Greater Cincinnati Will Close These Roads for the 2023 Flying Pig Marathon

Photo: Kellie Coleman

The Flying Pig Marathon is on May 7, with other events taking place May 5 and 6.

Cincinnati's Flying Pig Marathon is back for 2023.

Along with the big marathon on May 7, there will be additional events on May 5 and 6 (including the half marathon, which was named the best in the nation). New this year, participants with physical disabilities also had the ability to sign up for the 10K handcycle division and para athlete division.

But along with the fun comes lots and lots of planning, even for those who aren't participating. Beginning May 5, a number of Cincinnati streets will be closed or will have detours during Flying Pig events, primarily on May 7. See the Flying Pig's full schedule of road closures May 5-7.

Here are the closures to look out for on the main race day:

Sunday, May 1, beginning at 1 a.m.:

• Mehring Way between Central Avenue and Joe Nuxhall Way

• Elm Street south of Second Street

• Freedom Way between Elm Street and Race Street
  

Sunday, May 1, beginning at 5 a.m.:

• Second Street
• Joe Nuxhall Way between Mehring Way and Third Street
• Broadway
• Taylor Southgate Bridge
• Roebling Suspension Bridge, closed from 6 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Clay Wade Bailey Bridge
• Third Streetbetween Gest Street and Central Avenue
• Gest Street, northbound closed between Mehring Way and Linn Street
• Seventh Street between Central Avenue and Gilbert Avenue (Vehicles from the garage at Seventh and Broadway will be permitted to exit at Seventh Street and continue across Broadway to E. Seventh Street)
• Seventh Street exit from SB I-75
• Central Avenue between Seventh Street and Sixth Street
• Plum Street between Eighth Street and Seventh Street
• Elm Street between Sixth Street and Seventh Street
• Race Street between Garfield Place and Seventh Street
• Vine Street between Sixth Street and Seventh Street
• Walnut Street between Eighth Street and Seventh Street
• Main Street between Sixth Street and Seventh Street
• Sycamore Street between Eighth Street and Seventh Street
• Broadway between Sixth Street and Seventh Street
• Gilbert Avenue northbound closed between Seventh Street and MLK Drive
• Gilbert Avenue between Elsinore Place and Eden Park Drive
• Eden Park Drive between Gilbert Avenue and Victory Parkway
• Fulton Avenue between Nassau Street and Eden Park Drive
• Art Museum Drive between Ida Street and Eden Park Drive
• Lake Drive
• Victory Parkway northbound closed between Eden Park Drive and McMillan Avenue
• McMillan Avenue between Victory Parkway and Woodburn Avenue
• Woodburn Avenue between McMillan Avenue and Madison Road
• Madison Road eastbound closed between Woodburn Avenue and Erie Avenue
• Erie Avenue eastbound closed between Madison Road and Bramble Avenue
• Paxton Avenue northbound closed between Observatory Avenue and Erie Avenue
• Murray Avenue eastbound closed between Erie Avenue and LaCrosse Avenue
• Bramble Avenue eastbound closed between Erie Avenue and Settle Avenue
• US-50/Columbia Parkway – single westbound curb lane closed between the Cincinnati Corporation Line and Eastern Avenue off ramp (westbound US-50 ramp to Eastern Avenue is closed)
• Ramp from Red Bank Road to Westbound Columbia Parkway
• Eastern Avenue westbound closed between Columbia Parkway and Stanley Avenue
• Stanley Avenue southbound closed between Eastern Avenue and Kellogg Avenue
• Kellogg Avenue westbound closed between Stanley Avenue and Worth Street
• Riverside Drive eastbound closed between E. Pete Rose Way and Worth Street
• E. Pete Rose Way eastbound closed between Johnny Bench Way and Riverside Drive (may open earlier for garage access)
• Mehring Way between Central Avenue and E Pete Rose Way
• Madison Road eastbound closed between Victory Parkway and Woodburn Avenue
• M.L. King eastbound closed between Gilbert Avenue and Victory Parkway
• Gilbert Avenue northbound closed between Eden Park Drive and ML King
• Sinton Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Nassau Street
• Nassau Street between Sinton Avenue and Gilbert Avenue
• Morris Street between Deerfield Place and Gilbert Avenue
• Deerfield Place closed to through traffic between Gilbert Avenue and Morris Street
• Elsinore Place between Reading Road and Gilbert Avenue
• Reading Road northbound closed between Central Parkway and Elsinore Place
• Central Parkway between Eggleston Avenue and Vine Street
• Eggleston Avenue southbound closed between Central Parkway and E Pete Rose Way
• Eggleston Avenue northbound closed between Third Street and Broadway
• Veterans Memorial Bridge, closed 6 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
• Fourth Street between Memorial Bridge and Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, closed 6 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  
• Clay Wade Bailey Bridge will reopen at 8:15 a.m.

In addition, Metro has posted detours for bus stops along Flying Pig race routes.