Tonight is the largest nighttime parade in the Southeast- the 75th Annual Edison Festival of Light Parade starts at 7 p.m.
Last night, crews put the finishing touches on everything from the floats to the road closures. The parade wraps up a month-long festival honoring Thomas Edison.
The parade route starts at Fort Myers High School at 7 p.m. and ends in the downtown River District.
The parade is going to be more than two miles long - the longest it's ever been!
With appearances by 16 bands, more than 100 floats, the Wells Fargo Wagon and Budweiser Clydesdales and mini horses!
Don't forget to bring a sweater, jacket or blanket with you for night time, temperatures are supposed to drop and it will get cooler out as the sun sets.
Road closures will begin at 5 p.m.
Police encourage those who want to attend the parade to arrive downtown prior to 5 p.m.
All parking garages will be open before the parade starts but access to the downtown area will be very limited to vehicles entering and exiting during the parade.
Anyone not attending the parade is asked to avoid the area.
Alternate routes: the Edison Bridge, Fowler Street and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard.
For more information click here: Edison Festival of Light
Road Closures:
Cleveland Avenue between Hanson and Main streets
Edwards Drive (closed from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.)
Bay Street between Heitman and Jackson streets
First Street between Fowler and Jackson streets
Main Street between Cleveland Avenue and Hendry Street
Monroe Street between Main Street and Edwards Drive (closed at 7 a.m.)
Heitman Street from Bay Street to Edwards Drive (closed at 7 a.m.)
Broadway Avenue between Second and Bay streets
Hendry Street between Main Street and Edwards Drive (closed from 6 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
Jackson Street between Edwards Drive and Edison Avenue
Cortez Avenue between Del Rio and Llewellyn drives
Llewellyn Drive between Cortez and Cleveland avenues
Hoople Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Crawford Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Lafayette Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Royal Palm Avenue between Bay Street and Thompson
Lee Street between Edwards Drive and Thompson/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Fowler and Heitman streets
The downtown boat ramp
The ramp off of the Caloosahatchee Bridge into downtown Fort Myers and the southbound lanes of traffic will be diverted onto McGregor Boulevard.
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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50830062/ns/local_news-fort_myers_fl/
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