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Road Closures Begin For 2019 AJC Peachtree Road Race
The 2019 AJC Peachtree Road Race will be held July 4, but road closures begin on July 1.
ATLANTA -- One of the nation's signature July 4 events is the AJC Peachtree Road Race, the world's largest 10K that also brings a lot of road closures. Here's a complete list of road preparations and closures for this year's 50th annual event:
Start area closures July 4
Peachtree Road will close at midnight between Lenox Road and Around Lenox Parkway. All other road closures around the start will occur at 4:30 am for vehicular traffic and 6 am for
foot traffic on the morning of July 4.
- Peachtree Road from Lenox Road to Peachtree Dunwoody Road
- GA 400 Northbound Exit Ramp at Lenox Road
- Around Lenox Road from Peachtree Road to Lenox Road
- Lenox Road from Peachtree Road to Ferncliff Road
- Buckhead Loop from Peachtree Road to GA 400
- Phipps Boulevard from Buckhead Loop to Wieuca Road
- Wieuca Road from Old Ivy Road to Roxboro Road
- Roxboro Road from Kingsboro Road to Peachtree Dunwoody Road
- Pritchard Way from Roxboro Road to Oak Valley Road
- Lakeside Dr from Pritchard Road to Kingsboro Road
- Kingsboro Road from Roxboro Road to Lenox Road
- Oak Valley Road from Peachtree Road to E. Paces Ferry Road
- Wright Ave from Lenox Rd to Oak Valley Rd.
Course Closures July 4
APD will close the entire course at 4:30 am for vehicular traffic and 6 am for foot traffic. Only official vehicle traffic permitted along the course after 4:30 a.m. APD and course volunteers will work with pedestrians to cross the course throughout the morning up until 6 am.
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Finish Area Closures July 1-4
- 10th Street from Charles Allen to Monroe Drive
- o Beginning Monday, July 1 from 9:30 a.m.
- Ending Wednesday, July 4 at 5:00 p.m.
- 10th Street from Myrtle to Charles Allen
- Beginning Wednesday, July 4 at 2:30 a.m.
- Ending Wednesday, July 4 at 1:00 p.m.
- Monroe Drive from Kanuga to Virginia
- Beginning Wednesday, July 4, 5:30 a.m.
- Ending Wednesday, July 4, 12:00 p.m.
- 8th Street from Monroe to Peachtree St.
- Beginning Wednesday, July 4 at 7:15 a.m.
- Ending Wednesday, July 4 at 12:00 p.m.
- Peachtree Place from Peachtree St. to West Peachtree
- Beginning Wednesday, July 4 at 8:00 a.m.
- Ending Wednesday, July 4 at 12:00 p.m.
- 10th Street from Piedmont to Monroe Drive
- For Peachtree Junior on July 3 from 7:55 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
- Piedmont Ave from 12th Street gate of park to 10th Street
- For Peachtree Junior on July 3 from 7:55 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
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