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2009 – 2010 · VMC GUIDE FOR REFERRING VETERINARIANSDirections and ParkingThe Veterinary Medical Center is located at 1365 Gortner Avenue on the St. Paul campus of theUniversity of Minnesota. The Leatherdale Equine Center and Piper Performance Clinic are severalblocks northeast of the Medical Center at 1801 Dudley Avenue. The St. Paul campus adjoins theMinnesota State Fairgrounds halfway between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Please call 612-624-1270 forpre-recorded directions. You will need a permit to park in the lots for the Small Animal Clinic, LargeAnimal Hospital, and Equine Center. The permit will be provided to you after you check in at theFront Desk.From north of the Twin Cities metro areaTake Interstate 35W south to the Cleveland Ave exit. It is a left exit. Follow Cleveland Avenue southto Larpenteur Avenue. Turn left (east) and drive to the first stoplight, Gortner Avenue. Turn right(south) on Gortner.Small Animal Hospital: Follow Gortner past three stop signs. The entrance to the Small AnimalHospital parking lot is the first driveway on the right after the Fitch Avenue (third) stop sign.Large Animal Hospital: Follow Gortner Avenue south to Commonwealth Avenue. Turn right (west)and drive one block to Boyd Avenue. Turn right onto Boyd and make another immediate right into thearea between buildings, parking parallel to the Large Animal Hospital on your left. The Front Officeentrance is near the 2 nd story overhead walkway.Piper Performance Clinic/Leatherdale Equine Center: Follow Gortner Avenue past one stop signto Dudley Avenue. Turn left (east) and follow Dudley; the Equine Center parking lot is on the left.From south of the Twin Cities metro areaTake Interstate 35W North to Interstate 94 East. Go three miles on 94 East to Highway 280 (a leftexit). Follow Highway 280 north to the Larpenteur Avenue exit. Turn right (east) and drive for one andone-half miles to Gortner Avenue. Turn right (south), on Gortner.Small Animal Hospital: Follow Gortner past three stop signs. The entrance to the Small AnimalHospital parking lot is the first driveway on the right after the Fitch Avenue (third) stop sign.Large Animal Hospital: Follow Gortner Avenue south to Commonwealth Avenue. Turn right (west)and drive one block to Boyd Avenue. Turn right onto Boyd and make another immediate right into thearea between buildings, parking parallel to the Large Animal Hospital on your left. The Front Officeentrance is near the 2 nd story overhead walkway.Piper Performance Clinic/Leatherdale Equine Center: Follow Gortner Avenue past one stop signto Dudley Avenue. Turn left (east) and follow Dudley; the Equine Center parking lot is on the left.From west of the Twin Cities metro areaTake Interstate 94 East to Highway 280 (a left exit). Go north on 280 to the Larpenteur Avenueexit. Turn right (east), for approximately one and one-half miles to Gortner Avenue. Turn right (south)on Gortner Avenue.Small Animal Hospital: Follow Gortner past three stop signs. The entrance to the Small AnimalHospital parking lot is the first driveway on the right after the Fitch Avenue (third) stop sign.18