Potential Traffic Impacts For The 2025 Battleship Half Marathon

Published on November 07, 2025

The 27th annual Battleship Half Marathon, 10K & 5K will take place on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and bring approximately 2,500 participants to the downtown Wilmington area.

The half marathon course (view the course map here) begins on Princess Street near the Alton Lennon Federal Building and heads south toward and across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, north on US 421 toward and across the Isabel Holmes Bridge, looping back through downtown, and toward and around Greenfield Lake, ending back at Princess Street.

The 10K race (view the course map here) follows the same route as the half marathon but turns around on Greenfield Street and heads to the finish line on Princess Street.

The 5K race (view the course map here) stays in downtown Wilmington.

The following street closures will be needed

Saturday, November 15 beginning at noon:

• Water St between Market St and Princess St
  
  

Sunday, November 16 beginning at 3:00 a.m.:

• Princess St between Front St & Water St
• Water St between Princess St & Chestnut St
• Chestnut St between Front St & Water St
• Market St between Front St & Water St
• Front St between Brunswick St & Red Cross St
• Front St between Ann St & Orange St
• Hanover St between Nutt St & Front St
• Red Cross St between Water St & 2nd St
• Northbound Front St between Burnett Blvd/Carolina Beach Rd & Orange St
• Southbound 2nd St between Grace St & Red Cross St
• Southbound exit ramp to Front St from Cape Fear Memorial Bridge/Hwy 74/76
• Front St on ramp to Cape Fear Memorial Bridge/westbound Hwy 74/76
• Greenfield St between Front St & 2nd St