The city’s first giant festival of the fall—ACL Fest—starts next week, but one of its oldest takes place Saturday. The Pecan Street Festival starts at 3pm Saturday on the part of East Sixth Street we now refer to as “Dirty” (and which was originally named “Pecan Street,” naturally). These are the closures for that fest, courtesy of Downtown Austin Alliance.
East Sixth Street: Between Brazos Street and IH-35
San Jacinto: Between East Fifth Street and East Seventh Street
IH-35 southbound frontage road: The righthand lane will be closed betwen IH-35 southbound frontage road (partial between East 8th Street and East 6th Street
But that’s not all! NAMIWalk Austin, in support of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will take place Saturday morning, with the following street closures:
RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Between Lee Barton Drive and S. 1st Street
Street will be closed from 5:30 am until 1:00 pm.
S. 1ST STREET
(Partial Closure)
Between Riverside Drive and Cesar Chavez Street
Police will escort the walkers and hold traffic at intersections. Road will not be closed to traffic.
9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
CESAR CHAVEZ STREET
(Partial Closure)
Between S. 1st Street and Congress Avenue
Police will escort the walkers and hold traffic at intersections. Road will not be closed to traffic.
9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
CONGRESS AVENUE
(Partial Closure)
Between Cesar Chavez Street and 11th Street
Police will escort the walkers and hold traffic at intersections. Road will not be closed to traffic.
9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure also takes place Saturday. Street closures for that route are:
18TH STREET
Between Congress Ave and San Jacinto Blvd
Closure from 9/24 at 6:00am to 9/25 at 2:00pm
BRAZOS ST
Between MLK Blvd and 15th Street
Closure in effect from 9/24 at 6:00am to 9/25 at 2:00pm
CONGRESS AVE
Between MLK Blvd and 15th Street
Closure in effect from 2:00am to 2:00pm
SAN JACINTO BLVD
Between MLK Blvd and 15th Street
Closure in effect from 2:00am to 2:00pm
17TH STREET
Between Colorado St and Trinity St
Closure in effect from 2:00am to 2:00pm
16TH STREET
Between Colorado St and San Jacinto Blvd
Closure in effect from 2:00am to 10:00am
15TH STREET
Between Lavaca St and Trinity St
Closure in effect from 4:00am to 10:00am.
SAN JACINTO BLVD
(Partial Closure)
Between 15th Street and 11th Street
Partial closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
COLORADO ST
Between 15th Street and 11th Street
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
11TH STREET
(Partial Closure)
Between San Jacinto Blvd and Brazos
Partial closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am
CONGRESS AVE
Between 11th Street and Cesar Chavez
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
CONGRESS AVE
(Partial Closure)
Between Cesar Chavez and Barton Springs
Partial closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am
LAVACA
(Partial Closure)
Between 13th Street and 14th Street
Partial closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am
11TH STREET
Between Lavaca and Brazos
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
13TH STREET
Between Lavaca and Colorado
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
14TH STREET
Between Lavaca and San Jacinto
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
BRAZOS STREET
Between 15th Street and 14th Street
Closure in effect from 6:00am to 10:00am.
Finally, there will be a closure of East 17th Street between San Jacinto Boulevard and Trinity Street on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.