Whether you’re hoping to travel to a good spot in the city to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, or whether you’re looking to avoid the festivities entirely, it’ll be a good idea to check your route carefully ahead of closures this weekend.

Some streetcar lines are free on Saturday evening for St. Patrick’s Day, with complimentary service on the 501 Queen, 504 King and 514 Cherry routes from 4 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Presto readers and fare boxes will be covered.

But anyone hoping to get to or from Scarborough to the bar via Line 3 may find the journey more difficult than usual. Trains will not be running on the full Scarborough line, from Kennedy Station to McCowan Station, for scheduled track and infrastructure work on Saturday and Sunday.

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Shuttle buses will be open and running and Wheel-Trans will be available upon request. Several stations will still be open for the sale of fares — Kennedy, Lawrence East and Scarborough Centre — but Ellesmere, Midland and McCowan stations will be closed.

Meanwhile, all southbound lanes on Allen Rd. are closed from Lawrence Ave. West to Eglinton Ave. West for the construction of a utility service across the southbound off ramp just north of Eglinton Ave. The area is set to reopen on Monday.

The Achilles St. Patrick’s Day 5K run will also be closing down a section of the city on Sunday. The race starts at The Roundhouse at 255 Bremner Blvd., winds east to Spadina Ave. before heading north to Clarence Square. From there, runners continue down Wellington St. West to Yonge St. The area will be affected from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

If you are more concerned about what’s on in the city for St. Patrick’s Day this weekend, we’ve got you covered.

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