Location
Getting to MIT Building E51
MBTA Red Line
Take the MBTA Red Line to Kendall Square. If you came from the north (Harvard Square, Alewife, etc), take the stairs straight up to the rear of the Kendall Square entrance and proceed forward onto Carleton Street. If you came from the south (Park Street, Ashmont, Braintree, etc), take the stairs up and then walk across the street to the other Kendall Square entrance, then continue behind it onto Carleton Street.
Follow Carleton Street to the end, where it connects to Amherst Street. Cross to the other side of Amherst Street and proceed to the left.
The building at the end of Amherst Street, on the corner of Amherst and Wadsworth, is Building E51, also known as the Tang Center. Just before the building is a parking lot; take the stairs after the parking lot entrance and proceed to the back door of Building E51.
From I-93 south:
Follow Route 93 North to the Cambridge/Storrow Drive exit (Exit 26). Take Exit 26, then follow the right fork and keep to the left as the offramp merges onto Storrow Drive.
From I-93 north:
- Follow Route 93 South over the Tobin Bridge and take the Cambridge/Storrow Drive exit (Exit 26). Merge onto Storrow Drive and get into the left lane.
- Once you're on Storrow Drive: Take the offramp on the left, shortly after the underpass, then take a right to cross over the Longfellow Bridge.
- Immediately at the end of the bridge, turn right onto the offramp, then turn right onto the road, and follow it to Memorial Drive.
- Almost immediately upon reaching Memorial Drive, turn right onto the first side street, which is Wadsworth Street. Then turn left onto Amherst, and immediately turn left into the E51 parking lot.
Park your car, then enter E51 through the back door.
Interstate 495
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Exit 22) and follow it East to Cambridge (Exit 20). Then follow the Mass Pike directions below.
Route 128
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Exit 24), and follow it East to Cambridge (Exit 20). Then follow the Mass Pike directions below.
Massachusetts Turnpike
Common Massachusetts Turnpike directions
- Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Cambridge (Exit 20). Go through the lights and over the overpass, then turn right onto Memorial Drive. You'll pass the Howard Johnsons Motel and MicroCenter on your left, and then cross over the B.U. Bridge.
- Follow Memorial Drive to Wadsworth Street, and turn left onto Wadsworth. Then turn left onto Amherst, and immediately turn left into the E51 parking lot.
Park your car, then enter E51 through the back door.
Getting from the E51 parking lot to Room 395
E51 has a small parking lot in back, and the back entrance leads to a large elevator which is closest to the room. Toward the front of the building is a smaller elevator that's further away from the room.
You can enter E51 from the back entrance by the parking lot, or through the front entrance on the corner of Amherst and Wadsworth Street. If you enter through the rear entrance, the large elevator is just down the corridor a short distance.
If you enter through the front entrance, walk to the end of the foyer and take the stairway up to the first floor, then follow the corridor all the way to the large elevator.
Take the large elevator to the third floor, and turn right as you exit the elevator. Room 395 is way at the end of the corridor.
In the event that the front entrance to E51 is locked, it may be possible to enter through E52 across the street and use the walkway that passes over Wadsworth Street to enter E51.
