Directions & Maps
Visiting The Industrial College of The Armed Forces
ICAF is located on the National Defense University Campus
at Fort Leslie J McNair in Washington DC. Fort McNair is conveniently located in DC's Southwest region. The surrounding area is
urban and being revitalized with the new Nationals baseball park and Arena stage just blocks away. The NDU Campus has also expanded
with the opening of Lincoln Hall in the spring of 2009.
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The National Defense University Campus is served by a number of commuter options:
WHILE YOU ARE AT FT. MCNAIR
Two gated entrances permit entry for vehicles (and pedestrians), the main gate on 4th Street and the new gate on 2nd street.
Proper ID is required to enter Fort McNair. A
pedestrian gate is also available towards ICAF and USCG Headquarters building.
For drivers the speed limit on post is 15mph and is rigidly enforced, so please drive carefully.
DRIVING
DIRECTIONS FROM VIRGINIA
Coming
north on Route 95, cross the 14th Street Bridge. (If you are in
the HOV lanes, keep to your right and follow the sign towards 12th
Street. You will then merge with the non-HOV lanes.) Once across
the bridge, avoid the 12th Street exit, then take the next right
exit to Maine Avenue. This puts you onto 9th Street. Proceed through
the stop sign, then get into the left (turn) lane before the light.
Turn left at the light onto Maine Avenue--in a few blocks, this
road will turn into M Street. After several blocks you will come
to 4th Street (a Safeway grocery store will be to your left). Take
a right onto 4th Street. After going straight for a few blocks,
it will curve around to the left. Immediately after the curve, turn
right into Fort McNair.
DIRECTIONS
FROM MARYLAND
FROM
270. Take 270 South to 495. At the fork, keep to your right. You
will merge into 495 South. Then, watch for the exit, "George
Washington Parkway"-- after you cross the American Legion Bridge
that overlooks the Potomac River, you will bear right to the "GW
Parkway" exit. Once on the Parkway, drive all the way to the
end. Make a right turn and keep straight for a mile. Bear right
at the exit, "395 North." Merge into traffic as you cross
the 14th Street Bridge. Look for the exit "Maine Avenue"
on your right. Taking this exit puts you onto 9th Street. Proceed
through the stop sign, then get into the left (turn) lane before
the light. Turn left at the light onto Maine Avenue--in a few blocks,
this road will turn into M Street. After several blocks you will
come to 4th Street (a Safeway grocery store will be to your left).
Take a right onto 4th Street. After going straight for a few blocks,
it will curve around to the left. Immediately after the curve, turn
right into Fort McNair.
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