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The annual DC Half Marathon will bring thousands of runners to D.C. streets Sunday and with the race comes a series of road closures stretching from Maine Ave. to Rock Creek Parkway.
The annual DC Half Marathon will bring thousands of runners to D.C. streets Sunday and with the race comes a series of road closures stretching from Maine Ave. to Rock Creek Parkway.
Metro police have sent out an advisory to let people know that the following streets will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday:
- 1200 block of Maine Avenue, SW
- Maine Avenue from I-395 Westbound to Independence Avenue SW
- Southbound Potomac River Freeway Split to Route 66, NW
- Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Ramp to Ohio Drive, NW
- Westbound E Street Expressway ramp to Southbound Potomac River Freeway, NW
- 9th Street Tunnel ramp to Maine Ave, SW
U.S. Park Police are also closing the following streets from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sunday:
- Ohio Drive from 23rd Street to East Basin Drive, SW
- Independence Avenue from 14th Street to 23rd Street, SW
- Rock Creek Parkway from Ohio Drive, NW to Shoreham Hill
- East and West Potomac Parks
- East Basin Drive, SW
- Raoul Wallenberg Place from 15th Street to Maine Avenue, SW
- Ramp from Memorial Circle to Ohio Drive SW
- Homefront Drive, SW
- Daniel Chester French Drive from Independence Avenue to Lincoln Memorial Circle, SW
- Maine Avenue at ramp from East Basin Drive to Independence Avenue SW
- 17th Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue SW
- Parkway Drive, NW from Lincoln Memorial Circle to Rock Creek Parkway
- 15th Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue SW
- Madison Drive from 14th Street to 15th Street NW
- Jefferson Drive from 14th Street to 15th Street, SW
Organizers want the public to know that the Metro will not be opening early for this race. The start point is on Independence Ave. and runners need to meet at 7 a.m. The start line will close at 7:15 a.m.
Organizers suggest runners be dropped off at either 15th Street NW in front of the Washington Monument or on Constitution Ave NW & 23rd St NW near the Lincoln Memorial.
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Diane Morris
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