Vancouver (April 15, 2015) – Sunday’s big race gets underway at 9 a.m. and organizers for The Vancouver Sun Run would like to remind all participants and the general public of road closures occurring around the event. Road closures will be in effect between 5 a.m. until 1:30 p.m, Sunday, April 17th. The complete schedule of road closures is listed below. For information regarding The 2016 Vancouver Sun Run presented by BlueShore Financial visit vancouversunrun.com.
Downtown Vancouver Area – Georgia St
Ø Seymour St to Bute St (start area) 5:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Ø Bute to the Causeway (including all streets crossing Georgia) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ø Lions Gate Bridge: access from Pender only 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ø Howe to Burrard from Dunsmuir to Robson 5:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ø Denman St – Georgia to Robson 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ø Robson St – west of Denman St to Stanley Park 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Stanley Park
Ø Beach Avenue, Stanley Park to Hornby St. 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Ø Stanley Park Dr at North Lagoon Dr 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Ø Ryan Rd at Park Lane/South Lagoon Dr 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pacific St
Ø Burrard St to Hornby (eastbound lanes) 6:00 a.m. – 12 noon
The Bridges
Ø Burrard Bridge – closed to all traffic 8:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Ø Cambie Bridge – closed to all northbound traffic 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Kitsilano Area
Ø West 2nd Avenue – Burrard St to Fir St 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Ø Fir Street – West 2nd Ave to West 4th Ave 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Ø W 4th Avenue/W 6th Avenue – Pine St to Cambie St 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Cambie St at W Broadway
Ø closed to all northbound traffic 7:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Pacific Boulevard
Ø East bound exit ramp from Cambie Bridge 5:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ø Nelson St to Abbott St 5:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ø Abbott St to Quebec St 7:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Quebec, Abbott & Carrall Streets
Ø Closed to all traffic near Expo Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Expo Blvd
Ø From Quebec to Terry Fox Way 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Nelson Street
Ø From Expo to Pacific 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Runners are encouraged to take transit to the race. For BC Transit information, please visit www.translink.ca/
About The Vancouver Sun Run
The Vancouver Sun Run is Canada’s largest 10K road race and the 3rd largest timed 10K in North America. The Vancouver Sun Run is open to international elite competitors, recreational runners, joggers and walkers, wheelchair competitors, Corporate and Youth teams, schools and children.
The 2016 Vancouver Sun Run presented by BlueShore Financial is Sunday, April 17th at 9 a.m. in downtown Vancouver. The 2.5K Shaw Mini Sun Run starts at 8 a.m. For more information, visit vancouversunrun.com or call 604-689-9441. Also follow The Vancouver Sun Run on Twitter @VancouverSunRun, like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/VancouverSunRun and follow us on Instagram instagram.com/vancouversunrun.
