City Reveals Road Closures for Queen Bee Half Marathon
The City of Cincinnati has announced significant road closures for the upcoming Queen Bee Half Marathon on Saturday. The event, which begins at 7:30 a.m., will necessitate street closures starting as early as 4 a.m. and lasting until approximately 1 p.m.
Scheduled Road Closures for the Queen Bee Half Marathon
Below is a list of streets that will be affected:
- Eggleston Avenue: Closed between Reedy Street and Reading Road
- Court Street: Closed between Eggleston Avenue and Reedy Street
- Northbound Reading Road: Closed between Eggleston Avenue and 12th Street
- E Pete Rose Way: Closed between Mehring Way and Eggleston Avenue
Additional closures related to the race course will apply from 7 a.m. until the race has exited the area. These include:
- Eastbound Central Parkway: Between Sycamore Street and Eggleston Avenue
- Northbound Reading Road: Between Eggleston Avenue and Elsinore Place
- Exit from northbound I-471 at Liberty Street
- Elsinore Place: Between Reading Road and Gilbert Avenue
- Northbound Gilbert Avenue: Between Broadway and Eden Park Drive (access to the Hard Rock Casino remains open)
- Southbound Gilbert Avenue: Between Eden Park Drive and Elsinore Place
- Eden Park Drive: Between Gilbert Avenue and Victory Parkway
- Art Museum Drive: Between Paradrome Street and Eden Park Drive (closed to through traffic)
- Martin Drive: Between Parkside Place and Eden Park Drive
- Victory Parkway: Between Eden Park Drive and McMillan Street (southbound maintained between McMillan Street and Francis Lane)
- McMillan Street: Between Victory Parkway and Grandview Avenue
- Woodburn Avenue: Between McMillan Street and Madison Road
- Madison Road: Between Woodburn Avenue and Observatory Avenue
- Observatory Avenue: Between Madison Road and Linwood Avenue
- Linwood Avenue: Between Observatory Avenue and Eastern Avenue
- Eastern Avenue: Between Heekin Avenue and Delta Avenue
- Delta Avenue: Between Kellogg Avenue and Eastern Avenue
- Riverside Drive: Between Eggleston Avenue and Delta Avenue
- Eggleston Avenue: Between Central Parkway and Riverside Drive
Traffic Updates and Public Transport
While Riverside Drive will be part of the route, it will not be subject to closures or checkpoints near Vice President JD Vance’s residence. Public transportation service will continue, although delays may be expected during the marathon.
For additional details on the event and to view the route map, visit El-Balad.
