Here's how drivers will be affected during Sunday's IMT Des Moines Marathon

Every fall, runners descend on the streets of Des Moines to complete a physical feat: the marathon. 

This Sunday, the IMT Des Moines Marathon will return to Des Moines. The 26-mile course will lead runners through Des Moines neighborhoods, downtown, Gray's Lake Park and around the blue oval track at Drake University.

So vehicles won't be swerving around runners and organizers, drivers will be restricted from certain streets Saturday and Sunday.

From 1 p.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday, Court Avenue, from Second Avenue to Third Avenue, and Fourth Street, from Walnut Street to Court Avenue and Court Avenue to Vine Street, will be closed. 

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Plan on driving in Des Moines on Sunday? Here are more closures for race day. 

Closures for Sunday, Oct. 20

4 a.m. to 8 p.m.: 

• Court Avenue from Water Street to Second Avenue and Third Street to Fifth Avenue
• Second Avenue from Vine Street to Walnut Street
• Third Street from Walnut Street to Vine Street
• Water Street from Walnut Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway

7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: 

• Fleur Drive from Ingersoll Avenue to Bell Avenue
• Fleur Drive underpass (southbound) from Grand Avenue to West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (ends at 9 a.m.)

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.: 

• Southwest Second Street at West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (northbound and westbound)
• West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (eastbound) from Fleur Drive to Southwest Second Street

8 a.m. to 9 a.m.:

• 12th Street from West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Grand Avenue
• Grand Avenue from 12th Street to 40th Street
• 13th Street from Grand Avenue to Mulberry Street
• 14th Street from High Street to Grand Avenue

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: 

• 15th Street from Grand Avenue to West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
• Locust Street from 10th Street to 15th Street

9 a.m. to noon:

• Grand Avenue from Tonawanda Drive to Polk Boulevard
• Boulevard from Grand Avenue to Kingman Boulevard
• Harwood Drive from 42nd Street to 49th Street
• 44th Street from Pleasant Street to Ingersoll Avenue
• Kingman Boulevard from Polk Boulevard to 25th Street
• 25th Street from Cottage Grove Avenue to Clark Street
• Clark Street from 25th Street to 27th Street
• 27th Street from Meek Avenue to Forest Avenue
• 49th Street from Harwood Drive to Woodland Avenue
• Woodland Avenue from 49th Street to Polk Boulevard
• 45th Street from Grand Avenue to Bill Riley Trail

Danielle Gehr is a breaking news reporter at the Des Moines Register. She can be reached by email at dgehr@dmreg.com, by phone at 515-284-8367 or on Twitter at @Dani_Gehr.

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