Motorists in Long Beach were advised Tuesday to prepare for widespread street closures and traffic delays this weekend for the 42nd annual Long Beach Marathon.<\/p>\n
A weekend of marathon-related events will begin Friday, with the marathon scheduled Sunday.<\/p>\n
Most road closures and detours will be in effect on a rolling basis between 4:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, according to the city. The closures generally will affect both sides of the street.<\/p>\n
Streets affected will include:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eastbound Shoreline Drive from Shoreline Village Drive to Ocean Boulevard, beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday and continuing until 5 p.m. Sunday;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Shoreline Drive in both directions from Shoreline Village Drive to Ocean Boulevard, beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Shoreline Drive from Shoreline Village Drive to the Long Beach (710) Freeway;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Pine Avenue from Shoreline Drive to Seaside Way;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Queensway Bridge from Shoreline Drive to the 710 Freeway;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ocean Boulevard from Livingston Drive to 54th Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Livingston Drive from Termino Avenue to Broadway;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Nieto Avenue from Appian Way to Broadway;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Appian Way from Nieto Avenue to East Third Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 East Third Street from Appian Way to Paoli Way;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Marine Stadium from Nieto Avenue to Bayshore Avenue;<\/p>\n
\u2014 East Colorado Street from Orlena Avenue to Appian Way;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Orlena Avenue from East Colorado Street to Fourth Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fourth Street from Monrovia Avenue to Orlena Avenue;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Monrovia Avenue from Sixth Street to Fourth Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Sixth Street from Park Avenue to Monrovia Avenue;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Park Avenue from Anaheim Street to Appian Way;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Anaheim Street from Pacific Coast Highway to Park Avenue;<\/p>\n
\u2014 northbound Clark Avenue from Atherton Street to Anaheim Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 westbound Atherton Street from Clark Avenue to Bellflower Boulevard;<\/p>\n
\u2014 southbound Palo Verde Avenue from Atherton Street to Anaheim Street;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Atherton Street from Bellflower Boulevard to Palo Verde Avenue; and<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ocean Boulevard from Livingston Drive to Alamitos Avenue.<\/p>\n
Racecourse streets are scheduled to reopen by 2 p.m. Sunday. Shoreline Drive between Shoreline Village Drive and Ocean Boulevard is expected to fully reopen by 5 p.m., officials said.<\/p>\n
Temporary no-parking restrictions will be posted along the marathon course. Vehicles left in restricted areas may be cited and towed at the owner\u2019s expense to the city\u2019s tow yard at 3111 E. Willow St.<\/p>\n
Residents in Belmont Shore, the Peninsula, Naples, Belmont Heights, Bluff Park, Bluff Heights, Alamitos Beach, Park Estates and Los Altos are being advised to review neighborhood access information before the race.<\/p>\n
Free parking from Saturday night through Sunday will be available to Belmont Shore, Peninsula and Naples residents in beach parking lots along Ocean Boulevard. Police escorts may be available at select locations for residents leaving the area Sunday.<\/p>\n
Boat owners who park at Marina Green on Saturday will continue to have access through Shoreline Village Drive. On Sunday, boat owners can park at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center via Pine Avenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists in Long Beach were advised Tuesday to prepare for widespread street closures and traffic delays this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[174,69298,757,131,133,132,10259,1291,190841],"class_list":["post-488884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-beach","tag-bring","tag-closures","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-marathon","tag-street","tag-widespread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}