Thanksgiving Day Run to Affect Traffic in Urban Core

Nov 26, 2019

CINCINNATI – Several streets in Cincinnati's urban core will close for a few hours on Thursday, Nov. 28 for the Thanksgiving Day Run.

The annual event will take hundreds of runners on a course throughout Downtown Cincinnati, Over-the-Rhine, the riverfront area and into Northern Kentucky on Thanksgiving morning. In order to accommodate this event, the following streets will close at 8 a.m. on race day and remain closed until about noon that same day.

Second Street - closed (all access to Second Street will close at 7 a.m.)
Vine Street - closed between Freedom Way and Liberty Street
Third Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Fourth Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Fifth Street - closed between Race Street and Walnut Street
Sixth Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Seventh Street - closed between Race Street and Walnut Street
Eighth Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Ninth Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Court Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Central Parkway - closed between Race Street and Walnut Street
Twelfth Street - closed between Race Street and Walnut Street
Thirteenth Street - closed between Walnut Street and Race Street
Fourteenth Street - closed between Race Street and Walnut Street
Liberty Street - eastbound closed between Race Street and Reading Road
Reading Road - closed between Liberty Street and Eggleston Avenue
Eggleston Avenue - closed between Reading Road and E. Pete Rose Way
E Pete Rose Way - closed between Broadway and Eggleston Avenue
Mehring Way - closed between Johnny Bench Way and E. Pete Rose Way
Elm Street - closed between Second Street and Mehring Way (closes at 7:00 a.m.)
Race Street - closed south of Third Street (closes at 7:00 a.m.)
Freedom Way - closed between Walnut Street and Elm Street (closes at 7:00 a.m.)
Taylor Southgate Bridge - closed
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge - closed