Parking and Directions
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Preparing For Your Visit
Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center is conveniently located on Erwin Road, just off of Durham Freeway (NC-147) in Durham, NC. Duke Children’s Hospital is a “hospital within a hospital” within Duke Central Tower and Duke University Hospital. It contains pediatric and neonatal intensive care units.
Our emergency room includes a child-friendly pediatric area that is staffed by an expert team of pediatric emergency medicine specialists and nurses.
Parking
Duke University Hospital Lobby Circle:
- When attending an appointment at the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center (CHC), patients and caregivers can park in the CHC parking lot off of the Duke University Hospital entrance for $8. To access this parking lot, enter the Duke University Hospital lobby traffic circle from Erwin Road. Go around the traffic circle. Before the exit, take a right to the gated parking lot entrance. Signs will be available to direct you.
Duke Hospital Garage:
- Duke Hospital parking garage is located across Erwin Road from Duke University Hospital. Vehicles enter one block north, at 2223 Elba Street. The garage is within walking distance from the hospital entrance.
- Visitors may take a secure, well-lighted, and climate-controlled walkway under Erwin Road. To reach the walkway, take a parking garage elevator down to Level RT (for "tunnel") and follow the signs to Duke University Hospital or Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center. This parking garage is most convenient for patients and visitors who intend to use the Erwin Road hospital entrance, or visit Duke University Hospital or Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center.
- Cost: $2 per hour or a maximum of $14 per day.
Duke Medicine Circle Parking Garage:
- Located at 302 Trent Drive and features a climate-controlled, enclosed walkway to Duke Clinic. A free shuttle is just outside the garage to escort you to the Duke Medicine Pavilion entrance. This parking garage is most convenient for patients and visitors going to the Duke Medicine Pavilion, Duke Cancer Center, and Duke Clinic.
- Cost: $2 per hour or a maximum of $14 per day.
Duke Eye Center Garage:
- The Duke Eye Center garage is accessed on Eye Care Drive.
- Cost: 2$ per hour or a maximum of $14 per day.
Additional Parking Information:
- Parking for oversized vehicles is adjacent to the Duke University Hospital parking deck. To obtain a pass for an oversized vehicle, call 919-684-7275.
- One-use parking passes ($7 each) and five-use parking passes ($35 each) are available for patients visiting Duke for an appointment, patients in the hospital, and visitors of patients admitted to Duke University Hospital.
- To purchase discounted parking passes, visit an information desk at Duke Central Tower, Duke Medicine Pavilion, the Duke University Hospital entrance, Duke Cancer Center, or Duke Clinic (1st floor main lobby) to obtain a Discounted Parking Authorization Form. You can purchase passes in the parking garage or parking office. Parking passes expire after one year.
- Please visit one of these information desks if you have questions.
- Contact Duke Parking Services at 919-684-7275.
Duke faculty, staff, students, affiliates, and contractors cannot purchase or use discounted validations.
Transportation Options
Bus
Plan your trip to Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center through GoDurham bus routes 6 and 11A/11B or GoTriangle bus routes 400, 405, DRX, and ODX. The closest bus stops are Duke Hospital and Fulton St at VA Hospital. If you have trouble accessing these bus routes, visit GoDurham Access and GoTriangle Access to check if you meet the ADA eligibility for accessible transit programs.
Duke Transit provides free bus service to the Duke University Medical Center campus for students, employees, patients, and visitors. See maps of bus routes.
Accessibility
If you have trouble accessing the local bus routes, visit GoDurham Access and GoTriangle Access to check if you meet the ADA eligibility for accessible transit programs.
All routes served by Duke Transit are accessible to persons with disabilities. Accessible Duke University buses can be identified by the international accessibility symbol on the side of each bus. In addition, Duke’s after-hours van services program employs an on-call accessible van.
Shuttle
A free shuttle is available to take patients and visitors from just outside the Duke Medicine Circle Parking Garage to the Duke Medicine Pavilion entrance.
Other Options
- Transit information: 919-684-2218 or 919-681-4001
- Duke Van Services: 919-684-2020