Are you ready to brave the narrow, one-way streets of Berkeley?
Below you’ll find directions for reaching the Berkeley campus by car. Also see the online campus map. There are several options for parking, but you may want to use other modes of transportation.
From San Francisco, the San Francisco airport, and points south on northbound Highway 101
- Follow U.S. 101 north and then switch to I-80 east, and take it across the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
- Stay left as you get off the Bay Bridge and take I-80 east heading to Berkeley & Sacramento
- Exit I-80 onto University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus and turn right
- Continue on Oxford Street until you reach Durant Avenue.
- Turn left on Durant Avenue until you reach Telegraph Avenue and turn left again.
- Sproul Hall is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
From Oakland, the Oakland airport, Hayward or San Jose on northbound I-880
- Stay in left center lanes on I-880 when you reach downtown Oakland
- Exit I-80 east (to Berkeley)
- Exit I-80 at University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street and turn right
- Continue on Oxford Street until you reach Durant Avenue.
- Turn left on Durant Avenue until you reach Telegraph Avenue and turn left again.
- Alumni House is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
From the East Bay on westbound Highway 24
- From Highway 24 exit at Telegraph Avenue and take a right on Telegraph.
- Continue on Telegraph until it ends at the southside of campus on Bancroft Way.
- Sproul Hall is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
From the East Bay on northbound Highway 13
- Highway 13 ends and becomes Tunnel Road
- Continue on Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road becomes Ashby Avenue near the Claremont Hotel. Continue on Ashby.
- Turn right at Telegraph Avenue
- Continue on Telegraph until it ends at the southside of campus on Bancroft Way.
- Sproul Hall is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
From the East Bay on I-80 bound either east or west
- Exit University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus and turn right
- Continue on Oxford Street until you reach Durant Avenue.
- Turn left on Durant Avenue until you reach Telegraph Avenue and turn left again.
- Alumni House is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
From the East Bay on westbound I-580
- Exit I-80 East (to Berkeley & Sacramento)
- Exit at University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus and turn right
- Continue on Oxford Street until you reach Durant Avenue.
- Turn left on Durant Avenue until you reach Telegraph Avenue and turn left again.
- Alumni House is located close to the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.