A very large motorcycle ride will impact Kansas City traffic Friday morning.

The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association is holding a national convention in Kansas City through Saturday. At 9 a.m. Friday, they will embark on a group motorcycle ride from the Hilton Hotel at 8801 N.W. 112th Street and travel to the Liberty Memorial World War I Museum.

Approximately 3,000 riders will participate.

The Kansas City Missouri Police Department, with help from the MoDOT, the Platte and Jackson County sheriff’s departments and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will provide traffic control. The route will use Cookingham Road to 169 Highway, 169 Highway south to the downtown loop, and then south on I-35 to the Broadway exit.

“Motorists should expect to be re-routed around these stretches of roads and highways for a considerable period of time,” said Sgt. Grant Ruark of the KCPD’s Traffic Division. “We intend to give motorists alternative roadways to use without having them backed up in traffic, but they should know that with this size of an event, delays and detours are likely.”

Alternate routes such as Interstates 29 and 435, North Oak Trafficway and Broadway Boulevard on the Missouri side and Interstate 635 and 7th Street Trafficway on the Kansas side will offer motorists outlets around the event.

For more information about this event, please visit www.combatvet.org.