Road Closures: Tulsa Tough Takes Over Downtown Streets This Weekend

Downtown Tulsa will be bustling with bicycles this weekend as the St. Francis Tulsa Tough kicks off. Osage SkyNews 6 Pilot Dustin Stone gives us a heads up on some of the busiest areas.

Friday, June 7th 2024, 4:54 pm

By: News On 6, Dustin Stone, Matt Rahn

TULSA, Okla. -

Downtown Tulsa will be busy with bicycles this weekend as the St. Francis Tulsa Tough kicks off.

The three-day event transforms the streets of downtown Tulsa into an epic race track. Starting Friday, hundreds of competitors will race their bikes around the Blue Dome district near 3rd and Elgin. If you’re visiting the races or just coming downtown, keep aware of several road closures and more pedestrians than normal.

Saturday, the races move to the Tulsa Arts District near News On 6 and Guthrie Green.

And it all wraps up on Sunday with the much-anticipated Crybaby Hill race that will draw thousands of fans to the area near Riverside and Southwest Boulevard.

What Roads Are Closed For Tulsa Tough In 2024?

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Blue Dome

June 7, 4 - 11 p.m. Location: 415 E. 3rd St. Road Closure: June 7, 6 a.m. - June 8, 2 a.m.

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Grand Fondo (Saturday)

June 8, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: 323 Reconciliation Way to 303 N. Boston Ave. Road Closure: Police Escort - 7:30 a.m.

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Tulsa Arts District

June 8, 8:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. Location: 102 E. Reconciliation Way - Road Closure: June 8, 5 a.m. - June 9, 2 a.m.

Eerie Abbey Ales 4th Anniversary Block Party

June 8, Noon - 11 p.m. Location: 500 S. Main St. Road Closure: June 7, Noon - June 8, Midnight

Flywheel Presents: Big Ride 2024

June 8, 8 p.m. - Midnight - Location: 512 N. Boston Ave. Road Closure: June 8, 5 a.m. - June 9, 2 a.m.

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Grand Fondo (Sunday)

June 9, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Location: 1503 S. Riverside Dr. to 8100 S. Elwood Ave. Road Closure: - 7 a.m.

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Riverside Criterium

June 9, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: 1343 S. Indian Ave. Road Closure: 5 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saint Francis Tulsa Tough Townie

June 9, 2:15 p.m. Location: 1517 S. Riverside Dr. Road Closure: 2 - 4 p.m.

Tulsa Tough 2024 Image Provided By: City of Tulsa

Dustin Stone

Dustin joined the News On 6 team in 2000 as a video tape and master control operator. In 2003, he became a live truck operator. During his time in that role, he covered several national stories including the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Moore tornado and the Joplin tornado. After 11 years in that position, Dustin became the station's master control supervisor until 2018 when he moved back into the news department as the news operations manager.