How to Find BIO
BIO Address: 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2
Halifax − on Hwy 111 over the MacKay Bridge, take the first right exit immediately after the tool booth complex on the MacKay Bridge to Princess Margaret Blvd. Turn right onto Princess Margaret at the stop sign and then take the first left onto Hudson Way (before going under the Bridge) up the hill to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right – Challenger Drive.
Bedford − take Dartmouth Road (Hwy 7) Magazine Hill to Windmill Road in Dartmouth. Take the right hand exit to stay on Windmill Road at the lights before going up the over pass towards the MacKay Bridge. At the first set of lights just past the bridge underpass, turn right onto Princess Margaret Blvd. Go down past the on-ramp to Hwy 111 and turn left onto Hudson Way (before going under the bridge) up the hill to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right - Challenger Drive.
Airport via Bridges − Taking Hwy 102 from the airport, stay left onto Hwy 118 (Dartmouth and Halifax via Bridges). Take exit 12 for Hwy 111 and the MacKay Bridge. Heading towards the Bridge and keeping to the right, take the very last right hand exit #1 immediately before the toll booth complex down onto Princess Margaret Blvd. Turn left at the stop sign, go under the Bridge and then turn right onto Hudson Way to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right - Challenger Drive.
Annapolis Valley & Windsor on Hwy 101 − follow the signs for Dartmouth and take the Bedford Bypass to Hwy 7. This takes you onto Windmill Road (Hwy 7) in Dartmouth. Take the right hand exit to stay on Windmill Road at the lights before going up the over pass towards the MacKay Bridge. At the first set of lights just past the bridge underpass, turn right onto Princess Margaret Blvd. Go down past the on-ramp to Hwy 111 and turn left onto Hudson Way (before going under the bridge) up the hill to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right - Challenger Drive.
South Shore 103 and Hammonds Plains − take the Hwy 102 to Exit 4a to Bedford (Hwy 1and 7) and turn right onto the Bedford Hwy. Proceed past the Bedford Place (right hand side) and Sunnyside (left hand side) Shopping Malls. Follow the signs for Hwy 7 to Dartmouth. At the traffic intersection, turn left onto Dartmouth Road (Hwy 7) and go up the hill out of Bedford. Dartmouth Road (Hwy 7) Magazine Hill goes to Windmill Road in Dartmouth. Take the right hand exit to stay on Windmill Road at the lights before going up the over pass towards the MacKay Bridge. At the first set of lights just past the bridge underpass, turn right onto Princess Margaret Blvd. Go down past the on-ramp to Hwy 111 and turn left onto Hudson Way (before going under the bridge) up the hill to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right - Challenger Drive.
Downtown Dartmouth - take Windmill Road towards the MacKay Bridge. Turn left onto Princess Margaret Blvd. Go down past the on-ramp to Hwy 111 and turn left onto Hudson Way (before going under the bridge) up the hill to BIO. Take your first left onto Baffin Blvd. The main entrance is your first right - Challenger Drive.
HRM Metro Transit Buses − "Windmill 51" currently services BIO with a bus stop at the Lower Entrance adjacent to the BIO Wharf Gate, and a limited route schedule:
- to Wallis Heights/Burnside, Monday to Friday mornings at 07h05, 07h35, 08h05, and 08h35.
- to Bridge/Dockyard, Monday to Friday evenings at 15h40,16h11,16h43 and 17h11.
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