Plan a Visit
If you are interested in coming for a visit, please contact the Academic Program Coordinator at 434 924-8646 to schedule your day.
Via I-64
- Take I-64 to Charlottesville, Exit 118B (UVA Information Center exit).
- Take Rte. 29 north to Ivy Road/Rte. 250 Business East.
- Turn RIGHT off the exit ramp.
- Pass the UVA Information Center.
- Go straight through next 6 lights:
At 4th light (Emmet St.), Ivy Road becomes University Avenue. You will pass the Rotunda on your right after going through 5th light. - Turn RIGHT at 7th light (strange intersection between University
Avenue-which now curves left to become Main Street-and Jefferson Park Avenue). - Go south on Jefferson Park Avenue to first light (Lee St.).
- Turn LEFT at Lee St. and park in 11th Street Parking Garage (you will see the garage on your left). Bring your parking ticket with you; the department will validate it (validation not available for regular/repeat visits or for class attendance).
- Exit the parking garage and walk back to the intersection of Lee Street and
Jefferson Park Avenue. - Cross Jefferson Park Avenue.
- Walk to large brick building at the end of the driveway (West Complex, where DPHS is located).
- Enter building through main glass doors.
- Pass to the right of the information desk to find the Main Elevators.
- Take Main Elevators to 3rd floor; follow signs to Public Health Sciences.
- Enter suite through main door. Call 4-8646 using the phone on the table to your right.
From Washington, DC
- From Washington, take I-66 WEST to Exit 43A (US 29 South). US 29
crosses I-66 at several points; 43A is the most efficient exit. - Take US 29 South into Charlottesville (70+ miles).
- Continue south under the overpass for the US 250 Bypass (the light right before the overpass is Angus Road; there will be hotels on your left and a bank on your right).
- After you go under the overpass, go straight through the next several lights
- Turn LEFT at University Avenue (there will be another hotel on your right)
- Go straight through the next two lights (Rugby Rd., 14th St.).
- Turn RIGHT at the third light (Jefferson Park Avenue).
- Turn LEFT at the next intersection (Lee Street).
- Park in 11th Street Parking Garage on your left. Park here and we will validate your ticket. Bring your ticket with you.
(validation not available for regular/repeat visits or for class attendance). - Walk out of the parking garage back onto Lee St. Turn RIGHT.
- Cross Jefferson Park Avenue. You will be looking at a large brick building at the end of a driveway. This is the West Complex (where you’re headed).
- Enter the West Complex through the main entrance and pass RIGHT of the information desk to get to the main elevators.
- Take main elevators to the 3rd floor and follow the signs to Public Health Sciences (room 3181).
- Enter suite through main door. Call 4-8646 using the phone on the end table on your right.
From the south on Route 29
- Take Route 29 North to Charlottesville.
- Exit on Fontaine Avenue (this is also the exit for the Fontaine Research Park
and the football stadium). - Turn RIGHT off the exit ramp, and get in the left lane as soon as possible (the right lane vanishes after you pass the Fontaine Research Park).
- Go straight through the light at Fontaine Research Park and the light after
that. - As you approach the 3rd light, the road will fork into a V. Bear RIGHT at the V, which will quickly merge onto Jefferson Park Avenue.
- Continue straight through the next light and under the pedestrian overpass at the Health Sciences Library.
- Turn RIGHT onto Lee Street.
- Park in 11th Street Parking Garage on the left. Bring your parking ticket with you; we will validate it (validation not available for regular/repeat visits or for class attendance).
- Exit the parking garage and walk back to the intersection of Lee St. and
Jefferson Park Avenue. - Cross Jefferson Park Avenue.
- Walk to large brick building at the end of the driveway (the West Complex, where DPHS is located).
- Enter building through main glass doors.
- Pass to the right of the information desk to find the Main Elevators.
- Take Main Elevators to 3rd floor; follow signs to Public Health Sciences.
- Enter suite through main door. Call 4-8646 using the phone on the end table on your right.
Link to UVA Parking & Transportation: http://www.virginia.edu/parking/facilities/11thstreet.html
If you get lost… Tracey Brookman (Program Coordinator): 434-924-8646