LA Marathon Closures You Need to Know About

LOS ANGELES, CA - Street closings begin at 4 a.m. today for the early stages of the 31st annual Los Angeles Marathon, then reopen as early as 9 a.m., depending on the location.

Streets further west on the course will be closed and opened later.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation will strictly enforce a restricted, non-parking policy, including citing and impounding vehicles parked on the temporarily restricted, no-parking streets, at designated times.

During the closures, the major open east-west routes will be the Santa Monica (10) Freeway; Olympic Boulevard between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles; Wilshire Boulevard from Santa Monica to Santa Monica Boulevard; Beverly Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Silver Lake Boulevard; Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Myra Avenue; and Sunset Boulevard between Pacific Palisades and Doheny Drive.

The major open north-south routes will be Bundy Drive between Olympic Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard; the San Diego (405) Freeway; Fairfax Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard; the Hollywood (101) Freeway; and the Harbor (110) Freeway.

Several off-ramps of the Hollywood and Harbor freeway will be closed, as will the Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp from the southbound San Diego Freeway.

Here are the course crossing points:

• Harbor Freeway to cross under the course at Sunset Boulevard;
• Hollywood Freeway to cross under the course at Main Street;
• Harbor Freeway to cross over the course at Temple Street;
• Hollywood Freeway to cross under the course at Edgeware Road;
• Silver Lake Boulevard to cross under the course at Sunset Boulevard;
• Myra Avenue to cross under the course at Sunset Boulevard;
• Hollywood Freeway to cross under the course at Hollywood Boulevard;
• San Diego Freeway to cross over the course at Ohio Avenue; and
• Wilshire Boulevard to cross over the course at the Veterans Administration.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to specified times:

• Elysian Park Avenue from Dodger Stadium and Sunset Boulevard (reopening at 9 a.m.);
• Stadium Way from Scott Avenue to Chavez Ravine Place (reopening at 9 a.m.);
• Sunset Boulevard from Innes Avenue to Figueroa Street (reopening at 9:20 a.m.); and
• Cesar Chavez Avenue from Bunker Hill to Alameda Street (reopening at 9:32 a.m.)

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.:

• Broadway from Cesar Chavez Avenue to Alpine Street;
• Alpine Street from Hill Street to Alameda Street;
• Spring Street from College Avenue to Third Street; and
• Ord Street from Hill Street to Alameda Street.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.:

• Main Street from Cesar Chavez Avenue to Third Street;
• First Street from Hope Street to Alameda Street;
• Central Avenue from First Street to Third Street;
• Second Street from Alameda Street to Broadway;
• Los Angeles Street from Arcadia Street to Third Street; and
• Judge John Aiso Street from Temple Street to Third Street.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.:

• Grand Avenue from Cesar Chavez Avenue to Second Street.
• Figueroa Street from Alpine Street to Second Street;
• Hill Street from Ord Street to Second Street;
• Broadway from Temple Street to Second Street;
• Hope Street from Temple Street to First Street;
• Dewap Road from Temple Street to First Street; and
• Beaudry Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to First Street.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.:

• Temple Street from Alameda Street to Glendale Boulevard;
• Edgewater Road from Temple Street to Bellevue Avenue; and
• Bellevue Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Glendale Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.:

• Glendale Boulevard from Temple Street to Sunset Boulevard; and
• Alvarado Street from Glendale Boulevard to Temple Street.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 10:55 a.m.:

• Griffith Park Boulevard from Effie Street to Sunset Boulevard;
• Santa Monica Boulevard from Sunset Boulevard to Hoover Street/Myra Avenue; and
• Fountain Avenue from Myra Avenue to Virgil Avenue.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.:

• Sunset Boulevard from Echo Park Avenue to Virgil Avenue;
• Hillhurst Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Hollywood Boulevard; and
• Vermont Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11:25 a.m.:

• Normandie Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard;
• Western Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard; and
• Wilton Place from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.:

• Gower Street from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard;
• Vine Street from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard; and
• Cahuenga Boulevard from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 4 a.m. to noon:

• Hollywood Boulevard from Hillhurst Avenue to La Brea Avenue;
• Orange Drive from Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard;
• Highland Avenue from Franklin Avenue to Sunset Boulevard; and
• La Brea Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to De Longpre Avenue.

The following street will be closed from 4 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.:

• Fairfax Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard.

The following street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.:

• Laurel Canyon Boulevard from Hollywood Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard;

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.:

• Sunset Boulevard from Highland Avenue to Doheny Drive; and
• La Cienega Boulevard from Sunset Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m.:

• San Vicente Boulevard from Sunset Boulevard to Melrose Avenue;
• Santa Monica Boulevard from La Cienega Boulevard to Sierra Drive;
• Doheny Drive from Nemo Street to Wilshire Boulevard;
• Alden Drive from Oakhurst Drive to Doheny Drive;
• Third Street from Oakhurst Drive to Robertson Boulevard.
• Burton Way from Robertson Boulevard to Rexford Drive;
• Little Santa Monica Boulevard from Rexford Drive to Moreno Drive;
• Rodeo Drive from Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard; and
• Wilshire Boulevard from Beverly Drive to Santa Monica Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.:

• Beverly Glen Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard; and
• Santa Monica Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Sepulveda Boulevard;

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:04 p.m.:

• Sepulveda Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard.

The following street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.:

• Westwood Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica Boulevard.

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.:

• Westbound lanes of Wilshire Boulevard to Barry Avenue;
• Barry Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard to Goshen Street;
• Goshen Street from Barry Avenue to San Vicente Boulevard;.
• Massachusetts Avenue from Sepulveda Boulevard to Cotner Avenue; and
• Ohio Avenue from from Sepulveda Boulevard to Cotner Avenue.

The following street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.:

• Goshen Avenue from Barrington Avenue to Barry Avenue.

The following street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:40 p.m.:

• Barrington Avenue from Montana Avenue to Dorothy Street;

The following streets will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2:55 p.m.:

• Montana Avenue from Bringham Avenue and Bundy Drive;
• Bundy Drive from Dunoon Lane to Montana Avenue; and
• 26th Street from La Mesa Way to Georgina Avenue.

The following street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.:

• San Vicente Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Ocean Avenue. (San Vicente Boulevard will be opened at Montana Avenue at 2:36 p.m., at Bristol Avenue at 2:52 p.m. and at 18th Street at 3:08 p.m.)

City News Service