WIDENER UNIVERSITY

610-499-4441 or 610-499-4442 or 610-499-4444

 

From Northern New Jersey:  Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 4.  Follow Rte. 73 West (to the right after toll) for 1/2-mile and get on I-295 South.  Follow the signs for the Walt Whitman Bridge/Philadelphia (left exit off I-295).  Cross the Walt Whitman and make an immediate right after the toll booths.  Go straight ahead at the traffic light and get on I-95 South.  Go past the Philadelphia International Airport to the I-476/Exit 7.  When the ramp forks, follow the signs to McDade Blvd.-West/Exit 1.  At the third traffic light make a left on to Melrose Ave.  At the third stop sign, make a left on to 17th Street, which is the Schwartz Center drive entrance.  Continue down the drive and park behind the building.  The tennis courts are adjacent to the building, as are the softball, and baseball fields.  The field hockey and women’s lacrosse field is on the corner of Melrose Avenue and 17th Street; men’s and women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse play behind the Old Main Administration Building, located on 14th Street.

 

 

From Southern New Jersey:  Use the NJ Turnpike to Exit 2, and follow the signs to the Commodore Barry Bridge.  Cross the bridge into PA and take I-95 North (2nd right off bridge).  Take Exit 6. At the top of the ramp, stay to the left.  Make a left at the first traffic light and immediately get into the right lane to bear right on Route 322 - Providence Road (stay to the right of the Airport Inn and Diner).  Go through two traffic lights, and take the second right on to 17th Street.  Stay on 17th Street, paralleling the campus, and it becomes

the Schwartz Athletic Center Driveway.

 

From Northeast Pennsylvania:  Take I-476 South to Exit 1, McDade Blvd.-West, and follow directions from Exit 1 in Northern New Jersey.

 

From Central PA:  Take the PA Turnpike (l-76) to the Mid-County exit for I-476.  Follow I-476 South to Exit 1, McDade Boulevard and take that west. Follow the directions from Exit 1 in Northern New Jersey. 

 

From Maryland, Delaware & Points South:  Take I-95 North.  You may follow I-495 North around downtown Wilmington and it rejoins I-95 in PA.   Take Exit 6 and follow the directions from Southern New Jersey.

 


 

Lodging:

 

                Comfort Inn
                53 Industrial Highway
                Essington, PA 19029
                610-521-9800

 

                McIntosh Inn
                Routes1 & 352
                Media, PA 19063
                610-565-5800

 

                Holiday Inn
                45 Industrial Highway
                Essington, PA 19029
                610-521-2400

               

                Renaissance Hotel
                500 Stevens Drive
                Lester, PA 19113
                610-521-5900
    

                Red Roof Inn
                I-95 & Route 420

 

                Essington, PA 19029
                610-521-5090


                Ramada Inn
                76 Industrial Highway
                Essington, PA 19029
                610-521-9600

 

                Best Western Inn
                Rte 322 & 1

                Concordville, PA 19331
                610-358-940

 

                Marriott Philadelphia Airport
                1 Arrivals Road
                Philadelphia, PA 19153
                215-492-9000
     

                Fairfield Inn by Marriott
                8800 Bartram Avenue
                Philadelphia, PA 19153
                215-365-2254

 

                Airport Hilton
                4509 Island Avenue
                Philadelphia, PA 19153
                215-365-4150
     

                Courtyard Marriott
                8900 Bartram Avenue
                Philadelphia, PA 19153
                215-365-2200


                Embassy Suites Hotel
                9000 Bartram Avenue
                Philadelphia, PA 19153
                215-365-4500

 

                Days Inn
                1300 Providence Avenue
                Chester, PA 19013
                610-876-7211