Ben Franklin Bridge Shuts Sunday Morning for 10K

Written by Bryan Littel 

Don't plan on crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge on Sunday morning using almost anything with wheels.

The bridge will closed to traffic in both directions starting at 7:45 a.m., as about 4,500 runners get set for the annual Run the Bridge 10K, which goes off at 8:30 a.m.

The bridge is scheduled to reopen to traffic around 9:30 a.m., after all the runners have cleared the span.

The course takes runners through the central part of the city, closing portions of Cooper, Market, Federal and North 3rd streets, as well as Broadway and Delaware Avenue.

Those closures begin around 7 a.m. and end around noon.