Parade to close Highway 395 on Saturday

A portion of Highway 395 will be closed for three hours on Saturday night for the 14th annual Parade of Lights.

Themed "Light The Way Home," the parade will feature 40 floats, honor guards, car clubs and marching bands.

While the parade starts at 5 p.m., Highway 395 and streets feeding into the highway will close at 4:30 p.m. and reopen at 7:30 p.m.

Officers and volunteers of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office will be stationed along the parade route to control traffic.

The parade starts at Lampe Park in Gardnerville and travels east on Waterloo Lane and then turns north onto the highway. It turns off the highway at Esmeralda Avenue and makes its way to Minden Park.

The highway will be closed at Highway 395 and Buckeye Road in Minden and at Highway 395 and Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville.

Northbound motorists south of the parade route will be diverted onto Waterloo then Toler, to Orchard Road and then Buckeye to get to Highway 395.

The highway and side streets will reopen as the parade travels through town.

However, Esmeralda Avenue, Mono Avenue, Fifth Street and Sixth Street in Minden will be closed around Minden Park for the entire event to provide for the dispersal of parade participants.

Sheriff Ron Pierini wished everyone a safe and happy parade of lights celebration. He reminded motorists travelling the Highway 395 corridor on Saturday evening to plan ahead for the alternate route.