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Directions and Maps

MUSC Children's Hospital is located on the main campus of the Medical University of South Carolina in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.

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Directions from I-26 East (N. Charleston/Summerville/Orangeburg)

Coming into Charleston from I-26 East you will take exit 221A (Hwy. 17 South towards Savannah). Get in the right lane. After the first traffic light, take the Rutledge Avenue exit to your right - following signs to MUSC. At traffic light you will turn left (this is a one-way street you will only be able to turn left). Turn right onto Calhoun St. Take your first right onto Ashley Avenue. The hospital will be on your left. To drop off visitors or patients, take your 3rd left onto Horseshoe Drive. This will loop you around the front of the hospital.

Directions from Hwy 17N (West Ashley/Hollywood/Hilton Head)

Coming into Charleston on Hwy 17 North you will cross the Ashley River bridge. You will need to get in the far right lane. Take the Lockwood Ave. exit. Go straight through the first traffic light you come to. Go until the road ends and turn right onto Rutledge Ave. At the second traffic light turn right onto Calhoun St. Take your first right onto Ashley Avenue. The hospital will be on your left. To drop off visitors or patients take your 3rd left onto Horseshoe Drive. This will loop you around the front of the hospital.

Directions from Hwy 17 South (Mt. Pleasant/ McClellanville/Georgetown)

Coming into Charleston on Hwy 17 South you will go over the Cooper River bridges. Get in the right lane. After the first traffic light, take the Rutledge Avenue exit to your right - following signs to MUSC. At traffic light you will turn left (this is a one-way street you will only be able to turn left). Turn right onto Calhoun St. Take your first right onto Ashley Avenue. The hospital will be on your left. To drop off visitors or patients take your 3rd left onto Horseshoe Drive. This will loop you around the front of the hospital.

Parking is available in the following location:

Ashley Avenue in the B Lot
President Street in the G Lot (across from MUSC Institute of Psychiatry)
Jonathan Lucas St. in the patient and visitor garage