Directions (723 1st Ave.)

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From the Fairbanks Airport

  • Exit the airport onto Airport Way
  • Follow Airport Way past Sears and Regal Cinemas to Cowles St. (Gottschalk's will be on your right)
  • Turn LEFT onto Cowles
  • Follow Cowles to 1st Avenue and take a right (parallels the river)
  • The Bridgewater Hotel will be on your right.

From the Richardson Hwy

  • Follow the Richardson Highway into Fairbanks.
  • Turn left on Airport Way (Gaffney Rd will be to the right)
  • Turn right on Cowles (Public Library on your right)
  • Follow Cowles to 1st Ave (parallels the river)
  • Look for the Bridgewater Hotel on your right.

From the Parks Hwy (Anchorage)

  • Exit the Parks Highway at Geist Rd/Chena Pump Road
  • Turn left onto Geist Rd.
  • Geist Rd will become the Johansen Expressway
  • Take the College Rd Exit; keep right
  • Take a right at the first stoplight
  • You are now on Illinois (continue 1/2 mile)
  • Cross the Chena River (stay in right lane)
  • Take an immediate right after the bridge on 1st Ave.
  • Stay in the right lane (left lane will merge onto another street)
  • Look for the Bridgewater on your left.