GETTING TO

Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing

Academic Building One (ICAB-1) · Alexandria, VA

Driving / Arriving by Car

The best address to input into your GPS:

3625 Potomac Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305
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There are two options for parking — either the surface lot or the garage. Surface parking is denoted by the red box in the image below, and the garage entry is denoted by the orange arrow.

Aerial map showing the ICAB-1 campus. A red box marks the surface parking area; an orange arrow points to the garage entry off Potomac Ave.
Aerial view of ICAB-1 with parking locations marked.
Surface lot Garage entry

Parking

Surface Lot — ParkMobile

The surface lot utilizes the ParkMobile app.

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Note: Parking needs to be purchased once you are at the lot. If you purchase parking before you arrive, a parking spot is not guaranteed for you.
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Garage — Parking Stub System

  • Upon entry, you will receive a parking stub to pay for your garage parking.
  • When exiting you have two options to pay:
    • Pay at the ticket machines located in the P1 and P2 elevator bays.
    • Pay as you exit by inserting the ticket stub into the exit gate and paying by card.

Pricing — Both Lots

$4per hour
$20max per day
No overnight parking. Vehicles must be out by 10 p.m. or the car will not be accessible until 6 a.m. the following day.
Avoid parking in the Target or nearby shopping center lots — strict towing policies.

Metro

Potomac Yard – VT station is served by both the yellow and blue line trains.

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  1. Go up the escalators to the pedestrian bridge.
  2. Cross over the tracks.
  3. Turn right towards the North Pavilion pedestrian entrance.
  4. Follow the walkway along University Drive to ICAB-1.
Aerial map showing the walking route in orange from the Potomac Yard-VT Metro station North Pavilion along University Drive to ICAB-1.
Walking route (orange) from Potomac Yard – VT station to ICAB-1.

Virtual Tour

Explore ICAB-1's interior with the interactive wayfinding map. Use the search bar to find rooms, the floor selector to switch levels, and the zoom controls to navigate. Building A covers floors 1–5 and 8–11.

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