Driving Directions

Driving Directions to Ohio State

Notes: The directions given below take into account the temporary closure of State Route 315 south of campus. If you are staying at the OSU Cross Country Inn South, you should take the Kinnear-King Exit of Route 315 immediately to the south of the Lane Avenue Exit referred to below, and take Olentangy River Road south to the hotel.

From the Northeast (Cleveland and Mansfield)

Take I-71 south to I-270 west
Take I-270 west to Route 315
Take Route 315 south to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn left on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the North (Sandusky)

Take Route 4 south to U.S. 23 south
Take U.S. 23 south to I-270 west
Take I-270 west to Route 315 south
Take Route 315 south to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn left on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the Northwest (Toledo)

Take I-75 south to U.S. 23 south
Take U.S. 23 south to I-270 west
Take I-270 west to Route 315 south
Take Route 315 south to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn left on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the West (Indianapolis, Dayton and Springfield)

Take I-70 West to I-71 North
Take I-71 North to I-670 West
I-670 West will become SR 315 North
Take Route 315 North to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn right on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the Southwest (Cincinnati)

Take I-71 North
Stay on I-71 where it exits on the right and combines with I-70 East
After about one mile, exit on the left to I-71 North
Exit on the left onto I-670 West
I-670 will become SR 315 North
Take Route 315 north to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn right on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the South (Portsmouth and Chillicothe)

Take U.S. 23 north to I-270 west
Take I-270 west to I-71 north
Stay on I-71 where it exits on the right to I-70
After about one mile, exit on the left to I-71 North
Exit on the left onto I-670 West
I-670 will become SR 315 North
Take Route 315 north to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn right on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the Southeast (Athens and Lancaster)

Take Route 33 northwest to I-70 west
Take I-70 west to I-71 North
Exit on the left to I-670 West
I-670 West will become SR 315 North
Take Route 315 north to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn right on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

From the East (Pittsburgh and Zanesville)

Take I-70 west to I-71 North
Exit on the left to I-670 West
I-670 West will become SR 315 North
Take Route 315 north to the Lane Avenue exit
Turn right on Lane Avenue
From this point, please refer to the "Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit" directions below

Access from Route 315 and Lane Avenue Exit

From the Lane Avenue exit of Route 315 proceed east 1/2 block
Take first street (traffic light) on the right (Fyffe Road).
After 1 block (first traffic light) turn left on Woody Hayes Drive
Proceed eastbound for 1/2 mile on Woody Hayes Drive over a bridge over the Olentangy River.
As soon as you cross the bridge, you will see the football stadium on your right. Park in one of the lots next to the stadium.
Walk a little south and east crossing Ives Drive and Milliken Road going past the campus bookstore (in Central Classroom Bldg. marked in red on map.)
Walk past the tall Dreese Lab building and cross Neil Avenue (marked in brown on the map) and walk 1/2 block east on 18th Avenue

Note: You can click on buildings in the campus map to see a picture of that building.

Return to OSU Department of Mathematics
Home Page.
Comments and questions: e-mail webmaster@math.ohio-state.edu