The route for the Bike MS: City to Shore Ride on Saturday (Sept. 23) will move to the Route 52 causeway this year. The riders will come into town on the Ninth Street Bridge and use Bay Avenue to Fifth Street to reach the traditional finish line at the boardwalk parking lot at end of Fifth Street.
One inbound lane of the Route 52 causeway will be closed. Other detours will be at 10th Street and Bay Avenue (for northbound traffic), 8th Street and Bay Avenue (southbound), 4th Street and Ocean Avenue (southbound), 6th Street and Ocean Avenue (northbound), 4th Street and Atlantic Avenue (southbound) and 7th Street and Atlantic Avenue (northbound). The eastbound lane of Sixth Street will be closed at Atlantic Avenue. Fifth Street will be closed from Ocean Avenue to the boardwalk. The detours will be in effect starting at 9:30 a.m.
Ocean City also will be host to the OCNJ Half Marathon on Sunday, and the Ocean City-Longport Bridge will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (if not earlier) to accommodate a field of more than 1,000 runners.
If possible, plan alternative routes to avoid delays and to help provide a safe route for these event participants.
