Donald Trump, Big Bang and Summerfest converge in Milwaukee on Wednesday night

Bill Glauber | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Downtown Milwaukee is filled tonight with music, fireworks and President Donald Trump.

The Big Bang fireworks ended at about 9:55 p.m. and Trump arrived at the 128th Air Refueling Wing near Mitchell International Airport 5 minutes later.

The drive in for fest-goers appeared to go about as you would expect it to on the opening night of Summerfest, with delays heading toward the lake.

The late night drive out, as the festival grounds empty onto crowded interstates and barricaded city streets, is expected to be more of a challenge.

Trump is coming to Milwaukee from an earlier speech in Fargo, N.D.

On Thursday, Trump will preside at the groundbreaking at Foxconn Technology Group in Racine.

"The show is definitely going to go on and it's going to be a great show," Summerfest President and CEO Don Smiley said of the unusual scheduling.

Summerfest fireworks are due to run Wednesday from 9:30 to 10 p.m., with headliners then hitting the stages.

For the fireworks, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office closed the I-794 northbound lanes of the Hoan Bridge at Carferry Drive at 8 p.m.

All lanes of traffic, northbound and southbound on the bridge, will be closed during the fireworks and reopen following the display at approximately 10:30 p.m.

A large size area of downtown, surrounding the Pfister Hotel, is also off-limits to vehicular traffic for the rest of Wednesday into mid-day Thursday.

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According to the city's Department of Public Works, the area that will be barricaded and not accessible to vehicular traffic beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday is bounded by:

E. Wells St. on the north. Note that Wells St, itself will be open to thru traffic.

N. Jackson St. on the east.

E. Michigan St. on the south. Note that Michigan St. itself will be open to thru traffic.

N. Milwaukee St. on the west.

In addition, pedestrian traffic will be limited.

Road closures during Trump's visit

Drivers heading home from the fireworks and Maier Festival Park could face detours related to the presidential visit.

Ald. Bob Bauman criticized the president for his Wednesday night arrival and associated cost for the city.

“This visit is purely political, allowing the president to attend a fundraiser and then take part in a PR event for the future Foxconn operation in Racine County,” he said. “This visit will cost city taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in police and DPW overtime and operations and not one penny is reimbursed by the federal government.”