Fw: [Whitland] Road Closures Begin Overnight for Saturday's Rock 'N' Roll Marathon

[Jo Doster]

  

On Friday, April 29, 2016 9:45 AM, "Aaron, Don (MNPD)" <don....@nashville.gov> wrote:

                                                    April 29, 2016

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

          More than 30,000 runners are expected to take part in Saturday’s annual St. Jude Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon events (the full marathon, half marathon, wheelchair or 5K races) through multiple parts of Nashville.

          Officers will be working late Friday night into the early morning hours of Saturday to ensure the security of the course.  Citizens are strongly urged to mind the bagged parking meters and other no parking signs.  Illegally parked vehicles will be towed beginning at 12 a.m. Saturday.

          The complete 26.2-mile marathon route will close to vehicle traffic by 6 a.m. Saturday, although the start area along lower Broadway will close to vehicle traffic at 3 a.m.  Persons coming downtown for the start (6:45 a.m. for the 5K, 7:13 a.m. for the Wheelchair race, 7:15 a.m. for the full & half marathon) and who intend to park in the Pinnacle Bank garage should be in that facility by 6 a.m.  The final securing of the route will prevent traffic flow into the Pinnacle garage after 6 a.m.  Those intending to park in the Music City Center garage must access it from Demonbreun Street at 7^th Avenue.

          Runners and spectators are strongly urged to arrive in the downtown area early and not wait until the last minute.  A late surge of vehicles will cause traffic delays on interstate off ramps and around Nissan Stadium parking lots.

          Traffic along the course will be restricted until all runners have passed.  However, every effort will be made to accommodate persons who need to cross the route to get into their places of employment or homes, so long as it does not directly interfere with the race.  Emergency vehicles will be given priority to cross the route.  Priority will also be given to emergency hospital access.

Several hundred MNPD members along with federal law enforcement partners will be working Saturday to provide a safe environment for all.  Partners specifically assisting the Hazardous Devices Unit include the FBI, Lebanon Police, Murfreesboro Police, and Nashville International Airport Police.

 

*The accompanying PDF attachment contains a detailed listing of street closures and times.

 

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