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Employee Access Map

Campus Access Map with Perimeter Security

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Entrance / Exit Menu: (Click for details)

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 - 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

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