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Sole Burner Race – Road Closure Notice

This year’s 42nd annual American Cancer Society Sole Burner 5K walk/run will be taking place on Saturday morning, May 11 at City Park. They will be using a good part of their “traditional” course utilizing the College Avenue Bridge for the first and last thirds of the event. Streets on the route will likely be blocked off starting around 8:55. a.m. Walkers and runners will start from City Park at 9 a.m., and it is expected that all walkers will be past the bridge by 9:40 a.m. Streets on the route will likely open before that time when the last walker goes by. Note that streets directly around City Park will be blocked off earlier.

For those of you in the Lawrence area south of College, Lawe Street is open and there is access to Lawe Street from Alton Street. However, Lawe Street will be closed at the Newberry trail from approximately 9-9:55 a.m. The Newberry trail is also the middle part of the course.

Sole Burner Route Map

Listed below are expected closed times:

  1. 8:50-9:40 a.m. | College Avenue (full road) | To the bridge and roundabout from Meade St
  2. 9-10 a.m. | Lawe/E. South River | E. South River is open, but traffic cannot go south on Lawe to this area as the Newberry Trail will be used for the event.
  3. 8:55-9:20 a.m. | Lawe/Franklin | After opening, you can take Lawe north out of downtown.
  4. 8:55-10:10 a.m. | E. South Island/Olde Oneida and Eagle Flats Parkway/Olde Oneida
  5. 8:55-10:20 a.m. | College/Drew | You will likely be allowed west via College until about 9:10 a.m.
  6. 8:55-10:25 a.m. | Washington/Drew | You will be allowed west via Washington until about 9:10 a.m.
  7. 8:50-10:15 a.m. | Newberry Trail

There is about a 10-15 minute window of no way out of the downtown area, except for emergencies.

We hope this notice will help with your morning planning. If you are home, we’d love to have you come out and cheer on the participants as we attempt to raise over $200,000 to fight cancer. 

Can’t beat us? Join Us! As a thank you for your support, please use the discount code 24NEIGHBOR to get $5 off your registration fee when you register for the Sole Burner 5K Walk/Run at www.soleburner.org.