Friday parade prompts RTA reroutes

CLEVELAND (mykdeen.com) – The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will reroute several downtown bus lines ahead of and during the Friday St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade will begin just after 1 p.m. at E. 18th Street and Superior Avenue. It will travel west on Superior Avenue and end at Public Square.

Superior Avenue will be closed at Public Square beginning at 3 a.m. Friday. According to the RTA website, reroutes of some lines will begin at 3 a.m. and a majority of reroutes will begin at 9:30 a.m. Some lines will be affected until end of service.

RTA bus service is expected to resume normal routes for most bus lines at 4 p.m. on Friday.

3 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. reroutes:

  • #38 Hough;
  • #81 Tremont-Storer;
  • #263 N. Olmsted Park & Ride (inbound)

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. reroutes:

  • #1 St. Clair;
  • #3 Superior;
  • #8 Cedar-E. 116;
  • #11 Quincy-Buckeye;
  • #15 Union-Harvard;
  • #19 Broadway-Miles;
  • #38 Hough
  • #39F Lakeshore Flyer
  • #51-A-B-C West 25
  • #55-A-B-C Cleveland State Line
  • #76 Broadway-Turney
  • #79-79A Fulton
  • #90F Broadway-Libby
  • #81 Tremont-Storer
  • HealthLine
  • NineTwelve Trolley
  • E-Line Trolley
  • B-Line Trolley

9:30 a.m. until End of Service:

  • #53F Broadview-N. Royalton
  • #246 Westlake Park & Ride
  • #251 Strongsville Park & Ride
  • #263 N. Olmsted Park & Ride

Beginning on Monday, RTA will resume rail work at Tower City, affecting some arrival and departure platforms for rail riders.