City Of Charleston: 2021 Christmas Parade Street Closures

Press release from the City of Charleston:

December 7, 2021

The Kanawha Boulevard between Pennsylvania Avenue North and Hale Street will be closed, except for one westbound lane from Clendenin Street to Pennsylvania Avenue North beginning at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 9. At 5:30 p.m., all lanes of the Kanawha Boulevard will be closed from Pennsylvania Avenue North to Hale Street.

At 7:00 p.m. the following streets will be closed for the 2021 Charleston Christmas Parade.

*Kanawha Blvd. from Pennsylvania Ave. North to Hale Street

*Virginia Street East from Pennsylvania Ave. North to Capitol Street

*Quarrier Street from Capitol Street to Pennsylvania Ave. North

*Lee Street East from Pennsylvania Ave. North to Capitol Street

*Washington Street East from Capitol Street to Pennsylvania Ave. North

***Other than the above main thoroughfares the below intersections will also be closed until the conclusion of the Christmas parade.***

Kanawha Blvd. East / Hale Street

Capitol Street / Virginia Street East

Capitol Street / Quarrier Street

Capitol Street / Lee Street East

Capitol Street / Washington Street East

Washington Street East/ Summers Street

Washington Street East / Laidley Street

Washington Street East / Court Street - North and South bound

Washington Street East / Margaret Street

Washington Street East / Shiloh Baptist Church

Washington Street East / Bibby Street

Washington Street East / Clendenin Street

Clendenin Street / Lee Street East

Clendenin Street / Quarrier Street

Clendenin Street / Virginia Street East

Clendenin Street / Kanawha Blvd. East

Pennsylvania Ave. North / Kanawha Blvd. East

Pennsylvania Ave. North / Virginia St. East

Virginia Street East Exit Ramp EB

Pennsylvania Ave. North / Lee Street East

At approximately 7:00 p.m., all Charleston Town Center Mall traffic that exits on Quarrier Street will be detoured to Truslow Street and then East on Virginia Street to Capitol Street where they will stage until the tail of the parade passes and then be able to exit the downtown area.

At approximately 7:00 p.m., all Charleston Town Center Mall traffic that exits on Lee Street will be detoured

South on Court Street and East on Virginia Street to Capitol Street where they will stage until the tail of the parade passes and then be able to exit the downtown area.

At the end of the Gaither Concert, concertgoers will exit on Virginia Street East to Capitol Street where they will stage until the tail of the parade passes and then be able to exit the downtown area.

If you are attending the Charleston Christmas Parade, free parking is available in all City-owned parking garages.

This press release was produced by the City of Charleston. The views expressed here are the author’s own.