street
• A Street, Both sides, from Binford Street to West Second Street
• Binford Street, Both sides, from A Street heading northwesterly to end at 45 Binford Street
• West Fourth Street, Both sides, from A Street to Dorchester Avenue
• West Broadway, Both sides, from Dorchester Avenue to Dorchester Street
• East Broadway, Both sides, from Dorchester Street to P Street
• P Street, Both sides, from East Broadway to East Fourth Street
• East Fourth Street, Both sides, from P Street to K Street
• K Street, Both sides, from East Fourth Street to East Fifth Street
• East Fifth Street, Both sides, from K Street to G Street
• G Street, Both sides, from East Fifth Street to #96 G Street
• Thomas Park, Both sides from G Street to Telegraph Street
• Telegraph Street, Both sides, from Thomas Park to Dorchester Street
• Dorchester Street, Both sides, from Telegraph Street to Dorchester Avenue
• West Sixth Street, Both sides, from F Street to Dorchester Street
• F Street, Southeast side (Boys & Girls Club side), West Sixth Street to Bowen Street

The road race will begin at 11 a.m. on West Sixth Street at the Boys and Girls Club and is expected to end at noon. Traffic will be delayed along the route as runners make their way to the finish line.  The route will be:

1. from West Sixth Street to Dorchester Street
2. right onto East Broadway
3. down and around the Farragut Statue at Day Boulevard to East Broadway
4. right onto West Broadway
5. left onto E Street
6. left onto West Sixth Street, and
7. ending at the Boys and Girls Club at 230 West Sixth Street.