LEWISTON – The main entrance at Central Maine Medical Center will be moved Wednesday from its temporary location at 12 High St. to 60 High St., the ground floor of the recently opened Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute medical office complex.

The new entrance offers access to the hospital’s main building on two levels. A traffic circle will allow patients to be dropped off and picked up at the door. The entrance’s exterior is sheltered by an extensive canopy system that extends to the street. Across High Street, another canopy system continues to the patient parking lot and parking garage.

The main information desk and hospital switchboard will move to larger facilities at the new entrance. Handicapped parking will be near the new entrance in front of the 76 High St. building in Lot F.

Other parking areas for patients and visitors will be on the ground level of the parking garage on High Street, as well as in Lots A, B, C, D, F, G, H, K and M. Valet parking will be available upon request.

“This is a significant transition for CMMC and the hundreds of people who come here each day. For over a hundred years, the main entrance to the hospital was on Main Street, but we are now moving the permanent front door of the hospital to 60 High St. Today’s announcement is the first step in informing the public of this move,” said Peter E. Chalke, president and chief executive officer at CMMC.

Walk-in access to the CMMC Emergency Department will continue from the portico near Main Street. Emergency Department patient parking is in Lot M. The discharge lobby, also on Main Street, will not change locations.

More information about CMMC’s main entrance relocation may be obtained by calling 795-2711.