Road Closures: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Activity for the 20th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure begins at 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. 

After 11 a.m., "you would never know it happened," according to an email distributed to members of the Hunt Valley Business Forum. 

For everyone else, Baltimore County police are cautioning drivers to seek alternate routes the Hunt Valley area Sunday. See the full list of road closures from Baltimore County police, below. 

The race will feature both competitive and non-competitive 5ks as well as a 1 mile family fun walk. 

Komen Maryland has raised $1,323,367 in donations as of 2 p.m. Thursday just from the Hunt Valley race alone, although The Sun reports that registration and donations are down from 2011. 

With that in mind, if you would still like to contribute to breast cancer research, without breaking a sweat, just break the check book and send a donation to: 

Komen Maryland Race for the Cure
PO Box 1333
Hagerstown, MD 21741-1333

Road Closures: 

Shawan Road at York Road: no traffic will be permitted to travel westbound on Shawan Road after 6 a.m. At 7:30 a.m. all southbound traffic on York Road will only be allowed to go onto the Giant parking lot.

Shawan Road at the entrance to the Hunt Valley Towne Centre (east entrance, across from Verizon): no traffic will be permitted to exit the Towne Centre parking lot after 6 a.m.

Shawan Road at main entrance to Hunt Valley Towne Centre (near Light Rail): no traffic will be permitted to exit the Towne Centre parking lot after 6 a.m. Once the end of the race is on Shilling Road, E/B Shawan Road will be opened.

Shawan Road at McCormick Road: no traffic will be permitted to enter Shawan Road from McCormick Road. Pedestrians will be assisted in crossing. All E/B traffic on Shawan Road from N/B I-83 will be directed to turn left onto McCormick Road. Traffic from S/B I-83 entering E/B Shawan Road will be directed to turn left onto International Drive.

McCormick Road at International Circle: traffic will be directed from E/B International Circle left on McCormick Road. No traffic will be permitted to turn right onto McCormick Road towards Shawan Road. McCormick S/B will be closed between International Circle and Shawan Road.

W/B Shawan Road ramp to N/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

W/B Shawan Road at ramp from N/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

W/B Shawan Road at ramp to S/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

E/B Shawan Road at ramp to N/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

E/B Shawan Road at ramp from S/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

McCormick Road at Shilling Circle: at 6 a.m. no vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on McCormick Road. At 7:30 a.m. no vehicles will be permitted on Shilling Road and McCormick Road. All vehicles coming out of Shilling Circle will be directed to go S/B on McCormick Road.

E/B Shawan Road ramp from N/B I-83: pedestrians will be assisted along Shawan Road.

York Road at Shilling Road will close at 7:30 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on York Road.

York Road at Ashland Road will close at 7:45 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel on N/B York Road. The N/B York Road slow lane from Ashland to Shawan will be coned off. This lane will be used to allow traffic to travel N/B after race participants pass.

Shilling Circle Exit to the rear of Burger King (access road) will close at 7:45 a.m.

Shilling Road at Pepper Road will close at 6 a.m. Pepper Road will be closed at Shilling Road. No vehicles will be permitted to enter Shilling Road from Pepper Road.

McCormick Road at Shilling Circle at Light Rail tracks will close at 6 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on McCormick Road. All vehicles coming out of Shilling Circle will be directed to go S/B on McCormick Road.

McCormick at Wight Avenue will close at 6 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on McCormick Road. All vehicles coming out of Wight Avenue will be directed to go S/B on McCormick Road.

Beaver Dam Road at McCormick Road will close at 7 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on McCormick Road. All vehicles will be directed to Beaver Dam Road toward Gilroy Road. All vehicles coming from E/B Beaver Dam Road will be directed right onto Beaver Dam Road toward Warren Road.
Beaver Dam Road at Gilroy Road will close at 6 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on Gilroy Road.

Warren Road W/B from York Road to McCormick Road will be closed at 6:45 a.m.

Beaver Dam Road at Ivy Hill Road will close at 7:30 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel on Beaver Dam Road east of Ivy Hill Road with the exception of the following:

• Hunt Valley Church
• Louis Edward Court
• Ivy Hill Court
• Addresses between 13030 and 13109 Beaver Dam Road

Beaver Dam Road at Cockeysville Road will close at 7:30 a.m. No vehicles will be permitted to travel N/B on Beaver Dam Road. All vehicles will be directed onto Cockeysville Road.

Are you running toward the Race for the Cure? Let's talk about it in the comments section below.