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City of West Monroe announces street closures for Independence Day Celebration on Saturday, July 1

Fireworks over Anchorage, Alaska's Fur Rondy Mardi Gras celebration
Cory Crowe
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Fireworks over Anchorage, Alaska's Fur Rondy Mardi Gras celebration

WEST MONROE – The City of West Monroe has announced street closures for the July Celebration on Saturday, July 1 in downtown West Monroe.

The July Celebration will take place in downtown West Monroe on Saturday, July 1 and include live music and food trucks in Alley Park and a fireworks show over the Ouachita River.

Activities include live music with Josh Love from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and food trucks in Alley Park from11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fireworks will be shot from the Endom Bridge at 9 p.m. and can be viewed from downtown West Monroe or the levee. Attendees may sit on the levee to view the fireworks.

In preparation for the fireworks show, the West Monroe Police Department has announced the following street closures on Saturday, July 1:

• The Endom Bridge will be closed at 8 p.m. to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

• Coleman Avenue at S. 1st Street will be closed at 8:30 p.m. All eastbound traffic will be directed to turn north onto S. 1st Street.

• North Riverfront at the railroad will be closed at 8:30 p.m.

• Only patrons of Trapp’s Restaurant and Two Warriors Meadery will be allowed access to their parking lot.

• The northbound lane of the 200 block of South Riverbend will be closed to traffic.

The fireworks show is expected to last approximately 15 minutes. The Endom Bridge will reopen once the bridge has been inspected.