Traffic Impacts For The Novant Health Marathon On Feb. 25

Drivers in Wilmington should expect delays as approximately 4,000 runners take part in the Novant Health Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K on Saturday, Feb. 25.

The race will begin around 7 a.m. at the Johnnie Mercers Pier in Wrightsville Beach and head down Eastwood Road to MLK Parkway, finishing at Riverfront Park around 1:30 p.m. The full marathon will include a route toward Greenfield Lake. A map of the race route can be found here.

Drivers should be aware of detours and barricades that will be in place along the race route.

Here’s a list of associated road and lane closures in downtown, South Front & Greenfield Lake:

  • Southbound North Front Street between North Third & Red Cross streets
  • Red Cross Street between North Front & North Water streets
  • North Water Street between Red Cross & Walnut streets
  • North Water Street between Chestnut & Princess streets
  • Princess Street between North Front & North Water streets (access to Water St. Center Parking lot via Princess St.  & N Front St. (controlled)
  • Southbound Front Street between Princess St. &
  • Southbound Front Street between North Third & Dawson streets (cross streets of, Nun, Ann, Orange, Dock, Market, Princess Chestnut, Grace, Walnut, Hanover, Brunswick, Harnett & Cowan streets open to vehicular traffic with controlled crossing by WPD and event volunteers)
  • Westbound Orange Street between South Front & South Water streets
  • Church Street at South Front Street
  • Queen Street at South Front Street
  • Northbound South Front Street between Burnett Boulevard/Carolina Beach Road and Dawson Street.
  • South Front Street on-ramp to Cape Fear Memorial Bridge / westbound U.S. 74/76
  • Greenfield Street between South Front Street & South Fifth Avenue / West Lakeshore Drive (eastbound lane open for resident/business access to South Front Street residents/businesses on Greenfield Street/North Second Street.)
  • Northbound Nutt Street between Red Cross & Harnett streets
  • Nutt Street Extension between Cowan Street & Harnett Street
  • (Lane closure) Inside lane of W. Lakeshore Dr., from S 5th St. to Woodland Ave. – no vehicular traffic clockwise around Greenfield Lake
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