Get Ready for Market Square Day in Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, NH - Portsmouth Police would like residents to know about the following traffic, parking, and street closures on June 11, 2016, for the Annual Market Square Day and Market Square Day Road Race.

Market Square Day

Market Square Day is Saturday, June 11, and much of downtown Portsmouth will be vehicle-free and pedestrian-friendly. No parking will be allowed on several downtown streets between 4 a.m. and approximately 7 p.m.

A $5 flat-rate parking fee will be collected from each vehicle entering the High-Hanover Parking Facility between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Access the garage by turning from Market Street onto Hanover. Payment upon entry to the facility is expected to reduce delays for those leaving after the Market Square Day events.

Free shuttle bus service will be available from the Festival’s parking overflow lot at The Mall at Fox Run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Event details are at proportsmouth.org.

Market Square Day Closures

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. until approximately 7 p.m. on June 11: Congress Street; Pleasant Street from State Street to Market Square; Market Street from Bow Street to Market Square; Daniel Street from Chapel/Penhallow Streets to Market Square; Fleet Street; Ladd Street; Chestnut Street; Porter Street (Church to Pleasant); Church Street; Penhallow Street; Ceres Street from Bow Street to Private Way; High Street from Congress Street to Ladd Street; and Hanover Street between Market Street and Maplewood Avenue except for access to the Parking Garage by turning from Market onto Hanover.

Market Square Day Race Traffic Interruptions

The Market Square 10K Road Race, which begins promptly at 9 a.m. on June 11, and may cause periodic and significant traffic interruptions.

Approximately 2,000 racers have registered. The race begins at the North Church, travels up Congress to Islington, to Summer to State to Bow to Market to Hanover to Maplewood to Dennett to Woodbury to Bartlett to Islington to Essex to Middle to South to Lafayette to Miller to Clough to Brackett to Haven to South to Marcy. The full route may be found at proportsmouth.org/MSDRoadRace.cfm.

Submitted by Capt. Frank Warchol of the Portsmouth Police Department.