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N​ormal Weekday Campus Access - Monday through Friday​

Rockville Pike at Wilson Drive: Emp​​​loyees Only

  • 5 am - 7 pm - Inbound and Outbound Traffic

Rockville Pike at South Drive (Metro): Employees Only

  • Open 24 hours - Inbound and Outbound traffic

Rockville Pike at Center Drive: Employees Only

  • 6am - 7pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic

Rockville Pike at North Drive: Employees Only 

  • 5am - 10am, Weekdays - Inbound traffic only​ 

Rockville Pike at NIH Gateway Drive: Visitors Only

  • 6am - 9pm (entrance) and 6am - 11pm (exit)​ for MLP-11 parking garage

  • 4am - 12pm for access to campus via the NIH Gateway Vehicle Inspection​

Old Georgetown Road at Lincoln Drive: Employees Only

  • 5am - 9pm, Monday - ​Friday; Weekends/Holidays 6am - 4pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic

Old Georgetown Road at South Drive: Employees Only

  • Open weekdays from 6am - 10am - Inbound and Outbound traffic​

Old Georgetown Road at Center Drive : Employees Only

  • CLOSED UNTIL 2028

Cedar Lane at West Drive: Patients and Patient Visitors Only

  • 6am - 10pm, 7 days a week​
  • This entrance is for inbound traffic only
  • Clinical Center Hospitality staff will assist patients at the entrance

Commercial Vehicle Entrance: Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF) - Building 67

Rockville Pike - between North Dr. and Wilson Dr.

  • Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
  • After 4pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, all visitors in vehicles should enter via the CVIF​
  • After 10pm on weekdays and holidays, pedestrians should enter via the CVIF​​

​Pedestrian Entrances: 

Stand-alone Pedestrian portals: Employees Only

  • Open 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week

NIH Gateway Center at Metro: Employees and Visitors

  • Use the NIH Gateway Center (Building 66)
  • Open Monday - Friday, 6am - 10pm
  • Closed on Weekends and Holidays
  • After 10 pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, pedestrian visitors should enter campus via the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF) - Building 67 (on Rockville Pike between North Drive and Wilson Drive)
  • Patients and patients' visitors are encouraged to use the West Drive Patient Entrance, 6am - 10pm, 7 days a week

Employee Turnstiles at Vehicle Entrances

  • Open During Vehicle Hours Of Operation


Weekend/Holiday/After Hours Campus Access

(These hours also apply to most weather-related closures)

Rockville Pike at South Drive (Metro)

  • Open 24 hours a day - Inbound and Outbound traffic

Old Georgetown Road at Lincoln Drive

  • Weekends/Holidays 6am - 4pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic​

Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF)

  • Open 24 hours - Inbound traffic only
  • ​On all weekends and holidays, visitors (except patient/patient visitors) in vehicles or as pedestrians should enter via the CVIF​

Cedar Lane at West Drive: Patients and Patient Visitors Only

  • 6 am ​- 10 pm, 7 days a week​
  • ​This entrance is for inbound patient/patient visitor traffic only
  • Clinical Center Hospitality staff will assist patients at the entrance