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Directions to Allegheny College Tournament

Directions to the Wise Sport and Fitness Center at Allegheny College are:

Allegheny College is approximately 30 minutes from I-90 and I-80, a few miles off I-79 in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Travel on I-79 to Exit 147A. Merge onto Route 322 East. After you cross a bridge, 322 bears to the left. Go straight (turn right) onto the Park Avenue Exit. Follow Park Avenue for seven traffic lights to North Street and turn right. A Burger King is on this corner. Turn left at the next traffic light, North Main Street. Travel through one traffic light and bear right as the road Y's, going up the hill (continuing on North Main Street.) Pass through most of the campus. Turn right onto John Street (this is a narrow street so watch for it). John Street T's at Highland Ave. Cross Highland to enter the parking lot for the Wise Sport and Fitness Center. Get information and a map of the campus.  Parking is free  n campus on the weekends, so grab a spot in the lots above the Wise Center or across the street. The entrance to the Wise Center is at the intersection of buildings 36 and 37, and the entrance to the parking lot is at the intersection of John St. and Highland Ave.  

Directions to Monroeville Community Church

Monroeville Community Church is located at 2456 Tilbrook Road, Monroeville, 15146. We suggest you check a site such as Mapquest to get driving directions from your home. Drive around to the back of the church to enter the gym. For a map of the area, click here. Use direction compass to get larger area.

Directions to St. Bede School, Point Breeze

St. Bede school is located at 6920 Edgerton Avenue, Pittsburgh (Point Breeze). You can  generate driving instructions from your home to the school, using this link on www.AnyWho.com .

Directions to CMU

Carnegie-Mellon University Thistle Hall, inside of the main gymnasium on Tech Street. From Forbes Ave., turn onto Margaret Morrison Street. Go several blocks down street, then turn left onto Tech Street. The gymnasium is on your left. Thistle Hall can be accessed from inside the main gym. CMU campus map can be found on the University's website at: http://www.cmu.edu/home/visitors/map/ The gymnasium is building #10 on the campus map. Parking is nearby, indicated on the map as parking area #12. There are also city parking meters on the street that only take quarters.

Directions to WVU meet at the WVU Student Rec Center

bulletFrom the North:
Take I-79 south to the Star City exit (West Virginia University)
bulletFrom the East:
Take I-68 west to intersection with I-79. Take I-79 North to the Star City exit (West Virginia University).
bulletFrom the West:
Take I-70 East to intersection with I-79. Take I-79 South to the Star City exit (West Virginia University).
bulletFrom the South:
Take I-79 to the Star City exit  (West Virginia University).
bulletFrom the Star City Exit:
Take the service road past McDonald's and the Sheets Service Station, turn RIGHT onto Route-7 East / Route-19 South. Continue over a bridge, up a hill, past a running track on the left to a traffic light in front of a large round coliseum on the right. Turn left at the traffic light onto to Rt.705 (North/East). Continue approximately 1/2 mile to second right turn (a large church will be on the left directly in front of the turn). Stay on the service road up a hill, past a red brick building (Erickson Alumni Center) on the right then turn LEFT into a large parking lot. Continue through the parking lot, past a ticket station (take a ticket if directed to do so - there is no fee) and park in the next parking lot (watch for one-way traffic signs). The venue is on the LEFT - a large glass and red brick building. Enter from doors on either end. Fencing is on the main floor in the gym (if you enter from the far side, go up the steps/ramp to reach the gym).

Directions to Three Rivers Fencing Center

TRFC is located in the Factory Building, near the corner of Penn and Braddock avenues in Point Breeze. (The Factory is also home to Gatto Cycles, The Climbing Wall, Gymkhana Gymnastics, and the East End Food Co-op.)

Directions to the Fencing Institute of America

10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh.

From all points east, south, west and north: take Route 279, exit at Bellevue/West View, turn right at end of exit ramp and follow to up hill, turn right on Highland Avenue (signs pointing to Route 19). Follow Highland to Route 19 (Perry Highway) turn right, go to bottom of hill (near DiPietro's Restaurant) and turn left onto Center Avenue. FIA is located just a short distance on the right on the top floor of the West View Fire Department's Banquet Hall, next to the bicycle shop and the VFW. Parking is along Center Avenue. Entry is from Center Avenue.