SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
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Senate Office Buildings, lining Constitution Avenue across from the Capitol, are named in honor of distinguished U.S. Senators.

RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING has four floors. SR followed by three digits precedes room numbers in this building; the first digit indicates the floor level. SR followed by A B for example, SR-B103, precedes rooms located in the basement.

DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING has six floors. SD followed by three digits precedes room numbers in this building; the first digit indicates the floor level. SD followed by G precedes rooms located on the ground level and rooms located on the basement level are preceded by SD followed by B. this building has connecting doorways on each floor to the Hart Senate office Building.

HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING has seven floors. Room numbers in this building are preceded by the designation SH followed by three digits; the first digit indicates the floor level. Rooms located in the basement are precede by SH followed by B. the building has connecting doorways on each floor to the Dirksen Senate Office Building. In the Hart building, Senate main offices are generally located on odd numbered floors, with additional office space, committee rooms, and meeting rooms located on even numbered floors.

SENATE ANNEXES

The U.S. Capitol Police or offices unlikely to occupy Senate Immigration and Senate Plaza visited by an intern. As was explained in House Office Building section, the office buildings are built literally along a hill. As the incline changes so do the ground-level entrances and the corresponding floors, i.e. you can enter the Russell Building form the street at three different floor levels. This is very confusing when you find yourself on an elevator at on unfamiliar corner of the building, you look at the B, G or 1 buttons, and you wonder which one will put on the level to walk out of the building.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE BASEMENT

All roads don't exactly lead to the basement, but the basement level of all the House and Senate office buildings is generally the level that you use to move around the building to building an from building to Capitol. In the Rayburn HOB<, Garage Level 3 has a subway that will take you to the Capitol, an on the sub-basement level, tunnels will take you to the Longworth HOB.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS

There are three principal Library of Congress Buildings: the Jefferson Building, the Adams Building and the Madison Building. The Madison Building is the huge, white marble building across the street (First Street SE,) from Cannon HOB basement leads to the Madison Building. For your information, the Jefferson Building is the one most identified as the Library of Congress building and houses the main reading room.

THE CAPITOL BUILDING

The Capitol Building offers ample opportunities to get lost, get turned around, and get thoroughly confused, but its not too bad once you get used to it. The Capitol is divided I half, figuratively speaking, between the Senate and House wings. It has three principal floors not counting the basement levels. Room numbers preceded by an H are locate down the House wing and room numbers proceed by an S are located in the Senate wing. Most rooms in the Capitol have three-digit numbers with first digit indicating the floor level. On the basement level of the House side of the Capitol, there is a tunnel to the Cannon HOB, a subway to the Rayburn HOB is located on the sub-basement level. On the Senate Side, there are subways to the Russell, Dirksen, and Hart Senate Office building located on the basement level.

TRANSPORTATION

All of the House and Senate office buildings are connected to the Capitol and each other by an underground subway/tunnel system. There is a subway to and from the Capitol building form the Rayburn Building, but one tunnel for the Cannon and Longworth HOB trips. All three Senate office buildings are connected to the Capitol by a subway. In addition, the Cannon HOB is connected by tunnel to the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, which is itself joined by an underground tunnel to the other two library of Congress buildings. So it is possible to walk from the farthest reaches of the Rayburn HOB to the atrium of the Hart Senate building without ever stepping outside. However, since there is a subway to the Capitol from Rayburn and from the Capitol to the Hart Building, going by rail may be easier on the fee. Otherwise, hoofing the route from Cannon to the Capitol is a rather routine.