Sacramento’s annual Run to Feed the Hungry: Which roads will be closed on Thanksgiving?
More than 28,000 runners will race through Sacramento on Thanksgiving Day for the Run to Feed the Hungry.
The annual event, which benefits the Sacramento Food Bank, features 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer runs.
Organizers said the race will kick off soon after 8 a.m. and wrap up by 11 a.m.
The Run to Feed the Hungry race begins and ends near the west edge of Sacramento State’s campus.
The starting line is on J Street near Carlson Drive. Runners will finish a few blocks away, on H Street near Elvas Avenue.
East Sacramento residents should avoid driving that morning and park cars in their driveways or outside of the race route, event organizers said.
Here’s which roads will be impacted by the race.
Which Sacramento streets will close for Thanksgiving race?
Several main streets in East Sacramento will be closed due to the Run to Feed the Hungry race, including H Street, J Street and a small stretch of Folsom Boulevard, according to a map of the route.
For the first stretch of the race, J Street will be inaccessible to cars between 44th Street and Carlson Drive.
H Street will be closed between 30th Street and the finish line near Elvas Avenue.
The race will close 41st Street between Folsom Boulevard and H Street to cars.
Residents are asked to avoid J and H streets during this time and to park their cars south of J Street if they must drive somewhere before about 10:30 a.m.
What other roads will shut down during Run to Feed the Hungry?
The full list of streets that will be closed during the race includes:
- J Street from Carlson Drive (the starting line) to 45th Street
- 45th Street from J Street to Folsom Boulevard
- Folsom Boulevard between 45th and 41 streets
- 41st Street from Folsom Boulevard to H Street
- H Street between 30th Street and the finish line near Elvas Avenue
- Alhambra Boulevard between H Street and McKinley Boulevard
- McKinley Boulevard from Alhambra to Elvas Avenue
- Elvas Avenue between McKinley Boulevard and 51st Street
- 51st Street from Elvas Avenue to D Street
- D Street between 51st Street and Coloma Way
- Coloma Way between D Street and Pico Way
- Pico Way from Coloma Way to F Street
- F Street to 47th Street and 47th Street to H Street
