Taste of Chicago: Street closures to take effect Tuesday ahead of festival's return to Grant Park

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 12:53PM

Street closures to take effect Tuesday for Taste of Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) — The Taste of Chicago returns Friday and some street closures will go into effect Tuesday in Grant Park.

The date was moved when the NASCAR street race took over downtown for the Fourth of July weekend.

It runs for three days from Friday to Sunday.

Taste of Chicago moved to September amid backlash over NASCAR street race planned for same weekend

Road closures start Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.

-Columbus will be closed from Balbo to Monroe.

-Ida B wells will be closed from Michigan to Columbus.

– Jackson will shut down from Michigan to DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

The roads will reopen by 4 p.m. Monday.

Copyright © 2023 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.

You May Also Like

Tributes flow for world-class motocross star after competition crash

Queensland man Joel Evans was seriously injured in a crash at Gillman…

Scandalous Alina Habba Rumors That Won't Stop Following Her

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As…

Where the powerhouse economies of Australia

The economic powerhouses and laggards of Australia have been revealed in a…

Student accused of murder impersonated woman found in 'body box', court hears

An international student allegedly murdered a flatmate found in a “body box”…