Directions

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First of all, here's a request for all guests: if you are driving, and would be willing to give one or more carless out-of-town guests a ride to the wedding and back to their hotel, please let us know. Send us an e-mail at ynusi@mit.edu and amu@mit.edu, and let us know how many people you would be willing to take.

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Here are all the directions:

Route 270 is an interstate that connects the Washington Beltway (Rte. 495) to a lot of other parts of Montgomery county; thus, almost all the directions will be given to 270 or from 270. For example, there will be directions from the airport to 270 and from 270 to the hotel. You can put the two pieces together.

BWI airport to 270:
After exiting the airport, take 195 West; take exit 2B onto 295 South, toward Washington; continue on 295 for about 18 miles; take 95/495 North exit towards Baltimore to get onto 495; take exit 35 onto 270 North.
Dulles airport to 270 (involves a toll road):
Get out onto Dulles Airport Access Road; take exit 12, 13, or 14 (labeled as Reston Pkwy./Wiehle Ave./Hunter Mill Rd.) onto 267 East; take exit 18 onto 495 toward Baltimore/Richmond; keep left at the fork in the ramp, and get onto 495; take exit 38 onto 270 spur North.
Reagan National airport to 270:
Get out onto George Washington Memorial Parkway North; take the exit onto 495 North, toward Maryland; take exit 38 onto 270 spur North.
North of Washington, DC to 270:
Going South on 95 toward Washington, take exit 27, 26, or 25 toward US-1/College Park/Silver Spring, in order to end up on 495 West; keep right at the fork in the ramp; from 495, take exit 35 onto 270 North, toward Frederick.
South of Washington, DC to 270:
Going North on 95 toward Washington, take exit 170A (on the left) onto 395 North, toward Washington; from 395, immediately take exit 170B onto 495 North, toward Tysons Corner; after continuing on 495 for about 18 miles, take exit 38 onto 270 spur North.
270 to Comfort Inn:
Take exit 8 - Shady Grove Road East; Comfort Inn will be about a mile away, on your right, at the intersection of rte. 355 (Rockville Pike) and Shady Grove Road.
270 to Best Western:
Take exit 6B - rte. 28 West; after exiting the ramp, make the first right into the hotel's driveway.
Comfort Inn to ceremony:
Make a left turn out of the hotel parking lot onto Shady Grove Road; drive for about a mile, then get onto 270 going South; take 270 (not the spur) to 495 going East, toward Silver Spring; from 495, take exit 33 onto Connecticut Avenue South; the woman's club will be on your left after you pass Dunlop Street.
Best Western to ceremony:
Make a left turn out of the hotel parking lot onto 28; immediately after that, take the first ramp to 270 South (on your right); take 270 (not the spur) to 495 going East, toward Silver Spring; from 495, take exit 33 onto Connecticut Avenue South; the woman's club will be on your left after you pass Dunlop Street.
Ceremony to reception:
Make a right turn onto Connecticut Avenue; after several miles, make a right onto Veirs Mill Road; after 4-5 streets, make a left onto Claridge Road (there is a big, hard-to-miss church at that intersection); make the very first right, which leads directly to the Claridge Room driveway and parking lot.
Reception to Comfort Inn:
Turn left onto Claridge Road, then right onto Veirs Mill Road; go down Veirs Mill for a while; Veirs Mill will end and join with 355 and 28 in a weird-shaped intersection - when this happens, bear right, thus going on 355 North; after a while, you will come to the intersection of 355 with Shady Grove Road, and see the Comfort Inn on your left.
Reception to Best Western:
Turn left onto Claridge Road, then right onto Veirs Mill Road; go down Veirs Mill for a while; Veirs Mill will end and join with 355 and 28 in a weird-shaped intersection - when this happens, bear left (two lanes will be going left at that point) and you will end up on 28 going West; follow 28 for a while; as soon as you pass a junction with 270, the hotel will be on your right.
Comfort Inn to 270:
Make a left turn out of the hotel parking lot onto Shady Grove Road; drive for about a mile, then get onto 270.
Best Western to 270:
Make a left turn out of the hotel parking lot onto 28; take the first ramp to 270 South, or the next ramp going North.
270 to BWI airport:
Take 270 (not the spur) to 495 East, toward Silver Spring; from 495, take exit 22A North onto 295, Baltimore-Washington Parkway, toward Baltimore; go for about 18 miles; take an exit onto 195 East, toward BWI airport.
270 to Dulles airport (involves a toll road):
When 270 splits, take the spur toward 495 South/Northern Virginia; when 270 ends, you will be on 495 going South, toward Northern Virginia; take exit 12B onto 267 West, toward Dulles Airport; after the toll booth, take the exit on the left toward Dulles airport, and merge onto Dulles Airport Access Road.
270 to Reagan National airport:
When 270 splits, take the spur toward 495 South/Northern Virginia; when 270 ends, you will be on 495 going South, toward Northern Virginia; take exit 14 or 13 toward 193, George Washington Memorial Parkway/Georgetown Pike; keep right at the fork in the ramp, and merge onto George Washington Memorial Parkway South; take the exit toward National Airport, and merge onto 233 going to the airport.
For any other destination, take 270 to 495, which will lead you to 95 north or south, depending on where you're going, and you should know where to go from there....
Last modified: Sun Mar 25 22:41:51 EST 2001