Are the elections over yet?
President Barack Obama will be back in Miami Thursday afternoon to attend an event at Brickell's JW Marriott Marquis Hotel around 5 p.m. -- leading to what will likely be horrendous traffic during rush hour.
According to Miami-Dade Police, areas that will be "impacted" (read: utter carmageddon!) by the president’s visit are Downtown Miami and Brickell, where traffic will be entirely shut down in certain areas and public transit disrupted.
Here's what you need to know to survive:
Downtown Miami:
- All streets south of SE 1st Street to the Miami River, and from SE 2nd Avenue to Biscayne Boulevard will be shut down from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for both vehicles and pedestrians -- no one will be able to go south on Southeast Second Avenue to get onto I-95 or into the Brickell area.
Brickell Avenue:
- All streets south of SE 1st Street to the Miami River and from SE 2nd Streets to Biscayne Boulevard will be completely shut down to create a security zone from 4:30 to about 5:30 p.m. to both vehicles and pedestrians.
The closures will have a far-reaching impact, affecting traffic from Brickell Avenue and South Dixie Highway down to Coral Gables. For both areas, traffic will be completely open after 7:30 p.m.
Metrorail:
- Service will be stopped for the entire Metrorail for 25 to 30 minutes at the following times: 2:30 to 3 p.m., 5 to 5:30 p.m., and 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Metromover:
- All Metromover service will be stopped for 25 to 30 minutes at the following times: 5 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Metrobus:
- The following routes will be detoured or delayed from 3 to 8 p.m.:
Route 24 will be using the South Miami bridge, as the Brickell Bridge will be closed.
Route (Brickell) 95 Express will use the South Miami bridge, as the Brickell Bridge will be closed.
Route 56 will have temporary delays in Coral Gables due to road closures.
All routes with routes through Downtown Miami have delays from 3 to 8 p.m. as a result of road closures.