LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police released road closure plans for an IRONMAN competition Sunday.
Thousands of athletes from around the world are headed to Louisville for the IRONMAN. Triathletes taking part in IRONMAN Louisville are supposed to swim downstream through part of the Ohio River next Sunday before hitting the Great Lawn in Waterfront Park for the 56-mile bike course and 13.1-mile run.
The course will spread across the southern Indiana, Louisville's waterfront and Oldham County.
LMPD released scheduled road closures for Sunday:
5 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
- River Road from Witherspoon Street to US 42 to the county line
- Witherspoon Street from 2nd Street to Adams Street
6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
- Adams Street/Spring Street from Witherspoon Street to Lexington Road
- Lexington Road from Spring Street to Grinstead Drive
- Scenic Loop from Grinstead Drive to Beargrass Road
- Beargrass Road from Scenic Loop to Park Boundary Road
- Park Boundary Road from Beargrass Road to Barrett Hill Road
7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
- Barrett Hill Road from Park Boundary Road to Scenic Loop
- Scenic Loop from Barrett Hill Road to Alexander Road
- Alexander Road from Scenic Loop to Willow Avenue
- Willow Avenue from Alexander Road to Cherokee Parkway
- Cherokee Parkway from Willow Avenue to Cherokee Road
- Cherokee Road from Cherokee Parkway to Baxter Avenue
- Baxter Avenue from Cherokee Road to Payne Street
- Payne Street from Baxter Avenue to Spring Street
- 2nd Street from Witherspoon Street to River Road
- River Road from 2nd Street to 3rd Street
- 3rd Street from River Road to Guthrie Street
- Guthrie Street from 3rd Street to 4th Street
- 4th Street from Guthrie Street to Liberty Street
To learn more about the IRONMAN 70.3 Louisville, click here.
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