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Dubai roads closed for Standard Chartered Marathon

Dubai - During the early hours of Friday, the Jumeirah and Al Sufouh areas will see a number of road closures.

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Published: Fri 26 Jan 2018, 6:57 PM

A popular event on the Dubai calendar, the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, is back today.

Over a running course that features two loops of the famous Jumeirah Beach Road, the elite athletes race will happen over a slightly modified route.

Starting at 6am, the elite runners will take to the course one hour ahead of the masses, with the start of the mass Marathon returning to its traditional start time at 7am.

Road Closures

During the early hours of Friday, the Jumeirah and Al Sufouh areas will see a number of road closures. Umm Suqeim Street will be closed in both directions from Al Wasl Road (Dubai Police Academy) to the Madinat Jumeirah traffic signals on Jumeirah Beach Road - this will close at midnight and remain closed until approximately 4pm on Friday afternoon.

19th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Timings

January 26

6 am - elite runners start

7 am - public marathon start

9 am - 10km run start

11 am - 4km run start
The Jumeirah Beach Road and King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street will be closed from Al Mehemal Street on Jumeirah Beach Road to the Al Naseem street signals next to the Westin Hotel. These roads will begin to close from around 1.30am and be fully closed to all traffic from 5.30am. Al Wasl Road will also be closed between Al Thanya Road and Umm Suqeim Street, but remain open in the opposite direction away from Umm Suqeim Street - the area is expected to reopen by 2pm.

The 10km race will start at 9am and the 4km run at 11am - both of these races use King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street and finish on Umm Suqeim Street as the marathon is ongoing. With the excellent support of Dubai Police and the RTA, the organisers will aim to open Jumeirah Beach Road and King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street by 1pm and Umm Suqeim Street by approximately 4pm.

Alternate routes

During the road closures, The Palm Jumeirah can be accessed via Dubai Pearl Circle from Sheikh Zayed Road. Dubai residents are asked that they please respect the road closures, plan journeys accordingly and use an alternative route to avoid the closed roads during this time

Road timings:

Umm Suqeim st (from Al Wasl Road to Madinat Jumeirah traffic signals) - Closed from Midnight to 4 pm

Jumeirah Beach Road; King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud street (partially closed) - closed from 1:30 am onwards to 1 pm
reporters@khaleejtimes.com


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