Take note of the #Comrades2019 road closures
This year's marathon will take place on Sunday, 9 June and is an up run, starting at the Durban City Hall at 5.30am.
WITH just a few days to Comrades race day, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) race director, Rowyn James has confirmed that the following road closures will be effective during the Comrades race weekend, Saturday 8 and Sunday, 9 June.
The 94th Comrades Marathon is an up run, starting at the Durban City Hall at 5.30am and finishing 12 hours later at the Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg. This will be the 48th up run.
| 2019 Comrades Marathon road closure schedule | |||
| Saturday, 8 and Sunday, 9 June | |||
| Area | Close | Open | |
| Durban – Dr Pixley Ka Seme Str. (West Street) | |||
| between Dorothy Nyembe Street (Gardiner Street) and | 5pm | 7am | |
| Samora Machel Str. (Aliwal Street.) | |||
| Durban – Samora Machel Street (Aliwal Street) | 12am | 7am | |
| between Monty Naicker Street (Pine Street) and | |||
| Anton Lembede Street. (Smith Street) | |||
| Sunday, 9 June | |||
| Sherwood – 45th Cutting | 4am | 7.30am | |
| Cowies Hill | 4.30am | 8.30am | |
| Pinetown and Fields Hill | 4.45am | 9.15am | |
| Kloof | 5am | 10am | |
| Hillcrest | 5.30am | 11am | |
| Botha’s Hill | 5.40am | 11.30am | |
| Drummond | 6.am | 12.30pm | |
| Cato Ridge | 7am | 2pm | |
| Camperdown | 7.30am | 2.30pm | |
| Umlaas Road | 8am | 3.55pm | |
| Lion Park | 9am | 4pm | |
| Ashburton | 9am | 5pm | |
| Polly Shortts | 9am | 6pm | |
| Pietermaritzburg – CB Downes Road, Gladys Manzi Road (Murray Road), Cleland Road, Blackburrow Road, Fairfield Ave, Ridge Road, Harwin Road, Taylor Road | 9am | 6.30pm | |
For more info and news on the Comrades 2019 click here: https://www.citizen.co.za/highway-mail/comrades-2019/
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