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Directions and Parking

Directions  |  Parking

Directions

Campus map showing location of Downtown Campus Library Location

Driving Directions from I-79 South:

1. Take exit 155 off I-79 South and turn left at the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp. You will stay on this road for the next few miles.
2. At the 4th traffic light, you will see the Coliseum on your right. Go through 2 more traffic lights and take a left at the 3rd light, onto Campus Drive.
3. At the next light, turn right onto University Ave.
4. At the second road on the left, turn onto College Ave.
5. Make an immediate right into the Upper Level of the MountainLair Parking Garage. This level has metered parking.

Driving Directions from I-79 North:

1. Take exit 155 off I-79 North and turn bear right as your come off the exit. You will stay on this road for the next few miles.
2. At the 4th traffic light, you will see the Coliseum on your right. Go through 2 more traffic lights and take a left at the 3rd light, onto Campus Drive.
3. At the next light, turn right onto University Ave.
4. At the second road on the left, turn onto College Ave.
5. Make an immediate right into the Upper Level of the MountainLair Parking Garage. This level has metered parking.

Driving Directions from I-68 West:

1. Take exit 1 off I-68 West and turn left at the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp. You will stay on this road for the next few miles
2. Go through 8 traffic lights
3. At the 9th traffic light, take a right onto Campus Drive.
4. At the next light, turn right onto University Ave.
5. At the second road on the left, turn onto College Ave.
6. Make an immediate right into the Upper Level of the MountainLair Parking Garage. This level has metered parking.

For Reserved Parking:

1. Follow the directions above through step 4. Then, instead of going into the garage, take the 2nd right onto Maiden Lane.
2. Turn right at the stop sign at the end of Maiden Lane (onto North High St.).
3. Turn right again onto Prospect Street
4. Enter the Reserved Parking area of the MountainLair parking garage.
   

Walking Directions to the Downtown Campus Library from the MountainLair Garage:

Exit towards Prospect Street. Go through the Clark Hall breezeway. The Downtown Campus Library will be directly in front of you. Take a right to go to the front entrance.

Parking

Parking for the Downtown Campus Library is in the Mountainlair and also in City Parking lots found around the Downtown Campus.

Parking for persons with disabilities:

Several designated disabled parking spaces are located in the Mountainlair parking garage adjacent to the Library (through the Clark Hall breezeway).

Weekends:

The Mountainlair Parking Garage is free on weekends. However, there is no free overnight parking in the Mountainlair, and parking in Area 9 (the lower level Mountainlair parking garage) is never available without a permit.