The City will observe the July 4th holiday and all offices and public buildings will be closed. Trash and recycling service will be delated by a day. See details.
For the 4th of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, the following restrictions will be in place in Cambridge:
Road Closures, generally beginning at 4 p.m. on July 4th:
- Memorial Drive-BU Bridge to the Longfellow Bridge (other than access to the Hyatt)
- Land Boulevard-Binney St. to the Longfellow Bridge
- Cambridge Parkway-entire length (other than HP placard access)
- Longfellow Bridge-entire length
- Harvard (Mass Ave) Bridge-entire length
- Mass Ave – Memorial Drive to Vassar St
- Main Street – Vassar St to the Longfellow Bridge
- The area bounded by Ames St., Main St., Wadsworth St. and Amherst St., including the streets on the boundary
- Vassar St. – Mass Ave to Memorial Drive (other than access for residents and to the Hyatt)
- Streets in East Cambridge (area bounded by Binney St., Land Blvd,, Cambridge St., and Fulkerson St.) will be open to local residents only.
Additional Road/Lane Closures may be in effect based on operational/public safety needs.
Parking restrictions in effect until event cleanup is complete:
- Memorial Drive and Cambridge Parkway, starting at 12 a.m. on July 4th
- Third Street from Broadway to O’Brien Highway, starting at 6 a.m. on July 4th
- Amherst St. and Wadsworth St. from Memorial Drive to Main St., starting at 6 a.m. on July 4th
- Magazine Beach, Riverside Boat Club, Cottage Farm pump station, starting at 7 a.m. on July 4th.