DIRECTIONS
Directions to the Bellegarde Boathouse, Lowell, MA
April 9, 2005
Lowell, MA
Colby vs. The Coast Guard Academy and U. Lowell
From Maine: (it is about 185 miles from the Hume Center to the regatta and takes 3 - 3.5 hours)
Follow Route 95 South to Route 495 South (in Massachusetts, not Maine) to Route 3 North. Take Exit 32 off of Route 3 at Route 4 in Chelmsford. You will immediately be on a rotary. Take your first right off of the rotary onto Drum Hill Road (there will be gas stations left and right). Follow that straight through two sets of lights. At your third set of lights bear left through the fork. Follow straight through two more sets of lights (Market Basket on left and White Hen Pantry on right). This will put you on the Rourke Bridge which crosses over the Merrimack River. Take a right off of the bridge. The boathouse is 200 meters down on your right.
From the South:
Follow either Route 495 or Route 128 North to Route 3 North. Take Exit 32 off of Route 3 at Route 4 in Chelmsford. You will immediately be on a rotary. Take your first right off of the rotary onto Drum Hill Road (there will be gas stations left and right). Follow that straight through two sets of lights. At your third set of lights bear left through the fork. Follow straight through two more sets of lights (Market Basket on left and White Hen Pantry on right). This will put you on the Rourke Bridge which crosses over the Merrimack River. Take a right off of the bridge. The boathouse is 200 meters down on your right.
From the West:
Follow the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) East. Follow Route 495 North to Route 3 North. Take Exit 32 off of Route 3 at Route 4 in Chelmsford. You will immediately be on a rotary. Take your first right off of the rotary onto Drum Hill Road (there will be gas stations left and right). Follow that straight through two sets of lights. At your third set of lights bear left through the fork. Follow straight through two more sets of lights (Market Basket on left and White Hen Pantry on right). This will put you on the Rourke Bridge which crosses over the Merrimack River. Take a right off of the bridge. The boathouse is 200 meters down on your right.
A schedule of the racing will be posted during the week prior to the event.
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