Road Closures For Preakness 2019: Where To Avoid

BALTIMORE, MD — Drivers in northwest Baltimore may be in for delays throughout Saturday, May 18. The Preakness Stakes will draw thousands to Pimlico Race Course, where gates will open at 8 a.m. Post time for the featured race is before 7 p.m.

City transportation officials issued an advisory alerting people to be on the lookout for pedestrians and changing traffic patterns due to the Preakness throughout the day on Saturday.

Starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, there may be road closures.

Baltimore City Department of Transportation provided this list of traffic changes:

One-way traffic from Thursday, May 16, at 10 a.m. to Saturday, May 18, at 11 p.m.:

• Manhattan Avenue – one way eastbound from Winner Avenue to Pimlico Road
• Whitney Avenue – one-way westbound from Pimlico Road to Key Avenue
• Sulgrave Avenue – one-way westbound from Stuart Avenue to Highgate Avenue
• Rockwood Avenue – one-way eastbound from Key Avenue to Berkeley Avenue
• Simmons Avenue – one-way southbound from Rockwood Avenue to Manhattan Avenue
• Woodcrest Avenue – one-way northbound from W. Northern Parkway to Rockwood Avenue
• Merville Avenue – one-way southbound from Glen Avenue to W. Northern Parkway
• Berkeley Avenue – one-way northbound from Whitney Avenue to Glen Avenue
• Stuart Avenue – one-way northbound from W. Northern Parkway to Sulgrave Avenue
• Rusk Avenue – one-way southbound from Whitney Avenue to W. Northern Parkway.

Friday, May 17, from 5 a.m. until Saturday, May 18, at 11 p.m.

• Rogers Avenue – Closed from Winner Avenue to W. Northern Parkway
• Bland Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Rogers Avenue
• Key Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Rogers Avenue
• Woodcrest Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Rogers Avenue
• Merville Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Rogers Avenue
• Stuart Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Rogers Avenue
• Rogers Avenue – One-way westbound from Winner Avenue to Park Heights Avenue
• Winner Avenue – One-way northbound Hayward Avenue to W. Northern Parkway

Saturday, May 18, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Southbound Jones Falls Expressway exit ramp to eastbound W. Northern Parkway will be closed. Motorists will be redirected to the Cold Spring Lane exits.
• Cylburn Avenue – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Greenspring Avenue

Saturday, May 18, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.

• Hayward Avenue – One way eastbound from Park Heights to Winner Avenues

Saturday, May 18, from 5 until 10 p.m.

• Pimlico Road – Closed from W. Northern Parkway to Ken Oak Avenue
• Pimlico Road – One-way northbound from Ken Oak Avenue to W. Greenspring Avenue
• Westbound W. Northern Parkway – Closed from Falls Road to W. Greenspring Avenue
• The North & Southbound Jones Falls Expressway exit ramps to westbound Northern Parkway will be closed

On Saturday, May 18, there will be an emergency travel lane along eastbound West Northern Parkway (next to the median) between Park Heights Avenue and Greenspring Avenue for emergency vehicles only. The emergency lane will be in effect from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Preakness Day.