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Directions to the New Jersey State Library: Directions by car Directions by car: Take the exit for Interstate Route 95 South -- Pennsylvania. Stay on Route 95 to the last exit in New Jersey. Follow signs for Route 29 South (Trenton.) Take Route 29 into Trenton. You will see the white dome of the planetarium on your left. Move into the left lane and take the exit marked "Memorial Drive." Once you have taken the Memorial Drive exit, The War Memorial Building will be ahead on your left just past the traffic light. Move to the RIGHT lane and circle to the RIGHT through Parking Lot 5. At the light, cross over and you will be at the back of the State House. A guard will ask you for ID. You can park here in the "surface lot" - You then need to proceed up the stairs you see at the left. Once up the stairs - look diagonally. This is the State Library. There is a fountain and a square right outside the Library. This is a main entrance to the library. Please enter and identify yourself to the guard. Take Route 295 North to the exit marked Trenton and Shore Points. On the exit ramp, bear left onto Rt. 129 toward Trenton. As you merge onto 129, move into the left most lanes and follow them around to the left through the Rte. 29 Tunnel, following Rte. 29 North. As you come through the tunnel you will see the Waterfront Stadium on your left (home of the Trenton Thunders). Move into the right hand lanes, continuing on 29 North stay in the right lane. Follow this three exits to the Memorial Drive exit. (Follow the directions from the Memorial Drive exit above or the Calhoun Street exit below.) Take Rt. 195 West toward Trenton. It becomes Rt. 129 as you approach the city. Proceed into the left most lanes and follow signs to Rte. 29 North and the Tunnel. You will bear around to the left. (As you go through the tunnel Waterfront stadium will be at the light on your left hand side.) Move into the right most lanes on Rte. 29 North and follow through three exits until you see Memorial Drive.. (Follow the directions from the Memorial Drive or Calhoun Street exit above.) From the New Jersey Turnpike (either direction): Take NJ Turnpike to Exit 7A, Trenton. Take Route 195 West toward Trenton. It becomes Rt. 129 as you approach the city. Proceed into the left most lanes and follow signs to Rte. 29 North and the Tunnel. You will bear around to the left. (As you go through the tunnel Waterfront stadium will be at the light on your left hand side.) Move into the right most lanes on Rte. 29 North and follow through three exits until you see Memorial Drive.. (Follow the directions from the Memorial Drive exit or Calhoun Street exit above.) Visitor Note- Appropriate ID is required for N.J. State Library visitors.Please see the guard upon entering the building to receive a visitor pass. Visitor Parking:Visitors may use street parking at meters on West State Street (use the Calhoun Street exit directions) or may park in the surface lot behind the State House (use the Memorial Exit directions). For anyone who is unable to take stairs, it is advisable to use the meters on West State Street and enter the N.J. State Library from street level. If you do park at the surface lot, there is a dirt trail directly behind the entrance to the employee parking garage. Follow this trail and you will come to the "dock" area for the Library. Turn right and follow to the building ahead. This is a walkway between the State Library and the State Museum. Enter the door to your right (a guard is usually stationed here) and then make a quick left through this door and you will proceed up a slight ramp to the Level 2 door of the N.J. State Library. Enter these doors and show you ID to the guard. If you parked at street level - Exit at Level 3 of the library. If you parked in the surface lot and took the stairs, exit at Level 3 and make a right to go to the square with the fountain. The stairs are diagonally right from this door. If you came in the surface lot using instructions for those who cannot take the stairs, exit through Level 2 of the Library. Go through the doors, making a right and down the ramp through doors. Make another right and then a quick left. This will take you by the Loading dock. Just after the loading dock, make a left and follow the path to the surface lot and your vehicle. To go north on Route 29:Exiting from the surface lot and at the light make a right. Within approximately five miles will be signs for Route 95 (South and North). To go south on Route 29:Exiting from the surface lot: At the light just passed the guard's booth, light make a left and get over into the right-hand lane. Then bear right and at the next stop street turn right and you will be on Route 29 south. Follow this and you will continue on to head toward Route 295 south or 195 to the Shore Points. Exiting from West State Street:Return to the intersection of Calhoun Street and West State Street, make a left and get into the right most lane to take either Route 29 South or Route 29 North. Directions to and from the Trenton Rail Station by Bus: From the Trenton Rail Station to the Library by bus Bus and Train Schedules are available from the New Jersey Transit web site. From the Trenton Rail Station to the Library by bus Visitors coming to the New Jersey State Library via the Trenton Train Station can take one of the Capital Connection bus lines (601, 606, 608 and 609) to get to the library. According to Capital Connection Transit Schedule (available in pdf format), to get to the New Jersey State Library, board any of the following bus lines at the East Bus Stop on S. Clinton Avenue (next to the Trenton Rail Station and across from the River LINE Station):
Or board the following bus line at the North Bus Stop on Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard (across from the station):
The New Jersey State Library is located approximately 100 yards from the New Jersey State House. Visitors wishing to get from the New Jersey State Library to the Trenton Train Station can take one of the the Capital Connection bus lines (601, 606, 608 and 609) that stop in front of the library on West State Street. According to Capital Connection Transit Schedule (available in pdf format), to get to the Trenton Train Station, board the following bus lines at any bus stop on the south side of State Street:
At the Trenton Rail Station/River LINE Station, the 601, 606, 609 and CCS will stop at the West Bus Stop (South Clinton Avenue across from the Trenton Rail Station by Mercer Cemetery.) The 608 will stop at the South Bus Stop (Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard east of entrance to the Trenton Rail Station). View online maps to the library: Directions to the library from any location (from Google Maps) Updated: April 3, 2007
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