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Ottawa Race Weekend 2016 road closures

Got some errands to run in downtown Ottawa or Gatineau this weekend? Plan ahead. It's Ottawa Race Weekend 2016, and lots of roads will be off limits. Here's the full list of closures.

It'll be frustrating to drive around downtown Ottawa and Gatineau this weekend, so plan ahead

Dozens of roads in downtown Ottawa and Gatineau will be closed at different times on Saturday and Sunday to accommodate thousands of runners. (CBC News)

Got some errands to run in downtown Ottawa or Gatineau this weekend? You'd be wise to plan ahead.

It's Ottawa Race Weekend 2016, and that meanslots of roads will be off limits. Here's the full list of closures.

All weekend long

  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway, between Laurier Avenue and Somerset Street, will be closed from 8 a.m. on Friday, May 27, to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 29.

Saturday, May 28

  • Laurier Avenue will be closed between Metcalfeand Nicholas streets from1 p.m. to9p.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closedbetween Cooper and Wellington streets from1 p.m. to7:30 p.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closed between Cooper and Frank streets from2:30 p.m. to3:30 p.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closed between Catherine Streetand theQueenElizabeth Driveway from3:30 p.m. to8:45 p.m.
  • Lisgar Street will be closed between Cartier and Elgin streets from3:30 p.m. to4:30 p.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closed between Lisgar and Catherine streets from6:15 p.m. to7p.m.
  • Frank Street will be closed between Elgin Streetand the Queen Elizabeth Driveway from2:45 p.m. to3:45 p.m.
  • Queen Street will be closed between Elgin and O'Connor streets from3:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
  • O'Connor Street will be closed between Wellington andAlbert streets from3:30 p.m. to4:35 p.m.
  • Wellington Street will be closed between Bank Street and Colonel By Drive eastbound from3:30 p.m. to5p.m.
  • Lakeside Avenue will be closed from6 p.m. to8p.m.
  • BronsonAvenue'ssouthbound laneswill be reduced between Lakeside Avenueand ColonelBy Drive from6 p.m. to8p.m.
  • Colonel By Drive will be closed between RideauandMain streets from3 p.m. to6:15 p.m.
  • Colonel By Drive will be closedbetween Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue from3 p.m. to8:30 p.m.
  • Colonel By Drive will be closed between Hawthorneand Bronson avenues from3 p.m. to8:30 p.m.
  • Pretoria Bridge will be closed from3:30 p.m. to8:45 p.m.
  • Argyle Avenue will be closed between and Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Drive from6:30 p.m. to8:45 p.m.
  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closedbetween Somerset andElgin streets from2 p.m. to 9p.m.
  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed between Elgin and Preston streets from3 p.m. to8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May29

  • Laurier Avenue will be closed between Elgin and Metcalfe streets from5 a.m. to10 a.m.
  • Laurier Avenue will be closed between Nicholas and Elgin streets from5a.m. to3 p.m.
  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed between Preston andElgin streets from6 a.m. to10:45 a.m.
  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed between Lawrence Frieman LaneandLaurier Avenue from5a.m. to 6p.m.
  • The Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed between Elgin and Somerset streets from6a.m. to2:30 p.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closed between Cooper and Slater streets from5 a.m. to10:30 a.m.
  • Elgin Street will be closedbetween Cooper and Catherine streets from8:45 a.m. to9:45 a.m.
  • Lisgar Street will be closedbetween CartierandElgin streets from6 a.m. to8:30 a.m.
  • Cooper Street will be closedbetween Cartier and Somerset streets from7:45 a.m. to8:30 a.m.
  • The Driveway will be closed between Cooper and Somerset streets from7:45 a.m. to8:30 a.m.
  • Wellington Street eastbound will be closed between Elgin Streetand ColonelBy Drive from6:30 a.m. to2p.m.
  • RideauStreetwestbound will be closed between Sussex Driveand Mackenzie Avenue from7:30a.m. to2p.m.
  • Preston Street's northbound laneswill be closedbetween the Queen ElizabethDriveway andCarling Avenue from6:30 a.m. to10:45a.m.
  • Carling Avenue westbound will be closed between Preston Street andSherwood Drive from 6:45 a.m. to11a.m.
  • Carling Avenueeastbound will be closedat Preston Streetfrom 6:45 a.m. to11a.m.
  • Sherwood Drive will be closedbetween Carling andFairmont avenues from6:15 a.m. to11:15a.m.
  • Fairmont Avenue will be closedbetween Sherwood Drive andWellington Street from6:15 a.m. to 11:30a.m.
  • Wellington Street will be closedbetween Fairmont AvenueandIsland Park Drive from6:15 a.m. to11:45a.m.
  • Richmond Road will be closedbetween Island Park Driveand Athlone Avenue from6:15 a.m. to9:30 a.m.
  • AthloneAvenue will be closedbetween Richmond Road and Scott Street from6:15 a.m. to9:30 a.m.
  • Sir Frederic Banting Avenue and Colombine Driveway will be closed from6:30 a.m. to12p.m.
  • Scott Street eastbound will be closed between Churchill Avenue andIsland Park Drive from6:15 a.m. to10a.m.
  • Scott Street westbound will be closed between Island Park Drive and Parkdale Avenue from6:15 a.m. to12p.m.
  • Island Park Drive will be closedbetween Scott Street and Richmond Road from8:15 a.m. to11:45 a.m.
  • The Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway/Wellington Street will be closedbetween Booth Streetand Island Park Drive from6:15 a.m. to12:15 p.m.
  • Booth Street will be closedbetween Wellington Street and Rue Eddy (in Gatineau, Que.)from6:45 a.m. to12:45 p.m.
  • Rue Eddywill be closed between Booth Street and Rue Wright from7 a.m. to1p.m.
  • Boulevard Alexandre-Tachwill be closedbetween RueEddy and RueMontcalm from7 a.m. to12:45 p.m.
  • Boulevard Alexandre-Tachwill be closedbetween RueMontcalm and RueScott from7 a.m. to10:45a.m.
  • Rue Scott will be closed between Boulevard Alexandre-Tachand RueGraham from7 a.m. to11a.m.
  • Promenade du Lac-des-Fes will be closedbetweenRue Graham and Rue Saint-Jean-Bosco from7 a.m. to11a.m.
  • Rue Saint-Jean-Bosco will be closed between Promenade du Lac-des-FesandRueLois from7 a.m. to11:15a.m.
  • Rue Lois will be closedbetween Saint-Jean-Bosco and RueMontcalm from7 a.m. to11:30a.m.
  • RueMontcalm's southbound laneswill be closed between Boulevard SaintJoseph and Rue Papineau from7 a.m. to11:30a.m.
  • RueMontcalmwill be closed between RuePapineau and Rue Wellington from7 a.m. to11:30a.m.
  • Rue Montcalmwill be closedbetween RueWellington andBoulevardAlexandre-Tach from7 a.m. to12:45p.m.
  • RueWellington will be closedbetween RueMontcalm and Rue Laval from7a.m. to12:45p.m.
  • Rue Laval will be closedbetween Promenade du Portage and Rue Wellington from7a.m. to12:45 p.m.
  • Promenade du Portage will be closed between Rue Laval and Rue de l'Htel-de-Ville from7 a.m. to12:45p.m.
  • Rue del'Htel-de-Ville will be closedbetween Promenade du Portage and Rue Laurierfrom7a.m. to12:45p.m.
  • RueLaurierwill be closed between Rue del'Htel-de-VilleandBoulevard des Allumettiresfrom7a.m. to1:15 p.m.
  • Sussex Drive will be closed between York Street and Rockliffe Parkway from6a.m. to1:30p.m.
  • Sussex Drive will be closed between York and Rideau streets from7a.m. to1:45p.m.
  • Mackenzie Avenue will be closedbetween St. Patrick andRideau streets from7a.m. to1:30p.m.
  • The Sir George-tienne Cartier Parkway will be closedbetween Princess Avenueand Aviation Parkway from6:45 a.m. to1:30p.m.
  • Princess Avenue will be closedbetween Sussex Drive andLisgar Road from6:45 a.m. to1:30p.m.
  • Lisgar Road will be closedbetween Buena Vista Road and Rockliffe Road from6:45 a.m. to12:15 p.m.
  • Birch Avenue will be closed between Sandridge and Hemlock roads from6:45 a.m. to12:45p.m.
  • Hemlock Roadwestbound will be closed between Birch and Beechwood avenues from6:45 a.m. to1p.m.
  • BeechwoodAvenue/Hemlock Roadwestbound will be closedbetween Lansdowne Road and Acacia Avenue from6:45a.m. to1p.m.
  • BeechwoodAvenue westbound will be reduced byone lane between Acacia Avenue and and Crichton Street from6:45a.m. to1:15p.m.
  • CrichtonStreetnorthbound will be closed between Beechwood Avenueand Dufferin Road from6:45 a.m. to1:15 p.m.
  • DufferinRoad will be closed between Stanley Avenueand Crichton Street from6:45 a.m. to1:15 p.m.
  • Stanley Avenue will be closed between Dufferin Roadand Sussex Drive from6:45 a.m. to1:30 p.m.
  • Colonel By Drive will be closed fromRideauStreet to Hawthorne Avenue from6a.m. to2p.m.
  • Pretoria Bridge will be closed from6:30 a.m. to2p.m.