Below is information on road closures related to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on Saturday, February 29. Scroll down to see maps of road closure information. This is subject to change, so check back for updates. Please click here to see MARTA rerouting for all buses on race day.
Downtown/Centennial Olympic Park Area from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Marietta Street from Ivan Allen Jr Blvd to Peachtree Street
- Andrew Young International Blvd from Centennial Olympic Park Drive to Marietta Street
Peachtree Street from 7th Street to 14th Street from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m,
- North & Southbound traffic beginning at 9:00 a.m. and will remain closed until 3:30 p.m.
Main race loop – Full road closures from 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Forsyth Street from Marietta Street to Peachtree Street
- Walton Street from Peachtree Street to Forsyth Street
- Peachtree Street from Forsyth to S. Rhodes Center/Peachtree Circle
- Ralph McGill Blvd. from Peachtree Street to Piedmont Road
- Piedmont Avenue to Baker-Highland Avenue
- Highland Avenue from Piedmont Avenue to Jackson Blvd.
- Jackson Blvd. from Highland Avenue to Edgewood Avenue
- Edgewood Avenue from Jackson Street to Marietta Street
Lower race loop – Full road closures from 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Piedmont Avenue to Capitol Avenue
- Capitol Avenue SE from Piedmont Road to Fulton Street and 1 block south of Fulton
- Martin Luther King Jr Drive SW to Centennial Olympic Park Drive
- Centennial Olympic Park Drive from Martin Luther King Jr Drive SW to Andrew Young Intl Blvd
Interstate exit ramp closures from 11:00 am – 3:30 pm
- I-85/75 northbound - 249B (Pine St/Peachtree Street)
- I-85/75 northbound - 248B (Edgewood Ave)
- I-20 westbound - 58A (Capitol Ave)
Additional notes:
- No street parking permitted on the course route beginning at 8:00 a.m. on February 29. (No Parking signs/cones will be placed in these locations as a notification 48 hours (Thursday, February 27) prior to race day. Any vehicles on the course after 8:00 a.m. on February 29 will be towed.
- Atlanta Streetcar will not be in service from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Downtown area hotels and businesses – vehicles can exit the downtown area via Ellis Street to access Freedom Parkway and the I-85/75 north and south connectors. Vehicles can enter downtown from the north via I-85/75 southbound exit 249A (Courtland Ave/Freedom Parkway) and can enter from the south via northbound exit 248C (International Blvd/SR 101/Freedom Pkwy).
- Plan for significant traffic delays. Use MARTA if possible.
