When people march through the streets of Salt Lake City in this year’s Utah Pride Parade, they will have a lot less distance to cover than in previous years.
The route for this year’s Utah Pride Parade is a bit more than half as long as last year’s parade route. Here’s where the route goes this year.
When people march through the streets of Salt Lake City in this year’s Utah Pride Parade, they will have a lot less distance to cover than in previous years.
The route of the parade, hosted by the Utah Pride Center, is significantly shorter. Last year, the route covered 13 blocks, with three announcer stages along the path. This Sunday, the planned route stretches only seven blocks, according to a map on the center’s website.
Lissette Aliaga, marketing director for the Utah Pride Center, said last year’s route was longer because it followed the parade’s 2022 route, which allowed for social distancing amidst COVID concerns.
(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)
The shorter parade route, Aliaga said, is more accessible for people with disabilities who might have struggled with the longer route. Also, she said, the shorter route doesn’t cross the TRAX line along 400 South, which has been a concern in the past because trains still runs during the parade.
The shortened route also allows organizers to set up bicycle barricades to help keep the parade’s gathered crowd safe and lets marchers hand items to spectators, Aliaga said.
[Related: UTA won’t be participating in this year’s Pride parade. Here’s why.]
This year’s parade is set to begin at West Temple and 100 South, head east on 100 South until it meets 400 East, then turn south, ending at the intersection of 400 East and 300 South.
Last year’s parade followed that path, but kept going another four blocks south, then headed west to finish at the intersection of 700 South and 200 East.
The website adds that there will be six groups of announcers along the route, with one group speaking American Sign Language at block three of the parade and another group speaking Spanish at block six.
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