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Traffic Changes Due to Honk Festival
10/3/2016 • 7 years ago
The information on this page may be outdated as it was published 7 years ago.
38th Annual Oktoberfest and HONK Parade Traffic and Parking Information
Traffic Notice: Please plan ahead as the 38th Annual Oktoberfest and HONK! Parade will impact traffic and parking on Sunday, October 9th in and around Harvard Square.
Road Closures due to Oktoberfest
![Oktoberfest 2016 map](/-/media/Images/CDD/Transportation/Honkfest2016Map.png?h=191&w=500)
As a result of Oktoberfest, there will be a hard shutdown on the following roads beginning at 7 a.m.:
- JFK between Mt. Auburn St. and Mass Ave.,
- Mass Ave S/B between Garden St. and Brattle St.,
- Brattle St. from Mass Ave. to Story St.,
- Mount Auburn @University Road, Palmer St, Church St
- Winthrop St. between JFK and Eliot St.
Roads will re-open beginning at 7 p.m.
Roads effected by HONK! Parade
The HONK! Parade will start in Davis Square at 12 p.m. and it is estimated to arrive in Harvard Square at approximately 2 p.m. It starts on Day Street, It then moves to Elm Street to Beach Street, then on to Massachusetts Ave Eastbound to the Oktoberfest location in the middle of Harvard Square.
![HONK Parade Route 2016](/-/media/Images/CDD/Transportation/HonkParadeRoute2016.jpg?h=398&w=500)
- Day Street
- Elm Street
- Beech Street
- Allen Street
- Russell Street
- Chester Street
- Milton Street
- Porter Road
- Upland Road
- Mount Vernon Street
- Arlington Street
- Lancaster Street
- Linnaean Street
- Chauncey Street
- Waterhouse Street
- Garden Street
For More Information
For more information, please look to the Cambridge Police Department website.