Chicago’s annual St. Patrick’s Day race, the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle, is set to take place this weekend.
When combined, the course for both the 8k run and 2-mile walk roughly follows the outline of a shamrock — a race design that requires many street closures to pull off.
As a result, closures will go into effect on several downtown streets for the race, set for the morning of March 22.
Some closures start before race day and will last longer than the main bulk of streets closed to make up the racecourse. Balbo Drive from Columbus Drive to DuSable Lake Shore Drive closed on Monday and will remain closed until Wednesday, March 25, and Grant Park will be closed to vehicle traffic starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday through 2 p.m. on Sunday.
While a no parking order starts at 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, on the streets impacted the race, the remaining street closures will start at 7:30 a.m. and will continue until 11:30 a.m.
Here’s a list of the streets set to close the morning of the race:
Columbus Dr. from Roosevelt Rd. to Grand Ave. Grand Ave. from Columbus Dr. to State St. State St. from Grand Ave. to Wacker Dr. Wacker Dr. from State St. to Washington Blvd. Washington Blvd. from Wacker Dr. to State St. State St. from Washington Blvd. to Jackson Blvd. Jackson Blvd. from State St. to Franklin St. Franklin St. from Jackson Blvd. to Harrison St. Harrison St. from Franklin St. to Michigan Ave. Michigan Ave. from Harrison St. to Roosevelt Rd. Roosevelt Rd. from Michigan Ave. to Columbus Dr.Any vehicles left parked on the impacted streets after 1 a.m. on Sunday will be ticketed and towed, race officials said.
Like in previous years, the Chicago Police Department will work with race officials to open streets on a “rolling pattern” as the last participants pass through the course.
“The street will reopen and traffic will return to normal as quickly as possible,” race officials said in a neighborhood notification about the street closures. “Please many any adjustments to your schedule to avoid any inconvenience.”
Race officials also said they distributed roughly 5,000 fliers along the course on Sunday, March 15, to inform the community about the event a week in advance.
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