Ride The Drive Madison: These Roads Will Be Closed Sunday

MADISON, WI—A number of streets will be closed this Sunday for the city’s annual Ride the Drive biking event. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., areas in and around Warner Park, Kennedy Park and Wingra Park will be blocked off to motorists for the safety of participants.

Ride the Drive, a free event designed to encourage activity, will take place in four different Madison neighborhoods this year—an effort to spread out bikers as a COVID-19 precaution. Participants can choose to take their 2-mile spin in either Warner, Kennedy, Wingra or Marlborough Park beginning at 9 a.m. until noon.

Here are the areas which will be closed off to motor vehicles:

• Warner Park Route
  • Forster Drive--Woodward Drive to Becker Drive
  • Woodward Drive—Marcy Road to Sheridan Drive (the Warner Park Boat Launch will remain open only from Farwell Drive)
  • Sheridan Drive—Woodward Drive to Wyldewood Drive

• Kennedy Park Route
  • Meadowlark Drive—Flint Lane to Twin Oaks Drive
  • Twin Oaks Drive—Meadowlark Drive to Valley Road
  • Valley Road—Twin Oaks Drive to Quiet Lane
  • Quiet Lane—Valley Road to Shady Wood Way
  • Shady Wood Way
  • Valley Road—Shady Wood Way to Retana Drive

• Wingra Park Route
• Arbor Drive
• West Lawn Avenue—Monroe Street to Edgewood Avenue
• Edgewood Avenue—West Lawn Avenue to Keyes Avenue
• Keyes Avenue—Edgewood Avenue to Leonard Street
• Leonard Street—Keyes Avenue to Fox Avenue
• Fox Avenue—Leonard Avenue to Sheldon Street
• Sheldon Street—Fox Avenue to Gregory Street
• Gregory Street—Sheldon Street to Chapman Street
• Chapman Street

• Marlborough Park Route
• No street closures

All information from the City of Madison. Find out more about Ride the Drive.