Parking & Directions
School of Dentistry & Jackson Street Outpatient Center
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Although the School of Dentistry's mailing address is on S. Preston Street, the patient/visitor entrance is on the back of the building close to this address: 452 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd. (click link to view on Google Maps). Look for a circular drive and a metal awning.
The UofL School of Dentistry and UofL Health Jackson Street Outpatient Center are located on the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center Campus. Please reference the maps and links below for information about parking, as well as turn-by-turn directions to the Chestnut Street parking garage.
If you have questions before your visit or upon arriving, please call 502-852-5096 or stop by the main information desk located directly inside the patient and visitor entrance. We look forward to your visit!
Patient entrance and drop-off/pick-up locations
The entrance for patients and visitors is under the covered awning at the northeast corner of the building at 452 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd (click link to view on Google Maps). This location is marked with a star on the map above.
Drivers can access this area in two ways:
- From E. Muhammad Ali Blvd. - Turn left into the School of Dentistry drop-off/pick-up area (about halfway between Jackson Street and Preston Street)
- From S. Preston Street - Turn left just before the Novak Center for Children's Health building (about halfway between Muhammad Ali Blvd and Chestnut street and follow the driveway around the building until you reach the pickup/drop-off area
The entrance for patients and visitors is at 550 S. Jackson St. (click link to view on Google Maps).
Drivers can access this area via Jackson St. (which is a one-way, northbound-only street) between E. Chestnut St. and E. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Parking options
For visitors who have a disabled parking permit, a limited number of disability parking spaces are available near the School of Dentistry patient/visitor entrance.
Please be sure to have the permit on display, as you can be fined if one is not present.
Patient and visitor pay parking is located inside the UofL Health Care Outpatient Center parking structure located at 414 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202 (click link to view on Google Maps). Detailed directions to this garage are below.
Following your appointment, please check with a patient service representative at the School of Dentistry front desk for a voucher that allows for $2 off the garage-parking fee. The voucher is valid at the Chestnut Street Garage only. NOT VALID AT UofL Hospital Garage.
A limited number of metered (pay) parking spaces are located near the School of Dentistry -- including spots on both Muhammad Ali and Preston Streets. These meters accept payment with coins and credit cards. See the city's current meter policies and rates
Please ensure that you have adequate time on the meter to avoid receiving a ticket. Use of parking meters is not recommended for long visits to the school.
Free street parking is also available, but is about a 10-20 minute walk from the building.
Directions to the Chestnut Street parking garage
- Take I-65 North to Exit 136A (Broadway/Chestnut Street); this ramp exits onto Brook Street
- Continue north on Brook Street for two blocks
- Turn right on E. Chestnut Street
- Continue two blocks
- Parking garage entrance is on the right after you cross Preston Street
- Take I-65 South to Exit 136C (Jefferson Street Downtown)
- Stay in the far-left lane of the ramp to continue on to Brook Street
- Go one block and then turn right on to E. Market Street
- Go two blocks and turn right on Preston Street
- Continue south on Preston Street for four blocks
- Turn left on E. Chestnut Street
- Parking garage is on the immediate right
- Take I-64 or I-71 to I-65 South
- Take I-65 North to Exit 136A (Broadway/Chestnut Street); this ramp exits onto Brook Street
- Continue north on Brook Street for two blocks
- Turn right on E. Chestnut Street
- Continue two blocks
- Parking garage entrance is on the right after you cross Preston Street
Health Sciences Center campus shuttle
To serve visitors to the School of Dentistry, the UofL HSC campus shuttle makes stops at the School of Dentistry patient and visitor entrance and at the Chestnut Street parking garage (shuttle stop is on the left as you exit the first floor of the garage). The shuttle route and stops are shown in red on the map above. The UofL shuttle is free. It runs approximately every 15 minutes.