Road closures, traffic restrictions in place for Run Before You Crawl

posted on: 3/21/2019

Dover Police Chief William Breault announces the following road closures for the sixth annual Run Before You Crawl 5K event, hosted by Dover Main Street and part of the Dover Race Series. More information is available at http://www.runb4ucrawl.com/.

On Saturday, March 23, 2019 between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., Chestnut Street will be closed to all traffic southbound, between Sixth and Third streets. Additional partial closures will be in effect during brief periods to accommodate the race on Chestnut, Washington, Whittier and Sixth streets.

The event starts and ends at the Dover Transportation Center. The course follows a clockwise loop of Chestnut, Washington, Whittier, Sixth and Chestnut streets. Dover police personnel and a number of event volunteers will be on hand to help manage the flow of traffic along the race route.

Parking restrictions will be posted and in effect on Saturday morning along Sixth Street, from Hillside Drive to Chestnut Street, and in sections of the Transportation Center parking lot.

COAST bus service and connections at the Transportation Center will be suspended between 9 and 11 a.m. COAST riders will be able to access the bus at nearby Waldron Towers on Green Street. University of New Hampshire Wildcat Transit is not in service this weekend.

Dover Police are coordinating with Pan Am Railways for the temporary suspension of freight trains at the Chestnut Street rail crossing to accommodate the event. Amtrak Downeaster passenger train service southbound at 9:17 a.m. will not be interrupted.

For questions about traffic, contact the Traffic Bureau at 603-742-4646.