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ACL Festival: KVUE's traffic guide to getting around

Here's a playbook of the road closures in Austin due to the Austin City Limits Festival.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Limits Festival is approaching and so are the traffic concerns that come with it. Austinites and visitors can expect heavy traffic in the areas surrounding Zilker Park for the next two weekends.

Here is KVUE's guide to getting to the music festival and getting around crowds during the festival, Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16. For full information on festival transportation, parking and road closures, go to the City of Austin's website.

Also be sure to check out our ACL guide for ways to get to ACL Fest, what you're allowed to bring inside the festival and more.

RELATED: 2022 ACL Music Festival: What to know before you go

Road closures around ACL Fest

Roads that are fully closed during Weekend 1:

  • Stratford Drive and Mopac Expressway to Barton Springs Road from Oct. 6 at 10 am., through Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m.
  • Mopac Expressway to Sterzing Street Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. to Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m.
  • Barton Springs Road to 2244 Eastbound starts at 10 a.m. Oct.7 to Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • Barton Springs Road to Northbound Frontage past 2244 closure starts at 11 a.m. Oct.7 to Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • West Barton Springs area closure begins at 11 a.m. Oct. 7 to Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • Azie Morton Road closes from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily from Oct. 7-9
  • Toomey and Sterzing Street closes at 11 a.m. daily, however permitted access is allowed until 9 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. all access is restricted beginning Oct. 7 until Oct. 9 11:59 p.m. 
  • The northbound lane of Jessie Street at Barton Springs closes at 11 a.m. daily from Oct. 7-9
  • Fourth Street (Nueces to Guadalupe) and San Antonio Street (Third to Fourth), where ACL shuttles will be parked, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. from Oct.7-9

Roads that are fully closed during Weekend 2:

  • Stratford Drive and Mopac Expressway to Barton Springs Road from Oct. 13 at 10 am. through Oct.16 at 11:59 p.m.
  • Mopac Expressway to Sterzing Street Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. to Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m.
  • Barton Springs Road to 2244 Eastbound start at 10 a.m. Oct.14 to Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • Barton Springs Road to Northbound Frontage past 2244 closure starts at 11 a.m. Oct.14 to Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • West Barton Springs Area closure begins at 11 a.m. Oct.14 to Oct.16 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • Azie Morton Road closes from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily from Oct. 14-16
  • Toomey and Sterzing Street closes at 11 a.m. daily, however permitted access is allowed until 9 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. all access is restricted beginning Oct. 14 until Oct. 16 at 11:59 p.m. 
  • The northbound lane of Jessie Street at Barton Springs closes at 11 a.m. daily from Oct.14-16
  • Fourth Street (Nueces to Guadalupe) and San Antonio Street (Third to Fourth), where ACL shuttles will be parked, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. from Oct.14-16
  • Stratford Drive will be closed after Weekend 2 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from Oct. 17 to Oct. 20. 

RELATED: ACL Fest 2022: City issues attendee guidance ahead of festival

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