St. Patrick’s Day 2022 events to be held on Saturday March 12 on Greenville Avenue

St. Patrick’s Day 2022 events to be held on Saturday March 12 on Greenville Avenue

The 2022 St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival events will be held Saturday March 12 on Greenville Avenue. A collaborative effort between the Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire and Rescue, the Office of Special Events, Code, Sanitation and Parking Enforcement will minimize the impact on the surrounding community. The team will have extensive controls on noise, cleanup, parking, security, and safety.

Please be advised the following events with street closures, St. Paddy’s Day Dash Down Greenville, Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival, and the St. Patrick’s Day Block Party, are scheduled to occur on March 12 in addition to numerous other parties and celebrations. Event organizers expect an estimated 90,000 people in attendance. 

Road closures related to the many special events and the large volume of pedestrian traffic along Greenville Avenue will impact traffic around Greenville Avenue from Park Lane to Vickery Boulevard between 6:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. To avoid street closures related to the events, avoid Greenville Avenue and use Skillman Street, McMillan Avenue, and Central Expressway to travel southbound and northbound. Please use google maps to detour around street closures for the day as all traffic closures have been uploaded.

Residents and businesses located between Central Expressway and Greenville Avenue should utilize entrances and exits west of Greenville Avenue.

For the parade, four pedestrian crossing points will be available at Southwestern Boulevard, Lovers Lane, Milton Street, and University Boulevard.

St. Paddy’s Day Dash Down Greenville 5K

Details: The 5K race starts at 8 a.m. at 5200 Greenville Avenue (south of Lovers Lane). It will proceed north on Greenville Avenue, turn right onto Caruth Haven Lane, turn left onto Southwestern Boulevard, turn right onto Skillman Street, turn right onto E. University Boulevard, and turn right onto Greenville Avenue on the two northbound curb lanes and return to the start/finish line. Cleanup will conclude at 11 a.m.

Please refer to the street closure table for times and specifics of closures:

Street Name From To # of Lanes Start Time End Time
Greenville Avenue Milton Street Caruth Haven Lane 2 Northbound 6 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Greenville Avenue University Boulevard Caruth Haven Lane Northbound 7 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Caruth Haven Lane Greenville Avenue Southwestern Boulevard Eastbound 7:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Southwestern Boulevard Caruth Haven Lane Skillman Street Eastbound 7:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
Skillman Street Southwestern Boulevard University Boulevard 2 Southbound 7:50 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
University Boulevard Skillman Street Greenville Avenue Westbound 7:55 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

Residents north of University Drive and east of Greenville Avenue should travel north to Southwestern Boulevard and Amesbury Drive to exit. Residents south of University and east of Grenville Avenue should travel south to Sandhurst Lane and Skillman Street to exit.

For more information visit runproject.org, call 214-751-7911, or email [email protected].

Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival

Details: The event will require closing Greenville Avenue from Park Lane to Mockingbird Lane from 9 a.m. until the post parade cleanup is complete (estimated time 4 p.m.). The parade starts at 11 a.m. at Greenville Avenue and Blackwell Street. The parade will proceed south on Greenville Avenue to SMU Boulevard, turn right onto SMU Boulevard and disperse.

Please refer to the street closure table for times and specifics of closures:

Street Name From To # of Lanes Start Time End Time
Twin Hills Avenue Fair Oaks Avenue Northwest Highway      
Blackwell Street Greenville Avenue Twin Hills Avenue      
Greenville Avenue Park Lane Mockingbird Lane All SB lanes 9 a.m. 4 p.m.
Greenville Avenue Park Lane Mockingbird Lane All NB lanes 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
SMU Boulevard Greenville Avenue 75 Service Road All 9 a.m. 4 p.m.
Matilda Street Milton Street Sandhurst Lane All 8 a.m. Noon

Parking is not permitted from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. in these locations:

  • Parade route
  • Central Expressway Service Road from Mockingbird Lane to Park Lane
  • Meadows Building
  • CVS and Office Depot parking lots

Parking is not permitted from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. in these locations:

  • Parade route
  • Central Expressway Service Road from Mockingbird Lane to Park Lane
  • Meadows Building
  • CVS and Office Depot parking lots

For more information visit dallasstpatricksparade.com, call 469-230-4932 or email [email protected].

St. Patrick’s Day Block Party

Details: The annual lower Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Block Party will start at 9 a.m. between the 2800 and 2900 block of Greenville Avenue. North and southbound traffic on Greenville Avenue will be detoured east to Matilda Street.

Please refer to the street closure table for times and specifics of closures:

Street Name From To # of Lanes Start Time End Time
Greenville Avenue Vanderbilt Avenue Vickery Boulevard Full Closure 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
Goodwin Avenue Worcola Street Matilda Street Full Closure 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
Vanderbilt Avenue Worcola Street Greenville Avenue Full Closure 8 a.m. 8 p.m.

The following streets will be designated one-way westbound from Greenville Avenue to McMillan Avenue from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

  • Monticello Avenue
  • Ridgedale Avenue
  • Vanderbilt Avenue
  • Goodwin Avenue
  • Vickery Boulevard
  • Miller Avenue

The following streets will be designated one-way eastbound from Greenville Avenue to Matilda Street from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

  • Marquita Avenue
  • Vanderbilt Avenue
  • Llano Avenue
  • Velasco Avenue

For more information visit lowergreenvilleblockparty.com, call (214) 796-0340, or email [email protected].

DART

With additional DART service throughout the day, parade, festivalgoers and runners can safely travel to this weekend’s events and enjoy the long awaited return of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Additional Red and Orange Line train service will be added March 12 from 6 a.m. – 11 p.m., from Plano to SMU/Mockingbird, Lovers Lane and Park Lane stations.

From Plano, rail service will be added to Red and Orange Line trains between Parker and Victory stations.

From Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Dallas customers can ride the Green Line and transfer to either the Orange or Red Line in downtown Dallas.

Passengers riding the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) can transfer to special event Red and Orange line trains at Victory Station.

Bus routes 3 and 17 will be on detour all day until the parade has ended. Routes 105, 209 and 249 will operate on their regular routes. See DART.org/rideralerts for more information.

The TSA Security Directive requiring a face mask requirement for all transportation networks, including public transportation, remains in effect until March 18. DART will continue to require a CDC approved face mask be worn over the mouth and nose by passengers and operators at all times while on DART vehicles including buses, trains and paratransit vehicles, Trinity Railway Express trains, in buildings and onboard the Dallas Streetcar.

Face masks and hand sanitizer dispensers are installed on all buses, light rail vehicles, TRE vehicles and Dallas streetcars, and will continue to be available to all passengers. Find out about more ways DART is keeping you safe here.

Make your trip easy by purchasing a $6 local Day Pass in advance using the GoPass® mobile ticketing application. It allows you to buy passes, plan trips and get next bus or train times from the comfort of your telephone. Download the app for free through Google Play or the App Store.

Don’t have the app? Purchase a Day Pass from a ticket vending machine at any DART Rail station or from a bus operator.

For more information go to DART.org/SPD or call DART Customer Information at 214-979-1111.

 

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