DAV 5K: Promise Run for Vets Set for Saturday

CINCINNATI – A few downtown streets will close for about several hours Saturday, Nov. 11 so hundreds of walkers, runners and motorcyclists can take part an event to honor our nation’s heroes for Veterans Day.

Disabled American Veterans (DAV) will hold its annual DAV 5K: Promise Run for Vets in Cincinnati starting at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. To accommodate the event, the following streets will close at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the event and remain closed until approximately noon.

• E. Pete Rose Way - closed between Johnny Bench Way and Eggleston Avenue (closes at 8 a.m. for Start Line construction)
• Mehring Way - closed between Freeman Avenue and E. Pete Rose Way
• Broadway - closed south of Third Street
• Ramp LL - closed
• Johnny Bench Way - closed
• Joe Nuxhall Way - closed south of Second Street
• Elm Street - closed between Freedom Way and Mehring Way
• Central Avenue - closed between Third Street and Mehring Way
• W. Pete Rose Way - closed between Gest Street and Central Avenue
• Third Street - eastbound closed between Gest Street and Central Avenue
• Gest Street - closed between Fifth Street and Mehring Way
• Linn Street - closed between Fifth Street and Gest Street

Additionally, Freedom Way, between Walnut Street and Joe Nuxhall Way, will be closed from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. for an after-event party.

Metro bus service that normally uses this area will be detoured around the closure. Riders should follow the instructions posted at their stop.

About the Event

The DAV 5K is a run, walk, roll and motorcycle ride presented by DAV to honor the brave men and women who have sacrificed so much to protect our freedom and raises awareness of the issues our ill and injured veterans face every day.  Funds raised go to DAV, a nonprofit organization that helps over a million veterans in life-changing ways each year.

For more information about this event, please visit: http://dav5k.com/