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Directions to RQ Office

From the Parkway West take I279 North through the Fort Pitt Tunnels. When you exit the tunnel onto the Fort Pitt Bridge - stay in the far left lane; follow I279 North onto Fort Duquesne Bridge. Cross the Fort Duquesne Bridge and go straight toward Route 65. Take the West End Exit; go through the traffic light, straight onto Chateau Street, approximately 3 blocks. Turn left onto Beaver Avenue. At traffic light go approximately 4 blocks and the Cardello Building is on your right. Drive past the building and make a right onto North Point Drive. The Main Parking Lot is on the left.  You may park in any spot not marked as reserved.

From the Parkway East take the North Shore Stadiums Exit. Cross the Fort Duquesne Bridge and go straight toward Route 65. Take the West End Bridge Exit; go through the traffic light, straight onto Chateau Street. Turn left onto Beaver Avenue. Go approximately 4 blocks and the Cardello Building is on your right. Drive past the building and make a right onto North Point Drive. The Main Parking Lot is on the left.  You may park in any spot not marked as reserved.

From Route 79 North or South take Route 65 South Exit toward Pittsburgh. Take the Beaver Avenue Exit. Stay on Beaver Avenue approximately 3/4 mile. Go approximately 4 blocks and the Cardello Building is on your right. Drive past the building and make a right onto North Point Drive. The Main Parking Lot is on the left.  You may park in any spot not marked as reserved.

From Route 28 North follow the signs to North Shore Stadiums, follow the signs to Route 65, and go through small tunnel, bare to the left. Go to the West End Bridge Exit and go straight onto Chateau Street. Stay in left lane and go approximately 3 blocks on Chateau Street. Turn left onto Beaver Avenue. Go approximately 4 blocks and the Cardello Building is on your right. Drive past the building and make a right onto North Point Drive. The Main Parking Lot is on the left.  You may park in any spot not marked as reserved.

From Route 65 South take the Beaver Avenue exit. Go approximately 8 blocks and the Cardello Building is on your right. Drive past the building and make a right onto North Point Drive. The Main Parking Lot is on the left.  You may park in any spot not marked as reserved.

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Directions to RiverQuest Offices

once at the Cardello Building:

We recommend that visitors enter the Cardello Building via the Main Entrance, which is across the street from the Main Parking Lot.  Upon entering proceed to the end of the hallway and turn right. Continue through the lobby past the fish tank and follow the hallway to your left.  Follow the hallway as it bears right.  Above the second door on the right is a sign marked RiverQuest. Proceed up the stairs (check out the high water mark from the 1936 flood on the middle landing.)  The RiverQuest office is located at the top of the staircase.

You may also park in the North Parking Lot, located just before the Cardello Building as your proceed down Beaver Avenue, but there are usually fewer available parking spots.  Enter the North Entrance and the doorway leading to the stairs and our offices is the first door on the left.  If you have to park in the South Lot and enter through the South Entrance, please follow signs for the Main Lobby and follow the above directions to our offices from the Main Entrance.

 

Directions to 2nd Floor Conference Room at the Cardello Building:

From RiverQuest’s Offices

  • Make a RIGHT out of RiverQuest’s main office and follow the hallway to the end, two restrooms will be on your right hand side.
  • Go through the door and make a LEFT and then your first RIGHT.  The door on your left hand side is the conference room. 
  • If the door is locked, please proceed down the hallway and make a LEFT and then an immediate RIGHT into the other entrance of the conference room.

From the Main Entrance

  • Come in through the Main Entrance doorway and follow the hallway straight back.
  • At the end of the hallway make a LEFT and take the elevators that are immediately on the RIGHT.
  • Take the elevator to the 2nd floor.  Make a LEFT exiting the elevator and continue straight down the hallway and into the conference room through the glass doorway.  (Please note that the building’s cafeteria, North Shore Café, is immediately to the right exiting the elevator.)

From the North Entrance

  • Come in through the North Entrance doorway and follow the hallway into the main lobby.  You will pass an elephant sculpture, fish tank and arrive at the main information map for the building and will be able to see the Main Entrance hallway to your left and a waterfall and sitting area ahead of you to the left.  Keep going straight until you see the elevators on your RIGHT.
  • Take the elevator to the 2nd floor.  Make a LEFT exiting the elevator and continue straight down the hallway and into the conference room through the glass doorway.  (Please note that the building’s cafeteria, North Shore Café, is immediately to the right exiting the elevator.)

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