Photos: Halloween night along a Congress Street free of motor vehicles
Vehicular traffic was routed around several blocks of east Congress Street on Halloween, October 31, 2026, Tucson, Ariz. Hundreds turned out in the rain to trick-or-treat at the shops or just be seen in their finest. Closing of the street to vehicles is a program to increase pedestrian safety, manage traffic and improve mobility on the busy holiday night.
Trick Or Treaters, including a small T-Rex, stroll under the mural along the 200 block of East Congress Street during as hundreds take advantage of the street being shut down to vehicular traffic on Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026. Congress was shut down until early morning between Toole Avenue on the east and Scott Avenue on west as part of test program.
Young Anexceli Delgadillo wends her way through a maze of legs, eating the ice cream she just got from The Hub during the closure of Congress Street for Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Tucson Police detective Tristan Pittenridge helps put up vehicle barriers on Fifth Avenue at Congress Street as Congress is shut down to vehicles for Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
A holiday reveler in a chicken suit crosses Congress Street to get to the other side, taking advantage of the vehicle-free section on Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
A pair of cyclists cruise the wrong way on Congress Street shortly after it was closed to vehicles for Halloween night, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Jacob Trujillo crosses Congress Street near Toole Avenue with his kids Soreign and Sterios Molina just after the street was shut down for Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Allison Fraijo cruises along Congress Street with her horror themed group making the rounds along the closed street on during Halloween night, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
A witch gets pics of the lights and goings on along Congress Street during the events on Halloween night, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Ember Bahe peers out of her dragon inflatable talking with Amelia Sommerhauser as costumes and trick-or-treaters rove closed Congress Street for Halloween, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Costumed Halloween revelers walk under the marquee at the Rialto Theatre along a rain soaked Congress Street, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
A reveler in a pig inflatable crosses Fifth Avenue as rain falls on the traffic-free intersection at Congress Street on Halloween night, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Bikers take advantage of Congress Street being closed to motor vehicles to cruise through the barricaded intersection at Sixth Avenue on Halloween night, Tucson, Ariz., October 31, 2026.
Kelly Presnell
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