Pedestrian Entrances:
Stand-alone Pedestrian portals: Employees Only
NIH Gateway Center at Metro: Employees and Visitors
- NIH Gateway Drive Main Patient/ Patient Visitor Entrance January 16 – March 10
- Weekdays 4am–10pm Weekends 6am–10pm
- Closed on observed holidays.
- After 10 pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, pedestrian visitors should enter campus via the
Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF) - Building 67 (on Rockville Pike between North Drive and Wilson Drive)
- Patients and patients' visitors are also welcome to use the West Drive Patient Entrance, 6am - 10pm, 7 days a week.
Employee Turnstiles at Vehicle Entrances
- Open During Vehicle Hours Of Operation
Weekend/Holiday/After Hours Campus Access:
(These hours also apply to most weather-related closures)
Rockville Pike at South Drive (Metro)
- Open 24 hours a day - Inbound and Outbound traffic
Old Georgetown Road at Lincoln Drive
- Weekends/Holidays 6am-4pm, entrance and exit
Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF)
- Open 24 hours - Inbound traffic only
- After 10 pm on weekdays, all day weekends and holidays, visitors in vehicles or as pedestrians should enter via the CVIF
Cedar Lane at West Drive: Patients and Patient Visitors Only