Starting Sept. 9, 2025, use new main entrance at CMH
Contact: Sarah Bello
Hear more about the entrance switch and view a map
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This month, patients will see exciting changes on the CMH campus in Astoria as the construction team begins working on the foundation for the BuildCMH Expansion Project.
Here is how the changes on the CMH campus will affect the community:
New main entrance: The West Lobby entrance, considered the main entrance to the hospital, is usually reached off of Exchange and 20th Streets.
On Tuesday, September 9th, 20th Street, between Exchange Street and Franklin Avenue, and the West Lobby parking lot will be closed permanently due to construction.
Instead of parking by the West Lobby and going through the front doors, patients will need to drive to the back of the hospital to reach a new main entrance. This will be the way to enter the hospital for the next two years.
To drive to CMH for in-hospital appointments, patients will turn onto 22nd Street from Exchange Street. From there, they will continue onto Franklin Avenue, which goes behind the hospital, to the new patient parking lots south of the hospital.
Please note: Visitors needing access to the hospital outside of regular business hours and on the weekends should use the Emergency Room lobby to enter the facility.
Click here to see a map of the route in English and Spanish.
Patients will enter CMH through back doors leading to the Gift Shop Atrium. Those are the doors between Professional Office Building 1 and Professional Office Building 2.
There will be signs showing where to park and how to enter the building. To exit the campus, patients will drive west on Franklin Avenue, continuing through the parking lots until they reach 18th Street. They should take a right, and from there, they will exit to Exchange Street.
Emergency Room access: Patients and ambulances going to the Emergency Room will continue to use the driveway off of Exchange Street to reach the Emergency Room entrance.
Services off-site: Want to avoid the construction? Depending on a patient’s needs, they may be able to visit other CMH locations for services, rather than visiting the main hospital campus in Astoria.
In addition to locations in Astoria, we have:
- Urgent Care Clinics in Seaside and Warrenton
- A pharmacy in Seaside
- Walk-in labs in Seaside and Warrenton, with extended hours in the Astoria Health & Wellness Pavilion
- Walk-in imaging in Seaside and Warrenton
- Specialty appointments in Seaside (Cardiology, Foot and Ankle, and Pediatrics)
- Bill pay online (columbiamemorial.org/billpay) or over the phone (503-338-7530)
Questions: If patients have questions about these changes, they can visit columbiamemorial.org/buildcmh and fill out the form. Most submissions are answered within 24 hours, and feedback is welcomed.
Watch the project’s progress: View live webcams, read project updates and hear more about what the expansion is bringing to Astoria at columbiamemorial.org/buildcmh.
“Thank you for your patience as we undergo this change,” says Erik Thorsen, CMH CEO. “We are looking forward to opening the region’s premier medical center in just a couple of short years.”