Road Closures for August 25 for Minneapolis Duathlon
Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 2:00AMThe Minneapolis Duathlon is a 3-mile run, 15-mile bike and 3-mile run from downtown Minneapolis along the Mississippi River and back. The first wave will start at 7:05am.
The following roads will be temporarily closed during this August 25 event:
West River Parkway from Plymouth Avenue North to Godfrey Parkway, Historic Main Street Parkway, 3rd Avenue South, and 2nd Street South. 6:50am to 11:00am. Please note that the duration of the closures is subject to change based on the event's start and finish times.
The run course begins on 3rd Avenue South, goes across the river and back down Main Street, returns on the Stone Arch Bridge and goes north on West River Parkway on a brief "out and back" to finish up the run. This is the same run course for the 2nd leg of the run.
The bike course goes out on 2nd Street, eventually to West River Parkway where bikers will travel south to the turnaround. Then the course takes bikers back up to 2nd Street to the bike dismount area near the transition.
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