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Half marathon, Veterans Day parade and road races bring Boston parking limits and street closures

A Boston Athletic Association half marathon, a Veterans Day parade and several 5K races will restrict parking across the city from Nov. 7 through Nov. 21. A Green Line diversion runs Nov. 7-15.

BOSTON — A Boston Athletic Association half marathon, a Veterans Day parade and several road races will bring parking restrictions and street closures to Boston between Nov. 7 and Nov. 21, the city's transportation department said Friday.

The Veterans Day "Salute to Service" Parade will start at noon Nov. 7 at Copley Square. It will travel along Boylston Street, turn left onto Tremont Street against traffic and continue onto Cambridge Street, ending at City Hall Plaza. Parking will be restricted that day along the route on Boylston, Tremont and Cambridge streets, and on the Boston Common side of Beacon Street.

For the association's half marathon Nov. 8, parking will be restricted on Pierpont Road next to the playing field on Nov. 7 and 8. On Nov. 8, restrictions will cover roads around Franklin Park, including Circuit Drive, Seaver Street, Walnut Avenue and Playstead Road, along with the Copley Square side of Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Clarendon streets.

In Hyde Park, the Thomas M. Menino YMCA's Hyde Park Road Race will start at 9 a.m. Nov. 8 on Fairmount Avenue and follow Truman Highway and a Neponset River Reservation path. Parking will be restricted on Fairmount Avenue between River Street and Truman Parkway.

Two 5K races are scheduled around the Public Garden and Commonwealth Avenue: the Girls on the Run race Nov. 15 and the Camp Harbor View 5K Nov. 21. Parking will be restricted on nearby stretches of Charles, Beacon, Boylston and Arlington streets.

In the Seaport District, parking will be restricted on the north side of Drydock Avenue from 7 a.m. to noon Nov. 9 for a ribbon-cutting at a new Boston EMS station on Black Falcon Avenue.

The MBTA will run no Green Line trains between North Station and Babcock Street, Kenmore and Heath Street from Nov. 7 to Nov. 15 for signal repairs. The transit agency recommends buses between those stops and Copley or Back Bay, and the Orange Line between North Station and Back Bay.

In Roslindale, the Canterbury Street Bridge remains closed to cars until further notice. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation closed it Sept. 12, 2025, after an inspection. Pedestrians can still cross, and detours use Hyde Park Avenue, Cummins Highway, Rowe Street, Brown Avenue and Seymour Street.

The city encouraged people attending events to walk, bike or take public transit. The MBTA advises riders to buy round-trip tickets for a faster return.

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