Parking Operations

Snow Routes

Designated snow routes on and around the West Lafayette campus help facilitate snow removal by Purdue University and the city of West Lafayette. Failure to remove a vehicle from a snow route when required could result in the vehicle being ticketed and/or towed at the owner’s expense.

Purdue University

In the event that two or more inches of snow are forecast, motorists may be required to temporarily move their on-street vehicles from Purdue snow routes. The university will notify the campus and community if action is required.

The Purdue snow routes include the following:

  • David Ross Road
  • Hilltop Drive
  • MacArthur Drive between Third Street and Mitch Daniels Boulevard
  • Ross-Ade Drive
  • Russell Street between Tower Drive and Stadium Avenue
  • Russell Street between Mitch Daniels Boulevard and Harrison Street
  • Third Street west of Martin Jischke Drive
  • Tower Drive
  • University Street between Tower Drive and Stadium Avenue

City of West Lafayette

The City of West Lafayette always requires motorists to temporarily move their vehicles from the city snow routes for two or more inches of snow. Alerts will be sent to individuals who sign up for the city’s emergency snow route notifications.

On-campus city of West Lafayette snow routes include the following:

  • Airport Road
  • Cherry Lane
  • First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Streets between Russell and University Streets
  • Grant Street
  • Harrison Street/Williams Street from Martin Jischke Drive to Grant Street
  • MacArthur Drive between Mitch Daniels Boulevard and Nimitz Drive
  • Mitch Daniels Boulevard
  • Russell Street between Stadium Avenue and Mitch Daniels Boulevard
  • Stadium Avenue west of Grant Street
  • State Street
  • Waldron Street

The following links are external resources and may not meet Purdue’s accessibility standards.

Map

The map below outlines the snow routes established by Purdue in black, and the adjacent city of West Lafayette routes are shown in gold.

A map of the Purdue and City of West Lafayette snow routes as described in the text on this page.