Events

Several Road Closures/Detours on Sunday, April 27th Due to Pike’s Peek Race

By MCS Staff

Pike’s Peek, one of Montgomery County Road Runners Club’s premier racing events, will take place on Sunday, April 27th from 7:50am-10am. Below we’ve included associated road closures And detours for Sunday morning.

The 10K race, known as a PR Course, has runners starting at the Shady Grove Metro Station and finishing on Rose Avenue just south of Montrose Road at North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose. The race starts promptly at 7:50 a.m. Road Closures and Detours:

  • The race starts at 7:50 am on Redland Road just Northeast of Rockville Pike.  Redland Road between Rockville Pike and Crabbs Branch will be closed from 5:00 am to approximately 9:00am.
  • The race course runs south on Rockville Pike using all north bound lanes from 7:40 am to approximately 8:10am.  There will be traffic officers to detour traffic to East on Gude Drive, left to North on Crabbs Branch way to  left on Shady Grove and back to Rockville Pike.
  • On Rockville Pike from Gude Drive to Rose Avenue, the center 2 lanes will be blocked to traffic from 6:30 am to just after the last runner passes (that time depends on how far from the start line you are).  Traffic is allowed in the right lane at all times.  Cross over traffic will not be permitted when the runners are on the course.
  • At approximately 8:10am to 9:45 am south bound traffic on Rockville Pike will be diverted around the finish festival.  Traffic will be sent to the southwest on Towne Road, and using Montrose Rd or Montrose Parkway, will connect to East Jefferson and Executive Boulevard to Old Georgetown Road where south bound traffic on 355 will resume.Note that Towne Road is not a thru road – there is no access to Old Georgetown Road via Towne Road.
  • Traffic may also use Montrose Parkway or Old Georgetown Road to access the north bound curb lane of Rockville Pike to reach destinations on the north bound side of the Pike or east of the Pike.
  • Southbound traffic on Route 355 will not be impacted except for the finish area detour described above. Cross over traffic will only be prohibited when the runners are on the course and that time depends on how far the intersection is from the start of the race.