Columbus马拉松周末登场 周六Jesse Owens 5K先行 封路与公交改道持续至周日
位于俄亥俄州富兰克林县的Columbus市，Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus 马拉松周末10月16日至18日在 Columbus 市中心举行。周六（10月17日），健康与健身博览会在 Greater Columbus Convention Center 继续开放（上午9时至下午6时），Jesse Owens 5公里跑和1英里跑上午9时在 North Bank Park 开跑，White Castle 儿童跑上午11时举行。主办方预计整个周末相关活动将吸引超过10万人。
正赛将于周日（10月18日）上午7时30分在 North Bank Park（311 W. Long St）鸣枪，轮椅组7时25分出发，选手集结区6时开放，预计超过1.5万名选手参加全程和半程马拉松。今年赛事采用新路线：半程路线沿 Broad Street 向东经 Bexley 后折返，穿过 German Village 再沿 High Street 返回终点；全程路线还继续向北穿过 Short North 和 Ohio State University 一带，经 Upper Arlington、Grandview Heights 和 Victorian Village 回到 North Bank Park。
为配合赛事，North Bank Park 周边自周五上午9时起陆续封路：Long Street 已封闭，Hocking Street 至 Neil Avenue 一带封闭至周日下午6时，其间周六下午4时30分至7时30分临时开放，供前往 Nationwide Arena 观看 Columbus Blue Jackets 比赛的车流通行；Spring Street 等路段周六深夜起再增封闭。所有赛道沿线道路周日上午7时30分起随选手进度滚动封闭，下午6时全部恢复。
公交方面，中俄亥俄交通局（COTA）周六上午9时至中午为 Jesse Owens 5公里跑在市中心改道11条线路及动物园巴士；周日将有18条线路改道，市中心、German Village、Bexley、Ohio State University 等片区800多个站点自清晨5时起暂停使用，临时换乘点设在 Fourth Street 附近的 Spring Street 和 Long Street，改道预计周日下午随赛事结束陆续恢复。
此外，俄亥俄州交通部（ODOT）宣布，市中心 I-70 在 I-71 与 State Route 315 之间路段本周末连续三晚（10月16、17、18日）夜间封闭，时间为晚10时至次日清晨5时，属总投资14亿美元的 Downtown Ramp Up 高速改造工程的一部分，驾驶人可按 ODOT 公布的州道绕行方案通行。
Columbus Marathon Weekend Arrives: Saturday's Jesse Owens 5K Leads a Weekend of Closures and Bus Reroutes
Columbus is a city in Franklin County, Ohio. The Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon weekend takes over downtown Columbus from October 16 to 18. On Saturday, October 17, the Health and Fitness Expo continues at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Jesse Owens 5K and 1 Mile races start at 9 a.m. at North Bank Park, and the White Castle Kids' Run follows at 11 a.m. Organizers expect more than 100,000 people at marathon-related events across the weekend.
The main races start Sunday, October 18, at 7:30 a.m. at North Bank Park, 311 W. Long St, with the wheelchair division off at 7:25 a.m. and corrals opening at 6 a.m. More than 15,000 runners are expected in the marathon and half marathon. Both races follow a new route this year: the half marathon heads east on Broad Street toward Bexley before looping through German Village and returning north on High Street, while the full marathon continues through the Short North and the Ohio State University area, Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Victorian Village before finishing back at North Bank Park.
Road closures around North Bank Park began Friday at 9 a.m., when Long Street closed. Streets from Hocking Street to Neil Avenue stay closed until 6 p.m. Sunday, with a temporary reopening from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday for traffic heading to the Columbus Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena, and additional sections of Spring Street close late Saturday night. On Sunday, the race course itself will close on a rolling basis from the 7:30 a.m. start, with all streets reopening by 6 p.m.
For transit riders, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is rerouting 11 routes plus the Zoo Bus downtown from about 9 a.m. to noon Saturday for the Jesse Owens 5K. On Sunday, 18 services will be rerouted and more than 800 stops across downtown, German Village, Bexley, North Bank, the Arena District, Short North, Victorian Village, the Ohio State University campus, Grandview Heights and Upper Arlington will be closed from 5 a.m., with temporary transfer points at Spring and Long streets near Fourth Street and reroutes expected to end by mid-afternoon.
Separately, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will close Interstate 70 between Interstate 71 and State Route 315 downtown on three consecutive nights this weekend — October 16, 17 and 18 — from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., as part of ODOT's $1.4 billion Downtown Ramp Up project, with a signed state-route detour in place.
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图片来源：图：往届Columbus马拉松在Nationwide Arena附近的赛道气球拱门（资料图）。Photo: Balloon arches over the Columbus Marathon course near Nationwide Arena in a previous year (file photo). Image: Mark Sundstrom, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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