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Turkey Day Run Gobbles Up Access To Downtown Streets This Thanksgiving

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Two turkeys plot to disrupt your Thanksgiving travel. (Kidding!)

Cincinnati's annual Thanksgiving Day 10K run will take place throughout Downtown, the Riverfront and Northern Kentucky this Thursday, Nov. 22, impacting vehicle access to some streets and bridges. 

To accommodate the event, the city says the following streets will close between 8 a.m. and noon: 

  • Second Street closed beginning at 7 a.m. 
  • Vine Street closed between Freedom Way and Liberty Street 
  • Third Street closed between Walnut and Race streets 
  • Fourth Street closed between Walnut and Race streets
  • Fifth Street closed between Race and Walnut streets 
  • Sixth Street closed between Walnut and Race streets
  • Seventh Street closed between Race and Walnut streets 
  • Eighth Street closed between Walnut and Race streets
  • Ninth Street closed between Walnut and Race streets 
  • Court Street closed between Walnut and Race streets 
  • Central Parkway closed between Race and Walnut streets 
  • Twelfth Street closed between Race and Walnut streets 
  • Thirteenth Street closed between Walnut and Race streets 
  • Fourteenth Street closed between Race and Walnut streets 
  • 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 
  • Race Street closed south of Third Street 
  • Freedom Way closed between Walnut and Elm streets 
  • Taylor Southgate Bridge closed 
  • Clay Wade Bailey Bridge closed 

Jennifer Merritt brings 20 years of "tra-digital" journalism experience to WVXU.