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Road Closures for Pike's Peek 10K

For Immediate Release: Friday, April 21, 2023

Gaithersburg, MD – The Pike’s Peek 10K will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The race begins at 7:50 a.m., on Redland Blvd., northeast of Rockville Pike.  

The Montgomery County Road Runners Clubs, along with the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Montgomery County Police, City of Rockville Police, Montgomery County Department of Recreation, and the City of Rockville have designed a safe course for runners, that has the least impact on traffic in the area.  

Below is a list of road closures on race day: 

• There will be no access to Pike & Rose from Towne Rd. or Rockville Pike 
  • The county parking lot at Montrose and 355 will be accessible by Towne Rd. and Montrose Rd.  
• Redland Rd. between Rockville Pike and Crabbs Branch Way will be closed from 5 a.m. until approximately 9 a.m. 
• The race runs south on Rockville Pike, using all northbound lanes from 7:40 a.m. to approximately 8:10 a.m. 
• There will be traffic officers to detour traffic to east on Gude Dr., left to north on Crabbs Branch Way to left on Shady Grove Rd. and back to Rockville Pike. Drivers should follow all directions of traffic officers 
• On Rockville Pike from Gude Dr. to Rose Ave., the center 2 lanes will be blocked to traffic from 6:30 a.m., until the race ends and the last runner has passed.  
• Traffic is allowed in the right lane at all times. Cross over traffic will not be permitted when the runners are on the course. 
• Between approximately 8:10 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. south bound traffic on Rockville Pike will be diverted around the finish festival. 
• Traffic will be directed southwest on Towne Rd, using Montrose Rd. or Montrose Prkwy., and will connect to East Jefferson St. and Executive Blvd. to Old Georgetown Rd. where southbound traffic on 355 will resume. 
  • NOTE: Towne Rd. is not a thru road – there is no access to Old Georgetown Rd.  
• Traffic may also use Montrose Prkwy. or Old Georgetown Rd. to access the north bound curb lane of Rockville Pike to reach destinations on the north or east bound sides of the Rockville Pike. 
• Southbound traffic on Route 355 will not be impacted, except for the finish area detour as 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.  

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Release ID: 23-223
Media Contact: L.N.J.Ivey 
Categories: traffic-safety