Event Information: Road Closures

A detailed list of the roads that will be closed on October 7, 2012

The 12th Annual B.A.A. Half Marathon begins at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 7, 2012.

  • Roads along the Emerald Necklace Park System will begin to close as early as 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
  • Roads will re-opened through the course of the morning by the Massachusetts State Police.
  • If you live north of Jamaica Pond on the Jamicaway or the Riverway, or the segments of Pond Avenue, Perkins Street, and Francis Parkman Drive that overlook the Emerald Necklace Park System, or if you plan on using these roads, there will be closures in place until 11:00 a.m. on October 7.
  • If you live SOUTH of Jamaica Pond on the Jamicaway or the Arborway, or if you're planning to use these roads, and the Monsignor William Casey Overpass to navigate on Sunday, October 7, there will be closures in place until 11:30 a.m.

See image below for more information:

B.A.A. HALF MARATHON STREET CLOSINGS - click here  

All information above is subject to change

B.A.A. Moment 6

1977 - Bob Hall Becomes the First Person to Complete the Race in a Wheelchair

Shown here in 1977, Bob Hall pioneered the division when he became the first person to complete the race in a wheelchair in 1975, making good on his promise to finish in under three hours.