Fenway-Kenmore Roads Closing for Sunday's Walk for Hunger

More than 40,000 people will make their way through Kenmore Square and surrounding communities this Sunday for the annual Project Bread Walk for Hunger.

Sunday's walk is a 20-mile route that passes through Boston, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge. The event kicks off at 9 a.m. on Boston Common.

The annual walk raises money and awareness for local hunger and supports the more than 750,000 people in Massachusetts who do not have enough food to eat. 

Before all those walkers make their way through the local streets, be sure to read through some local road closures and detours that will affect Fenway on Sun., May 5:

• Charles St., between Boylston and Beacon, will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6:00am-6:00pm. Parking on Charles St. will also be restricted. In addition, Boylston St. East- and Westbound feeding into Charles St. will be closed. Traffic on Charles St. S. will be diverted at Park Square. 
• Commonwealth Ave. outbound, from Arlington St. through Kenmore Square, will be closed from 6:00am-11:00am 
• Traffic will be diverted at streets leading to Commonwealth, including Charlesgate E. and W. Traffic on Commonwealth inbound at Kenmore Square will also be diverted. 
• Arlington St., between Beacon and Commonwealth Ave., will be closed from 6:00am–11:00am. 
• Beacon St. between Charles St. and Arlington St. will be closed from 7:00am-12:00pm. Expect traffic delays Beacon St. outbound from Kenmore Square to Park Dr. between 7:00am-12:00pm. Traffic outbound at the intersection of Beacon St. and Park Dr. will be diverted from 7:00am-12:00pm. 
• Drivers are asked to use extreme caution on Massachusetts Ave. at the intersection with Commonwealth Ave. where Walkers will be crossing from 11:00am-7:00pm. 
• Charlesgate West at Beacon Street closed 7:00am - 11:30am. 
• Charlesgate East at Commonwealth Ave. inbound closed from 7:00am – 11:30am. 
• Expect delays along Commonwealth Ave. from Charlesgate E. to Arlington St. from 11:00am-7:00pm. 

The 2012 walk raised $3.6 million.

Registration for participants will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Boston Common. For more information, call 617-723-5000 or visit www.projectbread.org.

Information provided by the Walk for Hunger website. For more information on road closures in surrounding towns (Watertown, Brookline, Boston and Cambridge), check out the full list of detours here.