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Leaving the daunting highway and air travel aside, Memorial Day weekend sees a few events that will complicate traffic inside the city as well.
Weekend festivities start early (naturally), with barbecue maestro Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck Festival officially starting up Thursday—though only for those with big passes and other VIPs. A (very small) street closure for that event starts Friday, when the Hi How Are You? Backyard Barbecue starts up.
Hot Luck Festival
Thursday, May 23-Saturday, May 25
Branch Street will be closed between 11th Street and Juniper
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University of Texas Commencement
UT graduates and their guests will keep small but usually busy areas around campus and the Frank Erwin Center blocked off for most of the weekend.
Friday, May 24, 6 a.m.-10 p.m., and Saturday, May 25, 6 a.m. to midnight
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from IH-35 southbound frontage to Trinity Street
Trinity Street from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to 18th Street
Red River Street (southbound only) from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to 15th Street
Red River Street from Robert Dedman Drive to
Southbound IH-35 from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the IH35 Southbound Exit Ramp
Saturday, May 25, 7 a.m.-Sunday, May 26, 2 a.m.
University Avenue between MLK Blvd and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard West 20th Street
Saturday, May 25, 3:45 p.m.-midnight
West 21st Street from Whitis Avenue to Speedway
Life Time Tri Cap Tex
Friday, May 24, 6 a.m.-10 p.m., and Saturday, May 25, 6 a.m. to midnight
As is appropriate to a triathlon, this event has three different routes: one for running/walking, one for bicycling, and for swimming.
Closures north of Barton Springs Road and south of the lake are between Lee Barton Drive and South First Street.
Closures north of the lake along West Cesar Chavez Street and Veterans Drive are between Congress Avenue and Atlanta Street, just west of MoPac.
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