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By Laura Folio, About.com Guide to Atlanta

New Year's Eve Street Closures

Wednesday December 31, 2008

Downtown Atlanta will be alive with festivities, with New Year's Eve and Chick-fil-A Bowl events taking to the streets. Be aware of the following street closures as you head down to join the fun:

The Chick-fil-A Bowl Parade:

  • The route runs from Peachtree Street South to Ralph McGill Boulevard to International Boulevard through Centennial Olympic Park to Upper International. Streets will be closed beginning at noon and ending at 2:30 p.m.

In preparation for the Peach Drop, Starting at 5 p.m., traffic won’t be allowed inside an area bounded by:

  • Central Avenue and Peachtree Center Avenue on the east
  • Spring Street, Walton Street and Forsyth Street on the west
  • M. L. King on the south; and Ellis Street and Carnegie Way on the north

For the Peach Drop celebration, the following streets near Underground Atlanta will be closed:

  • Alabama Street from Forsyth to Peachtree streets
  • Wall Street from Central Avenue to Peachtree Street
  • Marietta Street/Decatur Street from Spring Street to Central Avenue
  • Walton Street from Forsyth to Peachtree streets
  • Luckie Street/Auburn Avenue from Forsyth to Peachtree Center Avenue
  • Williams Street from Forsyth to Peachtree streets
  • Forsyth Street from M. L. King Jr. Drive to Walton Street
  • Broad Street from Marietta to Peachtree streets
  • Peachtree Street from M. L. King Jr. Drive to Ellis Street
  • Park Place from J.W. Dobbs Avenue to Decatur Street
  • Equitable Place from Auburn to Edgewood avenues
  • Pryor Street from Decatur Street to M. L. King
  • J.W. Dobbs Avenue from Peachtree Street to Peachtree Center Avenue
  • Edgewood Avenue from Peachtree Street to Central Avenue

Information via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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