Directions to BIAC

• Directions from Duke and UNC Campuses
• Off-Campus Driving Directions
• Directions from the Clinic Parking Garage
• Interactive Maps

The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC) is located in Durham, NC at Duke University Medical Center in the Bell Building, room 163. Our main office number is 919-681-9337. Call if you get lost.

Directions from Duke and UNC Campuses

From Duke WEST Campus:

From the Chapel/Bryan Center parking lot, cross Science Drive, and go down the stairs by the traffic circle. At the bottom you will see the LSRC (an L-shaped building). Walk straight toward the LSRC, then turn right along the side of the building under the covered walkway, which ends at Research Drive. Cross the street and follow the sidewalk toward the Searle Center. At the end of the sidewalk, you will come to a parking circle and the entrance to the Searle Center. Go to the right, alongside the Searle Center/Medical Center Library. Pass under the tram railway. The building immediately in front of you is the Bell building (a brick, sand colored building). Turn right and walk around the building (up a flight of stairs and around the corner). You will find the main entrance to the Bell building on your left. Enter the Bell Building. You will see another door in front of you. Open it, and walk straight down the hall until you reach a dead-end. Turn right, and go to the last door on the left, room 163, where the BIAC office is located.

From Duke EAST Campus:

Go to the Central Campus bus-stop, and board the "East-West-Trent via Central" bus. Get off at the first stop on Yearby Road (the one closest to Flowers Drive). Walk straight towards Flowers Drive. When you come to the intersection at Flowers Drive, you will see a parking garage in front of you. Turn left onto Flowers, and cross over to the other side where there is a sidewalk. When you reach the corner where Trent Drive intersects, turn right, then continue straight. You will see a bus stop on either side of you and a traffic circle in the distance. See Directions from Clinic Parking Garage below.

From Duke CENTRAL/NORTH Campus:

At the intersection of Yearby Road and Flowers Drive (facing the Duke Clinic parking garage), turn left onto Flowers and walk towards West Campus. When you reach the corner where Trent Drive intersects, turn right, then continue straight. You will see a bus stop on either side of you and a traffic circle in the distance. See Directions from Clinic Parking Garage below.

From UNC Campus:

Take the Robertson Scholars Bus to Duke West Campus and follow the From Duke WEST Campus directions above.

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Off-Campus Driving Directions

From Greensboro and Points West:

• Take I-85 North.
• Take exit 172 onto NC-147 South (Durham Freeway).
• Take exit 15B (Fulton St) off NC-147.
• Turn right onto Fulton St.
• Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
• Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
• Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left.

From Richmond and Points North:

• Take I-85 South.
• Take exit 174A (Hillandale Rd) off I-85.
• Turn left onto Hillandale Rd.
• At the 4th light Hillandale Rd becomes Fulton St.
• Keep going straight under NC-147 (Durham Freeway).
• Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
• Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
• Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left.

From RDU Airport, Raleigh and Points East:

• Take I-40 West.
• Take exit 279B onto NC-147 North (Durham Freeway).
• Take exit 15B (Fulton St) off NC-147.
• Turn left onto Fulton St.
• Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
• Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
• Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left.

From Chapel Hill:

• Take US 15-501 North. (Note: Do NOT take 15-501 Business.)
• Take exit 108 onto NC-147 South (Durham Freeway).
• Take exit 15B (Fulton St) off NC-147.
• Turn right onto Fulton St.
• Turn left at the second light onto Erwin Rd.
• Turn right at first light onto Trent Dr.
• Parking garage is about 1/10 mile up on the left.

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Directions from Clinic Parking Garage

To BIAC main office

When you exit the parking garage, orient yourself so that the Morris Cancer Clinic is to your left and Bell Service Drive is to your right. Cross Trent Drive and make your way across Duke Clinic Circle. You will eventually see descending steps. Go down them and keep straight. You will see the Bell building (a sand colored building) in front of you and the Life Flight helicopter pad to the right. Enter the Bell Building. You will see another door in front of you. Open it and walk straight down the hall until you reach a dead-end. Turn right and go to room 163 where the BIAC office is located.

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Interactive Maps

• Campus map
• Google map (intersection of Trent and Erwin)
• MapQuest map (intersection of Trent and Erwin)
• Live map (intersection of Trent and Erwin)

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