FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTA Detours Announced for 2012 Philadelphia Marathon Weekend,
November 16-18
PHILADELPHIA (November 12 - November 18, 2012) City of Philadelphia and
SEPTA officials announced that SEPTA is preparing to adjust and detour
service for the upcoming 2012 Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, which will be
held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday,
November 18.
SEPTA will operate under normal weekend schedules. Runners, Parkway
cultural institution patrons and others with business or recreational plans
are urged to use public transportation to get in and out of Center City
during Philadelphia Marathon weekend due to the road closures. Regular
SEPTA fares will apply for these trips.
Note: Expect minor delays on routes 2, 7, 12, 23, 47, and 57 around the
Center City area. For updates and information about public transit in the
Philadelphia and New Jersey areas, including various public transit
options, please visit http://www.septa.org/welcome/cultural.html and
www.njtransit.org.
The following is public transit information about service detours and
changes in Philadelphia:
Saturday November 17, 2012 (7:30 A.M. through 12:30 P.M.)
Route(s): 7
Northbound: Headed Northbound on 22nd Street; right onto Market
Street; left onto Vine Street to the outer lanes of Benjamin Franklin
Parkway; right onto 22nd Street; resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Pick up at 23rd and Spring Garden Streets; left onto
Spring Garden Street; right onto 17th Street; right onto Arch Street; left
onto 21st Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 32
Northbound: Regular route to 16th Street and John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; right onto 16th Street; left onto Vine Street; resume back to
regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to Pennsylvania Avenue and Spring Garden
Street; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market Street; resume back to
regular route.
Route(s): 33
Northbound: Regular route to 16th Street and John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; left onto Vine Street; right onto 20th Street; resume back to
regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to 19th Street & Spring Garden Street;
left onto Spring Garden Street; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market
Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 38
Westbound: Regular route to 16th Street & John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; right onto 16th Street; left onto Vine Street to the outer lanes
of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway; resume back to regular route.
Eastbound: Regular route to Art Museum and Kelly drives; straight
across onto 25th Street; right onto Pennsylvania Avenue; left onto Spring
Garden Street; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market Street; resume back
to regular route.
Route(s): 43
Westbound: Regular Route to Spring Garden Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue; right onto Pennsylvania Avenue; left onto 25th Street; cross Kelly
Drive onto Art Museum Drive; right onto Spring Garden Street; resume back
to regular route.
Route(s): 43 Contd.
Eastbound: Regular route to Spring Garden and Art Museum Drive;
left onto Art Museum Drive and cross Kelly Drive onto 25th Street; right
onto Pennsylvania avenue; left onto Spring Garden Street; resume back to
regular route.
Route(s): 48
Northbound: Right onto 16th Street; left onto Vine Street to outer
lanes of Benjamin Franklin Parkway; right onto 22nd Street; resume back to
regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to 23rd & Spring Garden streets; left
onto Spring Garden; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market Street; resume
back to regular route.
Sunday November 18, 2012 (6:30 A.M. until Race is finished)
Route(s): R
Westbound: Regular route to Ridge Avenue and Ferry Road; left onto
Ferry Road; right onto River Road; take the Recovery on Route K Bus Stand.
Eastbound: From Layover Point toward River Road; right onto Midvale
Avenue; right onto Ridge Avenue; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 4
Southbound: Regular route to 15th & Market streets; left onto Penn
Square; left onto Juniper Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 7
Northbound: Towards 22nd Street; right onto Market Street; left
onto 20th Street; left onto Spring Garden Street; right onto 22nd Street;
resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Will operate on regular route and wait for police
instructions to pass.
Route(s): 9
Northbound: Regular route via I-76 West towards US Route 1 North;
take Wissahickon-South Hunting Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon Avenue;
right onto Hunting Park Avenue; right onto Allegheny Avenue; right onto
Ridge Avenue to Midvale Avenue (transfer location); right onto Midvale
Avenue; left onto Henry Avenue; left onto Roxborough Avenue; right onto
Ridge Avenue; resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to 30th Street and Market Street; left
onto Market Street; right onto 4th Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 12
Westbound: From 7th and Pine streets; left onto 7th Street; resume
back to regular route.
Eastbound: Regular route to 7th and Pine streets (this is the last
stop eastbound).
Route(s): 16
Will operate regular route and wait for police instructions to
pass.
Route(s) 21
Eastbound: Regular route to 38th and Chestnut streets; left onto
38th Street; right onto Market Street; right onto Front Street; left onto
Chestnut Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 25
Southbound: Regular route to Columbus Boulevard and Fairmount
Avenue; right onto Spring Garden Street; left onto 8th Street; left onto
Washington Avenue; right onto Columbus Boulevard; resume back to regular
route.
Route(s): 27
Northbound: Regular route to Broad Street and John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; right onto Broad Street; right onto Vine Street; left onto 13th
Street; left onto Vine Street; right onto 16th Street toward I-676 onto
Ramp I-676 West; towards US Route 1 North towards Wissahickon-South Hunting
Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon Avenue; right onto Hunting Park Avenue;
right onto Allegheny Avenue; right onto Ridge Avenue to Midvale (transfer
location); right onto Midvale Avenue; left onto Henry Avenue; left onto
Roxborough Avenue; right onto Ridge Avenue; resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to Ridge and Lyceum Avenue; left onto
Roxborough Avenue; right onto Henry Avenue; right onto Midvale Avenue;
right onto Ridge Avenue (transfer location); left onto City Avenue Ramp
I-76 East; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 32
Northbound: Regular route to 18th Street and John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; right onto 20th Street; left onto Spring Garden Street; right
onto Pennsylvania Avenue; resume back to regular route
Southbound: Regular route to Pennsylvania Avenue and Spring Garden
Street; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market Street; resume back to
regular route.
Routes(s): 33
Northbound: Will operate regular route and wait for police
instructions to pass.
Southbound: Regular route to 19th and Spring Garden streets; left
onto Spring Garden Street; right onto 17th Street; left onto Market Street;
resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 38
Westbound: Regular route to 20th Street and John F. Kennedy
Boulevard; right onto 20th Street; left onto Spring Garden; right onto
Pennsylvania Avenue; right onto 29th Street; left onto Girard Avenue to
40th Street and Parkside Avenue; left onto 52nd Street; right onto
Jefferson Street to 54th Street; right onto Wynnefield Avenue; left onto
Georges Hill; left onto Belmont Avenue to City Avenue; I-676 East to Route
1 North to Wissahickon-South Hunting Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon
Avenue; right onto Hunting Park Avenue; right onto Allegheny Avenue; right
onto Ridge Avenue; left onto Ferry Road; right onto River Road with a
layover on River Road at Midvale Avenue.
Eastbound: From Layover point at Midvale Avenue and River Road;
left onto Ridge Avenue; left onto City Avenue; regular route to 40th and
Brown streets; left onto Market Street; right onto Front Street; left onto
Chestnut to 2nd and Market streets.
Route(s): 40
Westbound: Regular route from 8th and Lombard streets; left onto
23rd Street; right onto Gray’s Ferry Avenue; right onto 34th Street; right
onto Civic Center Boulevard; left onto 33rd Street; left onto Spruce
Street; resume back to regular route.
Eastbound: Regular route to 34th and Spruce streets; right onto
34th Street; right around Civic Center Boulevard; left onto University
Avenue; left onto Grays Ferry Avenue; right onto Bainbridge Street; left
onto 22nd Street; right onto South Street; left onto Broad Street; right
onto Pine Street; right onto 8th Street; right onto Lombard Street; resume
back to regular route.
Route(s): 43
Westbound: Regular route to 21st and Spring Garden streets; left
onto 21st Street; right onto Market Street; right onto 40th Street; left
onto Lancaster Avenue; resume back to regular route.
Eastbound: Regular route to 40th Street and Lancaster Avenue; right
onto 40th Street; left onto Market Street; left onto 20th Street; right
onto Spring Garden; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 48
Northbound: Regular route to 2nd and Arch streets; left onto 2nd
Street; right onto Market Street; right onto Juniper Street; left onto John
F. Kennedy Boulevard; right onto 20th Street; left onto Spring Garden
Street; left onto 3rd Street; resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Will operate regular route and wait for police
Instructions to pass.
Route(s): 57
Northbound: Regular route to 3rd and Spruce streets; left onto
Spruce Street; right onto 5th Street; right onto Spring Garden Street; left
onto 3rd Street; resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to 4th and Spring Garden streets; right
onto Spring Garden Street; left onto 6th Street; left onto Market Street;
right onto 4th Street; resume back to regular route.
Route(s): 61
Northbound: From Layover point on Market Street; right onto 11th
Street; regular route to Ridge Avenue and Midvale Avenue; right onto
Midvale Avenue; left onto Henry Avenue; left onto Roxborough Avenue; right
onto Ridge Avenue; left onto Leverington Street; right onto Flat Rock;
resume back to regular route.
Southbound: Regular route to Main and Leverington streets; left
onto Leverington Street; right onto Ridge Avenue; left onto Roxborough
Avenue; right onto Henry Avenue; right onto Midvale Avenue; left onto Ridge
Avenue; left onto Spring Garden Street; right onto 8th Street; right onto
Market Street; take layover on Market Street.
Route(s): 64
Westbound: Regular route to Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street;
left onto Reed Street; right onto Moyamensing Avenue; left onto Washington
Avenue; resume back to regular route.
Eastbound: From Washington Avenue; right onto Moyamensing Avenue;
left onto Morris Street; right onto Columbus Boulevard; resume back to
regular route.
Route(s): 65
Westbound: Regular route to Henry Avenue and Walnut Lane; Left onto
Henry Avenue; Right onto Midvale Avenue; Right onto Ridge Avenue; Left onto
City Avenue resume back to regular route
Eastbound: Regular route to City and Presidential avenues; I-76
East towards Roosevelt Boulevard North towards Wissahickon-South Hunting
Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon; right onto Hunting Park Avenue; right
onto Allegheny Avenue; right onto Ridge Avenue; right onto Midvale Avenue;
left onto Henry Avenue; right onto Walnut Lane; resume back to regular
route.
Route(s): 124/125
Westbound: Regular route via I-76 West to Route 1 North towards
Wissahickon-South Hunting Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon Avenue; right
onto Hunting Park Avenue; right onto Allegheny Avenue; right onto Ridge
Avenue (Passengers will be picked up at Ridge Midvale Avenue); left onto
City Avenue; left onto I-76 West.
Eastbound: I-76 East to Route 1 North towards Wissahickon-South
Hunting Park Exit; right onto Wissahickon Avenue; right onto Hunting Park
Avenue; right onto Allegheny Avenue; right onto Ridge Avenue (Passengers
will be picked up at Ridge Midvale Avenue); left onto City Avenue toward
Ramp I-76 East; continue Regular Route to 15th and Market streets; right
onto Market Street; right onto Front Street; left through the Viaduct on
Chestnut Street.
In addition to listing detours, please refer to the System Status feature
on the SEPTA website (www.septa.org) for more information and real-time
updates on detours.
Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, held annually the weekend before
Thanksgiving, attracts 30,000 runners and 60,000 spectators to Philadelphia
to experience "The Best Time of Your Life." Race Weekend features The
Philadelphia Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, November 18; the Rothman
Institute 8K and Kids Fun Run on Saturday, November 17; and a free two-day
Health & Fitness Expo Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17. Race
participants pass many of Philadelphia's famous attractions on the swift
and scenic USATF-certified course, which is a Boston qualifier. Take the
first step to experiencing 26.2 miles of fun, beauty, history and
excitement by visiting www.philadelphiamarathon.com.
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