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Using the E470 toll road:
Total Est. Time: 42 minutes, Total Est. Distance: 42.0 miles

• Head west on Pena Blvd - 3.0 miles
• Take exit 6B toward Boulder/Ft. Colling (Toll road) - 0.9 miles
• Merge onto E-470 N (Toll road) - 17.5 miles
• Continue onto Northwest Pkwy (Partial Toll road) - 9.4 miles
• Take the ramp onto US-36 W/Denver Boulder Turnpike - 8.9 miles
• Turn left onto Colorado Ave - 0.5 miles
• Take Colorado Ave to campus and go past Regent Drive.
• Take your very next left into the Engineering Center Visitor Parking – Zone 6304. 
  If you pass the stadium, you have gone too far.
• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center. (the DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left)
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

Route without tolls
This more southerly route does not use Toll roads. It usually takes 50-70 min, about 10-15 minutes longer than the toll route.

• Head west on Pena Blvd - 10.9 miles
• Take the exit toward I-70 W - 3.9 miles
• Keep right at the fort to continue on i-270 W, follow the signs for Fort Collins/Boulder - 6.6 miles
• Continue on US-36 W (signs for US-36/Boulder) - 20.4 miles
• Turn left onto Colorado Ave - 0.5 miles
• Take Colorado Ave to campus and go past Regent Drive
• Take your very next left into the Engineering Center Visitor Parking – Zone 6304. 
  If you pass the stadium, you have gone too far.
• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center. (the DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left)
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

From Lot 436

• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center (the DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left).
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

From the UMC

• Exit the UMC North Doors. Descend the stairs, turn left and ascend the wide ramp ahead.
• Turn right and continue straight. You will pass Cristol Chemistry on your right and pine trees on your left. You will reach a T-Intersection.
• Take a hard right onto a wide concrete path known as Campus Mall. Continue straight and downhill until you reach 18th Street. Cross 18th Street to the sidewalk and turn left.
• Continue straight passing pine trees on your right. Continue past the Colorado and 18th Street Bus Stop. Continue along the sidewalk heading slightly downhill for 5 blocks. You will pass Folsom Field on your left.
• Ahead there is an intersection with stoplights. Once you reach this intersection and the Colorado and Folsom bus stop, turn left onto a wide path marked with a red concrete on the left and a grey concrete on the right.
• The building on your left with many angled peaks is the Engineering Center. Continue straight until you reach concrete poles on your left and a very wide concrete entrance to the Engineering Center.
• Take a left here and pass under the elevated part of the building towards the main entrance. Continue to the doors ahead to enter the Engineering Center main lobby.

From the C4C

• Exit the Center for Community doors. Descend the stair set and turn right. Turn left at the sidewalk next to the grassy slope (dorms will be on your left and a large grassy area ahead of you on your right)
• Follow this large sidewalk until you meet the Engineering Center on your right (the building on your right with many angled peaks). Continue straight until you reach concrete poles on your right and a very wide concrete entrance to the Engineering Center. Take a right here and pass under the elevated part of the building towards the main entrance. Continue to the doors ahead to enter the Engineering Center main lobby.
• Once in the lobby, walk past the elevators and turn left, following the sign towards mechanical and aerospace engineering. Walk down the corridor and turn right before the double doors labeled aerospace (at the painted wall) take the ECNT stairwell to your right (opposite the painted wall) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

Total Est. Time: 34 minutes, Total Est. Distance: 28.0 miles (traffic dependent)

• Head northwest on I-25 N

• Take exit 217 on the left to merge onto US-36 W/Denver Boulder Turnpike toward Boulder - 20.6 miles

• Turn left onto Colorado Ave - 0.5 miles
• Turn right onto Colorado Ave
• Take Colorado Ave to campus and go past Regent Drive
• Take your very next left into the Engineering Center Visitor Parking – Zone 6304. 
  If you pass the stadium, you have gone too far.
• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center (the DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left)
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

Total Est. Time: 20 minutes, Total Est. Distance: 15 miles

• Go south on CO-119 S / DIAGONAL HWY toward CO-119 N - 9.2 miles
• CO-119 S / Diagonal Hwy becomes CO-157 S / Foothills Pkwy - 1.8 miles
• Turn right onto Arapahoe Ave / CO-7 N. Continue to follow Arapahoe Ave - 0.9 miles
• Turn left onto 28TH St. / US-36 E. - 0.4 miles
• Turn right onto Colorado Ave
• Take Colorado Ave to campus and go past Regent Drive
• Take your very next left into the Engineering Center Visitor Parking – Zone 6304. 
  If you pass the stadium, you have gone too far.
• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center (the DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left)
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.

Total Est. Time: 7 min (1.3 miles)

• Head west toward Innovation Drive

• Turn left onto Innovation Drive
• Turn right onto Colorado Ave
• Take Colorado Ave to campus and go past Regent Drive.
• Take your very next left into the Engineering Center Visitor Parking Zone 6304
• If you pass the stadium, you have gone too far.
• If you cross Regent Drive at the pedestrian crosswalk, head west across a courtyard and under the Engineering Center
• The DLC is to your right; the ITLL is to your left
• Go through the heavy doors and up the white stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right and walk to towards the end of the corridor.
• At the astronaut exhibit turn left and take the stairwell to your left (ECNT stairwell opposite the astronaut exhibit) to the third floor. CCAR, ECNT 323, is clearly marked.