A look at road closures in Toronto for the waterfront marathon

Residents and visitors to Toronto will notice a number of road closures on Sunday for the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Toronto police said road closures will begin on Saturday to “accommodate the pre-event set-up at the finish line area.”

Police said beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, the following roads will be closed:

• Bay Street from Dundas Street West to Queen Street West
• Hagerman Street from Elizabeth Street to Bay Street
• Elizabeth Street from Dundas Street West to Hagerman Street
• James Street from Albert Street and Queen Street West
• Albert Street from Bay Street to James Street

According to police, the streets will reopen on Sunday at 9 p.m.

There will also be a number of rolling closures, in the city, beginning at 4 a.m. Sunday.

The force said other closures will begin as the first runners approach and will reopen after the last runners have passed.

More information, including a map can be found on the marathon website.

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Officers said from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Lakeshore Boulevard will be fully closed both east- and westbound from Bathurst Street to Don Roadway.

Police said there will be three exceptions:

• Eastbound curb lane on Lakeshore Boulevard West from Windermere Avenue to Oarsman Drive to allow access to the Boulevard Club, Royal Canadian Legion
• Access to HMCS York, Coronation Park and Ontario Place will be provided from Stadium Road
• Jameson Avenue eastbound off-ramp is scheduled to reopen at noon for access to Exhibition Place

Officers also said there will be a number of closures to the on- and off-ramps of the Gardiner Expressway on Sunday, beginning at 4 a.m.

Eastbound closures:

• Lake Shore Boulevard off-ramp in the west end will remain open. However, police said the eastbound Lake Shore Boulevard ramp will be closed at Windmere Avenue until noon
• Jameson Avenue off-ramp will be closed until 1 p.m.
• Jameson Avenue on-ramp will have no access until noon
• British Columbia Drive on-ramp will have no access from Lake Shore Boulevard until noon. However, police said there will be access from Exhibition Place.
• Spadina Avenue off-ramp will be open. The Spadina Avenue off-ramp exit gate will be open to allow cars to enter onto eastbound Lake Shore Boulevard.
• Rees Street on-ramp will remain open
• Bay Street on-ramp will remain open
• Jarvis Street on-ramp is under construction

Westbound closures:

• Lake Shore Boulevard off-ramp  in the west end will remain open
• Lake Shore Boulevard on-ramp  in the west end will remain open
• South Kingsway off-ramp will remain open
• Jameson Avenue on-ramp will remain open with access from southbound Jameson only until 1 p.m.
• Dunn Avenue off-ramp will remain open
• Spadina Avenue on-ramp will allow access to Gardiner, but access to Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Spadina Avenue off-ramp will allow access to Spadina Avenue, but access to Lake Shore Boulevard will be closed from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• York Street on-ramp will remain open with access from north of Lake Shore Boulevard up until 1 p.m.
• Yonge Street and Bay Street off-ramp will be closed from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Jarvis Street off-ramp will remain open
• Jarvis Street on-ramp will remain open
• Lake Shore Boulevard in the east end will remain open

Police said the Toronto Transit Commission will also have “numerous diversions” along a number of its routes during the marathon.