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The 42th Anniversary Portland Marathon will be run on Sunday, October 6th, 2013 beginning at 7 AM. Traffic will be impacted throughout the day, and in some cases, certain major thoroughfares will be closed from 6:30AM to 3:00PM or later. Times are approximate and may vary by 15 to 30 minutes.
SW Naito Parkway, SW Salmon, SW Broadway, NW Davis, SW 3rd, SW 4th, NW Raleigh, NW Thurman, NW Wardway, NW St. Helens Road, N Willamette Blvd, N Greeley and N Interstate, NW Lovejoy, NW 9th are all impacted by the race to a significant degree throughout the day and should be avoided. The Broadway Bridge is CLOSED to westbound traffic from 10:00am to Noon, and the Morrison Bridge isCLOSED to westbound traffic between 6-8:45am. The Burnside Bridge is CLOSED to westbound traffic between 6:30-9:00am. The St. Johns Bridge will have one lane open to traffic in each direction. The Marathon Course route is closed to all unauthorized vehicular and bicycle traffic. There are no exceptions.
WESTSIDE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA: CLOSED FROM 6 AM TO 3PM- AVOID THIS AREA
SW 4th Ave. from SW Columbia to SW Taylor
SW 3rd Ave. from SW Columbia to SW Taylor
SW Main & SW Madison from SW 3rd to SW 5th
SW Salmon from Naito to SW 5th
BRIDGES
St. Johns: Bridge Ave. (South side of bridge) from Hwy 30 to the bridge CLOSED to ALL vehicular, bicycleand pedestrian traffic from 7am-1:30pm. One lane each direction on the bridge will remain OPEN to traffic. Bridge access will be from North side Germantown Rd ramp.
Broadway: CLOSED to all traffic from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
Morrison: W/B lanes CLOSED 6-8:45am (Except for Tri-Met Buses)
Burnside: W/B lanes CLOSED 6:30-9:00am (Except for Tri-Met Buses)
FREEWAY RAMPS
I-5 S/B City Center exit to Morrison Bridge - CLOSED 6 am-8:45am
I-405 N/B exit to SW 4th Ave - CLOSED 6:00am until at least 8:00am
I-5 N/B Greely St exit CLOSED 7am to 2:00pm
DOWNTOWN
SW 4th (Salmon to NW Davis) CLOSED from 6am-8am
NW Davis (4th to Naito) CLOSED from 6am-8am
SW Naito: CLOSED from SW Barbur to NW Kittridge 6am-11am
CLOSED from NW Davis to NW 9th until 3pm
S/B lanes from NW Davis to SW Salmon CLOSED until 3pm
NORTHWEST
NW Raleigh, Thurman and Wardway are CLOSED 6:30-11am
Portions of NW 26th, Savier & 24th are CLOSED 6:30-11am
NW 9th (Lovejoy to Naito) CLOSED 6:30am-3:00pm
EASTSIDE
N Willamette Blvd: CLOSED 7:30am-1:30pm
N Greeley: Southbound CLOSED from Killingsworth to Interstate 7:30am-2pm
N Interstate: Southbound CLOSED from Greeley to Broadway Br. 7:30am-2:30pm









May 17, 2013 at 2:46 pm
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Lenora James BAM! There's my reason for long runs for the next 4.5 months! :)
May 17, 2013 at 2:52 pm