{"id":176176,"date":"2026-03-03T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:48:12","slug":"which-jacksonville-roads-close-for-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176176\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Jacksonville roads close for the race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 15,000 runners are expected to hit the road through downtown Jacksonville, San Marco and St. Nicholas for the 49th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/gate-river-run-plans-start-100157500.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gate River Run;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gate River Run<\/a> on Saturday morning, March 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And where runners are running, cars won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office will be closing numerous roads near the heart of the city, including two of the five major downtown bridges across the St. Johns River, for the 15-kilometer race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some of the closures last for only a short time, such as the Main Street Bridge, but others will remain out of service to vehicular traffic throughout the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to runners, the road closures could complicate travel for drivers heading to other events like the Jacksonville Home &amp; Patio Show at the Prime Osborn Convention Center or the ASUN women&#8217;s basketball tournament semifinals at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The latter tips off at 11 a.m. March 7, only a couple of blocks from the finish line, and during a time when thousands of runners will still remain on or near the course.<\/p>\n<p>Which Jacksonville roads are closed for the 2026 Gate River Run?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bay Street, from Liberty Street to Jacksonville Shipyards, 10 a.m. March 6 to 2 p.m. March 7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gator Bowl Boulevard, Hart Bridge ramp to A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, 10 a.m. March 6 to 2 p.m. March 7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hart Bridge, southeast-bound, from Duval Street to Atlantic Boulevard, 7:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duval Street, from Jacksonville Fairgrounds to Main Street Bridge), 7:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, from Adams Street to Bay Street, 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Main Street Bridge, full length, 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Riverplace Boulevard and Prudential Drive, 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Marco Boulevard, from Prudential Drive to Laverne Street, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">River Road and River Oaks Road, 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hendricks Avenue, from River Oaks Road to Alexandria Place, 8:20 a.m. to 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alexandria Place and Belote Place, 8:20 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Atlantic Boulevard westbound, from Belote Place to Holmesdale Street, 8:20 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Holmesdale Road, Nicholson Road, Olive Street and Gay Avenue, 8:20 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Altantic Boulevard westbound, from Gay Avenue to Hart Bridge, 8:20 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/traffic\/2026\/03\/03\/gate-river-run-road-closures-in-jacksonville\/88843531007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gate River Run road closures in Jacksonville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Gate River Run road closures in Jacksonville<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 15,000 runners are expected to hit the road through downtown Jacksonville, San Marco and St. Nicholas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60402,116,118,117,42945],"class_list":["post-176176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-hart-bridge","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-main-street-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}