Sweet Corn Circus road closures

Posted on August 23, 2019
Map of street that will be closed for the event in Uptown Normal. (Photo Town of Normal/Facebook)

 

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – The Sweet Corn Circus will be held in Uptown Normal this weekend and will require several street closures.

On Friday, the following streets and parking lots will be signed “No Parking” at noon and closed at 2 pm, unless noted otherwise:
• North St. from Fell Ave. to Uptown Circle
• Broadway from College Ave. to W. Beaufort St.
• Constitution Blvd
• Uptown Circle
• E. Beaufort St. from Uptown Circle to Linden St.
• W. Beaufort from the Circle to the entrance of the Uptown Station parking deck
• Alley between Emack and Bolio’s and Insomnia Cookies
• Trail West parking lot as marked
• Trail East parking lot as marked

Additionally, Constitution Trail as it passes through Uptown Normal will be closed. These streets will remain closed until Sunday evening as tear down permits. The festival hours are 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday.

Parking will be free in the College Ave. deck during the event and overflow parking will be available in the Parkinson Lot off Linden St.

Event details are available at www.uptownnormal.com/events.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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