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PARKING - students can park free after 5pm in the green and purple designated parking areas around Grover Hall.  Maps of the campus and parking areas were sent to all OU 12-12-12 students.  If you have not received a copy of this map, please visit the OU parking services website by clicking here .  During Athletic events students may park at no charge in Lot 79 or in the Ping Rec Center parking lot, otherwise a $5.00 charge will be required to park in the green and purple areas.

DIRECTIONS

From the North or West through Columbus

If you are driving from the North or West, take I-270 around Columbus, OH, to the Southeast side.

Take US-33 East, Exit 46 B, following US-33 E for approximately 68 miles from I-270 to get to Athens.

Business US-33 goes through the city of Lancaster, encountering numerous traffic lights, but providing access to motels, gasoline filling stations, and restaurants. The Lancaster bypass is now open, and unless you need those services, we do advise that you use the bypass, staying on US-33 instead of taking the Business Route exit as you approach Lancaster. Continue on US-33 East past Logan and through Nelsonville.

After Nelsonville, as you approach Athens, pass the first OH-682 exit (for "The Plains"). If there is a stop sign at the end of the OH-682 off-ramp, you have taken the exit for The Plains. You can either turn right, go to the fourth traffic light and turn left onto Richland Avenue, or get back on the highway and follow the directions in the next paragraph.

After US-33 E joins US-50 W in Athens, take Exit 17, for OH-682 N. Turn right at the first traffic light, onto Richland Avenue, to cross the Hocking River and enter the Ohio University campus.

From Northeast Ohio

If you are driving from the Cleveland or Akron area, take I-77 S through Marietta and into West Virginia.

Stay on I-77 South, approximately 4 miles past WV-2, to US-50 West.

A four-lane bypass for US-50 is under construction through Parkersburg and Belpre, using a new bridge over the Ohio River, with additional segments being opened as they are completed. (It used to be faster to exit in Marietta, and take OH-7 to join US-50 in Belpre, but the bypass is far enough along now that it is faster to stay on I-77.) If you encounter any traffic lights in Parkersburg, then the bypass is not yet complete, and you will need to bear right as you come off of the old bridge over the Ohio River.

Stay on US-50 W and OH-32 W from Belpre (across the Ohio River from Parkersburg, WV). Once you are on US-50 W in Belpre, you have about 45 minutes still to go.

Stay on US-50 W all the way up the Hocking River valley to the city of Athens. This will require an exit from the OH-7 four-lane less than a mile West of the small sign to turn left for "downtown Coolville."
US-50 has been upgraded, and is now four lanes all the way from Belpre to Athens.

After US-33 E joins US-50 W in Athens, take Exit 17, for OH-682 N.

Turn right at the first traffic light, onto Richland Avenue, to cross the Hocking River and enter the Ohio University campus.

From Southwest Ohio

If you are driving from Southwest Ohio, take OH-32 E to Athens.

If you are driving from the Chillicothe area, take US-50 E to Athens.

Just West of Albany, OH, at the Ohio University Airport, OH-32 E and US-50 E join together. Continue East on OH-32 and US-50.

Pass the exit for US-33 E to Pomeroy, OH (that off-ramp exits to the left).

Take Exit 17, for OH-682 N. You will have gone about nine miles from the airport.

Turn right at the first traffic light, onto Richland Avenue, to cross the Hocking River and enter the Ohio University campus.