Care, Love & Hope Under Construction at Arkansas Children's Hospital

Arkansas Children's Hospital is growing to create more space for clinics and patient rooms to provide more opportunities to care for children in Arkansas and beyond. We are currently in the preparation phase of a project to construct a new five-story South Wing to provide an additional 100,000 square feet of patient space. The information on this page will help you keep up with changing traffic patterns around the campus. As always, the safety of our patients, families and visitors remains our top priority. 

Current Campus Traffic Map

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

MARCH 13, 2008

The second phase of the ACH utility upgrade is scheduled to begin March 24. This date was chosen to coincide with the spring break of the Little Rock School District in order to cause the least amount of disruption to King Elementary School.

March 24

• Beginning March 24, portions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (MLK) will be closed for utility work along the street.  
• The entrance to the Arkansas Children's Hospital campus using Maryland (9th Street) from MLK will be closed. Please use 10th Street to enter the campus between March 24 and April 7.
• The parking lot on MLK across from the school will be closed during the utility work.

April 7

• Maryland (9th Street) will re-opened and 10th Street will be closed from MLK to Marshall streets
• April 7: The intersection at Wolfe and 10th Streets for ambulance traffic will close.
• Ambulance traffic will be re-routed up 9th Street to the new reconfigured breezeway.
• The ENTRANCES from 10th Street to the parking lot in front of the East Campus Fitness Center will be closed. The parking lot will remain open with access being from the south side of the parking lot. The entrances are expected to be closed for five (5) days.
• Work will continue on 10th Street through April 23.

April 23

• The east half of the intersection at 10th and Marshall Streets will be closed for approximately 3 days for utility work in the intersection.

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Breezeway and Maryland Street Are Closed

The breezeway between the hospital and Sturgis buildings is temporarily closed to all traffic. This area will remain closed through the completion of utility work in this area. The breezeway will re-open April 7 to emergency traffic only (see above).

Patient detour through Sturgis Building to South & Southwest Entrances

There is a Detour through the first floor of the Sturgis Building that will allow families to pass through Sturgis to get to the South Entrance or the Southwest entrance of the hospital.  Again, there will be signage and additional staff to help direct people to their locations. 

Wolfe Street Open for Emergency Vehicles Only

Wolfe Street is open to two-way traffic for emergency vehicles only. Wolfe Street will close to all traffic again on April 7. Ambulance traffic will be re-routed up Maryland (9th street) to the new reconfigured breezeway beginning April 7.

Marshall Street Open in front of Main Hospital Entrance

In an effort to make traffic flow easier during our new construction projects, the north end of Marshall Street (directly in front of the hospital) reopened on Tuesday, July 31, to provide improved access to the new temporary drop-off entrance to the Emergency Department. Traffic exiting I-630 onto 8th street is now able to turn onto Marshall Street only to access the front of ACH. Thru traffic is still prohibited as road blocks remain in place at 10th Street.

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