Atlanta Marathon Hits the Streets Sunday

The Atlanta Track Club’s 2012 Atlanta Marathon and Marathon Relay will run through the neighborhood on Sunday.

Last year, nearly 1,200 marathon participants and 300 relay teams toed the line and a big turnout is expected for this weekend's event, as well. Sunday will mark the 50th running of the Atlanta Marathon, which was previously held in conjunction with the Atlanta Half Marathon on Thanksgiving Day.

There will be full and partial street closures during the event, but each street that’s affected will be reopened as the race passes.

The 26.2-mile course starts and finishes at Midtown’s Atlantic Station and gives runners a tour of Atlanta. Runners will pass through the downtown area, past Turner Field, then Grant Park, Memorial Drive, Little Five Points, the Highland Avenue area, Piedmont Park, La Vista Road, the Lindbergh Drive area and Peachtree Road before returning to Atlantic Station.

The marathon course has a 6½ hour time limit (14:53 mile pace) and will close once marathoners doing a 6½ hour pace have passed.

For a full closure list and route map, see the PDFs attached to this article. Here's the street closure information for the Virginia-Highland area:

MARTA bus routes that will be affected by the race include:

1,2,3,6,12,13,16,21,27,30,32,36,37,42,49,51,55,74,99,110,155

Expect significant delays for routes:

12,37,99,51,110

Buses that are rerouted:

1,2,3,6,13,16,21,27,30,32,36,42,49,55,74,155

Reroutes will be as follows:

Route 1 Five Points Station (Inbound)

Regular route

Route 1 Coronet Way (Outbound) projected time 7 a.m.-8:15 a.m.

Continue North Ave.

Right-Tech Pkwy.

Left-Means St.

Right-Marietta St.

Regular route

Route 2 North Ave. Station (Inbound) 7:50 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Continue Moreland Ave.

Left-Ponce DeLeon Ave.

Regular route

Route 2 Candler Park Station (Outbound)

Regular Route

Route 2 Decatur Station Station (Outbound)

Regular route