With about 43,000 runners expected to converge on the capital this weekend for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, there will be major traffic disruptions on Saturday and Sunday.
Here's a full list of the road closures.
Road closures on Saturday, May 27 (click here for an interactive map):
- Laurier Avenue between Metcalfe and Nicholas- 1 to 9 p.m.
- Elgin Street between Cooper and Wellington– 1 to 7:30 p.m.
- Elgin Street between Cooper and Frank– 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
- Elgin Street between Catherine and QED– 3:30 to 8:45 p.m.
- Lisgar Street between Cartier and Elgin- 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- Elgin Street between Lisgar and Catherine- 6:15-7 p.m.
- Frank Street between Elgin and QED- 2:45-3:45 p.m.
- Queen Street between Elgin and O’Connor– 3:30-4:30 p.m.
- O’Connor between Wellington & Albert– 3:30–4:35 p.m.
- Wellington between Bank and Colonel By Drive eastbound– 3:30-5 p.m.
- Lakeside- 6-8 p.m.
- Bronson southbound between Lakeside and Col. By– 6-8 p.m. (lane reductions)
- Colonel By Drive between Rideau & Main– 3-6:15 p.m.
- Colonel By Drive between Main and Hawthorne– 3-8:30 p.m.
- Colonel By Drive between Hawthorne and Bronson- 3-8:30 p.m.
- Pretoria Bridge– 3:30–8:45 p.m.
- Argyle between and Elgin and Queen Elizabeth Drive- 6:30-8:45 p.m.
- Queen Elizabeth Drive between Somerset & Elgin– 2–9:00 p.m.
- Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin and Preston- 3-8:30 p.m.
Road closures on Sunday, May 28 (click here for a map):
- Laurier Avenue between Elgin and Metcalfe– 5–10 a.m.
- Laurier Avenue between Nicholas and Elgin– 5 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Queen Elizabeth Drive between Preston & Elgin- 6-10:45 a.m.
- Queen Elizabeth Drive between Lawrence Frieman & Laurier- 5 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Queen Elizabeth Drive between Elgin and Somerset W.- 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
- Elgin Street between Cooper and Slater– 5–10:30 a.m.
- Elgin Street between Cooper and Catherine– 8:45-9:45 a.m.
- Lisgar Street between Cartier & Elgin– 6-8:30 a.m.
- Cooper Street between Cartier and Somerset W- 7:45-8:30 a.m.
- The Driveway between Cooper and Somerset W- 7:45-8:30 a.m.
- Wellington Street eastbound between Elgin and Col. By– 6:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Rideau westbound between Sussex and Mackenzie– 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Preston between Q.E. Driveway & Carling– 6:30-10:45 a.m. (northbound lanes)
- Carling westbound between Preston & Sherwood– 6:45-11 a.m.
- Carling eastbound at Preston– 6:45-11 a.m.
- Sherwood Dr between Carling & Fairmont– 6:15–11:15 a.m.
- Fairmont Avenue between Sherwood & Wellington– 6:15-11:30 a.m.
- Wellington St. between Fairmont & Island Park Drive– 6:15-11:45 a.m.
- Richmond Road between Island Park and Athlone– 6:15–9:30 a.m.
- Athlone between Richmond and Scott- 6:15-9:30 a.m.
- Sir Frederic Banting and Colombine– 6:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Scott eastbound between Churchill & Island Park– 6:15–10 a.m.
- Scott westbound between Island Park and Parkdale- 6:15 a.m.–12 p.m.
- Island Park between Scott and Richmond– 8:15-11:45 a.m.
- Sir John A Macdonald Parkway/Wellington between Booth and Island Park– 6:15 a.m.– 12:15 p.m.
- Booth Street between Wellington and Eddy Street– 6:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
- Eddy Street between Booth and Wright–7 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Alexandre Tache between Eddy and Montcalm– 7 –12:45 p.m.
- Alexandre Tache between Montcalm and Scott– 7 –10:45 a.m.
- Scott between Alexandre Tache and Graham– 7 –11 a.m.
- Lac des Fees between Graham and St. Jean Bosco– 7–11 a.m.
- Jean Bosco between Lac des Fees and Lois- 7-11:15 a.m.
- Lois between St. Jean Bosco and Montcalm- 7-11:30 a.m.
- Montcalm between St. Joseph and Papineau– 7-11:30 a.m. (southbound lanes only)
- Montcalm between Papineau and Wellington- 7-11:30 a.m.
- Montcalm between Wellington & Tache- 7 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
- Wellington between Montcalm and Laval– 7 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- Laval between Promenade du Portage and Wellington– 7 a.m. -12:45 p.m.
- Promenade du Portage between Laval and Hotel de Ville- 7 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- Hotel de Ville between Promenade du Portage and Laurier– 7 a.m.– 12:45 p.m.
- Laurier between Hotel de Ville and des Allumettieres– 7 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
- Sussex Drive between York and Rockliffe Parkway– 6 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
- Sussex Drive between York and Rideau– 7 a.m. -1:45 p.m.
- MacKenzie Avenue between St. Patrick & Rideau– 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
- George Etienne Cartier Parkway between Princess and Aviation Parkway– 6:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
- Princess Street between Sussex & Lisgar Road– 6:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
- Lisgar Road between Buena Vista and Rockliffe Parkway– 6:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Birch between Sandridge and Hemlock- 6:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- Hemlock westbound between Birch and Beechwood– 6:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
- Beechwood westbound between Lansdowne and Acacia– 6:45 a.m. -1 p.m.
- Beechwood one lane westbound between Acacia and Crichton- 6:45 a.m.- 1:15 p.m.
- Crichton northbound between Beechwood and Dufferin– 6:45 a.m.– 1:15 p.m.
- Dufferin between Stanley and Crichton– 6:45 a.m.– 1:15 p.m.
- Stanley between Dufferin and Sussex– 6:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
- Colonel By Drive – Rideau to Hawthorne Ave.- 6 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Pretoria Bridge– 6 a.m.–2 p.m.