Travel Information
1. If coming South on the 405 from Los Angeles:
Take 405 to 73 South Tollroad. Get off at Irvine Blvd exit and you will
be on Bristol. Turn left at stoplight. Make an immediate left back on
Bristol and stay in right lane and go over the 73 Freeway. At the first
stoplight at Redhill, make a "U-turn" and the hotel is on the
right corner.
2. If coming North on the 5/405 from San Diego -
2 options:
NB: During rush hour, taking the 73 from the San Diego/La
Jolla area can save time. One-way toll is $2.25, and the tollbooths
are staffed.
A. Take 5 North to 73 North Tollroad to Bristol exit -
almost the last exit. You will be on Bristol. Move into the far right
lanes and go over the 73 Freeway. At the first stoplight at Redhill,
make a "U-turn" and the hotel is on the right corner.
B. Take 5 North to 405. Exit at MacArthur. Turn left at
offramp. Take MacArthur to Campus and turn right. Bristol and turn right.
Stay in right lane and go over 73 Freeway and at the first stoplight
at Redhill, make a "U-turn" and the hotel is on the right
corner.
3. If coming from the Inland Empire or South on the 55
Freeway:
Take the 55 Freeway South to 73 South Tollroad and follow instructions
from #1. No need to pay toll.
4. From the UCI campus:
Take Campus Drive West to Bristol - about 4 miles and turn right. Stay
in right lane and go over 73 Freeway. At the first stoplight, make a "U-Turn"
on Redhill and hotel will be on the right corner.
Driving Directions to UCI:
The campus is located in Orange County on approximately
1,500 acres of coastal foothills, five miles from the Pacific Ocean, between
Los Angeles and San Diego. It is just South of the Orange County
John Wayne Airport and just West of the 405 Freeway. On the Thomas
Bros. Orange County map, campus is on pages 889-890.
Holders of parking permits from another UC may park at UCI
for free. The parking permit from the other UC must be presented
to the parking attendant to obtain a parking pass.
UCI
Area Map and Directions to UCI from Major Freeways and the 73 Freeway
and Tollroad
[scroll down to see the area map]
Enhanced directions from the generic directions (above)
to get you to the LAUC Statewide Assembly meeting in the UCI Student Center,
rooms Emerald Bay C-D-E:
Driving
South to UCI from the 405 Freeway (from
the 5 South, take the 55 South to the 405 South):
1 - Take the Jamboree Road exit; turn right onto Jamboree.
From Jamboree, turn left onto Campus Drive (traffic light).
2 - Turn right onto West Peltason Drive (traffic light).
3 - Immediately turn left onto Pereira Drive (traffic light).
4 - Immediately turn left into the parking structure; pull up to the attendant
in the kiosk at the entrance.
5 - The attendant can give you a campus map and can point you to the Student
Center, which is across the street from the entrance to the parking structure.
6 - From the parking structure, enter the Student Center through the lower
door. Emerald Bay rooms C-D-E will be on your right on the lower
level.
Driving North
to UCI from the 405 Freeway (from the 5 North, take the 405 North):
1 - Take the Culver Drive exit; turn left, crossing the
405 Freeway. From Culver, turn right onto Campus Drive (traffic light).
2 - Drive under the pedestrian bridge; turn left onto West Peltason Drive
(traffic light).
3 - Immediately turn left onto Pereira Drive (traffic light).
4 - Immediately turn left into the parking structure; pull up to the attendant
in the kiosk at the entrance.
5 - The attendant can give you a campus map and can point you to the Student
Center, which is across the street from the entrance to the parking structure.
6 - From the parking structure, enter the Student Center through the lower
door. Emerald Bay rooms C-D-E will be on your right on the lower
level.
Driving West
to UCI (from the inland empire) via the 55 Freeway:
1 - Take the 91 West to the 55 South. Take the 405 South.
Follow the same directions as for "Driving South to UCI from the
405 Freeway" above.
Driving North
from the 73 Tollroad (San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor):
NB: During rush hour, taking the 73 from the San Diego/La
Jolla area can save time. One-way toll is $2.25, and the tollbooths
are staffed.
1 - From Interstate 5, North of Dana Point, take the 73
North.
2 - Exit at Bison Avenue; turn left onto West Peltason Drive (traffic
light).
3 - Continue on West Peltason as it curves around campus to the right.
4 - Turn right onto Pereira Drive (traffic light).
5 - Immediately turn left into the parking structure; pull up to the attendant
in the kiosk at the entrance.
6 - The attendant can give you a campus map and can point you to the Student
Center, which is across the street from the entrance to the parking structure.
7 - From the parking structure, enter the Student Center through the lower
door. Emerald Bay rooms C-D-E will be on your right on the lower
level.
Driving
from the Orange County John Wayne Airport:
1 - Take MacArthur Blvd. South (away from the 405) to Campus
Drive (traffic light).
2 - Turn left onto Campus Drive (traffic light).
3 - Turn right onto West Peltason Drive (traffic light).
4 - Immediately turn left onto Pereira Drive (traffic light).
5 - Immediately turn left into the parking structure; pull up to the attendant
in the kiosk at the entrance.
6 - The attendant can give you a campus map and can point you to the Student
Center, which is across the street from the entrance to the parking structure.
7 - From the parking structure, enter the Student Center through the lower
door. Emerald Bay rooms C-D-E will be on your right on the lower
level.
Need to reach someone during your
drive to campus? Phone the Main Library Loan desk at
(949) 824-6842. The Main Library reference desk opens at 10am (949
824-7234).
Points of Interest:
Here are some websites that our non-Orange County colleagues
may find helpful:
Orange County Performing
Arts Center
Irvine Barclay
Theatre
Orange County Register
[especially good for weather details]
Los Angeles
Times' Orange County edition
Orange County ArtsNet
[museums and performing arts, with hotlinks throughout to the individual
groups/locations]
Orange County.com
[general information]
Official County website
UC Irvine Campus website
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UC Irvine Libraries
Last Updated: April 20, 2001
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