St. Louis Mercantile Library

Driving Directions

 

To visit the library, you will first need to obtain a parking pass from the Parking and Transportation Office.  The pass is $1.00 and entitles you to park for the day at any lot on campus.  You must get the pass the day of your visit to the library. 

To get to the Parking and Transportation office from Highway I-70, travelling east:

Exit Highway I-70 at Exit 240 (University Boulevard) and turn right onto University Boulevard, continuing on University Boulevard which will turn into Florissant Road.  The Parking and Transportation office will be on your right, at 7700 Florissant Road. 

To get to the Parking and Transportation office from Highway I-70, travelling west:

Exit Highway I-70 at Exit 240 (University Boulevard) and turn left onto University Boulevard, continuing on University Boulevard which will turn into Florissant Road.  The Parking and Transportation office will be on your right, at 7700 Florissant Road. 

To get to the Parking and Transportation office from Highway I-170, travelling north or south:

Exit Highway I-170 at the Natural Bridge Exit (#6) and turn right (east).  Continue on Natural Bridge Road through the Hanley Road intersection and past West Drive.  Turn right onto University Drive.  Take a right on Grobman Drive, and follow Grobman Drive until you reach Florissant Road.  Turn right on Florissant Road.  The Parking and Transportation Building will be on your right, at 7700 Florissant Road.

To get to the Mercantile Library from the Parking and Transportation Office:

Take a left onto Florissant Road.  Head north on Florissant; it will turn into University Boulevard.  Take a left onto University Place Drive.  Take a left onto Mark Twain Drive.  Take a right onto West Drive.  Follow West Drive until you come across the West Drive Parking Garage on your left.  Once parked, go to the third floor of the garage, which will be ground level with a quadrangle.  Facing the quadrangle, the Mercantile Library is on your left, in the Thomas Jefferson Library Building to the right of the glass pyramid.

For more information, please see the map for UMSL’s North Campus.  For more information about parking, please see the web page for Parking and Transportation, or call Parking and Transportation at 314-516-4190.

Parking

GarageTo visit the library, you will first need to obtain a day parking pass from the Parking and Transportation Office.  The pass is $1.00 and entitles you to park for the day at any lot on campus.  You must get the pass the day of your visit to the library. 

On Saturday and Sunday, visitors may park anywhere on campus except Handicap spaces, Service Vehicle spaces or non-designated areas.

Please see our map of North Campus. Visitors with valid day passes, or visiting on the weekends can park close to the Thomas Jefferson Library (bldg. 14) in the West Drive Parking Structure South (bldg. 52); walk out of the garage at the third floor (quadrangle level) exit near the elevator and the Library (bldg. 14) is the building to the right of the pyramid-shaped skylight (no. 12).