TRAFFIC ALERT: Centaur Parade to Close Roads Friday, Saturday

The KREWE OF CENTAUR is preparing to roll through Shreveport this Saturday afternoon and their parade route may impact your commute this weekend.

Here's a schedule of street closures before and during the Krewe of Centaur parade Saturday.



7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday:

Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway from Lake Street to Shreveport-Barksdale Highway.



8:30 a.m. Saturday:

•Crockett Street from Market Street to Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway.

•Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway between Lake and Milam streets. (Access to the parking lot at Sci-Port Louisiana's Sci Center via Lake Street will be allowed until 4 p.m. Saturday).



3:30 p.m. Saturday:

•East Kings Highway at Preston Avenue.

•East Kings Highway at Youree Drive.

•Shreveport-Barksdale Highway, including the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway bridge.

•Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway from Milam Street to Shreveport-Barksdale Highway.
Once the procession turns onto East Kings Highway: East Preston Avenue will be closed to through traffic at East Kings Highway, Captain Shreve Drive, Knight Street and Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway.



Remaining open will be:

•Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway between East 70th Street and Shreveport-Barksdale Highway.

•Knight Street from Preston Avenue to Shreveport-Barksdale Highway.



SO FIND ANOTHER ROUTE IF YOU TRAVEL THESE STREETS AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!!!