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Jeep Invasion to close Butler Main Street

Main Street in downtown Butler will close Friday night for the annual Jeep Invasion as part of the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival.

With the seventh annual Bantam Jeep Festival beginning Friday afternoon, various streets in the city will be affected by the Jeep Invasion.

Parking is prohibited on Main Street and in all alleys and adjacent streets to Main Street after 3 p.m. Jeeps will begin parking on Main Street at 5 p.m. and the Invasion will run from 6 to 10 p.m. Main Street traffic will be diverted to Washington and McKean streets.

The following streets will be affected by the festival:Main StreetBetween Pearl and Wayne StreetEast Cunningham StreetWest Cunningham StreetEast Jefferson StreetWest Jefferson StreetEast North StreetWest North StreetEast Brady StreetWest Brady StreetEast Penn StreetWest Penn StreetDuring the event, an array of more than 1,000 Jeeps that range in model, year and color are parked for more than 15,000 people to admire.A map showing the streets affected by parked Jeeps, public parking lots, food vendors, music, Festival merchandise and more can be found on the Jeep Festival website, www.Bantam.JeepFestival.com.

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