Pontchartrain: where you can't park, and when
In 2026, Pontchartrain rolled Uptown on Saturday, February 7 at 11:30 AM, and parking on its route was banned from 9:30 AM. The City hasn't published the next season's routes yet.
These are the 2026 routes and times, which have already run. The City publishes the next season's routes in January; Easy Lane checks every 3 hours and these pages update the day they're out.
The 2026 night
- Date
- Saturday, February 7
- Rolls
- 11:30 AM
- No route parking from
- 9:30 AM
- Area
- Uptown
Same day: Mars (11:45 AM), Choctaw (12 PM), Freret (12:30 PM), Sparta (5:30 PM), Pygmalion (6:15 PM).
The route
Forms at Napolean and Tchoupitoulas, disbands at Poydras and Tchoupitoulas. About 4 miles.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · © CARTO
Curb data: City of New Orleans
Orange is the route. Green dots are NOPD crossings; small dots are other intersections on the route.
Getting across
- Poydras St & St. Charles Ave: NOPD safe crossing, open before and right after parades when it is safe. Follow officers on the route.
64 other intersections on this route. Whether police let people cross at each one changes through the night. See crossings reported by spotters
Email me when the 2027 routes are out
One email the day the City publishes the new routes, then a heads-up the evening before each parade day through Mardi Gras.
No account. One tap to stop.
From the City of New Orleans Mardi Gras Routes data (data.nola.gov), checked every 3 hours. Not checked: where the parade is right now, weather reschedules announced after our last check, NOPD barricades and side-street closures, and temporary signs on the block.