City Announces Street Closures November 8, 9, for Half-Marathon

Published on November 03, 2025

Streets throughout Lincoln will temporarily close Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9, for the 12th Annual Good Life Halfsy half-marathon. The Lincoln Police Department (LPD) will control intersections along the race route, and residents are advised to plan ahead for traffic delays. During the race, LPD will use social media to announce when streets reopen.

More than 9,000 runners will participate in the race, which begins Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at Seacrest Field, 7300 “A” St., and ends on Canopy Street in the Railyard. The race course map is available at goodlifehalfsy.com. Residents are invited to support the runners at four outdoor cheer stations located at Neighbors Park, Union Plaza, Innovation Campus and Haymarket Park.

Parking notes:

• Parking will not be allowed on Holmes Park Road and South 76th Street from 8 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday, and parked vehicles may be towed.
• Parking will not be allowed on New Hampshire Street from 14th to Sixth streets from 8 p.m. Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday.
• The Pinnacle Bank Arena festival lot and Haymarket Park lot will be available for parking.

Closures are as follows:

• Canopy Street from “R” to “O” streets will be closed from 6 p.m. Saturday, November 8, to 3 p.m. Sunday, November 9.
• Some streets in the North Bottoms neighborhood will be partially closed, and parked vehicles may be towed. Temporary no parking signs will be posted on New Hampshire, Charleston, Seventh and Sixth streets.
• Holmes North Shore Road will be closed from 7 to 11 a.m.
• Southbound 70th Street will be closed from 8:15 to 11 a.m. from “O” Street to Pioneers Boulevard.
• All lanes of Normal Boulevard from 70th to 56th streets will be closed from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
• Traffic will be restricted to single westbound and eastbound lanes on the east side of Normal Boulevard and Capitol Parkway between 56th and Randolph streets from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Streets near Pinnacle Bank Arena will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Transformation Drive, North 19th and Court streets in Innovation Campus will have reduced lanes from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Antelope Valley Trail will be closed from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from Randolph to Court streets.
• Southbound 56th, 48th and 40th streets will be closed at South Street from about 9 a.m. to noon. North and southbound drivers are encouraged to use 84th and 27th streets, and eastbound and westbound drivers are encouraged to use “O” Street and Pioneers Boulevard to bypass the racecourse.
• 27th Street from Randolph Street to Capital Parkway will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon. North and southbound drivers are encouraged to use Ninth, 10th, 16th and 17th streets.
• “A” Street from South 56th to South 77th streets will be closed from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m.
• South Street from South 56th to South 70th streets will be closed from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m.

Current information on street closures is available at lincoln.ne.gov/closures or through the Waze mobile app.