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Fans ready to celebrate as city preps for another Red Sox parade

Red Sox fans lined Boylston Street in 2013 to celebrate the team’s World Series title. Expect Boylston to be packed Wednesday as the duck boats again roll through town.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File

Red Sox fans are in for a real treat this Halloween.

Players will climb board duck boats for a World Series victory parade that will leave Fenway Park at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The parade will roll along major streets, including Boylston and Tremont, before ending at City Hall Plaza.

Handicapped accessible viewing areas will be located in Copley Square at the corner of Boylston and Clarendon streets next to Trinity Church, and at City Hall Plaza near the Government Center T stop.

Jubiliant fans hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite players or the World Series trophy are in luck. The forecast calls for sunshine, with “just a couple of clouds in the sky,” and temperatures in the 50s, said Lenore Correia, meteorologist at the National Weather Service.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Police Commissioner William Gross urge fans to celebrate responsibly. Fans are asked to leave backpacks, coolers, strollers and other large items at home.

With major street closings and parking restrictions in place, the public is encouraged to take public transportation to the parade.

The MBTA said on Twitter that it will offer “rush hour” service on the subway all day, and said there will be extra room on the commuter rail. Extra employees will be stationed at major stops to provide directions and help riders buy tickets.

Traffic along the parade route and on other streets in Fenway will be closed off from as early as 5 a.m. until the end of the rally, according to the city’s website.

Many streets will be closed off beginning at 9 a.m., Boston police said in a statement:

Lansdowne Street, from Brookline Avenue to Ipswich Street

Van Ness Street, from Ipswich Street to Kilmarnock Street

Jersey Street, from Boylston Street to Brookline Avenue

Ipswich Street, from Charlesgate East heading toward Fenway Park to Boylston Street

And don’t expect parking to be any easier. Restrictions will be in effect from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.:

Brookline Avenue, from Park Drive to Commonwealth Avenue

Dalton Street, from Belvidere Street to Boylston Street

Gloucester Street, from Newbury Street to Boylston Street

Boylston Street, from Park Drive to Ipswich Street and from the Fenway to Tremont Street

Exeter Street, from Newbury Street to Boylston Street

Clarendon Street, from Newbury Street to Boylston Street

Berkeley Street, from Saint James Avenue to Boylston Street

Providence Street, from Arlington Street to Berkeley Street

Arlington Street, from Newbury Street to Boylston Street

Charles Street South, from Park Plaza to Boylston Street

Tremont Street, from Boylston Street to Cambridge Street

West Street, from Washington Street to Tremont Street

Temple Place, from Washington Street to Tremont Street


Jackson Cote can be reached at jackson.cote@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jackson_k_cote.