July 4th Holiday City Building and Road Closures and Other Information

City offices, including the Public Works Main Office, will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. Trash and recycling pick up will be one day behind for the remainder of the week.  Street cleaning of the odd-side B-district (July 4) will be posted and swept on Wednesday, June 29. The Cambridge Cemetery office will be closed on July 4 but cemetery gates will be open as usual from 7 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, July 3, 3 p.m. (Or a time to be determined by the Incident Commander):

1. Storrow Drive closed to westbound traffic from Lee Pool to the Bowker Overpass. Westbound traffic diverted to Charles St. Circle. Westbound traffic may re-enter Storrow Drive westbound by heading down Charles St, to Beacon St, to westbound entrance at Bowker Overpass.

2. Mugar Way at Beacon St closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians directed to Berkeley St for entrance to Esplanade.

3. Berkeley St at Beacon St will be closed to vehicular traffic.

4. Storrow Drive Eastbound will be closed and detoured at Bowker Overpass.

Monday, July 4, 12 a.m.:

1. No parking on Memorial Drive (either side) from 450 Memorial Drive to Longfellow Bridge. All vehicles remaining after this time will be removed.

2. No parking on Cambridge Parkway.

7 a.m.:

1. Access to Storrow Drive westbound from Leverett Circle to Kenmore Square (Bowker Overpass) will be closed to traffic.

2. The righthand travel lane on Charles River Dam Road will be closed from Museum Way to Leverett Circle.

3. The Storrow Drive Exit Ramp in the Tip O’Neill Tunnel will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles.

4. The Leverett Circle entrance to Storrow Drive West will also be closed. Traffic will be allowed to travel on Msgr. O’Brien Highway to Cambridge and Martha Way to Boston.

5. The following Storrow Drive on and off ramp closures will remain in effect from July 3:

• Berkeley Street;
• Charlesgate Area (heading eastbound);
• Bowker Overpass from Park Drive and the Fenway;
• Charles Street Circle.(heading westbound).

6. No Parking at Magazine Beach and Pool, Riverside Boat Club and the MWRA pump station (Cottage Farm). No boat launching in this area.

7. Pedestrian Footbridge at Charles Street Circle going to the Esplanade closed.

8. Fiedler Footbridge from Beacon Street going to the Esplanade closed.

12 p.m.:

1. A lane on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge going from Boston to Cambridge will be closed. This lane will remain closed for the remainder of time the bridge remains open (entire bridge closes to vehicles and pedestrians at 4 p.m.)

3 p.m.:

1. No access to Storrow Dr. westbound from the Kenmore Square (Bowker Overpass).

2. No access to Storrow Dr. westbound from the Beacon St. on-ramp under the Bowker Overpass.
3. Storrow Drive eastbound will be detoured at University Avenue.

4 p.m.:

1. Memorial Drive in both directions from Massachusetts Avenue to the Longfellow Bridge closed to vehicular traffic.

2. Main Street, Cambridge, from Third Street to the Longfellow Bridge closed to vehicular traffic.

3. Ames Street from Main Street to Memorial Drive, Cambridge, closed to vehicular traffic.

4. Wadsworth and Amherst Streets, Cambridge, closed to vehicular traffic.

5. Land Boulevard (Cambridge) from Binney Street to Longfellow Bridge closed to vehicular traffic.

6. Hayward, Carlton, Charlotte’s Way and Dock Streets in Cambridge, closed to vehicular traffic.

7. Access allowed to One Memorial Drive only with issued permit.

8. Longfellow Bridge closed to vehicular traffic. Pedestrians will be allowed on the downstream side (only side open due to construction).

9. Due to construction, the Longfellow Bridge will be closed to pedestrian traffic from approximately 9 p.m. until the end of the fireworks. Due to the construction, no fireworks viewing from the Longfellow Bridge will be allowed.

10. Mass. Ave. Bridge closed in both directions to vehicular and pedestrian traffic from Beacon Street in Boston to Vassar Street in Cambridge. As in previous years, no fireworks viewing from the Mass. Ave. Bridge will be allowed.

11. Memorial Drive from Mass Ave to the BU Bridge closed to vehicular traffic. Vehicular access will be allowed for patrons going to the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Hyatt patrons will be directed to the Vassar Street road closure.

12. Vassar Street in Cambridge from Mass Ave to Memorial Drive closed to vehicular traffic. Access will be allowed for residents and Hyatt patrons.

13. Cambridge Parkway closed to vehicular traffic except, it will remain open to vehicles with Handicap Placards/plates only. All vehicles must be removed from Cambridge Parkway by 1 a.m. on July 5. 

Link to Full Road Closure Information

Link to July 3rd & 4th on the Esplanade: What You Can & Cannot Bring

Link to July 3rd & 4th on the Esplanade - Police Text-A-Tip Line