In Moscow for the weekend will close several streets and embankments because of the marathon

In Moscow from 3 to 4 October will block traffic on several streets and embankments on the occasion of the half marathon “My capital”. The restrictions will affect the center and west of the city. Parking will be prohibited at all sites, the capital's Deptrans said.

The first restrictions will begin in the morning of September 30. Before the end of the marathon, University Avenue to Kosygin Street will be closed. From October 3, the movement will be banned on some sections of this street, as well as on sections of Michurinsky and Vernadsky Prospects.

Most of the cuts are scheduled for the last day of the race. They will operate at different times on the Rostov, Savvinsk, Novodevichy, Luzhnetsk and Berezhkovsk embankments. In addition, the passage will be closed on the Vorobyovskoye highway, on the Borodino bridge and the Luzhniki bridge towards the center, as well as at the exit from the Borodino bridge towards the Rostov embankment.

The first half marathon “My Capital” was held in 2017. About 3,000 people took part in it. Traditionally, the route passes through iconic urban locations.