{"id":2007,"date":"2024-05-02T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:05:58","slug":"macarthur-drive-closure-to-remain-in-place-as-construction-on-residence-hall-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/blog\/2024\/05\/02\/macarthur-drive-closure-to-remain-in-place-as-construction-on-residence-hall-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"MacArthur Drive closure to remain in place as construction on residence hall continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<p><em>Updated August 19, 2024 to reflect the reopening of the dining court and loading dock.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As construction on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q3\/purdue-trustees-approve-new-residence-hall-with-nearly-900-beds-hillenbrand-hall-south-to-address-increased-demand-for-on-campus-housing-provide-more-space-for-the-data-mine.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new residence hall<\/a>&nbsp;continues, travel restrictions will remain in place around Hillenbrand Residence Hall as outlined below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MacArthur Drive from Third to First Streets will remain closed. All parking along this section of MacArthur Drive is unavailable, and alternate Residence Hall permit parking is available in the nearby McCutcheon Drive Parking Garage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hillenbrand Dining Court and loading dock have reopened for the start of the fall semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CityBus riders are encouraged to continue checking the real-time GPS tracking of buses on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bus.gocitybus.com\/RouteMap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CityBus website<\/a>\u00a0or MyCityBus mobile app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists should use extreme caution in the area and obey all posted signs and detours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about the project may be directed to Don Petersen, project executive, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:drpeter@purdue.edu\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drpeter@purdue.edu<\/a>. Parking questions may be directed to Parking Facilities at 765-494-9497 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:parking@purdue.edu\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parking@purdue.edu<\/a>&nbsp;between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The lobby closes at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/022924-hillenbrand-impacts.png\" alt=\"Map of travel restrictions in place around Hillenbrand Residence Hall as construction on a new residence hall gets underway.\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/022924-hillenbrand-impacts.png 870w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/022924-hillenbrand-impacts-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/022924-hillenbrand-impacts-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/022924-hillenbrand-impacts-507x384.png 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated August 19, 2024 to reflect the reopening of the dining court and loading dock. As construction on a&nbsp;new residence hall&nbsp;continues, travel restrictions will remain in place around Hillenbrand Residence Hall as outlined below. Motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists should use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,44,95],"tags":[17,61],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-and-community","category-construction","category-west-lafayette","tag-campus-and-community","tag-construction"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 07:10:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=2007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}