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Big events in Bellingham lead to road closures through the weekend

3 weeks ago in Community Events, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Traffic

Big events in Bellingham lead to road closures through the weekend

A bicyclist performs a jump at Northwest Tune Up in 2022. Photo: Saga Communications/Adam Smith


BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – This weekend’s upcoming festivities in downtown Bellingham may cause some hiccups in your travel plans.

Crews closed W Laurel Street and Granary Avenue to through traffic earlier Thursday morning, July 9 ahead of the Northwest Tune-Up Festival.

Those roads will reopen to all traffic by Sunday morning.

An evening closure will also take effect on W Chestnut Street between Roeder Avenue and Bay Street from 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Additional road closures will be implemented on Sunday between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Bellingham Pride Parade. That includes Cornwall Avenue between Ohio and W Chestnut streets and W Chestnut between Cornwall and Railroad avenues.

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