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1809 West Markham Avenue Durham, NC 27705-4806
(919) 286-1076
Directions from Raleigh Durham Airport from Yahoo!
How to get here from different parts of North Carolina (my thanks to George Mosley).
From Eastern North Carolina:
Pick up Interstate 40 in Raleigh, and head west toward Durham. Take Exit 279 off the Interstate (this will be The Durham Freeway, also known as the I.L. "Buck" Dean Freeway and Hwy. 147). Follow this road past downtown Durham. After passing the Chapel Hill Street exit, you will see the Swift Avenue exit for Duke University East Campus. Take this exit and turn right. You will very quickly cross a railroad track, and you will immediately
thereafter cross over Main St. At the next stoplight, you will turn left onto Markham Avenue. Books
Do Furnish A Room will be
on your left just past a hotdog and burger joint..
From Interstate 85 north of Durham:
Take I-85 to the Gregson St. exit in Durham. Gregson St. is
one-way. You will see Northgate Shopping Center on your right. At the second stoplight, turn right
onto Markham Avenue. You
will stay on Markham Avenue through two stoplights; the first will be at Buchanan Blvd.; the second will be at Broad St. Just after crossing over Broad St.,
you will see the hotdog and burger
joint. on your left; Books Do Furnish A Room will be on your left,
just past the hotdog and burger joint.
From Chapel Hill:
Take 15-501 North toward Durham, and when the road splits between the 15-501 Bypass and 15-501 Business, take the Bypass. Exit on Hillsborough Rd. and take a right turn. As you cross 9th St., Hillsborough Rd. will change its name to Markham Ave. Books Do Furnish A Room will be on your right just before the hotdog and burger
joint.
From Roxboro and Hwy 501 north of Durham:
Follow Hwy. 501 South into Durham (it will become Roxboro Road). Eventually, Roxboro Road will split to the left, where it merges with Duke St. in the straight lane. Stay on Duke St. until it merges with Gregson St. Gregson St. is one-way. You will see
Northgate Shopping Center on your right. At the second stoplight, turn right onto Markham Avenue. You will stay on Markham Avenue through two stoplights; the first will be at Buchanan
Blvd.; the second will be at Broad St. Just after crossing over Broad St., you will see The hotdog and burger joint on your left; Books Do Furnish A Room will be on your left, just past the hotdog and burger joint.
From Charlotte, Greensboro and other points west of Durham:
Get on I-85 N or I-40 E. toward Durham. Just before you get to
Hillsborough (Exit 163), I-40
and I-85 split. Take I-85 N toward Durham, and take Exit 172 (Hwy. 147) into Durham. Take the Swift Avenue exit off Hwy. 147, and turn left at the stoplight onto Swift Avenue. You will
very quickly cross a railroad track, and you will immediately
thereafter cross over Main St. At the next stoplight, you will turn left onto Markham Avenue. Books
Do Furnish A Room will be
on your left just past the hotdog and burger joint..
From Wake Forest:
Take Hwy 98 East into Durham. At Alston Avenue (Hwy. 55), turn left. In a few blocks you will cross over Main St., and you will soon see the Durham Freeway (Hwy 147). Take 147 North. to
the Swift Avenue exit. Take this exit and turn right. You will
very quickly cross a railroad track, and you will immediately thereafter cross over Main St. At the next stoplight, you will turn left onto Markham Avenue. Books Do Furnish A Room will be on your left just past the hotdog and burger joint..