Boulder Area Directions
and Transportation Information
NIST Boulder Visitor Check-In & Parking
Transportation
Boulder
is located about 40 miles northwest of Denver International
Airport (DIA). Transportation to and from Boulder is available
by rental car, shuttle, limousine, or bus. Most rental car
companies have facilities at DIA. A listing of ground transportation
options is available by visiting http://www.flydenver.com/gt/index.asp
and choosing Boulder as your destination.
A regional
bus service, the RTD, provides transportation between DIA
and Boulder. Buses leave every half-hour to an hour depending
on the time of day. The buses run between 6:15 a.m. and 11:15
p.m. Trip time is about 90 minutes, with a final stop at the
Boulder bus station. The one-way fare is $10.
Several
hotels/motels are located near the National Institute of Standards
and Technology.
Local
Boulder taxi service is also available.
Visitors
are required to show photo identification upon arrival
and must wear a visitor badge at all times while on the
NIST campus.
Directions
from Denver International Airport via tollway (E-470/Northwest
Parkway)
The entire
toll from the airport to Boulder is $6.00. For your convenience,
you may want to have the entire amount available in quarters.
The toll map is located at http://www.northwestparkway.org/maps/ExpressTollmap.pdf.
Exit the
airport via Peña Boulevard to E-470 and turn right.
E-470 will become the Northwest Parkway, which then becomes
StorageTek Dr./S. 96th St. Merge onto U.S. Hwy. 36 West to
Boulder. Stay on US-36 into Boulder and take the Baseline
Rd. exit. Stay left on the exit ramp and turn left (west)
on Baseline Rd. Travel under the US-36 overpass, to the first
stop light, at 27th Way. Get in the left turn lane and follow
27th Way up the hill to Broadway. Turn left at the stop light
at Broadway for approximately 2 blocks to the next light.
Turn right onto the Dept. of Commerce site.
Visitors
are required to show photo identification upon arrival
and must wear a visitor badge at all times while on the
NIST campus.
Driving
Directions from Denver International Airport via I-225/I-70
Upon leaving
the terminal or the rental car area, look for signs marked
"Airport Exit" and "To I-70 & I-225 via
Peña Blvd." Stay on Peña Blvd until it
merges with I-70 westbound.
Stay in
the left or center lanes to avoid exiting onto I-225 and other
cross streets, and continue westbound on I-70 for about 4
miles. Watch for the I-270 exit on the right, labeled "Westminster/Ft.
Collins," that comes at about 14 miles from DIA. It is
also labeled Exit 279, "US-36 Boulder."
Take I-270
past Quebec, Vasquez, and York Streets, and past I-76 at 18
miles from DIA. Stay in the left lanes, until you pass under
a "US-36 West/Boulder" sign at about 20 miles from
DIA. (Do not exit to the right, towards Ft. Collins or Broadway.)
Stay on
US-36 into Boulder, past the Foothills Parkway/Table Mesa/South
Boulder Rd exit, and take the Baseline Rd exit to the right,
at about 39 miles from DIA.
Stay to
the left on the exit ramp, and turn left (west) on Baseline
Rd. Travel under the US-36 overpass, to the first stoplight,
at 27th Way. Get in the left turn lane and follow 27th Way
up the hill to Broadway.
Turn
left at the stop light at Broadway for approximately 2 blocks
to the next light. Turn right onto the Dept. of Commerce site.
Visitors
are required to show photo identification upon arrival and
must wear a visitor badge at all times while on the NIST campus.
See also:
A-Z Subject
Index (Boulder), General
Information (Boulder), NIST
Boulder Laboratories Homepage, What
NIST Does, Products
and Services, NIST Home Page
Created:
July 6, 2000
Last updated: 10/16/07
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