Road closure and Traffic information for The Woodlands 2014 Marathon.

1. 2014
TRAFFIC
GUIDE

2. PLEASE EMAIL US WITH QUESTIONS IF YOU CANNOT
FIND YOUR ANSWER IN THE BELOW INFORMATION.
EVENT – The Woodlands Marathon & Half Marathon
DATE – March 1, 2014
PHONE – 832-980-3163
EMAIL – admin@thewoodlandsmarathon.com
WHAT TO EXPECT:
• Expect 15-30 minute delays if you cross into the designated center area of the racecourse.
• When leaving your neighborhood from inside the racecourse onto Flintridge, Woodlands Parkway
or Lake Woodlands Drive, expect 5-minute delays.
RECOMMENDED COMMUTE AND DRIVING PRACTICES DURING THE EVENT:
• Only residential traffic is recommended through and around the racecourse during the hours of
630am and 130pm.
• Northbound and southbound traffic recommended right of ways are as follows:
o Northbound
§ Kuykendahl 9am-130pm
§ Woodloch Forest 7am-1130am
§ FM 2978 7am-130pm Open
§ I-45 7am-130pm Open
o Southbound
§ Branch Crossing 7am-130pm,
§ Woodloch Forest 7am-1130am
§ FM 2978 7am-130pm Open
§ I-45 7am-130pm. Open
• Westbound and eastbound traffic recommended right of ways are as follows:
o Westbound
§ Research Forest Drive 7am-130pm Open
§ I-45 7am-130pm Open
§ Lake Woodlands Drive (west of New Trails) 7am-130pm
o Eastbound
§ Research Forest Drive 7am-130pm Open
§ Woodlands Parkway 7am-130pm Open
o
• If access is needed to your neighborhood on any part of the course please refer to pages 4-9 for
recommended travel practices.
• All businesses and neighborhoods will be accessible during the race.
SUGGESTED TRAVEL PRACTICES ON RACE DAY
• Expect 5-minute delays at intersections.
• Add 10-15 extra for your travel times.
• Map your own course prior to race day.
• Email or call with questions if you are unsure.
NOTE: Eastbound Lake Woodlands Drive will have all lanes closed between 630am-10am from
Kuykendahl to Lake Front Circle. One lane will open for eastbound traffic approximately 10am.

3. PACE CHART (time frame runners will pass locations)
The following chart projects the times and periods that runners will pass through each mile marker of the
marathon and half marathon courses. You can use this to give you an idea of when roads will re-open.
MARATHON COURSE
MILE
0 (Start)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
LOCATION
Six Pines/Lake Robbins/Timberloch
Millbend @ Box Turtle Lane
Millbend @ Fernridge
Millbend @ S. Millbend Drive
Sawdust @ McDonald Rd
Glen Loch @ Shadowcrest Ln
Glen Loch @ Panther Creek Dr
Flintridge @ Gosling Rd
Flintridge @ Hunters Crossing Dr
Flintridge @Stellar Point
Flintridge @ Shawnee Ridge Dr
8125 Ashlane Way (Library) northbound lane
Branch Crossing @Rembrandt Way
Branch Crossing @ Fronterra Cir
Terramont Dr @ Merit Oaks
Terramont Dr @ Marquise Oaks
Branch Crossing N @ Terramont
Alden Bridge @ Lakeside Park
8051 Bay Branch eastbound
Southbound Kuykendahl @ spillway
Lake Woodlands @ Kuykendahl
Lake Woodlands @ Goldend Sage/Falconwing
Lake Woodlands @Shadowbend Pl
Lake Woodlands @ Splitrock
Lake Woodlands Dr @ Lake Woodlands bridge
9333 Six Pines Drive southbound
Waterway Walk near Marriott hotel
TIME RANGE
7am-715am
705am-721am
710am-735am
715am-750am
720am-804am
725am-819am
730am-834am
735am-849am
740am-903am
745am-917am
750am-931am
755am-946am
8am-10am
805am-1015am
810am-1029am
815am-1044am
820am-1059am
825am-1113am
830am-1118am
835am-1132am
840am-1147am
845am-1201pm
850am-1215pm
855am-1230pm
9am-1244pm
905am-1259pm
910am-115pm
HALF MARATHON COURSE
MILE
0 (Start)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
LOCATION
Six Pines/Lake Robbins
Lake Front Cr @ TWUMC
Lake Woodlands @ E Panther Creek
Woodlands Parkway @ E Panther Creek
Woodlands Pkwy @ Panther Creek Shopping Center
Woodlands Pkwy @ Falconwing
Woodlands Pkwy @ Kuykendahl
Lake Woodlands @ Kuykendahl
Lake Woodlands @ Goldend Sage/Falconwing
Lake Woodlands @Shadowbend Pl
Lake Woodlands @ Splitrock
Lake Woodlands Dr @ Lake Woodlands bridge
TIME RANGE
7am-715am
705am-721am
710am-735am
715am-750am
720am-804am
725am-819am
730am-834am
735am-849am
740am-903am
745am-917am
750am-931am
755am-946am

4. 12
13
9333 Six Pines Drive southbound
Waterway Walk near Marriott hotel
8am-10am
805am-1015am
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS
ACCESS POINTS AND STREET OPENINGS
ZONE 1
MILLBEND/S. MILLBEND LOOP EASTBOUND/WESTBOUND: SIX PINES TO SAWDUST
Grogan’s Forest, Lakeside Drive and New Trails Drive
• Eastbound closure between 645am-750am (lane begin to open at 705am)
• Westbound traffic on Millbend completely open (counter clockwise direction)
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Westbound Millbend Loop to Grogan’s Mill (counter clockwise direction)
ZONE 2
SAWDUST/GLEN LOCH/PANTHER CREEK TO FLINTRIDGE
Sawdust and Glen Loch Drive
• One lane closure between 645am-830am
• Southbound Glen Loch open to traffic
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Southbound Glen Loch Drive
Note: Runners are running with traffic
Glen Loch – Panther Creek to Flintridge
• Eastbound closure between 645am-845am
• Westbound traffic on Panther Creek to Woodlands Parkway open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Panther Creek westbound to Woodlands Parkway
Note: Runners are running against traffic
ZONE 3
FLINTRIDGE EASTBOUND: PANTHER CREEK TO WOODLANDS PKWY
Panther Creek/Gosling/Falconwing/John Cooper/Kuykendahl
• Eastbound closure between 7am-915am
• Westbound traffic on Flintridge open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Flintridge westbound to cross street to Woodlands Parkway
Kuykendahl/Forestgate/Lake Woodlands
• Eastbound closure between 7am-930am
• Westbound traffic on Flintridge open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Flintridge westbound to cross street to Woodlands Parkway
Note: Runners are running against traffic
ZONE 4
WOODLANDS PKWY/ASHLAN WAY/BRANCH CROSSING TO WOODLANDS PKWY
Flintridge to Macbeth Way to Ashlane Way to Branch Crossing
• Eastbound closure between 7am-945am (one lane open)
• Westbound traffic on Woodlands Pkwy completely open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Woodlands Pkwy eastbound one lane between Ashlane Way and Flintridge
o Ashlane Way southbound lane open to YMCA
Note: Runners are running against traffic
Branch Crossing – Ashlane Way to Woodlands Pkwy

5. •
•
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Eastbound closure between 730am-1025am
Westbound traffic on Branch Crossing completely open
Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Branch Crossing westbound to cross street up to Woodlands Pkwy
o Recommended travel to access Research Forest and I-45
§ Use eastbound Woodlands Pkwy to I-45
§ Use eastbound Woodlands Parkway, north on I-45 to Research Forest Drive
westbound
Note: Runners are running against traffic
ZONE 5
TERRAMONT SOUTHBOUND: WOODLANDS PKWY TO BRANCH CROSSING
NOTE: Branch Crossing Northbound is completely closed from 8am-11am during the event from
Terramont to Alden Bridge – Use Kuykendahl Northbound
Terramont - Woodlands Pkwy to Branch Crossing
• Southbound closure between 730am-11am
• Northbound traffic on Terramont completely open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Terramont northbound to Branch Crossing southbound to Woodlands Pkwy
o Recommended travel to access Alden Bridge Drive
§ Use Branch Crossing southbound to Sterling Ridge to Kuykendahl northbound
§ Use eastbound Woodlands Parkway, north on I-45 to Research Forest Drive
westbound
Branch Crossing – Alden Bridge – Bay Branch
• Branch Crossing northbound closed 8am-11am
• Alden Bridge eastbound closed 8am-1120am
• Bay Branch eastbound closed 815am-1130am
• Southbound traffic on Branch Crossing completely open
• Westbound traffic on Alden Bridge and Bay Branch completely open
• Recommended travel to Lake Woodlands Drive
o Use Branch Crossing to travel southbound or Research Forest Drive to Cochran’s
Crossing, Shadowbend Pl or Gosling
• Recommended travel to I-45
o Take cross street to Research Forest Dr eastbound to I-45
Note: Runners are running against traffic on Terramont and with traffic on Branch Crossing
ZONE 6
KUYKENDAHL SOUTHBOUND/LAKE WOODLANDS EASTBOUND
NOTE: Kuykendahl Road Southbound will be closed from 830am-12pm during the event from Bay Branch
to Lake Woodlands Drive. Eastbound Lake Woodlands Drive will have all lanes closed between 630am10am from Kuykendahl to Lake Front Circle. One lane will open for eastbound traffic approximately
10am.
Kuykendahl southbound
• Complete closure between 830am-12pm
• Southbound traffic on Branch Crossing is completely open
• Eastbound traffic on Lake Woodlands Drive is completely closed (one lane open 1015am)
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Use Woodlands Pkwy or Research Forest Drive eastbound to I-45
o Recommended travel to access to Palmer Bend and Cochran’s Crossing
§ Use Research Forest Drive to Cochran’s Crossing
Note: Runners are running with traffic
NOTE: Recommend residential traffic only when traveling in these areas until 10:30am.

6. Lake Woodlands eastbound Kuykendahl to Lake Front Circle
• Eastbound traffic on Lake Woodlands Drive between Kuykendahl and Lake Front Circle
completely closed (one lane open 1015am)
• Use Research Forest Drive and Woodlands Pkwy to travel east and west to avoid timely delays
• Westbound traffic on Lake Woodlands Drive completely open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Lake Woodlands Drive westbound to a northbound artery to Research Forest and
travel eastbound Research Forest Drive to I-45.
o Recommended travel to access to Palmer Bend and Cochran’s Crossing
§ Use Lake Woodlands Drive westbound or Research Forest Drive to Cochran’s
Crossing
§ Use eastbound Woodlands Parkway, north on I-45 to Research Forest Drive
Note: Runners are running with traffic
ZONE 8
LAKE FRONT CIRCLE EASTBOUND/SIX PINES SOUTHBOUND
Lake Front Circle
• Lake Front Circle Eastbound traffic on Lake Front Circle between Lake Woodlands and Six Pines
Drive completely closed between Lake Woodlands and Six Pines
• Lake Front Circle Westbound completely open
• Use Research Forest Drive, Woodlands Parkway to travel east
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Lake Woodlands Drive to a southbound artery to Woodlands Parkway and take
Woodlands Parkway east to I-45
o Take Research Forest Drive eastbound to I-45
o Use Lake Woodlands westbound artery north to Research Forest Drive
Six Pines Drive
• Six Pines Southbound between Lake Front Circle and Timberloch completely closed between
630am-1pm (outside lane opens at 1030am)
• Six Pines Northbound between Lake Robbins and Timberloch completely closed Friday, February
28, 2014 – March 1, 2014 9pm-8am.
• Use Grogan’s Mill Road Northbound and Southbound
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Take Grogan’s Mill southbound to Woodlands Parkway and take Woodlands Parkway
east to I-45
o Take Research Forest east to I-45
•
Recommended travel to Market Street
o Take Grogan’s Mill southbound or northbound to Lake Woodlands or Lake Robbins
o All access points to Market Street will be open
Note: Runners are running against traffic on the way out and with traffic on the way in.
ZONE 9
LAKE ROBBINS/WOODLOCH FOREST/TIMBERLOCH
Lake Robbins Drive
• Lake Robbins eastbound between Six Pines and Woodloch Forest complete closure between
630am-130pm (one lane opens at 1045am)
• Westbound traffic on Lake Robbins completely open
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Use Lake Robbins Drive westbound to Six Pines northbound to Lake Woodlands and
take east to I-45
Woodloch Forest Drive
• Woodloch Forest southbound between Lake Robbins and Timberloch complete closure between
645am-8am

7. • Use I-45 and Grogan’s Mill Southbound
Timberloch Drive
• Timberloch west and eastbound between Woodloch Forest and Grogan’s Mill inside lane closure
between 645am-8am
• Use I-45 and Grogan’s Mill Southbound
Note: Runners are running with traffic on the way in.
ZONE 10
E. PANTHER CREEK/WOODLANDS PARKWAY
E. Panther Creek Drive
• E. Panther Creek Drive north and southbound between Lake Woodlands and Woodlands Parkway
closure between 645am-735am (one lane open northbound traffic only)
• Recommended travel to I-45 during closure
o Use northbound land to Lake Woodlands and take west to Gosling to eastbound Research
Forest Drive to I-45
Woodlands Parkway
• Woodlands Parkway westbound two outside lanes between E. Panther Creek and Lake Woodlands
and Woodlands Parkway closure between 645am-830am (one lane open westbound traffic only)
Note: Runners are running against traffic on the way out and with traffic on the way in.