Get Ready for El Tour de Tucson: Road Closures and Delays are scheduled for Nov. 22

Get ready for the 42^nd El Tour de Tucson coming up on Nov. 22.

We are alerting everyone of the El Tour road closures and delays on Ride Day.

It’s important for those on the road to know what to expect and to try and avoid certain areas throughout the day.

“We’re expecting over 10,000 cyclists on the roads throughout the morning and afternoon,” said TJ Juskiewicz, El Tour’s executive director. “For the past few months, we’ve been working on plans to make it as easy as possible to navigate around our route areas. We are making every effort to inform the Tucson community and the surrounding areas (Green Valley, Vail and Sahuarita) of the road closures and delays in their areas. Alerting the public early will help them plan accordingly for events on that day.”

El Tour begins in the Downtown area at 7 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m., with roads being closed at various times. Those times are listed on the list we’ve sent.

Link to 102-mile map is here: https://eltourdetucson.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/El-Tour-2025-102-Mile.pdf

See below for all the road closures and delays!
2025 El Tour de Tucson Road Closures and Road Delays

Saturday, November 22^nd

Road closures are subject to change

EL TOUR STARTS AT 7:00 AM WITH ALL ROUTES CLOSED AT 4:30 PM
AFTER 4:30 PM ALL RIDERS MUST ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE ROAD

• WB and EB Cushing (Stone to El Paso): Friday 6:00 am – Saturday 8:00 pm
• SB and NB Main (3^rd Avenue (12^th Street to 18^th Street): 7:00 am – 11:30 am
• EB and WB 12^th Street (4^rth Avenue to 3^rd Avenue): 7:00 am – 11:30 am
• EB and WB Simpson St ( Otero Ave – Sentinel Ave ) 7:00 am – 11:30 am
• WB and EB 15^th Street (Stone to 4^th Ave): 4:00 am – 11:30 am
• NB and SB 4^th Ave (15^th Street to Broadway): 4:00 am – 11:30 am
• NB and SB 6^th Ave (Stone to 15^th Ave): 4:00 am – 11:30 am
• NB and SB 6^th Ave (22^nd Street to Stone Ave): 4:00 am to 5:00 pm
• NB and SB Stone Ave (6^th Ave and 18^th Street to 14^th Ave): 4:00 am to 12:30 pm
• EB Aviation Parkway and some intersections (Broadway – Golf Links): 6:30 am – 12:00 pm
• SB Kolb from Escalante to Valencia (32 Mile Route) 9:30 am to 1:00 pm
• WB Valencia Rd West bound only from Houghton to Kolb 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Houghton at the Pima County Fairgrounds Roads Closed (Driveway and Dawn Rd) 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
• WB & EB Continental (between CPAC and Duval Mine Rd): 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
• NB Mission (Duval Mine Rd to Helmet Peak Rd): 9:30 am – 2:25 pm

I-10 and I-19 ON RAMP and OFF RAMP CLOSURES AND RELATED INFORMATION

• EB SR 210 (Aviation Pkwy.) will be closed from 6:30 am to 12:00 pm.
• I-10 and Houghton Interchange (TI) from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm:
  • The I-10 WB On-Ramp will be closed.
  • The I-10 EB Off-Ramp will be closed.
  • NB Houghton Road traffic will be detoured on I-10 from the EB I-10 On-Ramp to the Colossal Cave / Wentworth Rd. TI and back to the WB I-10 Off-Ramp onto Houghton Rd.
  • The WB Off-Ramp will be open but traffic turning SB onto Houghton Road will be flagged.

• I-10 and Valencia Interchange (TI) from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm:

• • The I-10 EB Off-Ramp will be closed.
  • The I-10 WB Ramps will be open with flagger(s) to control traffic.
  • The I-10 EB On-Ramp will be open.

• I-10 and 6th Ave. Interchange (TI) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm:

• • The I-10 EB Off-Ramp will be closed.
  • The I-10 EB On-Ramp / Frontage Road and WB Off-Ramp / Frontage Road will be open with flagger(s) to control traffic at 6^th Ave.
  • The I-10 WB On-Ramp will be open.
• I-19 and Continental Interchange (TI) from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm:

• • The I-19 NB and SB Off-Ramps will be closed.
  • The I-19 NB On-Ramp will be open with flagger(s) to control traffic.
  • The I-19 SB On-Ramp will be open.
  • The I-19 East Side and West Side Frontage Roads will be open with flaggers to control traffic. Left Turns from the West Side Frontage Road onto WB Continental Road will be restricted.

• I-19 and Sahuarita Interchange (TI) from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm:

• • The I-19 NB Off-Ramp and SB On-Ramp will be closed.
  • The I-19 NB On-Ramp and SB Off-Ramp will be open.

Road delays expected:

Escalante and Kolb Intersection 102-mile event and 63-mile event 7:20 am – 11:00 am

Camino Seco and Irvington 102-miler and 63-miler 7:25 am – 11:30pm

Kolb and Valencia 63-miler & 32-miler 7:00 am – 2:00 pm

Valencia and Houghton EB 102-miler & 63-miler 7:15 am – 11:30 am

Maryann Cleveland Way and Houghton 102-miler turn left & 63-miler turn right 8 am – 1:45 pm

Valencia and Houghton WB 63-miler 10:30 Am – 12:45 pm

Sahuarita and Nogales Hwy 102-miles 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Valencia & Alvernon 63-miler & 32-miler 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Aerospace Pkwy & Nogales Hwy 102-miler, 63-miler & 32 miler 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Stone from 18^th Street to Cushing 102-miler, 63-miler & 32-miler 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Best means of getting to Airport on El Tour Day

I-10 either direction Exit Kino South to Benson Hwy turn left go to Tucson Boulevard to Airport.