

Web Staff, CP24.com





Dozens of roads are closing this weekend for the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Thousands of participants and spectators are expected at the event, which takes place Sunday in several neighbourhoods along or near the city’s waterfront

The full marathon begins downtown near University Avenue and Dundas Street and finishes on Bay Street near Queen Street, but the course will take runners to the High Park area in the west end and to Beech Avenue and Queen Street in the east end.

To accommodate the event, Bay Street will be closed between Queen and Dundas streets from Saturday at noon to Sunday at 6 p.m.

Full road closures will take place Sunday from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an area bounded by Queen Street to the north, Victoria Park Avenue to the east, Lake Ontario to the south, and Windermere Avenue to the west.

People who are arriving at Exhibition Place from the west must use the Spadina off-ramp and follow the detour signs, the city says.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Jameson off-ramp will be opened to provide direct access into the Exhibition Place grounds.

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