25th Avenue South vehicular, pedestrian route to change starting March 4

Beginning Monday, March 4, the vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle and scooter routes in the 25th Avenue South and Garland Drive area will be changing. This detour, as most of the others affecting traffic around VUMC, is part of the Vanderbilt University Central Utilities Initiative project.

Updates:

• 25^th Avenue between Highland Avenue and the drive in front of Vanderbilt University’s Studio Arts Building will be closed to vehicular traffic.
• The drive in front of the Studio Arts Building has been widened to accommodate two-way traffic, detouring to Garland Drive and 24^th Avenue South.

Continuing Impacts:

• 25th Avenue will remain closed from Blakemore Avenue to Highland Avenue.
• Jess Neely Drive is permanently closed to vehicular traffic.
• Natchez Trace will remain closed between Jess Neely Drive and West End Avenue.

Additional impacts for pedestrians, bicyclists, and scooter riders:

Pedestrians

Updates:

• The west sidewalk on 25^th Avenue between the Student Life Center to Highland Place will be closed. Pedestrians on 25^th Avenue will route in front of the Student Life Center across Garland Avenue near the Engineering and Science Building.

Continuing Impacts:

• Pedestrians should follow posted detour signs.
• On 25th Avenue, one side of the street will remain open between the Student Recreation Center and Highland Avenue.
• On 25^th Avenue, south of Highland Quad, pedestrians should detour to 24^th Avenue S or Natchez Trace. A crosswalk between the Student Recreation Center and Highland Quad is in place but may shift location as construction progresses. Flaggers, temporary ramps and signs are on site to help navigate the work zone.
• A temporary, accessible sidewalk is open to connect Jess Neely Drive to 25^th Avenue South near the McGugin Center. The route between Jess Neely and 25^th Avenue S will be modified to route behind the tennis courts.

Bicyclists and Scooter Riders

Updates:

• 25^th Avenue between Highland Avenue and the drive in front of the Studio Arts Building will be closed to bicycle traffic.
• The drive in front of the Studio Arts Building has been widened to accommodate two-way traffic, detouring to Garland Drive and 24^th Avenue South.

Continuing Impacts:

• Due to spatial limitations along the modified pedestrian route at Jess Neely near the Tennis Center, bicyclists and scooter riders are prohibited from riding across Jess Neely Drive during this phase of work.
• Bicyclists and scooter riders can dismount and walk to bike parking facilities at the McGugin Center from the Natchez Trace to the west, or to bike parking facilities at the Tennis Center from east/25^th Avenue S.
• Non-dismount access to campus via the Recreation Center Path and Highland Quad will remain open, but now cyclists will also be able to move east/west along Children’s Way.