Your Route to the Hospital
Your Route to the Hospital
Before the big day, plan the route you will take to get to the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, as well as an alternate route. Practice the drive during heavy traffic and times with very little traffic.
Parking: When coming to the hospital during normal hours, we recommend you park in the 12th Avenue Garage at 340 W. 12th Ave. and enter the hospital through the ground floor entrance opposite the parking garage. Take the Doan Hall elevator to the sixth floor. Please note: The 12th Ave. hospital entrance closes at 5 p.m.
You may also park in the SAFEAUTO Garage and enter the hospital through the 10th Avenue main hospital entrance. Take the Doan Hall elevator to the sixth floor.
After-Hours Arrival: If arriving between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m., please enter the hospital through the Emergency Department, which is located on the north side of The James, accessible from 12th Avenue via the road between the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Harding Hospital (Davis Drive). We recommend that you valet park. You can also self-park in the nearby 12th Avenue Garage and take the covered pedestrian walkway on the ground level to the Emergency Department entrance.
Download a map of the temporary entrance to the Emergency Department.