Shuttle routes, parking areas listed for football fans

Here are the parking areas and shuttle routes, according to Penn State. In all, at least 50 additional buses will be in service.

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The grass parking lots around Beaver Stadium will be closed to parking for the Penn State vs. Minnesota football game which will be held October 17, 2009 due to the snow. CDT/Nabil K. Mark

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Community parking areas include:

FROM EAST SIDE: Benner Pike WalMart; Sam’s Club; Innovation Park, Centre Medical Sciences, former Corning Plant on E. College Ave; Big Lots Plaza; Boalsburg Military Museum, Hills Plaza, Mount Nittany Middle School.

FROM WEST SIDE: Target; Lowe’s; Home Depot; Raytheon, CATO Park (Penn State lots), ChemCut.

Here are the additional shuttle routes, according to a Penn State release:

Route 1 (14 & 15): Innovation Park and Centre Medical Sciences, seven buses. A circuit from the intersection at Park Avenue and Porter Road, east on Park Avenue to Centre Medical Sciences, through the Centre Medical Sciences lot back to Park Avenue, to Innovation Park, to Lot 16, to temp road, to Porter Road, to the Park Avenue-Porter Road intersection for discharge of passengers.

Route 2 (16 & 11): Mount Nittany Middle School and Boalsburg Military Museum, six buses. A circuit from the Boalsburg Military Museum to the Mount Nittany Middle School, to Atherton Street, to University Drive, to the University Drive intersection for discharge of passengers and returning by the same route to the Military Museum.

Route 3 (3, 9, & 13): Chem Cut, Ratheon and Penn State lots at CATO Park, three buses. A circuit from Chem Cut to Ratheon on Science Park Road, to Route 26 (College Avenue), to Whitehall Road, to University Drive, to the discharge point at the intersection of University Drive and Curtin Road and returning by the same route to Chem Cut.

Route 4 (12): State College Area High School, North and South Buildings, three buses. A circuit from the South Building to Westerly Parkway, to University Drive, to the University Drive and Curtin Road intersection for discharge of passengers and a return by the same route to the South Building.

Route 5 (1,2,7,8): Corning Plant, Big Lots Plaza, Wal-Mart/Sam's Club, six buses. A circuit from the Corning Plant to Big Lots Plaza, to Wal-Mart/Sam's Club along College Avenue, to University Drive, to the University Drive and Curtin Road intersection for discharge of passengers. Return to Corning along the same route.

Route 6 (4, 5, & 6): Lowe's, Home Depot, Fairfield Inn, Target, Williamsburg Square, Toftrees, five buses. A circuit from Lowe's to Home Depot, to Fairfield Inn, to Target, to Williamsburg Square, and then through Toftrees to Fox Hollow Road, to the Porter Road-Park Avenue intersection for discharge of passengers and back to Lowe's.

Route 7 (17): Penn State Lot Red A, six buses. From the University parking lots west of Atherton Street on White Course Drive to Curtin Road, to the Curtin Road-University Drive intersection for the discharge of passengers. The return route is from that point south on University Drive to Hastings Road, to Bigler Road, to Pollock Road, to Burrowes Road, to Curtin Road, to White Course Drive, to Red A parking lots.

Buses will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run until 10:30 p.m.

There will be no charge for shuttle trips from these remote lots, Penn State reports.

However, existing commercial shuttle service provided by Fullington and CATA may carry their normal game day shuttle charge, as outlined on Game Day Central.

There will be four different shuttle drop-off points in close proximity to Beaver Stadium.

For questions about parking, call 1-800-NITTANY.