to Optical Sciences from I-10

Optical Sciences
1630 East University Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Main Telephone:  520-621-6997

The I-10 freeway is currently under construction for the next three years. While construction is underway, the freeway will remain open; however, all exits from Prince road to 29th Street (east and westbound) are closed. Please allow additional time for possible traffic delays.
 
  • From Phoenix:
    Please note, you must exit at Prince Road (exit #254). Stay on the frontage road turning left onto east Speedway Blvd.
     
  • From South Tucson:
    Exit at 29th Street (exit #259) onto the frontage road turning right onto east Speedway Blvd.

 

  • Proceed East along Speedway Boulevard to Cherry Avenue.
  • Turn right (South) at Cherry Avenue onto the University of Arizona campus.
  • Proceed South to the intersection of Cherry Avenue and University Mall.  University Mall is a divided street.
  • Proceed through the two stop signs at University Mall. 
  • Optical Sciences is the tall building on the southeast corner of Cherry and University.  The end of the building closest to the Cherry/University intersection has a segmented glass front and the sides and back are wrapped in dark copper.
  • Directly south of the building, at the back, is a small surface parking lot.  Directly south of the surface parking lot is a service road.  Directly south of the service road is a red brick parking garage with hourly or daily parking rates.

Campus parking map:  http://parking.arizona.edu/pdf/maps/campus.pdf  The College of Optical Sciences is in the lower right quadrant.  The Cherry Avenue Garage is shown in red next to it.