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Directions and Maps to Building
40
Below are directions to the Vaccine Research Center located on the
National Institutes of Health campus in building 40. If you are
a volunteer, please see Directions
for Volunteers: Directions to the NIH Clinical Center (Building
10).
National Institutes of Health
Vaccine Research Center
40 Convent Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
NIH Entrance Hours
New security
measures are in place on the NIH campus.
If you are arriving on the weekend or after 7
p.m. on a weekday, you will need to enter via the entrance on Rockville
Pike/Rte. 355. After heading south on Rt. 355, continue to the fifth
traffic light and take a right onto South Drive, then follow the
signs to the appropriate parking area. Due to increased security
at NIH, you can expect your vehicle to be searched upon entrance
and possibly again if you are parking in an underground garage.
We appreciate your patience with these security precautions and
ask that you arrive a few minutes earlier to accommodate any minor
delays.
Parking Information
Visitor Parking is extremely difficult to find
at NIH, so if at all possible, take public transportation. There
is a Metro station on the NIH campus with shuttle bus service to
the main buildings. Short-term, metered parking and long term, attendant-controlled
parking are available to visitors at a cost of $2 per hour for the
first three hours or $12 per day.
Taking the Metrorail
Take Metro's Red Line to the Medical Center Station.
The station's escalators come out onto the NIH campus. To get to
Building 40, go to the last bus shelter to take the NIH campus shuttle
bus, which provides free service to Building 40 and stops at the
Metro station every 15 to 20 minutes, OR walk from the top of the
escalators past the bus shelters, down South Drive. Keep straight
and cross over Center Drive and Memorial Drive. Turn left on Service
Road West. Turn right on Lincoln Drive. Turn right on Convent Drive.
At the 1st stop sign, Building 40 is on your left. Cross over Convent
Drive and make a right into the main entrance of Building 40.
Disclaimer
Driving Directions
From Baltimore and All Points North of Washington, DC
Take I-95 south toward Washington, DC. At I-495
(Capital Beltway), head west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From
the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34 which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville
Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda. At the third traffic
light, turn right onto Cedar Lane. Proceed down Cedar Lane. At the
traffic light (next to the fire station), turn left onto Route 197
- Old Georgetown Road. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive.
Make a right turn on Convent Drive. Building 40 will be on the right
side. To park in garage, continue going straight on Convent Drive.
You will see two garages. Make a left turn on Lincoln Drive. Then
make an immediate right into the parking garage MLP8.
Visitor parking is available on the 8th floor of the garage at a
cost of $2 per hour for the first three hours or $12 per day.
From Virginia and All Points South of Washington, DC
Take I-95 north toward Washington, DC. At I-495
(Capital Beltway), head north toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. From
the Beltway (I-495), take Exit 34 which is Rt. 355 (Wisconsin Ave./Rockville
Pike) and head south toward Washington/Bethesda. At the second traffic
light, turn right onto Cedar Lane. Proceed down Cedar Lane. At the
traffic light (next to the fire station), turn left onto Route 197
- Old Georgetown Road. Turn left into the NIH campus at Center Drive.
Make a right turn on Convent Drive. Building 40 will be on the right
side. To park in the garage, continue going straight on Convent
Drive. You will see two garages. Make a left turn on Lincoln Drive.
Then make an immediate right into the parking garage MLP8.
Visitor parking is available on the 8th floor of the garage at a
cost of $2 per hour for the first three hours or $12 per day.
The information above is cited from
the NIH web site: Directions
to NIH page. |