Directions & Parking

Expect significant traffic delays. Please plan ahead and consider alternate routes to get to your destination.

An alternate route to Oakdale Theatre via the Merritt/Wilbur Cross Parkway can be found at either below on this page or the directions page at the Oakdale website. Whichever route you choose to travel, please allow additional time for your commute to Oakdale Theater.

The link below brings you to the WTNH traffic cams. It is strongly suggested that you view the cameras for I-95 and I-91 Northbound for the New Haven area the morning of Commencement.

http://www.wtnh.com/subindex/traffic/trafficcams

• Please follow these important guidelines to make parking as delay-free as possible on Commencement day, Sunday, May 19. Ample parking is available on-site at Oakdale Theatre.

• Please plan to arrive early - the heaviest volume of traffic arrives in the half-hour prior to the start of the Commencement ceremony.

• Parking attendants will direct guests to available parking - your patience and cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

• Parking for the disabled is located in the spaces directly in front of the main entrance to Oakdale Theatre and is available to patrons who possess a handicapped parking sticker, hang tag or license plate.

• For more information, please visit Oakdale Theatre's website.

From Connecticut Turnpike (I-95)

• If traveling North, take Exit 48 for I-91***
• From I-91 North or South, take Exit 13
• At end of ramp take left and get in far right lane
• At first traffic light take right onto Toelles Road
• Follow to end and take a right onto Hartford Turnpike Road
• Oakdale Theatre is located 1.5 miles on the left

***Please be advised of the following construction announcement from the State Department of Transportation for I-95/I-91 Northbound in New Haven, effective May 17-20. This State construction project will impact those traveling Northbound to Oakdale Theater in Wallingford on Commencement Day, Sunday, May 19. 

The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing that significant construction activities are scheduled to occur on I-95 northbound, between Long Wharf Drive (Exit 46) and the I-91 northbound exit ramp (Exit 48), the weekend of Friday night, May 17, to Monday morning, May 20, 2013. Expect significant traffic delays. Please plan ahead and consider alternate routes to get to your destination. Work is necessary to complete traffic shifts on I-95 northbound and the exit ramp to I-91 northbound (Exit 48).

From Merritt/Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15) North or South

• Take Exit 64
• At the end of the ramp, take a left onto Hartford Turnpike Road
• Oakdale Theatre is located one mile on the right

From Route 10 North or South

• Proceed to Cheshire
• Turn onto Cook Hill Road traveling East
• The Route 10/Cook Hill Road intersection is located near the Cheshire Nurseries
• Follow Cook Hill Road to the end
• Take right onto Hartford Turnpike
• Oakdale Theatre is located 200 yards on the right

From Route I-84

• Take Exit 27 for I-691 East
• From I-691, take Exit 10 for Route 15 South – Merritt Parkway
• Take Exit 64
• At the end of the ramp, take a left onto Hartford Turnpike Road
• Oakdale Theatre is located one mile on the right.