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Monday, July 6, 2015

2015 Tour Of Utah Race Info


2015 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Traffic Impacts
Stage 1 presented by Zions Bank
 
Monday, August 3

Start/Finish – Logan, 100 East and Federal Avenue

Race Time Tour of Utah – 9:15 a.m. - 2:30-2:45 p.m.

Race Time Women’s Edition: Criterium Classic – 11 - 12:15 p.m.

A portion of the 2015 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, August 3-9, will pass through or near multiple national forests and state parks this year. Listed here are probable impact areas and timelines for motorists and tour groups who will be using the same roadways as the Tour of Utah in northern Utah.

• The Tour will use sections of US Highway 89 in Utah and Idaho, SR 30 in Utah and East Shore Drive in Idaho during Stage 1. Expect traffic delays and temporary road closures as outlined below:
  • near Logan and the Utah State University on Hwy 89 from 9-9:30 a.m. and again between 1:45 - 3:30 p.m.
  •  in Garden City along Hwy 89 from 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. (race will travel in northbound direction), and again between 12:25 - 1:45 p.m. (race returns from south headed back to Logan)
  •  in Fish Haven, Idaho from 10:55 - 11:30 a.m.
  •  in St. Charles, Idaho from 11:05 - 11:50 a.m. (race turns off Hwy 89 to N. Beach Road)
  •  along Eastshore Road from 11:25 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
  •  along Hwy 30 between 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
• Downtown streets will be impacted for the Women’s Edition: Criterium Classic from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Map available at tourofutah.com.) Top women’s professional and elite cycling teams will race for one hour, 15 minutes on a technical 1.5-mile course that will run counter-clockwise in downtown Logan, starting at North 100 East and Federal Avenue. The women’s race will head southbound on North 100 East, and use sections of Center Street and Boulevard and 300 North.

• The professional men’s teams race two circuits in downtown Logan before the final finish of Stage 1 at North 100 East and Federal Avenue. Streets closed for these loops include sections of 100 North, 200 North, Pioneer Avenue, 200 East, Boulevard, 500 North, 400 North, and 100 East. (Map available at tourofutah.com.)

Special Notice for Motorists

• No passing is permitted by any motor vehicle along the road being used by the professional cyclists or authorized race caravan vehicles. Traffic is allowed to follow behind the race, but only at race speed.

• If you are traveling toward the race (in the opposite direction of the race), the Utah Highway Patrol will control all traffic at certain intersections, treating this as a rolling road closure.

• Without alternate routes, please be patient as some substantial delays may occur.

• A portion of the race routes for the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah pro cycling race will be located partially on the Dixie National Forest and Uintah–Wasatch–Cache National Forest

• For more information and route maps, visit www.tourofutah.com.

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