Directions to Olsen Hall

Set your GPS to: 198 Riverside St, Lowell MA 01854. This will bring you to the building shown below.
Parking is behind the building (with building on your left, take a left at Sarah Ave, just after Olsen Hall),
or down the street at the Riverside Lot which will be on your right (see map at bottom of this page).

The unmistakeable Olsen Hall.

UML has three campus areas – North, South, and East. We’re located on “UML North.”

From Boston

• Take Mass Pike or Rt 2 West to Rt 128/95
• Take 128/95 North to Rt 3 North
• Take Rt 3 North to the Lowell Connector
• Continue with Lowell Connector directions below

From Rt 495

• Exit at 35C, the Lowell Connector
• Continue with Lowell Connector directions below

From New Hampshire, Rt 3

• Take Rt 3 South into Massachusetts
• Exit at 30A, which puts you on 495N
• Immediately take exit for Lowell Connector
• Continue with Lowell Connector directions below

From Southern NE (on Rt 95)

• Take Route 95 North to Rt 3 North
• Take Rt 3 North to the Lowell Connector
• Continue with Lowell Connector directions below

From Southern NE (on Rt 495)

• Take Rt 495 North
• Exit at 35C, the Lowell Connector
• Continue with Lowell Connector directions below

From Lowell Connector

• Take Exit 5B on the right, onto Thorndike St./Rt 3A. You'll swing around 270 degrees and merge onto Thorndike.

• Drive through an underpass (under the Lowell Connector), then continue straight through 3 traffic signals. After the 3rd signal, get in the left lane.

• Now you'll pass through another pair of underpasses. After going through, look on your left for the new Dunkin' Donuts building and the McKittrick building (see photo below). Turn Left onto Fletcher St which passes by McKittrick.

  

• Drive straight to the traffic signals at the end of Fletcher (about 1 mile). There will be a funeral home on your left. Turn Right onto Pawtucket St.

• The brand-new glass and steel University Crossing building will be on your right. Take a left across the University Ave bridge.

• On the north side of the river, go straight across the VFW Parkway (the road parallel to the river), then take the right at Riverside St. There will be a Dunkin' Donuts at this intersection.

• Olsen Hall will be the concrete block standalone building on your left.

Parking

• If it’s the weekend or evening, you can park behind Olsen Hall itself. Just past it is the parking entrance (take a left when you pass the building, then left again to get into the lot).

• Otherwise, parking is about 1/4 mi down Riverside St. Pass the lot, take a right, and then take another right to get in. See the "This is the Riverside Lot" in the map below. The lot is open after 3p on weekdays, and on Saturdays. Otherwise, you'll need a parking pass.