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Driving Directions

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

NOTE: Travel between campus and the airport takes approximately 20 minutes. Traveling during rush hours or in inclement weather will increase the length of the trip.

• From the terminal, stay in the right lane (heading east) on Aviation Way toward Airport Blvd. Aviation Way becomes Lexington Dr.
• At John N Hardee Expy., turn right.
• At SC-302/Edmund Hwy, turn left.
• At US-176N/US-21 Charleston Hwy, turn slight left.  This road becomes Knox Abbott Drive, then Blossom Street.
• Cross the Congaree River. About 1/2 mile ahead, look for the Carolina Coliseum on the left corner of Blossom and Assembly streets, get in the left lane.
• At Main Street, turn left. Stay on Main Street until it dead-ends at Pendleton Street (behind the State Capital).
• At Pendleton Street, turn right.
• At Barnwell Street, turn right, then turn right into the parking lot.
  

Atlanta

• Take I-20 east to Columbia.
• Exit at I-26 (exit #107) to Columbia.
• Stay on I-26 until it merges with I-126 to Columbia.
• I-126 ends with two lanes exiting to Elmwood Avenue and two lanes exiting to Huger Street.
• Exit on Elmwood Avenue lanes.
• Stay on Elmwood Avenue until it dead-ends at Bull Street (at S.C. State Hospital).
• At Bull Street, turn right.
• Stay on Bull Street until it dead-ends on Pendleton Street.
• At Pendleton Street, turn left.
• At Barnwell Street, turn right, and turn right into the parking lot
  

Charlotte

• Take I-77 south to Columbia.
• Exit at I-277 (exit #18) (I-77 merges with Highway 277). Highway 277 becomes Bull Street in the city.
• Stay on Bull Street until it dead-ends at Pendleton Street.
• At Pendleton Street, turn left.
• At Barnwell Street, turn right, then turn right into the parking lot.
  

Parking on campus

Parking is limited on and around campus. Several large open parking lots are available at the edge of campus off Assembly Street. See the University's Web site for locations of those lots. USC maps are online at http://web.csd.sc.edu/uscmap .

Two parking garages are located near the Moore School of Business -- Pendleton Street Parking Garage and Senate Street Parking Garage. Metered parking is available in a smaller lot which can be entered from Barnwell Street. Reserved parking near the National Advocacy Center is not available and is closely monitored.

Visitor parking

Parking on campus is available to faculty, staff, and students by permit and is mostly on a first-come, first-served basis.

Campus visitors may obtain a temporary visitor permit from the Department of Parking and Vehicle Registration Services. The visitor permit is valid in various lots throughtout campus. Metered parking is also available on campus for visitors who may want to purchase parking meter cards for "all-day parking."

Contact the Department of Parking and Vehicle Registration Services at the Pendleton Street Garage or by calling 803-777-5160 or fax to 803-777-4325.

Recruiter parking

The Graduate Career Management Office is located on the 5th floor of the H. William Close Building in the Moore School of Business, which is on the corner of Pendleton and Barnwell streets.

Reserved parking spaces for recruiters are located on the top level of the parking deck immediately adjacent to the business building. When you arrive on campus, enter the deck from Barnwell Street (entrance is in front of Columbia Hall), pass the metered spaces, and drive to the rear of the deck. ONLY Reserved Spaces 309-323 are available for your use. Please DO NOT PARK IN SPACES 301-308. Occasionally a guard will block the entrance to the parking lot. Tell him/her that you are a recruiter and wish to park in our reserved spaces. Please be sure to display the parking pass provided to you in your rear window to avoid parking tickets.

The reserved spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If these spaces are filled when you arrive, check the metered spaces on the top level of the parking deck