Penn State’s Homecoming parade is on Friday. See which roads are closed
Between Penn State’s Homecoming Parade and State High’s last home football game of the season at Memorial Field, drivers should expect road closures and delays on Friday in downtown State College.
The Homecoming Parade will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, starting at the IM building and ending at the Lion Shrine. Due to the parade, much of East College Avenue will be closed Friday night. University police will be directing traffic at various intersections but drivers should be ready for delays or alternative routes.
The parade roads will be closed starting 5:30 p.m. on Friday and all parked vehicles must be removed before the parade. An interactive map of the parade route and visitor parking can be found online at PSU’s website.
Sections Porter Road and Curtin Road will be closed at 4:30 p.m. in preparation for the parade. Sections of Bigler Road, Pollock Road, Shortlidge Road, Burrows Road and College Avenue will close at 5:30 p.m.
Public transportation will also be affected by the parade, with Campus Shuttle services ending at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Visitor parking for the parade is available for $1 per hour at the HUB, East, West and Nittany Parking decks. Visitors who park in the HUB deck will be unable to leave from 5:30 p.m. to the end of the parade.
Several parking areas will be blocked from 5:30 p.m. until the conclusion of the parade.
- Yellow H (Shields Building)
- Yellow H (Wagner Building)
- Orange J (McCoy Natatorium)
- Lot 42 (north of Building 14) — vehicles must exit via Millennium Drive to Hastings Road.
- Lot 81 (at Ritner/Wolf Halls and Pollock Building) — vehicles must exit to Mifflin Road then travel south to McKean Road.
- HUB Parking Deck
- Yellow J (Atherton Hall)
- Yellow N (College Avenue in front of Health and Human Development)
- Red H (Noll Lab)
- Green C (Waring Commons)
- Red K (ARL)
State High will play Cumberland Valley at 7 p.m. at Memorial Field on Friday. Drivers should expect traffic along Nittany Avenue, Fraser Street and Allen Street.
This story was originally published October 20, 2022 at 3:13 PM.