Escape from the Fan: Monument 10K road closures

by | Mar 27, 2015 | POLITICS

I still remember my first year in RVA, living on Franklin St.

I still remember my first year in RVA, living on Franklin St. about 4 blocks from VCU campus – I was hung over as hell and it was the first time I’d had a city-wide running event ruin my Saturday morning.

Yes, it’s that time of year again, when Winter shifts to Spring, the trees begin to bloom, and a perfectly nice Saturday in March/April gets torn asunder by several thousand spirited people who care significantly more about themselves and others than I do about drinking on a Friday night.

Welcome back, Monument/Ukrops 10K, we didn’t know we missed you.

Here’s how the Fan will be locked down like John Carpenter’s Escape from New York for the next 24 hours (details via WTVR):

ROAD CLOSURES

Friday, March 27

1 p.m. NO PARKING goes into effect on Franklin Street from Shafer to Belvidere
3 p.m. NO PARKING goes into effect on Broad Street (Belvidere to Lombardy)
2 p.m. TOWING goes into effect on Franklin between Shafer and Belvidere
3 p.m. Franklin St. – CLOSED between Shafer & Belvidere through 3 p.m. Saturday


Saturday, March 28

4 a.m. – 1 p.m. Broad Street – CLOSED from Lombardy east to Belvidere
4 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kent – CLOSED from Wythe to Monument Avenue
4 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. West Franklin Street – CLOSED from Laurel to Stuart Circle
4 a.m. – 3 p.m. North Laurel Street – CLOSED from Main St. to Broad Street
4 a.m. – 3 p.m. Cathedral Place CLOSED from Laurel to Shafer Ct.
4 a.m. – 2 p.m. Harrison – CLOSED from Park to Marshall
5 a.m. – 1 p.m. Chantilly – CLOSED from Monumental to Monument
5 a.m. – 3 p.m. Canal St. – CLOSED from Belvidere to 2nd St.
6 a.m. – 9 a.m. Park Avenue – CLOSED from Shafer to Lombardy
6 a.m. – 3 p.m. Exit ramp from Westbound I-195 to Belvidere – CLOSED
7 a.m. – 9 a.m. Hanover – CLOSED from Plum to Lombardy
7 a.m.- 12 a.m. Grace Street – CLOSED from Belvidere to Allen
7 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lombardy Street – CLOSED from Broad Street to Hanover Avenue
7 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monument Ave- CLOSED from Staples Mill Road to Stuart Circle
7 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Franklin St. – CLOSED Lombardy to Harrison
8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Boulevard – CLOSED at Monument Avenue

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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