Road closures for Twin Cities Marathon weekend

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The fortieth anniversary of the Twin Cities Marathon will likely be raced on Sunday, Oct. 3, with greater than 9,000 runners anticipated to run the 26.2-mile course from Minneapolis to St. Paul.

But it surely’s not simply the marathon. The weekend features a full listing of occasions, from the TC 10 Mile race, which has attracted almost 11,000 runners this yr, on Sunday. On Saturday, there’s the TC 10K, the TC 5K and household occasions. This yr’s occasion returns to full capability after the cancellation of in-person occasions in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and working with half-capacity fields in 2021 for security.

The marathon course begins close to U.S. Financial institution Stadium in downtown Minneapolis and follows streets and parkways via the Twin Cities, ending on the State Capitol in St. Paul, with greater than 300,000 spectators lining the route. 

The Twin Cities Marathon route.  (Twin Cities Marathon )

The races will end in roads across the marathon route being closed this weekend. 

This is an inventory of street closures to be careful for: 

• St. Paul: John Eire Blvd between twelfth Avenue and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. was closed on Thursday at 9 a.m. 
• St. Paul: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Between College Avenue and Cedar Avenue will shut Friday at 9 a.m. 
• St. Paul: John Eire Blvd. and Kellogg Blvd. will likely be closed on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• St. Paul: John Eire Blvd. and Summit Avenue (to Pascal Avenue) will likely be closed on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 
• St. Paul: twelfth Avenue from Wabasha to John Eire Blvd. will likely be closed Saturday from 7 a.m. to midday and on Sunday from 5 a.m. to six p.m. 
• Minneapolis: From fifth Avenue to eleventh Avenue and from seventh Avenue to third Avenue will likely be closed on Sunday at 4 a.m. for begin line setup and can reopen at roughly 9 a.m. 
• Minneapolis: Visitors turning onto the course on Sunday will likely be shut down at 6:15 a.m. for the ten Mile, and seven:30 a.m. for the Marathon. Cross-traffic will likely be allowed to stream till the wheelchair athletes start to method. 
• St. Paul: Visitors turning onto the course on Sunday will likely be shut down at 6:40 a.m. with intermittent visitors allowed to cross, at instances, as gaps of runners on the race course permits.

Course crossings on Sunday: 

• Miles 0-1 – Shut down at roughly 7:30 a.m. Reopened roughly: 9 a.m. Use aspect streets to cross course utilizing freeways I-94 or 35W. Head towards Lake Avenue and obey police to cross course intermittently at Lake Avenue. 
• Miles 3-8 – Shut down at roughly 7:30 a.m. Reopened roughly: 10:20 a.m. Head south and obey police to cross course intermittently at fiftieth Avenue. Head towards Nicollet Avenue and cross over the course at Nicollet Avenue. 
• Miles 8-12 – Shut down at roughly 7:30 a.m. Reopened roughly: 11:20 a.m. East of West River Parkway: Obey course marshals to cross through 54th/ Diamond Lake Street. South in fact: Obey course marshals to cross at 54th Avenue. North in fact: Go South to fiftieth Avenue, East to Nicollet Avenue and cross over the course at Nicollet. Nicollet and 35W are North/South Crossings 
• Miles 12-15 – Shut down at roughly 7:30 a.m. Reopened at roughly midday. North in fact: Obey course marshals to cross at forty sixth or forty second. South in fact: Obey course marshals to cross at 56th Avenue.
• Miles 15-21 – Shut down at roughly 6:40 a.m. Reopened at roughly midday. Take nearest via avenue to freeways. Lake Avenue crosses the course with out delays.
• Miles 21-26 – Shut down at roughly 6:40 a.m. Reopened at roughly 2:30 p.m. Take Ayd Mill or Grand Avenue into downtown Saint Paul to go across the State Capitol space. Ford Parkway crosses the course with out delays. I-35E via Downtown St. Paul is an alternate route across the course.