Please note that there is a parking deck located adjacent to the convention center. There is also parking on the streets and other parking lots around the convention center.

Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center
801 Front Ave
Columbus, GA 31901

Directions (Provided by the Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center)

Directions from Atlanta

  • Take I-85 South from Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Take I-185 South to Columbus.
  • Take Exit 10 (J. R. Allen Parkway) off of I-185 South. The sign at Exit 10 says: “To Phenix City and Montgomery, AL”.
  • Take Exit 1 off of J. R. Allen Parkway; this is theDowntown/2nd Avenue Exit.
  • Stay on 2nd Avenue until you come to 8th Street; turn right onto 8th Street and continue until you come to the Trade Center.
  • The parking garage will be to your left and the building to your right. The Columbus Marriott is directly across the street.

Directions from Macon

  • Take Hwy 80 West off of I-475 at Macon.
  • Stay on Hwy 80 West thru Roberta, Talbotton, Geneva and Upatoi to Columbus.
  • Stay on Hwy 80 into the Columbus area. It will become a bypass called the J. R. Allen Parkway.
  • Take Exit 1 off of J. R. Allen Parkway (Hwy 80); this is theDowntown/2nd Avenue Exit.
  • Stay on 2nd Avenue until you come to 8th Street; turn right onto 8th Street and continue until you come to the Trade Center.
  • The parking garage will be on your left and the building to your right. The Columbus Marriott is across the street.

Directions from Albany

  • Take Hwy 82 (South Georgia Parkway) West from Albany to Dawson.
  • Take Hwy 55 (straight thru Dawson) North to Richland.
  • At Richland (continue straight thru Richland) take Hwy 280 North to Columbus.
  • Stay on Hwy 280 (Victory Drive) thru Ft. Benning area intoColumbus.
  • Stay on Victory Drive (Hwy 280) until it intersects withVeterans Parkway (Hwy 27 North) (Civic Center will be on the left); turn right onto Veterans Parkway.
  • Continue on Veterans Parkway until you come to 8th Street;turn left onto 8th Street and continue until you come to theTrade Center.
  • The parking garage will be to your left and the building to your right. The Columbus Marriott is directly across the street.

Directions from Eufaula, AL

  • When you come into the Phenix City area Hwy 431 joinsHwy 80 and runs together; when these roads separate takeHwy 280 into Columbus crossing on the Oglethorpe Bridge; Hwy 280 (Victory Drive) intersects with Veterans Parkway (Hwy 27 North) at the Civic Center (which is on the right); take a left off of Victory Drive (Hwy 80) onto Veterans Parkway (Hwy 27 North).
  • Stay on Veterans Parkway until you come to 8th Street; turn left onto 8th Street and continue until you come to the Trade Center.
  • The parking garage will be to your left and the building to your right. The Columbus Marriott is directly across the street.