Directions to the Training & Development Center

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From Atlanta (by Hwy. 316)

• From Atlanta, take 85 North.
• Exit to Hwy. 316 East towards Athens.
• Follow 316 all the way into Athens (approx. 40 miles). As you approach Athens, do not exit at the "Athens/Monroe Hwy 78" exit. Continue on 316 through two traffic lights, then bear right onto the Athens Perimeter Loop 10, traveling east.
• After approximately six miles, take the "Oconee Street/Lexington Road " # 8 exit to Lexington Road. Turn left onto Lexington Road (go under the bridge).
• Travel several blocks. Stay in the left lane. After passing the Dairy Queen (on the left), turn left at the second traffic light onto Williams Street. (For a landmark, look for Nuci’s blue building on the corner.)
• On Williams Street, follow around the curve and go under the train trestle. Turn right at the first traffic light onto Thomas Street.
• On Thomas Street, go up the hill and you will see the Training and Development Center on the right and the parking deck on your left. Park in the deck and walk back across the street. (Ignore the sign about visitors going to other entrance.)

From Atlanta (by Hwy. 78)

• As you approach Athens, pass Georgia Square Mall on the left.
• Continue on the Atlanta Highway (which changes names to Broad Street) into downtown Athens.
• As you approach downtown, you will pass the Holiday Inn on your right.
• Continue on Broad Street and cross Lumpkin Street, College Avenue, Jackson Street, then turn right onto Thomas Street as you are leaving the downtown district.
• Go two blocks on Thomas Street. The North Campus Parking Deck will be on your right, the Training & Development Center on your left. Park in the deck and walk back across the street. (Ignore the sign about visitors going to other entrance.)

From Augusta (via I-20)

• From I-20, take the Thompson/Washington (Hwy. 78) exit.
• Follow Hwy. 78 to Athens.
• As you approach Athens, pass Wal-Mart on your right. Continue on 78 (Lexington Road).
• Follow 78/Lexington Road past Shoney's, then past Carmike Theatres. Continue straight.
• Get in the left lane. Lexington Road changes names to Oak Street. After passing the Dairy Queen (on the left), turn left at the second traffic light onto Williams Street. (For a landmark, look for Nuci’s blue building on the corner.)
• On Williams Street, follow around the curve and go under the train trestle. Turn right at the first traffic light onto Thomas Street.
• Go up the hill and you will see the Training and Development Center on the right and the parking deck on your left. Park in the deck and walk back across the street. (Ignore the sign about visitors going to other entrance.)

 

From North Georgia (via Hwy. 441)

• As you approach Athens on Hwy. 441, at the traffic light at the Loop 10 Athens Bypass, proceed under the bridge (stay straight on 441, now named Martin Luther King Pkwy).
• After you go under the Loop 10 bridge, go through 1 traffic light (exit of loop 10), then a 2nd traffic light (College Ave.), then turn right at the 3rd light onto North Avenue. (You will have traveled less than one mile from the Loop 10 intersection.)
• Stay straight on North Avenue, which becomes Thomas Street. Go through 4 traffic lights (cross Dougherty, Hancock, Washington, Clayton, & Broad Streets). Be aware of turn lanes; stay straight on Thomas.
• Stay on Thomas as it crosses Broad Street. In the 2nd block after you cross Broad Street, look for the North Campus parking deck on your right (Lot N08) and park there. (Ignore the sign about visitors going to other entrance.)
• Walk across Thomas Street to the Training & Development Center.

Note: Hwy. 78, Lexington Road, Oak Street, Broad Street (East & West), and Atlanta Highway are all the same road. It just changes names a few times as it passes through Athens!

Questions? Contact us at (706) 542-7062 or training@uga.edu prior to your visit.