As Ironman approaches, there have been lots of questions regarding road closures and parking. Luckily, our friends at Ironman and Carilion have been hard at work pulling ALL of that information together into one list, which might have been just as difficult as completing an Ironman race!
Please see below for a complete list of street and parking lot closures as well as parking options for volunteers, athletes, and spectators.
The run course is exclusively on the Roanoke River Greenway between Piedmont Park and Wasena Park. As such, this section of greenway will be closed to those not participating in the Ironman race. Click here to view a map of the greenway closure/run course.
For those who are more visual learners, click here to view a Waze map of the closures.
For a simple list of closures broken down by locality, click here to see Ironman’s Traffic Impact Mailer.
Road and On-Street Parking restrictions
Monday, May 31 through Saturday, June 5
- No parking on eastbound Reserve Avenue.
Saturday, june 5
- Park parking lots partially closed
- Wasena Park (both lots)
- Vic Thomas Park
- River’s Edge North
- Piedmont Park
Sunday, June 6
- Downtown Parking Restrictions in effect from 6am to 2pm
- Jefferson Street -Southbound lanes between Norfolk Ave and Reserve Avenue
- Norfolk Avenue – Eastbound lanes between Jefferson St and Campbell Ave
- Norfolk Avenue – Westbound lanes between Wise Ave and Campbell Avenue
- Campbell Avenue – Westbound Lanes between 10th Street and 3rd Street
- Wise Avenue – All parking Indian Village to Norfolk Avenue
- Park parking lots closed
- Wasena Park (both lots)
- Vic Thomas Park
- River’s Edge North
- Piedmont Park
- Tinker Creek Greenway Trail Head on Wise Ave.
- No parking on Reserve Avenue.
- Reserve Avenue will be closed to traffic from 12:01 am – 6:00pm.
- Wiley Drive will be closed to traffic and parking prohibited from 12:01 am – 6pm between Franklin Road and Crystal Spring Avenue.
- There will be signs on Walnut Avenue at both Hamilton Terrace and Belleview Avenue, and a police officer will be posted for any traffic needing access to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital via Belleview Avenue.
- Southbound Hamilton Terrace will be closed where the Roanoke River Greenway connects to Hamilton Terrace, near the Terrace View Parking Garage.
- Traffic control will have a flagger at the location to allow southbound vehicles into the Terrace View Parking garage.
- The Terrace View garage exit will be a right turn only onto Hamilton Terrace.
- Traffic traveling south/west on Belleview Avenue will be required to turn right onto Hamilton Terrace and past the parking garage to reconnect to Walnut Avenue. If there is an emergency or someone requires access to the CRMH Emergency Department, police at the intersection will allow vehicles to travel straight in a single-access lane to Crystal Spring Avenue.
- Any northbound traffic on Jefferson Street requiring access to Belleview Avenue will be right turn only. Old Jefferson Street will be closed at Belleview Avenue.
- The Jefferson Street right turn lane onto Crystal Spring Avenue will be closed. Crystal Spring Avenue will be closed from Weller Avenue to Wiley Drive, except for emergency vehicles traveling from the west.
- Southbound Hamilton Terrace will be closed where the Roanoke River Greenway connects to Hamilton Terrace, near the Terrace View Parking Garage.
Parking garage and parking lot restrictions
Thursday, June 3
- Honey Tree Parking Lot: 1814 South Jefferson Street – 10am, June 3 to 6pm, June 6
- Staff, volunteers, vendors.
Friday, June 4
- Honey Tree Parking Lot
- Riverside Parking Garage – 12pm – 7pm
- Athlete parking for IRONMAN Village.
- Levels 3 and up until 5pm, all levels after 5pm.
- Jefferson Street entrance open and Reserve Avenue entrance open.
Saturday, June 5
- Honey Tree Parking Lot
- Riverside Parking Garage – 7am – 5pm
- Athlete parking for IRONMAN Village.
- All levels.
- Jefferson Street entrance closed with barricades/cones; Reserve Avenue entrance open.
- Riverside Complex drive lane connector to Riverside Circle closed with barricades/cones.
- Riverside Circle at north garage exit closed eastbound with barricades/cones. All traffic exits via the Springhill Suites entrance.
- Crystal Spring Garage levels 1-4 available if needed
Sunday, June 6 – Race Day
- Honey Tree Parking Lot
- Riverside Parking Garage – 3am – 5pm
- Athlete parking for race day and IRONMAN Village.
- All levels – 1476 available spaces.
- Reserve Avenue entrance closed (Reserve Avenue from Franklin Road to Jefferson Street closed from 2:30am – 6am; Reserve Avenue from Springhill Suites entrance to Jefferson Street closed from 6am – 6pm).
- Jefferson Street entrance open until 6:30am.
- A-frame signs placed to direct athletes down Riverside Circle to north garage entrance.
- Paid Parking Passes required (see Sunday, June 6 – Paid Parking Passes section below).
- Riverside Complex drive lane and Jefferson Street entrance closed 6:00am with barricades/cones. (All garage traffic can use the Springhill Suites entrance after 6am).
- Riverside Complex Surface Lot – 3am – 5pm
- VIP Parking for race day and IRONMAN Village.
- Entire lot – 111 spaces.
- Parking Passes required.
- Paid VIP Program athletes and spectators may pick-up parking passes from VIP Booth in IRONMAN Village Friday or Saturday.
- Crystal Springs Parking Garage – 3am – 5pm
- Athlete parking for race day and IRONMAN Village.
- Levels 1-4 – 473 spaces.
- Parking passes required (see Sunday, June 6 – Paid Parking Passes section below).
- Riverwalk Parking Deck
- Athlete parking for race day and IRONMAN Village; and/or volunteer parking.
- Top level (5) – 230 spots.
- Parking passes required (see Sunday, June 6 – Paid Parking Passes section below).
- Carilion Clinic Center for Simulation – 15 Old Woods Avenue lot
- Athlete parking for race day and IRONMAN Village.
- Entire lot – 109 spaces.
Sunday, June 6 – Paid Parking Passes
- $5 for all passes, used to manage and control inventory.
- All proceeds are being donated to the Carilion Clinic Foundation.
- Parking passes will be color-coded specific to garage/lot.
