Road Closures for Monster Dash, October 26
Monster Dash, the spooktacular Half Marathon and 10 Mile race, is coming to the area the morning of October 26th, 2013. It is important you are aware that you could encounter temporary road closures around your residence.
For residents off of Summit Avenue:
All lanes of Summit Avenue will be closed between Nina Street and John Ireland Boulevard starting at 6:30 a.m. and will be closed until 9:30 a.m. All lanes of Summit Avenue between Nina and Lexington will be closed between 7:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The Westbound lanes of Summit Avenue will be closed from Lexington to Mississippi River Boulevard from 7:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. However the Eastbound lanes will be open for traffic from Lexington to Mississippi River Blvd. The St. Paul Police will open roads after the last runner has gone past.
For residents off of Mississippi River Boulevard South:
Summit Avenue to West 7th/Highway 5 will be closed from 7:30am-11:30am.
For more information please see our websitehttp://www.minnesotamonster.org/ or email us atinfo@teamortho.us
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SARPA was recently told that street closure fees in Saint Paul are much less than our sister city to the west — hundreds, rather than thousands of dollars. maybe that's why every major race seems to go down Summit?