Greetings -
This e-mail is to inform you that the 2019 Rochester Marathon (Half, Full & Relay) will be taking place on Sunday, September 22nd We wanted to make you aware that there will be some road closures that may have an impact on your services that morning. Traffic will be able to cross through the closed areas, so not to completely halt transportation to churches, businesses and homes, but there may be some delays.
The Course:
The race begins at 7:30 am on Maplewood Drive in Maplewood Park (by the tennis courts). The course takes participants north on Maplewood Avenue to Lake Avenue, where they get on the Genesee River path after Riverside Cemetery. They stay on the river path until they reach Petten Street in Charlotte, where they then cross over the O’Rorke Bridge into Irondequoit. Participants then go south on Thomas Avenue, to St. Paul Blvd where they again get on the Genesee River path at the Cornell Cooperative Extension (2449 St. Paul Blvd). After crossing the Pedestrian Bridge in Seneca Park, participants continue on the river path until they reach the Maplewood Rose Garden. At this point, the runners who are participating in the Full Marathon will turn into the Maplewood Rose Garden parking lot and do the loop again. The runners who are participating in the Half Marathon will instead cross over Driving Park, continuing on the river path until they reach Brewer Street. They will then take Brewer Street to St. Paul Street, cross over the Pont De Rennes Bridge, and end in front of Frontier Field.
To view the entire map of the course, please visit http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/801654317/
ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION:
We appreciate the efforts of the Rochester & Irondequoit Police Departments, who along with volunteer road marshals will do their very best to lessen the impact to you and the community while keeping the runners and walkers out of harm’s way.
The following roads will be closed on Sunday, September 22, 2019 for the approximate timeframes shown:
City of Rochester/Charlotte Areas:
Approx. 6am - 11am:
• · Maplewood Dr from Lake Ave to Gorsline St
• · Maplewood Ave from Maplewood Dr to dead end at Rose Gardens
• · Bridgeview Drive from Rt 104 to Keehl Street
• · Maplewood Drive from Keehl Street to Lake Ave
Approx. 7am - 12pm:
• · Petten Street from Lake Avenue to the River
Approx. 8am - 2pm:
• · Driving Park Bridge
Approx. 8am - 2pm:
• · Smith Street Bridge
• · Cataract St from St Paul to the dead end
Approx. 8am - 2pm:
• · Platt St from State St to Mill St
• · Plymouth Ave from Allen to Brown St
• · State St btwn Brown & Allen
• · State St will have heavy traffic due to people traveling to Frontier Field for event. Add’l free event parking is available at the Sister Cities Garage (on Fitzhugh, btwn Main & Church). There will also be parking available at Frontier Field (Lots C&D), which can also be accessed from Main St to Broad St to Morrie Silver Way.
Will be closed Sept 20th 5pm to Sept 22nd 3pm:
• · Morrie Silver Way from Oak St to State St
Irondequoit:
Approx. 7:30am - 1:30pm:
• · There will be no southbound travel on Thomas Ave
O’Rorke Bridge:
• · Traffic can cross over bridge; lift will be closed for boat traffic from 4am - 1:30pm
More information can be found at www.RochesterMarathon.com. We hope you look forward to this weekend with a sense of pride, as the purpose of this event as a whole is to showcase Rochester to not only Rochestarians, but surrounding communities and states, in order to bring people to our area.
