Garmin Marathon Durham is this weekend. Which roads are closed?

This weekend’s Garmin Marathon Durham could cause travel disruptions for the city’s drivers.

All four races — a full and half marathon, 10K and 5K — will begin Saturday, May 2 at American Tobacco Campus and finish at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium. The longest three races start at 7 a.m., and the 5K starts at 7:20 a.m.

Most of the race courses will stick to Durham roads, but marathon participants will run much of the latter half of their race on the Third Fork Creek Trail and American Tobacco Trail. The half marathon course also uses some parts of the American Tobacco Trail.

Almost all road and/or lane closures are rolling closures and will reopen once the last runner crosses through that area, Garmin public relations specialist Elliott Scott told The News & Observer in an email.

“This should ensure drivers can get through intersections, especially the early mile closures, in a timely manner,” Scott said.

There is a time limit to the races, though. Runners have 6.5 hours to finish the marathon and 4 hours to finish the half marathon.

Roads affected by Garmin Marathon Durham

All races begin at 409 Blackwell St. The half marathon and marathon follow the same course for about 9 miles.

While the routes use only segments of roads, the courses use many roads:

• Blackwell Street
• Chapel Hill Street
• Mangum Street
• W. Trinity Avenue
• Foster Street
• Geer Street
• Washington Street
• Watts Street
• Engelwood Avenue
• Broad Street
• W. Club Boulevard
• Virginia Avenue
• Woodrow Street
• Alabama Avenue
• Green Street
• Clarendon Street
• W. Markham Avenue
• N. Buchanan Boulevard
• W. Main Street
• S. Gregson Street
• Vickers Avenue
• S. Roxboro Street
• W. Pettigrew Street
• Lakewood Avenue
• University Drive
• E. Forest Hills Boulevard
• E. Woodridge Drive
• Stuart Drive
• Hope Valley Road
• Martin Luther King Junior Parkway
• Archdale Drive
• 3rd Fork Road
• W. Woodcroft Parkway
• HIghgate Drive
• Rollingwood Drive
• Morehead Avenue
• Cranford Road
• Academy Road

To see which sections of each road are included in the event routes, go to garmin.com/en-US/garmin-marathon-series.

Durham marathon course map

Durham half marathon course map

Durham 10K course map

Durham 5K course map

GoDurham bus routes affected

Several GoDurham routes on Saturday will face temporary detours because of the race. See a list of impacted stops at godurhamtransit.org.

Renee Umsted

The News & Observer

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Renee Umsted is a service journalism reporter for The News & Observer. She has a degree in journalism from the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at TCU.