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Below are directions for driving. We also have a separate page giving directions for visiting the Department using public transportation. (From downtown Seattle, this is probably easier than driving.)

From the Eastside (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond)

1. Take I-520 west, across the Lake Washington floating bridge, towards Seattle.
2. On the Seattle side, take the second exit, "Montlake."
3. At the end of the exit, go right onto Montlake Avenue; you'll be heading north. Start moseying over to the left lane.
4. Proceed across the Montlake Bridge, a cute little lift bridge crossing the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
5. Immediately after the bridge, you'll come to a major intersection. You'll see the UW football stadium ahead on the right, and the UW Medical Center on your left. Turn left, onto NE Pacific Street. The main campus will now be on your right, and the UW Medical Center still on your left.
6. Drive west along a very long block. At the end, take a right onto 15th Avenue NE.
   (Map of steps 4-6.)
7. Drive north along a very long block. You'll come to a light where you could make a right turn into the campus; don't. At the next light, just after passing under a footbridge that crosses 15th at the Henry Art Gallery, turn right into an underground parking garage. Pay the attendant, ask for a campus map, and park. Climb to daylight. [If underground parking is full, and the attendant turns you away, ASK which lot you should go to next. They are not always as helpful with this information as we would like, and if you don't ask, they may not tell you.]
8. Now you're looking for the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The Allen Center is a two-minute walk from the parking garage, in a south-south-east direction. It's located southeast of Drumheller Fountain, behind the Electrical Engineering building.
   ( Map of steps 7-8. The entrance to the underground parking garage is labeled "Gate 1," at coordinates J-8. The Allen Center is at coordinates N-13.)

From the South (Portland, Tacoma, SeaTac Airport, Downtown Seattle)

1. Proceed north on I-5. Pass through downtown Seattle. Avoid the "Express Lanes." As you head across the Lake Washington Ship Canal bridge, move to the right hand lane, and exit on NE 45th Street -- the first exit north of the Ship Canal.
2. Take a right (east) on NE 45th Street. NE 45th is frustratingly slow, but you'll only have to go a few blocks.
3. You'll cross a bewildering assortment of streets: 7th, 8th, and 9th Avenues NE; Roosevelt Way NE; 11th and 12th Avenues NE, University Way NE. At the next intersection, take a right (heading south) onto 15th Avenue NE.
4. The main UW campus will be on your left. Proceed south. At a light, just before you come to a footbridge that passes over 15th at the Henry Art Gallery, turn left into an underground parking garage. Pay the attendant, ask for a campus map, and park. Climb to daylight. [If underground parking is full, and the attendant turns you away, ASK which lot you should go to next. They are not always as helpful with this information as we would like, and if you don't ask, they may not tell you.]
   (Map of steps 3-4. The entrance to the underground parking garage is labeled "Gate 1," at coordinates J-8.)
5. Now you're looking for the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The Allen Center is a two-minute walk from the parking garage, in a south-south-east direction. It's located southeast of Drumheller Fountain, behind the Electrical Engineering building.
   ( Map of steps 4-5. The entrance to the underground parking garage is labeled "Gate 1," at coordinates J-8. The Allen Center is at coordinates N-13.)

From the North (Vancouver BC)

1. Proceed south on I-5.
2. Take the NE 45th Street exit, about two miles north of downtown Seattle. (It's actually an exit for both NE 50th Street and NE 45th Street; take the NE 45th Street option.)
3. At NE 45th Street, turn left (east). NE 45th is frustratingly slow, but you'll only have to go a few blocks.
4. You'll cross a bewildering assortment of streets: 7th, 8th, and 9th Avenues NE; Roosevelt Way NE; 11th and 12th Avenues NE, University Way NE. At the next intersection, take a right (heading south) onto 15th Avenue NE.
5. The main UW campus will be on your left. Proceed south. At a light, just before you come to a footbridge that passes over 15th at the Henry Art Gallery, turn left into an underground parking garage. Pay the attendant, ask for a campus map, and park. Climb to daylight. [If underground parking is full, and the attendant turns you away, ASK which lot you should go to next. They are not always as helpful with this information as we would like, and if you don't ask, they may not tell you.]
   (Map of steps 4-5. The entrance to the underground parking garage is labeled "Gate 1," at coordinates J-8.)
6. Now you're looking for the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The Allen Center is a two-minute walk from the parking garage, in a south-south-east direction. It's located southeast of Drumheller Fountain, behind the Electrical Engineering building.
   ( Map of steps 5-6. The entrance to the underground parking garage is labeled "Gate 1," at coordinates J-8. The Allen Center is at coordinates N-13.)

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