Grandma’s Marathon will be held on Saturday, June 17th. Superior Street will be closed to traffic from 5th Avenue West to 12th Avenue East starting at 5:45 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m.
Eastbound Buses coming into the Downtown Area:
Buses will take Regular Route to Superior Street and 6th Avenue West, then detour by turning left on 6th Avenue West to 1st Street, turn right on 1st Street and run to Lake Avenue, turn left on Lake Avenue and:
Routes 10 & 14W: Buses will take regular route from Lake Avenue.
Routes 6 & 7: Buses will run to 2nd Street, turn right and run to 14th Avenue East, turn right and run to Superior Street, turn left and return to regular route.
Routes 10H, 11K, 12 & 13: Buses will run to 2nd Street and turn right, run 2nd Street to 6th Avenue East and regular route.
Westbound Buses into the Downtown Area (All Routes except 10 and 14W):
Buses will take Regular Route to 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue East then continue along 3rd Street to 1st Avenue West, turn left and run to 1st Street, turn right and run to 5th Avenue West, turn left and run to Superior Street, turn right and regular route.
Inbound 10 and 14W: Regular Route to Lake Avenue and 3rd Street Street, then right on 3rd Street to 1st Avenue West, turn left and run to 1st Street, turn right and run to 5th Avenue West, turn left and run to Superior Street, turn right and regular route. If a 10 into a 13 run to 6th Avenue West, turn right and follow above routing for eastbound buses.
In addition to Above Detours:
Routes 6 & 7 Outbound (From Downtown):
At Superior Street and 20th Avenue East. If Superior Street is closed at 20th Avenue East buses will turn left and run to 1st Street, turn right and run to 21st Avenue East, turn right and run to Superior Street, turn left and regular route. If Superior Street is not closed at 20th Avenue East continue on regular route.
Routes 6 & 7 Inbound (To Downtown):
Buses will take regular route to Superior Street and 21st Avenue East, if Superior Street is closed at 21st Avenue East then detour via right on 21st Avenue East to 1st Street, turn left and run to 20th Avenue East, turn left and run to Superior Street. At Superior Street and 14th Avenue East detour via right on 14th Avenue East to 3rd Street, turn left and use detour routing above via 1st Avenue West.
Route 7 Detour in Lakeside:
60th Avenue East will be closed at Superior Street for a portion of the day. If closed buses will detour via regular route to 60th Avenue East and Tioga Street, turn right on Tioga and run to 58th Avenue East, turn left and run to Superior Street, turn right and regular route.
Route 15 Park Point:
All trips departing DTC before the 3:45pm trip will be dropped. During this time inbound Route 4 should use regular route to Superior Street and 6th Avenue West, then run 6th Avenue West to 1st Street, to Lake Avenue turn left and run to 3rd Street, turn left and run to Mesaba Avenue, turn left and run to M&H. From M&H run Mesaba Avenue to 2nd Street, to 1st Avenue West, to 1st Street to 5th Avenue West, left on 5th Avenue West to Superior Street and regular route.