This Sunday, October 27, the Trinidad Alfonso-Zurich Valencia Half Marathon will take place in Valencia. Hundreds of runners will flood the streets of the city in a day where they will have to surpass themselves in a tough endurance test.
Because of the sporting event, which runs through the main streets of the city, there will be cuts and traffic disruptions throughout the weekend. These will start on Friday, October 25, from 22:00 and will last until Sunday 27, until around 21:00.
Here we tell you how the Half Marathon will affect traffic and public transport so you can move easily around Valencia.
Affectations to road traffic
From Friday at 10 pm and until Sunday until 9 pm, both directions of traffic on Avenida de Tarongers will be closed from the traffic circle of the Torre de Miramar to the traffic circle of Lluíx Peixó.
In addition, on Sunday, from 4:30 am until 10 am, the accesses to the Miramar Tower will be cut and traffic will be diverted inside the tunnel.
Finally, from 8h on the 27th, all the streets through which the Half Marathon passes will also be cut. The streets will be the following: Tarongers avenue (at the height of the Faculty of Architecture), Ronda Nord, Alfauir street, Primat Reig avenue, Cavanilles street, San Pío V, Trinidad street, Pla de la Saïdia, Mauro Guillén, Menéndez Pidal, Glorias Valencianas bridge, Gran Vía de Fernando el Católico, Gran Vía de Ramón y Cajal, San Vicente Mártir, Guillem de Castro, Blanqueria, Conde de Trénor, Pintor López, Plaza de Tetuán, General Tovar, Calle de la Paz, Marqués de Dos Aguas, Poeta Querol, Calle de las Barcas, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Avenida de Marqués de Sotelo, Xàtiva, Colón, Porta del Mar, Navarro Reverter, Plaza de América, Jacinto Benavente, Pont del Regne, Paseo de la Alameda, Plaza de Europa, Paseo de la Alameda, Menorca, Joan Verdeguer, Doctor J.J. Dòmine, Plaza de la Semana Santa Marinera, Marcos Sopena, Eugènia Viñes, Séquia de la Cadena and, again, Tarongers Avenue.
Affectations to the tramway
Throughout Sunday, while the Valencia 2024 Half Marathon is taking place,the streetcar will stop running along Tarongers Avenue between 7:30 am and 12 noon .
Affectations on EMT lines
About 40 EMT lines will be affected on the occasion of the Half Marathon. On the day of the competition, many of them will modify their route to bring users closer to their destination, although, during the race, lines C1, 19, 30, 31, 40, C2, 92, 93 and 94 will be cancelled.
You can check all the information related to EMT on its website.