Commencement Traffic & Parking Information
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Incoming Commencement Traffic
Fouts Field (Lot #20) and other close lots
(#21 & #27)
will be the main parking area for high school commencements. The majority
of the traffic will be coming through the North Texas Blvd (NTB) exit.
These lots will get full and there will be a large amount of traffic
congestion at the NTB exit of I-35 and the intersections close to the
lot and the Coliseum. We encourage everyone to take the alternative
routes both into and out of campus listed below utilizing parking in
the remote
lots on the map to lessen waiting times and traffic congestion.
Alternatives to avoid traffic congestion @ North
Texas Blvd
I-35E (from Lewisville, Carrollton, Dallas)
Exit Ft. Worth Dr. or McCormick, take a right heading north, turn left
on Eagle Dr. and park in the UNT student resident hall parking lots along
Eagle Dr. (Lots #22, #23, #31, and #32) and other student parking along
Maple and Highland (Lots #24, #25, #30, #33, #34, #36, and #42).
I-35W (from Ft. Worth)
Take Bonnie Brae exit, turn left on Bonnie Brae, turn right onto W Hickory
St., turn right onto Ave D and utilize the remote lots along Ave D
(Lots #4, #5, #6, #7, and #11).
I-35 (from Sanger, Gainesville, Oklahoma)
Take Oak St exit, turn left under I-35 continue straight, go through
first light and first stop sign, take a right on Ave D and utilize
the remote lots along Ave D (Lots #4, #5, #6, #7, and #11).
Hwy 380 (from McKinney, Allen, Frisco)
Continue on 380 (University Dr.) through Denton, take a left on Bonnie
Brae, left on W Hickory, right on Ave D and utilize the remote lots
along Ave D (Lots #4, #5, #6, #7, and #11).
Hwy 380 (from Decatur, Ponder, Justin)
Continue on 380 (University Dr.) as it goes underneath I-35, take a right
on Bonnie Brae, left on W Hickory, right on Ave D and utilize the remote
lots along Ave D (Lots #4, #5, #6, #7, and #11).
Exiting Commencement Traffic
When your commencement ceremony is over and you are ready to leave campus, we encourage you to travel east using W Hickory St., Highland St., or Eagle Dr. All of these streets intersect Carroll Blvd., which runs south (take a right) back to I-35 and north (take a left) back to Hwy 380 (University Dr.). Exiting campus in this direction, as indicated on the map, will avoid congestion at and on North Texas Blvd.
Another alternative for those who want to go south on I-35E towards Lewisville is to travel east on Eagle Dr. and take a right on Dallas Dr. which becomes I-35E south.
Handicapped Parking Information
- A Handicapped & disabled drop off area (indicated on map)
is available along the east side of the Coliseum on Ave D between
Highland & Eagle Dr.
- Handicapped parking is available in Lot # 27 which is located
between Highland St, Maple St, Avenue D, and Avenue C.