Calgary Marathon causes road and parking lot closures, bus route detours

The Calgary Marathon will result in road closures and bus route detours Sunday. (Photo: Twitter@CalgaryTransit)

The marathon is on Sunday, resulting in a number of street and parking lot closures and bus route detours.

The city's website listed the following road closures between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday:

• Twelfth Avenue S.E. will be closed between 6 Street S.E. and Macdonald Avenue S.E.
• Macdonald Avenue S.E. will be closed between 12 Avenue S.E. and 8 Street S.E.
• Eighth Street S.E. will be closed between Macdonald Avenue S.E. and 19 Avenue S.E.
• Eighteenth Street S.E. will be closed between 8 Street S.E. and 11 Street S.E.
• Eleventh Street S.E. will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 18 Avenue S.E. and 9 Avenue S.E.
• Ninth Avenue S.E. will be closed between Macleod Trail S.E. and 8 Street S.E.
• Twelfth Street will be closed between 9 Avenue S.E. and 1 Avenue N.E.
• First Avenue N.E. will be closed between 12 Street N.E. and 4 Street N.E.
• Fourth Street N.E. will be reduced to one lane on east side from 1 Avenue N.E. to Riverfront Avenue N.E.
• Memorial Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 10 Street N.W. and the Reconciliation Bridge (4 Street N.E.)
• Memorial Drive will be completely closed between 10 Street N.W. and Kensington Road N.W.
• Riverfront Avenue will be closed from 1 Street S.W. to 6 Street S.E.
• Sixth Street S.E. will be closed from 6 Avenue S.E. to 9 Avenue S.E.
• Ninth Avenue S will be reduced to two eastbound lanes from 5 Street S.W. to Macleod Trail S.E.
• Fifth Street S.W. will be closed between 9 Avenue S.W. and 11 Avenue S.W.
• Eleventh Avenue will be reduced to two westbound lanes from 5 Street S.W. to 14 Street S.W.
• Parkdale Boulevard N.W., 3 Avenue N.W., and Bowness Road N.W. will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Kensington Road N.W. and 42 Street N.W.
• Nineteenth Avenue N.W. will be closed between 42 Street N.W. and 47 Street N.W.
• Forty eighth Street N.W. will be closed between 19 Avenue N.W. and Bowness Road N.W.
• Eighteenth Avenue N.W. will be closed between 48 Street N.W. and 50 Street N.W.
• Seventeenth Avenue N.W. will be closed between Bowness Road N.W. and 52 Street N.W.
• Bowness Road N.W. will have reduced lanes and flagpeople directing traffic between Bow Crescent N.W. and 67 Street N.W.
• Watch for runners on the roadway on 69 St N.W. north of Bowness Road N.W.

REMINDER MARATHON CLOSURES: From 6 am to 3 pm today, there will be several road closures and @CalgaryParking lot closures in support of the Servus Calgary Marathon. For details, visit https://t.co/NfroGLBXxc Good luck to all the racers! #yyctraffic pic.twitter.com/SlZDBpFwy8

— YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) May 28, 2023

The City Centre parking lot and Platform will also be closed.

There will also be a number of detours of bus routes between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday. For more information, go here.