10/16/2026
Heads up, drivers! The IMT Des Moines Marathon is this weekend, with a few street closures this Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18, 2026.
Most closures are Sunday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In the East Village, closed from Saturday at 6 a.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m.:
East 2nd Street, from East Vine Street to Elm Street.
East 3rd Street, from East Vine Street to East Market Street.
Elm Street, from East 2nd Street to East 4th Street.
Downtown and the East Village, closed Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Southeast 4th Street, from East Walnut Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, from Southeast 4th Street to Southwest 2nd Street.
Water Street, from Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Court Avenue.
Court Avenue, from Water Street to 5th Avenue.
3rd Street, from Walnut Street to Vine Street.
4th Street, from Walnut Street to Market Street.
5th Avenue, from Court Avenue to Grand Avenue.
Locust Street, from 5th Avenue to East 7th Street.
East 7th Street, from Locust Street to Grand Avenue.
Grand Avenue, from 7th Street to East 14th Street.
Robert D. Ray Drive, from Des Moines Street to East Grand Avenue.
7th Street, from High Street to Cherry Street.
Cherry Street, from 7th Street to 12th Street.
New route this year, south of downtown, closed Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
12th Street, which becomes Southwest 11th Street, from Grand Avenue south to Murphy Street.
Murphy Street, from Southwest 11th Street to Southwest 5th Street.
Southwest 5th Street, from Murphy Street to the Raccoon River.
West of downtown and Gray's Lake, closed Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Grand Avenue, from 12th Street to Polk Boulevard.
17th Street, from Grand Avenue to Locust Street.
Locust Street, from 17th Street to Fleur Drive, and the Locust Street ramp off Fleur Drive.
Fleur Drive, from Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to John R. Grubb Lane: one southbound lane closed (other lanes stay open).
Grand Avenue to the western city limit, Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Grand Avenue, from Polk Boulevard to 63rd Street: eastbound lanes closed (westbound stays open).
Polk Boulevard and Drake area, closed Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
Polk Boulevard, from Grand Avenue to Kingman Boulevard.
Harwood Drive, 44th Street, Pleasant Street, and Bradway Place, the loop between Polk Boulevard and Bradway Place.
Kingman Boulevard, from Polk Boulevard to 25th Street.
25th Street, from Kingman Boulevard to Carpenter Avenue.
No parking, Sunday 4 a.m. to noon, on parts of: Polk Boulevard, Kingman Boulevard, 25th Street, Harwood Drive, 44th Street, Pleasant Street, Bradway Place, the Grand Avenue and Locust Street bridges, Robert D. Ray Drive, Southwest 11th Street, Murphy Street, Southwest 5th Street, and Southeast 4th Street.
Downtown parking meters along the course will be bagged on Sunday. Do not park at a covered meter.
