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Which Davenport roads are closed for Bix & RAGBRAI this weekend

Davenport, Iowa is buzzing with events this weekend, and that means drivers may see street closures around nearly every corner in the downtown.
Start line at 2013 Bix 7, WQAD Photo

Davenport, Iowa is buzzing with events this weekend, and that means drivers may see street closures around nearly every corner in the downtown.

Bix 7 Weekend

Various streets in the downtown will be closed starting at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 23 for the 2015 Bix Street Fest. The first streets to close will be 2nd Street from Pershing Avenue to Ripley Street.  The street closures throughout the weekend will include the area of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Streets from River Drive to Ripley Street.

The final streets will reopen at noon Sunday.

Bix racing events on Thursday evening, July 23, 2015 and Saturday morning, will tie up some of the downtown streets as well as Kirkwood and McClellan Boulevards.

The Bix Battle Up Brady Street Hill will close Brady Street from 4th Street to beyond 8th Street Thursday from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The Bix 7 route on Saturday morning starts near the intersection of Brady and 4th Streets. The following streets will be closed from 6 a.m. – noon on Saturday: Brady Street from 3rd Street to Kirkwood Blvd.; all of Kirkwood Blvd.; a portion of Jersey Ridge Road and Middle Road; all of McClellan Blvd.

In addition to the other closed streets, the Quick Bix route will also cause a closure on 4th Street from LeClaire Street to Brady Street as well as Perry Street.  These will be in affect as long as the other closed roads, from 6 a.m. – noon Saturday.

Click here to see detailed maps of these road closures.

Which Davenport roads are closed for Bix & RAGBRAI this weekend

RAGBRAI

Bicyclists will be pouring into Davenport from their week-long ride through Iowa on Saturday, July 25.

The following streets are being closed for the event: Utah Avenue from Locust Street to River Drive; Telegraph Road from Utah Avenue to Wisconsin Avenue; River Driver from Utah Street to Marquette Street; Credit Island Lane from River Drive south (where the Dip Site is); Marquette Street from River Drive to Beiderbecke Drive.

Click here to see a map of roads that are closed for the RAGBRAI route.

 

 

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