If you’re not Turkey Trotting, here are the streets to avoid on Thanksgiving.
The 57th YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas’ Turkey Trot takes off tomorrow near City Hall at 8:30 a.m. But the closures begin tonight at 7 p.m., and there’s already fencing up and down Young Street. Generally speaking, you’re probably fine if you stay away from Young downtown and Oak Cliff near the Houston Street Viaduct.
Young between St. Paul and Park Ave. will close to traffic at 7 p.m. and reopen tomorrow at 5 p.m. The westbound lanes of Young from Field to Griffin streets will also shut down from 7 p.m. to 5 p.m. Young from Griffin to Harwood will also close early this morning from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Don’t even try Marilla near City Hall.
As mentioned, the 8-mile course takes runners into Oak Cliff while the 5k’ers are corralled downtown. For you trotters: It will also be pretty miserable outside. We’ll wake up to close to freezing temperatures and it will take until noon to crack 50. The National Weather Service says to expect wind gusts of up to 25 mph, so maybe don’t be embarrassed to pull on that turkey costume this year.