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    The City of Tallahassee is providing notice of road closures for FAMU Homecoming weekend

    Kathleen William Posted on

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    The City of Tallahassee is telling residents to expect “extensive road closures in the area” due to this weekend’s FAMU homecoming festivities and an FSU football home game.

    “Citizens are urged to expect traffic delays,” the city posted on X on Thursday. Here are the closures, as explained in the social media posts:

    Friday, November 1st:

    • Macomb Street between Carolina and Brevard Streets will be closed from noon to midnight due to Frenchtown Rising.
    • Woodward Avenue from West Gaines Street to St. Augustine Street will be closed from 9 a.m. to midnight, and West Madison Street will be closed from Woodward Avenue to Lorene Street for the Seminole Block Party.

    Saturday November 2nd: The following streets will be closed to the FAMU Homecoming Parade event area from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.:

    • Howard Avenue from Pasco Street to Althea Gibson Way.
    • Hampton Avenue from Pasco Street to Althea Gibson Way.
    • Famcee Avenue from Pasco Street to Althea Gibson Way.
    • Gore Avenue from Pasco Street to Althea Gibson Way.

    The following streets will be closed to the FAMU Homecoming Parade route from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.:

    • Althea Gibson Way from Orange Avenue to FAMU Way.
    • FAMU Way from Pinellas Street to ML King Boulevard.
    • Perry Street from Robert & Trudie Perkins Way to Okaloosa Street.

    The following streets will be closed for the FAMU Homecoming football game from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.:

    • Althea Gibson Way (open to increased traffic only from Osceola Street to FAMU Way).
    • Perry Street from Robert & Trudie Perkins Way to Okaloosa Street will remain closed until midnight.

    Due to the FSU football game, there will be heavy traffic on the following streets:

    • At 10:30 a.m., all streets surrounding Doak Campbell Stadium will be closed to booster access.
    • Gaines Street will be heavily trafficked by fans attending both games and should be avoided if possible.
    • Pensacola Street will be reversed to two-way traffic after the game to ease traffic exiting the game.
    • All road closures will reopen within an hour of the game.

    (This story has been updated to add new information.)

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