Richmond, Va. (NewsradioWRVA.com) - The Richmond Police Department says that because of the Richmond Folk Festival, which starts Friday afternoon and runs all through the weekend, several roads around Brown's Island will be closed.
Richmond Police Department spokesman James Mercante says the following roads will be closed during the festival:
- North 6th Street between East Broad and East Grace streets
- Tredegar Street between South 7th Street and Belle Isle lot
- South 10th Street between Haxall Point and Federal Reserve Bank
- Spring Street between South 2nd and Belvidere streets
- East Byrd Street between South 2nd and South 7th streets
- South 2nd Street between Lee Bridge off ramp and East Byrd Street
- South 3rd Street between East Canal and East Byrd streets
- South 4th Street between East Canal and East Byrd streets
- South 5th Street between East Canal and Tredegar streets
The streets are slated to be closed from 4 pm Friday afternoon until 11:59 Sunday night.
