Overall, parking at the July 4th Tempe Town Lake Festival will be limited. The Mill Avenue bridges will be closed to vehicles and pedestrian traffic.

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The following parking lots are available for a $10 charge:

SunCor Parking Garage

Rio Salado and Mill - Lot 59

Rio Salado & Hardy Road ($5.00 charge)

Rio Salado & ASU Rural Road

Tempe Mission Palms

Traffic on Rio Salado will be limited from Hayden to Rural. For SunCor Parking and Lot 59 access Rio Salado from Rural.

Free handicapped parking available at the US Airways garage on the northwest corner of Mill Avenue and Third Street (take Ash Avenue northbound to Third Street).

You should avoid parking in the downtown area as spaces are limited.

Again, the Mill Avenue bridges will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Patrons who park on the north bank of the lake will NOT be able to walk across the Mill Avenue bridges to attend the event.

If you don’t want to worry about finding parking at the event, take advantage of the Tempe bus system…for free!

Board any bus in Tempe for FREE on July 4th.

You can park and ride from many convenient locations or catch the bus at your nearest stop. Most Tempe bus routes will operate service to downtown Tempe until 8 p.m. with returning rides until midnight.

All routes serving downtown will drop off and pick up on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive in the Tempe Center parking lot.

Free Park & Ride locations include:

SW corner Rural/Southern – Tempe Library Complex (Route 72)

NE corner Hardy/Warner - Tempe Sports Complex (Route 62)

NE corner McClintock/Baseline – Target (Route 81)

Arizona Mills Mall -– side near entry 1 (Routes 56, 92)

Click here for bus route and schedule information or to find a Tempe Bus stop near you.

If you are still unsure of the traffic and parking situations, feel free to call the event hotline for periodic updates at 480-350-5189.

Click here for street closures and restrictions.

Utilize the parking lots on the outer areas of the event, via Priest Drive and Rural Road to minimize delays and traffic congestion.

Patrons traveling from the west should park at the lot located at Rio Salado Parkway and Hardy Drive.

Patrons traveling from the east should park at the ASU lots near Rural Road and Rio Salado Parkway. Traffic on Rio Salado will be limited from Hayden to Rural. For SunCor Parking and Lot 59 access Rio Salado from Rural.