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Detroit's
68th
Annual
Ford
Fireworks
Ignites
Downtown
Skyline
Tonight
By HB
Meeks
Tell Us
Detroit
News
Bureau
DETROIT
-
Downtown
Detroit
will
explode
with
color
tonight
as the
city
hosts
its 68th
Annual
Ford
Fireworks
display,
one of
America's
largest
pyrotechnic
shows,
lighting
up the
Detroit
River
skyline
starting
at
approximately
10 p.m.
The
event
theme is
"Detroit!
Go for
Launch!"
and is
produced
by The
Parade
Company
in
partnership
with
Ford
Motor
Company.
The show
features
more
than
10,000
pyrotechnic
effects
launched
from
three
barges
on the
Detroit
River
and runs
approximately
24
minutes.
The
event is
free for
the
public,
and
WDIV-Local
4 and
Local 4+
will
broadcast
the show
live,
with
free
outside-streaming
available
for
viewers
outside
the
Detroit
area.
Primary
downtown
viewing
is at
Hart
Plaza
located
at 1
Hart
Plaza.
Additional
official
viewing
areas
include
Spirit
Plaza,
Erma
Henderson
Park,
and
Belle
Isle,
which
opens at
2 p.m.
and
reaches
capacity
around 7
p.m.
Viewing
from
MacArthur
Bridge
is not
permitted.
An
emergency
8 p.m.
curfew
for
unaccompanied
minors
17 and
younger
was
approved
by the
Detroit
City
Council.
Youth
must be
with an
adult
age 21
or older
in
designated
fireworks
zones.
Violators
will be
taken to
the
Coleman
A. Young
Recreation
Center
while
parents
are
contacted.
Road
closures
begin at
6 p.m.
on
Woodward
Avenue
with no
northbound
or
southbound
traffic
from
Park and
Witherell,
all
streets
south of
Fort and
west of
Woodward,
and all
streets
south of
Congress
and east
of
Woodward.
City
garages
open at
6 a.m.
for
parking,
including
the Ford
Underground
Garage
at 30 E.
Jefferson
for $5,
closing
at 1
a.m.,
and the
Eastern
Market
Garage
at 2727
Riopelle
St for
$10,
closing
at 11
p.m.
DDOT
operates
routes
5, 6, 9,
40, 52,
and 67
from 5
to 11
p.m. to
Bricktown
People
Mover
Station,
and the
Detroit
People
Mover
runs
from
6:30
a.m. to
midnight
with
free
rides.
The
Riverwalk
is
closed
entirely,
along
with AB
Ford
Park,
Cullen
Plaza,
Dennis
Archer
Greenway,
Dequindre
Cut from
Eastern
Market
to
Atwater,
and 15
other
parks.
Tens of
thousands
of
spectators
are
expected
to
gather
for this
summer
staple,
with
Belle
Isle
reaching
capacity
just
before 7
p.m. and
Hart
Plaza
and
Spirit
Plaza
hitting
capacity
after 8
p.m.
based on
past
years.
Parents
of lost
children
can find
them at
Huntington
Place,
DPD's
Third or
Fourth
Precinct,
or the
Coleman
A. Young
Recreation
Center.
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