Expect these road closures on Saturday to make way for Kansas City Marathon runners
The Kansas City Marathon is back for another year, proving that there are somehow still people in our great city willing to do extraordinary things like “waking up early” and “running for 26.2 miles” just because they want to.
In what may make the rest of us feel like total couch potatoes, these athletes will embark on this annual race at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15.
The race route will begin and end at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.
Instead of sticking around the museum for a latte, runners will cover ground as far north as 6th Street and down south to 75th Street. Some major thoroughfares that will see closures Saturday morning include:
Westport Road between 7:15 and 8:10
Broadway Boulevard in Midtown between 7:20 and 8:35
Wyandotte Street in the River Market between 7:35 and 9:50
The Paseo between 18th Street and 35th Street from around 8:00 until noon
Troost Avenue between the Plaza and 56th Street from around 8:10 until 10:50
Ward Parkway down to 75th Street from 8:30 until around 1 p.m.
You can view the full marathon route along with estimated road closure times here. While police will allow traffic to cross the race route when it’s safe to do so, prepare for road closures between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., to be safe.
Marathon organizers estimate that roads will reopen by 2 p.m on Saturday, just in time for those of us who don’t find sweating fun to roll out of bed and head to an afternoon brunch.
Do you have more questions about how normal people choose to spend their time in Kansas City? Ask the Service Journalism team at kcq@kcstar.com.
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