Traveling to Madison

The University of Wisconsin - Madison is centrally located in the heart of Madison, Wisconsin, USA. It is convenient to Interstate 90/94 for access to Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, IL airports.

Airports
Parking
Campus/City Bus Service
Directions to Campus
Campus Construction


Airports

Madison, Wisconsin is home to the Dane County Regional Airport which serves more than 100 daily flights. Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Newark, New York-LaGuardia and St. Louis are the major non-stop destinations serviced from Madison. Commercial air carriers that offer service from the Dane County Regional Airport include Northwest, United Express, Midwest Airlines, American Eagle (American), Comair (Delta) and Continental Express. It is about a 15-20 minute ride into campus from the airport by taxi cab.

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Parking

Parking is very limited on campus and within the city. Housing's residence halls do not have their own parking facilities. Arrangements for parking may be made by contacting your conference coordinator or the UW-Madison Transportation Services Office:
Phone: (608) 262-8683
E-mail: visitor-parking@fpm.wisc.edu

Be sure to tell the parking staff what conference you are attending and what building you will be staying in so that they can try to give you a parking assignment within walking distance.

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Campus/City Bus Service

There are daytime Madison Metro Bus routes (buses 80/85) that stay within campus and are free to all riders. Several other bus routes run through campus to various local attractions and shopping. These routes do have a rider fee.
Phone: (608) 266-4466
TTY: (608) 267-1143

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Directions to Campus

Directions to the UW-Madison campus.

For updates on road closures due to the flooding situation occurring around southern Wisconsin, please check the Wisconsin Department of Transportation web site

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Campus Construction

There are various road construction projects occurring on campus this summer. If you are planning to visit any of the following residence halls, please be aware of the following alternate route.

Bradley, Cole, Sullivan and West Kronshage Halls

The section of Observatory Drive, between Easterday Drive to Walnut Street, is closed. Please follow Charter Street north and proceed west on Observatory Drive to access these residence halls.

There is also significant road construction in Madison and surrounding areas scheduled for this summer. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation provides the latest update on Interstate/State Highway workzones around the state.

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