FAQ

  
Below you will find some of the frequently asked questions:

Q- Where do I park?

A- Students may park in the parking garage on 43rd and Elkhorn Ave, or in the 49th Street garage. Please note that at no time should any student park in a reserved spot, or in a spot/lot/garage area designated Faculty/Staff (F/S)

Blue passes are assigned to students who register for classes or lessons through the Continuing Ed program.   Passes are issued with the dates of our sessions and are to be used while taking CMD classes or lessons, only!   Parking services has a shortage of parking spaces and will not honor these blue student passes when taking or teaching ODU credit classes. Should you need parking at other times there are metered spaces around campus as well as a paid visitor lot next to the 49th Street garage.

Q- How do I get to ODU and the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center?

A-

From Williamsburg:

            Take I-64 East to Norfolk.  Drive through the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Approximately six miles after leaving the tunnel, you will see a sign saying, “To Terminal Boulevard/To Naval Bases.” Follow Terminal Boulevard until you reach the third traffic light, where Terminal Boulevard and Hampton Boulevard intersect.  Turn left onto Hampton Boulevard. 

To reach Diehn Fine and Performing Arts:

You will continue on Hampton Boulevard until you reach the seventh traffic light.  This will be 49th Street.  Make a right onto 49th Street.  You will pass Forman Field on the right and a glass building on the left.  The first street on your left will be Elkhorn.  Turn left onto Elkhorn and park in Lot 27 (the first parking lot on your right).  The brick building on the corner of 49th and Elkhorn is Diehn Fine and Performing Arts.

From Virginia Beach:

            Take I-264 West to Downtown Norfolk.  This highway turns into Waterside Drive.  Follow Waterside Drive for several blocks, which turns into Boush Street.  At the intersection of Boush and Brambleton Avenue turn left onto Brambleton.  Move into the right lane.  You will see a sign that says “To ODU.” Merge with the traffic onto Hampton Boulevard.

To reach Diehn Fine and Performing Arts:

            Continue on Hampton Boulevard for approximately three miles.  Make a left onto 49th Street.  Make a right onto 49th Street.  You will pass Forman Field on the right and a glass building on the left.  The first street on your left will be Elkhorn.  Turn left onto Elkhorn and park in Lot 27 (the first parking lot on your right).  The brick building on the corner of 49th and Elkhorn is Diehn Fine and Performing Arts.

From Chesapeake:

            Take I-64 East toward Suffolk (from Deep Creek area, take I-64 West).  Take the I-464 exit to Norfolk.  Stay left on the Berkley Bridge, avoiding the I-264 exit, and take the Waterside Drive exit on the right once you cross the bridge.  Follow Waterside Drive for several blocks, which turns into Boush Street.  At the intersection of Boush and Brambleton Avenue turn left onto Brambleton.  Move into the right lane.  You will see a sign that says “To ODU.” Merge with the traffic onto Hampton Boulevard.

To reach Diehn Fine and Performing Arts:

            Continue on Hampton Boulevard for approximately three miles.  Make a left onto 49th Street.  Make a right onto 49th Street.  You will pass Forman Field on the right and a glass building on the left.  The first street on your left will be Elkhorn.  Turn left onto Elkhorn and park in Lot 27 (the first parking lot on your right).  The brick building on the corner of 49th and Elkhorn is Diehn Fine and Performing Arts.

From Norfolk International Airport:

            Coming out of the airport follow signs for I-64 West toward Richmond and Hampton.  Once on I-64 move to the left hand lane.  Several miles later you will see a sign for a left exit for 564 and Terminal Boulevard.  Take this exit.  You will be on 564 for a very short span.  Take the first exit (to your right) it will say Terminal/Hampton Boulevard.  Follow Terminal Boulevard until you reach the third traffic light, where Terminal Boulevard and Hampton Boulevard intersect.  Turn left onto Hampton Boulevard. 

To reach Diehn Fine and Performing Arts:

You will continue on Hampton Boulevard until you reach the seventh traffic light.  This will be 49th Street.  Make a right onto 49th Street.  You will pass Forman Field on the right and a glass building on the left.  The first street on your left will be Elkhorn.  Turn left onto Elkhorn and park in Lot 27 (the first parking lot on your right).  The brick building on the corner of 49th and Elkhorn is Diehn Fine and Performing Arts.

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