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Directions To University Place (hotel)

See the bottom of this page for directions to the hotel. 

Coming from the airport?  You can take the MAX from the airport to University Place for only $2.00.  It arrives at the airport every 15 minutes:

   1. Buy your MAX tickets from the machines at the end of the baggage claim area
   2. Just outside the baggage claim area, board the MAX Red Line to City Center & Beaverton TC
   3. Get off at Rose Quarter TC MAX Station
   4. Go to Rose Quarter Transit Center bus stop
   5. Board Bus #40 Mocks Crest to Portland
   6. Get off at SW 5th & Jackson
   7. Walk 0.2 mile southeast to 310 SW Lincoln St
(Total travel time: 52 minutes.  It’s a pretty ride into town, but substantially longer than a cab ride.)

Parking information

Parking fees at University Place are as follows:
* Daily parking, $9
* After 1:30 p.m., $5
* After 5 p.m., $3
* Guest parking, $12 overnight

University Place is only a few blocks from the heart of PSU’s campus, where the conference will take place (see directions from University Place to PSU below).  If you need to park at PSU, click here for info. 

Map & Directions for Portland State University

Click here for a campus map.  The Smith Memorial Union, where the registration table will be, is in grid block C6 which is the intersection of SW Broadway and SW Montgomery Streets. 

Get directions to Portland State University from north, south, east and west via MapQuest.

From University Place (hotel) to PSU

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Directions To University Place (hotel)

University Place
310 SW Lincoln Street
Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 221-0140

From the EAST – Portland International Airport (I-205, I-84)

1. Follow signs to Interstate 205 South
2. Continue on I-205 to I-84 West to Portland
3. Follow I-84 to I-5 South
4. Go across the bridge, take Beaverton I-405 split to City Center (left lanes)
5. Take first exit, 4th Avenue
6. At the first light, take a right onto Lincoln
7. University Place is on the right-hand side
From the EAST – Highway 26 – (Mt. Hood, Ross Island Bridge)
1. Follow Highway 26 West to Portland
2. Take City Center Exit
3. Turn right on First Avenue
4. Turn left on Lincoln Street
5. Hotel is on the left-hand side
From the NORTH – Washington, Vancouver, B.C.
1. Follow I-5 South to Portland
2. Once in Portland, remain in the left lanes
3. Follow signs to I-405 North
4. Take the 4th Avenue Exit
5. Turn right at the first signal, Lincoln Street
6. Hotel is on the right-hand side

From the WEST – Beaverton, St. Helens (Highway 26)

1. Follow Highway 26 East to Portland
2. Take Market Street/City Center Exit
3. Turn right on Fifth Avenue
4. Turn left on Lincoln Street before freeway signs
5. Continue through signal
6. Hotel is on the right-hand side

From the SOUTH – Salem

1. Follow I-5 North
2. Take City Center Exit
3. Follow signs to I-405 North
4. Take 4th Avenue (immediate right)
5. Turn right at signal onto Lincoln Street
6. Hotel is on the immediate right-hand side

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Oregon Student Foundation
635 NE Dekum St.
Portland, OR 97211
Phone: 503-286-0477
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