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Directions to the Hirsh Health Sciences Library
 

Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library is located in the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications at 145 Harrison Avenue off Kneeland Street near Chinatown. To arrive at the library, take the elevator from the lobby to the 4th floor and proceed left down the hall. The Library entrance is on the right.

Directions by Car:

 

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From the West (Massachusetts Turnpike I-90):
  1. Take the "South Station" exit (#24-A).
  2. Turn left onto Kneeland Street.
  3. Take a left onto Harrison Avenue (there is a Sovereign Bank on the corner). 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
    *Please note that during 2007 there will be periodic night and early morning highway closures on I-90 requiring all traffic heading to Routes 93 North and 93 South, as well as South Station, to access these roads via Exit 24-A (Kneeland Street/South Boston), causing additional traffic and potential delays.

    Please also note that during 2007 there will be periodic evening and night closures of I-90 (Mass Pike) East between Exit #22 (Prudential Center/Copley Square) and South Boston. During these closures all traffic will be directed off the Mass Pike at Copley Square onto Stuart Street.

*Alternate Directions From the West (Massachusetts Turnpike I-90):

  1. Use Exit #25 to South Boston. Keep right where the ramp splits and follow the signs toward South Station via the South Boston Bypass Road and the Northbound Frontage Road.
  2. Continue on Frontage Road to the traffic light at Kneeland Street.
  3. Turn right onto Kneeland Street, and continue straight for several blocks.
  4. Turn left onto Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
From the South (Interstate 93):
  1. Take Exit 20 and continue straight, following the signs to "South Station" past the left hand exit to I-90 East.
  2. Get into the left-hand lane at the split, and follow the signs for "South Station" and "Chinatown".
  3. Turn left at the 2nd set of lights onto Kneeland Street.
  4. Turn left at the third set of lights onto Harrison Avenue (there is a Sovereign Bank on the corner).145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
    *Please note that during 2007, periodic night and early morning highway closures on other portions of Exit 20 may cause delays due to substantial additional traffic on the "South Station" and "Chinatown" portion of the Exit 20 ramp.
From the North (Interstate 93):
  1. Take the South Station exit (#20-A), onto Purchase Street.
  2. Continue along Purchase Street, which becomes Surface Artery, to Kneeland Street.
  3. Turn right onto Kneeland Street.
  4. Take a left onto Harrison Avenue (there is a Sovereign Bank on the corner). 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
    *Please note that periodic night and early morning "Big Dig" closures of other portions of Route 93 may cause delays from additional traffic at the Exit 20-A ramp.

    During 2007, I-93 South Exit 20A to South Station will undergo periodic night and evening closures. Drivers will be detoured to Exit 23, Purchase Street.

    To reach Tufts HHSL via Exit 23 off of I-93 South, travel along Purchase Street, which becomes Surface Artery, to Kneeland Street. Turn right onto Kneeland Street. Go straight for several blocks. Turn left onto Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.

Storrow Drive:

  1. Take the Copley Square/Clarendon Street Exit.
  2. Veer right and then left onto Clarendon.
  3. Make a left onto Boylston Street, a right onto Tremont Street, and a left onto Stuart/Kneeland Street.
  4. Make a right at the second light onto Harrison Avenue (there is a Sovereign Bank on the corner). 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
Massachusetts Avenue:
  1. From the North (Cambridge) turn left onto Washington Street.
  2. From the South (Dorchester) turn right onto Washington Street.
  3. Make a right onto Kneeland Street and a right at the first light onto Harrison Avenue (there is a Sovereign Bank on the corner). 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
 

Parking Information:

 

Parking is available on the street, in the Tufts Medical Center's garage at 274 Tremont Street (next to the Wang/Citi Performing Arts Center), and in other lots adjacent to the medical center. Parking tickets are validated for reduced rates at the library's InfoCirc Desk.

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Directions by Public Transportation via:

 

 

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Red Line (Downtown Crossing):
  1. Exit the train station at Chauncy Street. Stay on this road, which becomes Harrison Avenue when it crosses Essex.
  2. Cross Kneeland Street at the set of lights. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
Orange Line (Tufts-New England Medical Center):
  1. Turn left on Washington Street.
  2. Go right onto Kneeland Street. Turn right onto Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
Green Line (Boylston/Theater District):
  1. Walk straight down Tremont Street and go left at the lights on Stuart Street (a "7-11" is on the corner).
  2. Walk down Stuart Street, which becomes Kneeland Street.
  3. Turn right on to Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.

Silver Line (Tufts-New England Medical Center):

  1. Go left on Washington Street.
  2. Take a right onto Kneeland Street. Turn right onto Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.
Commuter Rail (South Station):
  1. Go left onto Atlantic Avenue (you will be walking against the traffic on a one-way street).
  2. Turn right onto Kneeland Street. Walk about five blocks.
  3. Turn left at the lights onto Harrison Avenue. 145 is on the right just beyond St. James Church.