The Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon is this weekend in downtown Columbus, bringing thousands of runners and spectators to city streets.
Along with the marathon and other races, two major concerts are happening: the Jonas Brothers' concert at Nationwide Arena on Oct. 16 and Twenty One Pilots' biggest headlining show ever at Ohio Stadium on Oct. 17.
And don't forget about Columbus Blue Jackets' home game at Nationwide arena on Oct. 17, as well.
To make room for all the crowds in Columbus, roads will be impacted with closures in and around Downtown.
Columbus Marathon to impact roads, traffic
Starting Oct. 16, some roads in the North Bank Park area will be closed to traffic.
Hocking Street to Neil Avenue will close at 9 a.m. and remain closed until 6 p.m. Oct. 18, except 4:30-7:30
p.m. Oct. 16 for traffic to the Jonas Brothers concert at Nationwide Arena and 4:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 for traffic to the Columbus Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena.
Additional closures will include:
Oct. 16
- 9 a.m. - Long Street closes.
- 11:59 p.m.: Spring Street between West Street and Neil Avenue closes until 6 p.m. Oct. 18.
- 11:59 p.m.: Hanover and Cozzins streets closed except to local traffic until 6 p.m. Oct. 18.
- 11:59 p.m.: West Street from Nationwide to Marconi and John McConnell from New Public Way to Spring Street close until Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
Oct. 17
- 11:59 p.m.: Spring Street from Neil Avenue to Hocking Street closes until 6 p.m. Oct. 18.
- 11:59 p.m.: Neil Avenue south from Nationwide Boulevard goes down to one lane for condo traffic only until 6 p.m. Oct. 18.
Oct. 18
- 7:30 a.m.: Beginning at the start line on Long Street, the marathon course will be subject to rolling closures based on expected arrival times of the first and last athletes.
- 6 p.m.: Spring Street, Long Street and Neil Avenue will open back up to traffic.
On Oct. 18, COTA services will be disrupted in the Downtown area and rerouted. Visit cota.com for more details.
Contact features and entertainment reporter Belinda M. Paschal at bpaschal@dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Expect traffic delays as marathon, other major events hit Columbus
