Find us- Directions

Our official address is:

John Grant Crabbe Library

457 University Drive

Room 103-A

Eastern Kentucky University

521 Lancaster Avenue

Richmond, KY 40475

859-622-2996

Accessibility at McCreary Hall 

For persons who may be challenged by pathway impediments, McCreary Hall is constructed with multiple levels of stairs and has no physical accessibility for those utilizing wheelchairs, walkers, scooters, etc. If you require assistance from the Department of Language, Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology to access our offices, please contact us at 859-622-2996. Thank you.

From Lexington, Kentucky

Take I-75 SOUTH and travel approximately 22 miles to Richmond. Depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a LEFT and cross over the interstate, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to traffic light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

From Cincinnati, Ohio

Take I-75 south to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue south on I-75 Richmond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Richmond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a LEFT and cross over the interstate, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to Traffic Light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

From Louisville, Kentucky

Take I-64 east to Lexington, I-75 / I-64 (approximately 8 miles) to I-75 / I-64 split. Continue south on I-75 Richmond / Knoxville. Travel approximately 22 miles to Richmond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a LEFT and cross over the interstate, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to Traffic Light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

From Huntington, West Virginia

Take I-64 west for 104 miles to exit #96 (Fort Boonesborough S. P.) and remain on State Highway 627 until intersecting I-75 at exit #95 (will save 20 minutes road time). Travel south on I-75 approximately 7 miles to Richmond and depart interstate at exit #87 (2nd Richmond exit). Make a LEFT and cross over the interstate, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to Traffic Light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library  will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

From Bowling Green, Kentucky

Take I-65 north approximately 18 miles to exit #43 (Glasgow) and travel east on the Cumberland Parkway through Somerset to exit #41 on I-75. Travel north on I-75 for approximately 48 miles departing the interstate at exit #87. Make a RIGHT, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to Traffic Light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

From Knoxville, Tennessee

Take I-75 north approximately 162 miles departing the interstate at exit #87. Make a RIGHT, heading east, on the Eastern Bypass for one mile to Traffic Light #5: Lancaster Avenue (you will see the main EKU campus on the left). Turn LEFT into Lancaster Avenue. Turn RIGHT onto University Drive (just past the pedway). The library will be situated on the right as you enter campus. Parking varies on campus, so please refer to the EKU Parking map.

On Campus

We are located in McCreary Hall, between Beckham Hall and the Grand Campus Pedway on Lancaster Avenue. Scan the QR code below for a walking map from EKU’s Powell building to McCreary Hall.