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A VIA Metropolitan Transit bus makes a stop in San Antonio. Credit: Courtesy of VIA<\/p>\nA VIA Metropolitan Transit bus makes a stop in San Antonio. Credit: Courtesy of VIA<\/p>\n
VIA Metropolitan Transit is warning riders of major detours this weekend due to the first installment of the San Antonio Marathon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A total of 26 routes in and around downtown will experience detours Friday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 7, due to conflicts with various courses and road closures. Routes on Saturday, Dec. 6, will run as usual. <\/p>\n
Folks can expect detours between 3:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Friday, and again on Sunday from 3 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the following routes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Route 2\/ Route 34<\/p>\n
Route 3\/ Route 76<\/p>\n
Route 4\/ Route 28<\/p>\n
Route 5\/ Route 36<\/p>\n
Route 7<\/p>\n
Route 8\/ Route 67<\/p>\n
Route 9\/ Route 51<\/p>\n
Route 10<\/p>\n
Route 14\/ Route 66<\/p>\n
Route 17\/ Route 93<\/p>\n
Route 20\/ Route 68<\/p>\n
Route 21\/ Route 77<\/p>\n
Route 22\/ Route 43<\/p>\n
Route 24<\/p>\n
Route 25\/ Route 75<\/p>\n
Route 26\/ Route 44<\/p>\n
Route 30\/ Route 90<\/p>\n
Route 32\/ Route 96<\/p>\n
Route 42<\/p>\n
Route 88<\/p>\n
Route 46<\/p>\n
Route 64<\/p>\n
Route 79<\/p>\n
Route 82\/Route 95<\/p>\n
Route 97 Looper<\/p>\n
Route 100<\/p>\n
A map of the detours and more information is available on VIA\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Organizers expect more than 18,000 runners<\/a> to participate in the city\u2019s inaugural San Antonio Marathon, including competitors from all 50 states plus 25 countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n Runners will participate in the SATX 5K by Holiday on Houston Street on Friday, while both a half-marathon and full-length Boston Marathon qualifying race will take place on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The San Antonio Marathon replaces the Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Running Series, which typically occurred in the first week of December.\u00a0<\/p>\n Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>| Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tThe city\u2019s first marathon and half marathon will showcase some of San Antonio\u2019s most historic and notable attractions, race officials said.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tThe inaugural San Antonio Marathon is scheduled for Dec 7, 2025 and is expected to draw 18,000 people.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tManny Olivo, who teaches at Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, wants to finish the route in four hours.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., whose work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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