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Some Downtown Roads Closed Friday, Saturday For Events

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The Super Hero 5K, Redlegs Run, Pendleton Spring Fling and 3 Fest all take place this week and require road closures downtown. Here's what will be affected: 

Friday, June 7 

The Super Hero 5K happens Friday evening at 7 p.m., causing the following streets to close at 6:30 p.m: 

  • New Street between Broadway and Culvert Street
  • Culvert Street between Reedy and Third streets 
  • Sentinel STreet between Fifth Street and Eggleston Avenue 
  • Fifth Street between Eggleston Avenue and Culvert Street 
  • Fourth Street between Eggleston Avenue and Culvert Street 
  • Eggleston Avenue southbound between Reedy Street and E. Pete Rose Way 
  • Third Street between Butler Street and Eggleston Avenue 
  • E. Pete Rose Way between Eggleston Avenue and Mehring Way 

Streets will reopen after the run is complete, which is expected at around 9 p.m. 
Saturday, June 8 

The Redlegs Run, Pendleton Spring Fling and 3 Fest all take place on Saturday. 

Beginning at 5 a.m., Mehring Way will be closed between Joe Nuxhall Way and Elm Street. It should re-open once the Redlegs Run concludes around noon. 

The following will close for the Pendleton Spring Fling beginning at 7 a.m. and remain closed until about 7 p.m: 

  • E. 12th Street between Broadway and Pendleton Street 
  • Spring Street between E. 13th Street and Reading Road 

The following will close at 7:30 a.m., also for the Redlegs Run, and remain closed until around noon: 

  • Eggleston Avenue southbound between Sentinel Street and E. Pete Rose Way 
  • Culvert Street between Fifth and Third streets 
  • Third Street between Butler Street and Eggleston Avenue 
  • E. Pete Rose Way between Eggleston Avenue and Johnny Bench Way 
  • Broadway south of Third Street
  • Taylor Southgate Bridge 
  • Ramp at intersection of Main and Second Street
  • Johnny Bench Way 
  • Joe Nuxhall Way 
  • Marian Spencer Way south of Second Street (local traffic only) 
  • Rosa Parks Street south of Second Street 
  • Race Street south of Second Street 
  • Elm Street south of Second Street 
  • Freedom Way between Elm Street and Joe Nuxhall Way 
  • Central Avenue south of W. Pete Rose Way 
  • W. Pete Rose Way between Gest Street and Central Avenue 
  • Gest Street southbound between Third Street and Mehring Way 
  • Mehring Way between Gest Street and E. Pete Rose Way 

To make way for Three Points Urban Brewery's 3 Fest on Saturday, Broadway will closed to through traffic between Reading Road and E. 13th Street starting at 10 a.m. and remain closed until about midnight.

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