The 2008 Race for the Cure will take place Saturday (5/17) in Downtown Columbus. This large event will have a significant impact on motorists and pedestrians in the area. Broad Street will close between High and Third streets beginning at 8 p.m. Friday night (5/16). Front Street will be closed between Broad and Town streets at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning (5/17) for formation. Broad Street will be closed between Civic Center and High Street at 6:30 a.m. Participants should try to arrive early and expect delays. Roads along the race route will begin closing at approximately 8:15 a.m. The 5K Coed Run will start at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K Coed Walk will begin at 8:45 a.m. The 1 Mile Fun Walk will begin at 9:15 a.m. There will be long rolling closures along the race course. Law enforcement officers will work to get traffic across the race course on a very limited basis. Motorists who are not attending the events are advised to avoid the area if possible. The race is expected to be finished around noon.

1 Mile Fun Walk Course:
• Begins at City Hall (Corner of Broad and Front streets)
• North on Front Street to Nationwide Boulevard
• East on Nationwide Boulevard to High Street
• South on High Street to the Ohio Statehouse

5K Race Course:
• Begins at City Hall (Corner of Broad and Front streets)
• North on Front Street to Long Street
• West on Long Street to Neil Avenue
• North on Neil Avenue to Vine Street
• East on Vine Street to Park Street
• North on Park Street to Goodale Street
• West on Goodale Street to Dennison Avenue
• North on Dennison Avenue to Buttles Avenue
• East on Buttles Avenue to High Street
• South on High Street to the Ohio Statehouse

To see a map of the Race for the Cure Course, please go to the link below:

www.komencolumbus.org/race-information/location-and-course/

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Westbound Gay Street will be closed to traffic between Fourth and Fifth streets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday (5/12) and Tuesday (5/13) as part of the Gay Street Improvements Project. Motorists can use Spring Street as a westbound alternate. (City of Columbus) For more information about central Ohio road construction, visit www.pavingtheway.org or call (614) 645-PAVE.

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Civic Center Drive is restricted to one lane until summer of 2009 from Broad Street to Rich Street. This 24 hour a day restriction is a part of the Scioto Mile Construction Project. (City of Columbus)

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On Monday (1/14), Town Street will be closed between Civic Center Drive and Front Street and there will be various restrictions on Front Street for utility relocation work. This work is part of the reconstruction of Town Street which will close Town Street from spring to November of 2008. (City of Columbus)

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Westbound Nationwide Boulevard is closed between Cozzins Street and Hocking Street for sewer work beginning today (7/16). Eastbound Nationwide Boulevard remains open to traffic. The detour is Neil Avenue south to Spring Street and Spring Street west to Hocking Street. This restriction will be in place 24 hours a day until late 2008, weather permitting. (City of Columbus)

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Fifth Street between Gay Street and Long Street will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday (6/18). Access to local traffic will be maintained from Long Street. Crews will be installing sewers as part of the Gay Street Conversion Project and expect Fifth Street to reopen in June of 2008, weather permitting. (City of Columbus)

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Washington Boulevard is closed to traffic between Main Street/Rich Street and West Town Street until the new Main Street bridge is completed in 2009. The existing Main Street Bridge was closed in 2002 to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

Motorists wishing to access West Town Street from Rich Street should use Belle Street as a detour. Main Street will also be affected on the east side of the river. Only one lane of traffic will be maintained on Main Street between Civic Center Drive and Second Street. Rich Street will be reduced to one lane between Lucas and Belle streets.

To watch the progress of the construction of the Main Street bridge, please click on the link below:

mainstreetbridge.bounceme.net

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Wall Street is permanently closed to vehicular traffic between State and Town Streets. This alley will eventually become a pedestrian walkway as part of the Downtown Business Plan being implemented by the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. (City of Columbus)

For more information regarding the Downtown Business Plan, please click on the link below:

http://www.downtowncolumbus.com

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To see the latest information on ODOT's I-70/I-71 Split Study including possible future construction ideas, please click on the link below:

www.7071study.org

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