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Directions to the Busch Campus
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ATTENTION: The 2008 mentors and mentees will need one-day parking permits if they plan to drive to the Conference and park by the Busch Campus Center. Click here for details. Travel Advisory: The NJ Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) construction activities associated with the Route 18 Reconstruction project have begun in the New Brunswick area. As a result, drivers are likely to experience delays, traffic pattern changes and possible lane and road closures when traveling through the area. For more information related to the Route 18 Construction project, visit the Route 18 Update website at http://route18update.rutgers.edu or http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/roads/route18 or for updated travel information. We encourage you to allow an extra ten or fifteen minutes travel time. DRIVING INFORMATION (as of April 20, 2008): Garden State Parkway Southbound: Turn off at Exit 129 for the New Jersey Turnpike and head south. Turn off at Exit 9, bear right after the tollbooths and follow signs for "Route 18 North - New Brunswick." Stay to the left to continue on Route 18 North. Proceed along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Continue on Route 18 North. Proceed up Route 18 to the Campus Road exit ramp on the right. Follow Campus Road until you come to the circle and take the first right off the circle onto Bartholomew Road. Continue on Bartholomew Road and the Busch Campus Center will be on your left. Garden State Parkway Northbound: Turn off at Exit 105 and follow signs for Route 18 North. After approximately 24 miles, you will pass the entrance for the New Jersey Turnpike. Proceed along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Continue on Route 18 North and follow the Busch Campus directions above. Interstate 287: Turn off at Exit 9 "Bound Brook/Highland Park." Proceed East on River Road toward Highland Park. Continue on River Road and you will pass under the overpass for Route 18. Make the next left onto Route 18 North and follow the Busch Campus directions above. New Jersey Turnpike: Turn off at Exit 9, bear right after the tollbooths and follow signs for "Route 18 North - New Brunswick." Stay to the left to continue on Route 18 North. Proceed along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Continue on Route 18 North and follow the Busch Campus directions above. US Route 1: Turn off at exit marked "Route 18 North-New Brunswick." Proceed along Route 18 North, crossing the Raritan River (approximately 3.7 miles). Continue on Route 18 North and follow the Busch Campus directions above. Via Public Transit: Trains New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line provides New Brunswick with both local and express service between New York and Newark's Penn Stations and Trenton New Jersey. (For Information 973-762-5100). SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) provides service at Trenton to and from Philadelphia. (For Information 215-580-7800). Amtrak provides limited direct service to New Brunswick, however connections can easily be made via New Jersey Transit trains to principle Amtrak stations at MetroPark, New York and Trenton. (For Information 1-800-USA-RAIL). Buses New Jersey Transit Bus Routes (For Information 973-762-5100): M11 - Service between New Brunswick (St. Peter's Hospital) and South River (Main Street and Obert Street). This route also has a stop at the New Brunswick Train Station. M14 - Service between North Brunswick (Fashion Plaza Mall) and Edison (Middlesex County College) with a stop at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue Campus. M15/M18 - Service between Woodbridge Center and Rutgers Student Center with stops at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue Campus, downtown New Brunswick on George Street near the Civic Square Building, and on the Douglass Campus on George Street near Cooper Dining Hall. From New Brunswick Train Station to Campus: The New Brunswick Train Station is located at the corner of Albany Street and Easton Avenue across from the Rutgers Bookstore. For the College Avenue and Busch/Livingston Campuses proceed up Easton Avenue (short hill) and turn right on Somerset Street. Proceed for half a block and turn left onto College Avenue. On your immediate right is the historic Old Queen's Campus (part of the College Avenue Campus complex) including the Undergraduate Admissions Office in Van Nest Hall. Campus Bus routes "EE","F", and "L" have a stop on George Street just before Somerset Street. Take either bus to the Rutgers Student Center/Brower Commons Stop (two stops), or proceed on your own down College Avenue for four blocks to these same facilities. Information and directions for reaching other campuses or facilities can be obtained at either the Rutgers Student Center's Information Desk or the Campus Bus Depot. For more information, visit http://www.njtransit.com/ There is a taxi dispatcher window inside the New Brunswick train station. ........................................................................... For information on overnight accommodations, click here.
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