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NIH Employee Access Map

Entrance / Exit Menu: (Click for details)
Pedestrian Entrances
Weekend, Holidays & After Hours Schedule
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For questions about campus access, please contact the ORS Information Line at orsinfo@mail.nih.gov or 301-594-6677, TTY - 301-435-1908.
Normal Weekday Campus Access - Monday through Friday:
Rockville Pike at Wilson Drive: Employees Only
- 5 am to 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
- 6 am to 7 pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic
Rockville Pike at North Drive: Employees Only
- 5 am to 10am - Weekdays, Inbound traffic only
- Open to outbound traffic (right turn only) on weekdays, 3pm-7pm
Rockville Pike at NIH Gateway Drive: Visitors Only
Old Georgetown Road at Lincoln Drive: Employees Only
Old Georgetown Road at South Drive: Employees Only
Old Georgetown Road at Center Drive : Employees Only
Cedar Lane at West Drive: Patients and Patient Visitors Only
- This entrance is for inbound traffic only
- Clinical Center Hospitality staff will assist patients at the entrance
- 6 am to 10 pm - 7 days a week
Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF): Commercial/Visitor Vehicles Only
- Building 67: Rockville Pike - between North Dr. and Wilson Dr.
- Open 24 hours - Inbound traffic only
- After 4pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, all visitors in vehicles or as pedestrians should enter via the CVIF
- After 10pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, all pedestrians should enter via the CVIF
Pedestrian Entrances:
Stand-alone Pedestrian portals: Employees Only
NIH Gateway Center at Metro: Employees and Visitors
- 6am - 10pm, Monday through Friday
- Closed on Weekends and Observed 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
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Patients and patients’ visitors are also welcome 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
- Saturday: 6 am to 4pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic
- Sunday: 6 am to 4 pm -Inbound and Outbound traffic
- Holidays: 6 am to 7 pm - Inbound and Outbound traffic
Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF)
- Open 24 hours - Inbound traffic only
- After 10 pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, visitors in vehicles or as pedestrians should enter via the CVIF
Cedar Lane at West Drive: Patients and Patient Visitors Only
- This entrance is for inbound traffic only
- Clinical Center Hospitality staff will assist patients at the entrance
- 6 am to 10 pm -- 7 days a week