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In Play! magazine 2019, Windsor Detroit Sports,
16
Oct

Transit Windsor and the Detroit Free Press Marathon

Transit Windsor is providing additional buses for Canadian participants attending the annual Detroit Free Press Marathon on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Buses depart Windsor International Transit Terminal (WITT), 300 Chatham Street West, beginning at 5:00 a.m. and run on demand until 5:45 a.m. Return trips from Mariner’s Church stop will depart at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

The fare is $5.00 each way. Customer Service at the terminal will be open at 4:45 a.m. on the morning of the marathon for participants to purchase tunnel bus tickets. You may also buy tickets in advance at the Transit Centre, WITT, downtown Shoppers Drug Mart or municipal Customer Care Centres.

The Windsor-Detroit Tunnel will be closed to all vehicular traffic at 6:45 a.m. and reopen by 10:00 a.m. Therefore, the first tunnel bus trip of the published schedule will leave Windsor at 10:00 a.m., and the bus will stop and drop off passengers only at the tunnel platform next to Mariners’ Church until the streets in downtown Detroit are open to traffic.

Lions fans attending the game at Ford Field:
Due to the routing of the marathon, Transit Windsor will be dropping off football game passengers at the tunnel exit. Passengers can take the People Mover and disembark at the Broadway Station or walk to Ford Field. At the conclusion of the game, passengers will be picked up at the regular stop on Gratiot.

DETROIT LIONS FANS DRIVING TO THE GAME 
Detroit Lions fans attending Sunday’s 1 PM game against the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field on October 20, 2019 should be prepared for additional road closures due to the Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank Marathon which starts at 7 AM in downtown Detroit. 
 
Marathon closures that may affect guests coming to Ford Field:
– The Ambassador Bridge will have restricted traffic 5:45 AM – 9 AM
– The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is closed 6:45 AM – 10 AM
– M-10 (the Lodge) southbound is closed at I-75 from approximately 3 AM – 8:30 AM 
– I-375 ramp to Lafayette is open, but the Service Drive is closed from Lafayette St to Congress St 6 AM – 11 AM
– I-375 southbound Jefferson St East and West exits are closed 6 AM – 2:30 PM
– Fort St and Michigan Ave has various closures from approximately 3 AM – 3 PM
 
Additionally, westbound I-94 is closed between I-96 and Livernois the entire weekend and could impact travel to and from Ford Field. 
 
Waze
The Detroit Lions have teamed up with Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app, to provide alternative routes on game days. This partnership will advise Waze-users of real-time traffic routes to Ford Field to avoid game day congested routes. The free application can be downloaded from Apple’s App store and Google Play as well as accessed through the Detroit Lions Mobile App. 
 
Lyft
The Lions have also partnered with the ride-sharing app Lyft, which is integrated in the Detroit Lions Mobile App. 

Detroit Lions Schedule
Ford Field Seating Chart
Ford Field Parking Lots

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