The annual DC Half Marathon, plus the National Race to End Women’s Cancer bring thousands of runners to D.C. streets Sunday and with the races come a series of road closures.
The annual DC Half Marathon, plus the National Race to End Women’s Cancer bring thousands of runners to D.C. streets Sunday and with the races come a series of road closures across the District.
D.C. police 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.
The District said the National Race to End Women’s Cancer also happens Sunday, between 7 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., closing the following streets:
- Starting on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 12th and 13th Streets
- Proceeding east on Pennsylvania Avenue to 3rd Street NW
- South on 3rd Street to Independence Avenue SW
- West on Independence Avenue to 7th Street SW
- U-turn just before 7th Street heading east on Independence Avenue to 4th Street SW
- South on 4th Street to D Street SW
- East on D Street to 3rd Street SW
- North on 3rd Street to Constitution Avenue NW
- West on Constitution Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
- West on Pennsylvania Avenue to finish line between 12th and 13th Streets
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