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Directions to Emory

FROM INTERSTATE 20 EAST OR WEST

Take exit 60 if you are driving west or exit 60-B if you are driving east; these are the Moreland Avenue North exits. With either exit, go right on Moreland and follow it approximately 3 miles. Moreland's street name will change to Briarcliff Road once it crosses Ponce de Leon Avenue. Continue straight on Briarcliff approximately 2 miles to North Decatur Road. Turn right and follow North Decatur one mile to the second traffic light. At this five-point intersection, make a hard left turn on Oxford Road. Take your first right on Eagle Row and follow signs to park in the Peavine Parking Lot / Visitors Lot.

FROM INTERSTATE 75 NORTH OR SOUTH

Take exit 248-C. Driving northbound this is the International Boulevard/ Freedom Parkway/ Carter Center exit; driving southbound the exit will read Freedom Parkway /Carter Center. Exit and drive east on Freedom Parkway/ Georgia Route 10. You will cross Boulevard. Note that you will not exit right on Georgia Route 42/Carter Center; instead, continue on Freedom Parkway until it dead-ends at Ponce de Leon Avenue. Turn right and continue on Ponce until you reach Briarcliff Road. Turn left on Briarcliff. Drive approximately 2 miles to North Decatur Road. Turn right and follow North Decatur Road one mile to the second traffic light. At this five-point intersection, make a hard left turn on Oxford Road. Take your first right on Eagle Row and follow signs to park in the Peavine Parking Lot / Visitors Lot.

FROM INTERSTATE 85 NORTH AND HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The airport is located in the southwest section of the city, approximately 25 minutes from the Emory University campus. Visitors driving from the airport should take I-85 North. To Emory from Interstate 85 North, take exit 248-C, the International Boulevard/Freedom Parkway/Carter Center exit, and drive east on Freedom Parkway/ Georgia Route 10. You will cross Boulevard. Note that you will not exit right on Georgia Route 42/Carter Center; instead, continue on Freedom Parkway until it dead-ends at Ponce de Leon Avenue. Turn right and continue on Ponce until you reach Briarcliff Road. Turn left on Briarcliff. Drive approximately 2 miles to North Decatur Road. Turn right and follow North Decatur Road one mile to the second traffic light. At this five-point intersection, make a hard left turn on Oxford Road. Take your first right on Eagle Row and follow signs to park in the Peavine Parking Lot / Visitors Lot.

FROM INTERSTATE 85 SOUTH

Take exit 91, the Clairmont Road exit. Turn left (east) on Clairmont and follow it approximately 3 miles to North Decatur Road. Turn right and follow North Decatur approximately one mile to the Emory campus. At this five-point intersection, make a right turn on Oxford Road. Take your first right on Eagle Row and follow signs to park in the Peavine Parking Lot / Visitors Lot.

VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION—MARTA

Atlanta's mass transit system is MARTA (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority). MARTA operates a coordinated system of bus and train lines for access to all of Atlanta. Exact change ($1.75) or tokens are required.

The Emory campus is accessible from the Lindbergh MARTA station and the Candler Park station on the #6-Emory bus or from the Arts Center station and the Avondale station on the #36-North Decatur bus.

Coming from the airport, take any train northbound to the Lindbergh MARTA station, and take the #6-Emory bus to the Emory campus. Ask the bus driver to let you off in Emory Village (intersection of North Decatur and Oxford Roads). From this stop, walk up the hill into the campus. Please consult the Program Schedule and Campus Map for the exact location of your event. For a bus schedule, access the MARTA web site. Weekly and monthly passes, good for unlimited rides on all routes, are available.

VIA TAXI

A cab ride from the airport to campus will cost from $35 to $45 and will take approximately 25 minutes with normal traffic. Allow at least an hour's travel time during weekday rush hours, 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Ask the driver to take you to Emory University. Please consult the Program Schedule and Campus Map for the exact location of your event.

To save on taxi fares, one may also easily take a MARTA train from the airport to Lindbergh Station and then take a taxi to Emory.