Grandma’s Marathon brings road closures, parking bans to Duluth this week
Canal Park, Railroad Street and the DECC will see closures and no-parking enforcement as Grandma’s Marathon resets Duluth’s waterfront traffic pattern.
Duluth drivers, downtown workers and Canal Park businesses are facing a tight sequence of closures beginning Monday, June 15, as Grandma’s Marathon turns the waterfront into a restricted traffic zone. The Northwest Iron Lot will close Monday through Thursday for race setup and equipment deliveries, the Lake City Lot will close Wednesday and remain shut for the rest of the week, and the Lighthouse lot will close Friday and stay closed through race operations.
The biggest traffic disruption is set for race day, when Canal Park Drive from Railroad Street to Buchanan Street will close at 6 a.m. for finish-line setup. Portions of Railroad Street will close at 12:30 p.m., and no-parking zones will be enforced along the affected blocks as the marathon crowd and race logistics move into place.
City crews will also install a temporary pedestrian bridge over Canal Park Drive, giving foot traffic a way to cross the shutdown area while vehicles are rerouted around it. Access to the DECC will shift to the North Gate on Railroad Street during the event, a change that will matter for anyone headed to meetings, events or waterfront parking.
The enforcement piece is sharp: vehicles left in posted no-parking areas can be ticketed and towed. For residents trying to reach Canal Park, workers reporting to hotels and restaurants, and visitors looking for the finish area, the practical effect is a staged shutdown of the corridor from midweek through Saturday, June 20.
Grandma’s Marathon is one of Duluth’s biggest annual events, but the week around it is also a public works exercise that changes how the city moves. In the most crowded stretch of the tourism district, parking, curb access and turn routes will be limited long before runners reach the finish line, and the city’s traffic plan will control the waterfront until race operations wrap up.
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