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Here’s how to get around C-U during the Illinois Marathon

As many of you have seen, this weekend the Illinois 5K and Illinois Marathon will be taking place on Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd. Which means that MTD will be rerouting buses throughout Campustown and along Green Street. 

Here’s some information from the City of Champaign:

For more information, check out this release from CUMTD:

Due to the Illinois Marathon 5K race on Friday, April 21, 2017, there will be reroutes throughout campus. Please expect delays and plan accordingly. Reroutes will begin between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm with a return to regular service after approximately 1.5 hours depending upon when the race route is opened. Reroute details:

1 SOUTH YELLOWhopper: The last 1S YELLOWhopper trip begins at 6:30PM from Illinois Terminal.
100 NORTH YELLOW: Beginning at 6:35PM from Savoy Walmart
Route 45 to Fox/St. Mary’s to State to Hessel to Neil to Springfield to Wright and regular route.
100 SOUTH YELLOW: Beginning at6:50PM from Illinois Terminal
Wright to Springfield to Neil to Hessel to State to Fox/St. Mary’s to Route 45 and regular route.

50 EAST GREEN: Beginning at 6:51PM from Illinois Terminal
Neil to Springfield to Wright to Green and regular route.
5/50 WEST GREEN: Beginning @ 7:07PM from Lincoln Square
Green to Wright to Springfield to Neil and regular route.

9A BROWN: Beginning at 7:05PM from Parkland College
White to Wright to Springfield where route terminates.
9B BROWN: Beginning at 6:50PM from Parkland College
Fourth to Pennsylvania to Sixth where route terminates.


13/130N SILVER: Beginning @ 7:02PM from Vet-Med
Dorner to Gregory to Goodwin to Springfield to Wright to Green and regular route.
13/130S SILVER: Beginning @ 7:05PM from Lincoln Square
Springfield to Goodwin to Green to Wright to Springfield to Goodwin to Green to Mathews to Nevada to Goodwin to Gregory to Dorner and regular route.

21 RAVEN:
Last trip begins at 6:30PM leaving Vet-Med and ends at 6:53PM at Vet-Med.

22/220 NORTH ILLINI: Beginning @ 6:58PM from FAR/PAR
Lincoln to Illinois to Goodwin to Springfield to Wright to Green and regular route.
22/220 SOUTH ILLINI: Beginning @ 6:48PM from Lincoln and Killarney
Green to Wright to Springfield to Goodwin to Green to Mathews to Nevada to Goodwin to Illinois to Lincoln and regular route.

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Due to the Illinois Marathon races on Saturday, April 22, 2017, there will be reroutes throughout the community. Please expect significant delays and plan accordingly. Reroutes will begin at the start of service and return to regular service after the race route is opened. The Downtown Urbana stop will be split into two stops, one at Illinois & Broadway and the other at Water & Broadway. Reroute details:


20C RED: Florida to Vine to Michigan to Lincoln to Nevada to Goodwin to Springfield to Wright and regular route. The bus will exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to University to Chestnut to Main to Walnut and regular route.
20U RED: Wright to Springfield to Goodwin to Nevada to Lincoln to Michigan to Vine to Florida and regular route.

30 NORTH LAVENDER: Market to University to Chestnut to Main to Church and regular route.

50 EAST GREEN: Market to University to Fourth to Springfield to Goodwin to Illinois to Vine and regular routes as far as Cottage Grove & Colorado then Cottage Grove to Mumford to Philo to Silver. A van will cover Meijer, Southeast Urbana, and Orchard Downs and a van will operate between Illinois Terminal and the Green/Locust area.
50 WEST GREEN: Vine to Illinois to Goodwin to Springfield to Fourth to University to First to Chester to Illinois Terminal. The bus will exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to Chestnut to Main to Walnut to Columbia to State to Springfield and regular route.

70 WEST GREY: Lierman to Main to Smith to University to Vine to Water to Broadway and regular route. The bus will exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to Chestnut to Main and regular route.
70 EAST GREY: State to Washington to Neil to Main and regular route. Also, University to Vine to Water to Broadway to University to Smith to Main to Dodson to Washington and regular route.

100 NORTH YELLOW: First to Gerty to Oak to St. Mary’s to Neil to Kirby to Oak to Armory to Wright to White to Fourth to University to First to Chester to Illinois Terminal. The bus will exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to Chestnut to Main to Walnut and regular route.
100 SOUTH YELLOW: Exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to Third to White to Wright to Chalmers to Fifth to Armory to Oak to Kirby to Neil to St. Mary’s to Oak to Gerty to First and regular route.

110 NORTH RUBY: Water to Broadway and regular route.
110 NORTH RUBY FROM MTD: University to Vine to Water and regular route.
110 SOUTH RUBY: Broadway to University to Vine to Water.
110 SOUTH RUBY TO MTD: Vine to Water to Broadway to University to the MTD.

120 EAST TEAL: The bus will exit Illinois Terminal via Market to University to Third to White to Wright to Springfield to Goodwin to Nevada to Gregory Place to Oregon.
120 WEST TEAL: Oregon to Lincoln to Nevada to Goodwin to Springfield to Wright to White to Fourth to University to First to Chester to Illinois Terminal.

A van serving Orchard Downs will go as far as Vine & George Huff. Please walk across the Marathon route at Race & George Huff to board and alight the van.

130 NORTH SILVER: Armory to Wright to Springfield to Cedar to Illinois.
130 SOUTH SILVER: Illinois to Vine to California to Race to Illinois to Cedar to Springfield to Wright to Chalmers to Sixth to Armory.

180A LIME: Kirby to Westfield to William and regular route.
180B LIME: William to Westfield to Kirby and regular route.

220 NORTH ILLINI: Wright to Springfield to Goodwin and regular route.
220 SOUTH ILLINI: Goodwin to Springfield to Wright and regular route.

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