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At the finish line of the 2017 Berkeley Half Marathon on Nov. 19. Photo: Kathy Briccetti
The Berkeley Half Marathon is back again this weekend, and the city will be shutting down parking and travel lanes starting Saturday to accommodate the race course, which typically draws several thousand runners each year.
Roads will stay open to vehicular traffic until at least 5 a.m. Sunday morning but the city will shut down four blocks around the finish line at Civic Center Park beginning Saturday morning. The city will begin enforcing temporary parking restrictions at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
Anyone moving through Berkeley — by foot, bike, car or public transit — should expect closures, detours and delays, the city posted on its website Monday.
“If you’ve parked your car on an affected street, move it well before that road’s particular closure time and take note of parking restrictions,” according to the announcement.
Motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders should brace for delays, detours and closures Sunday as the Berkeley Half Marathon winds through the city. Credit: Berkeley Half Marathon
Race organizers have a map of the three courses (there are 5k and 10k races as well as the 13.1-mile half marathon) and roadway detours around them, as well as a complete schedule of complete and partial closures. Berkeley recommends bus riders track modified routes through AC Transit’s real-time tracker and service alerts.
The city announcement included a list of “significant street closures”:
Interstate-80 eastbound off-ramp to University Avenue: 6 a.m.-noon
I-80 westbound off-ramp to University Avenue: 6 a.m.-noon; use Gilman Street or Ashby Avenue exit
Off-ramps from I-80 and Ashby Avenue to Frontage Road: 6 am.-noon
Frontage Road from University Avenue to Ashby Avenue exit: 6 a.m.-noon
Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Allston Way to Addison Street: 5 a.m.-2 p.m.
MLK Jr. Way northbound, Channing Way to Allston Way: 7a.m.-2 p.m.
MLK Jr. Way southbound diverted at Addison St: 5 a.m.-2 p.m.
MLK Jr. Way reduced to local access, southbound access, Allston Way to Channing Way: 5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Shattuck Avenue, Rose Street to Amador Avenue: 7:25-10:45 a.m.
Shattuck Avenue southbound, University Avenue to Center Street: 7:2510:45 a.m.
Shattuck Avenue northbound, Addison Street to Rose Street: 7:25-10:45 a.m.
Telegraph Avenue, Dwight Way to Bancroft Way: 7:15-9:45 a.m.
Telegraph Avenue southbound, Howe Street to Dwight Way: 7:15-9:45 a.m.
Several major roadways will also have only intermittent access throughout the day:
Shattuck Avenue, both directions, at Channing Way, Haste Street and Dwight Way, 7:30-9:20 a.m.
University Avenue, both directions, at Shattuck Avenue, 7-8 a.m.
University Avenue eastbound at MLK Jr. Way closed entirely 8:30-10:30 a.m.
San Pablo Avenue at Page and Jones streets and Bancroft and Channing ways, 7:55 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Sacramento Avenue at Bancroft and Channing ways, 8:30 a.m.-noon
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Tagged: Berkeley Half Marathon, Pedestrian safety, Traffic, Traffic safety, Transportation
Alex N. Gecan joined Berkeleyside in 2023 as a senior reporter covering public safety. He has covered criminal justice, courts and breaking and local news for The Middletown Press, Stamford Advocate and…
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