Organizers hope that some visitors will park there, check out the tall ships berthed by the fort, then shuttle to Thames Street. Other visitors may want to check out the Thames Street-America's Cup Avenue area, then shuttle over to Fort Adams. Lower Thames is an attraction because the International Yacht Restoration School at Waite's Wharf and Christie's Landing are berthing locations. When it's time to go back to the lot, just hop on the right shuttle bus. No one will ask you for proof.
Schedules are available at the Gateway.
Because the tall ships are in Newport simultaneously with the Northeast Regional Soccer Tournament at the University of Rhode Island, the state Department of Transportation will route traffic on Route 95. Signs will alert motorists to the proper route. Traffic traveling north on Route 95 from Westerly will be directed to Route 102 eastbound to Route 4 southbound. Traffic traveling south on Route 95 from Providence will be directed to the left lanes and exit onto Route 4 southbound to Route 1 and Route 138.