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Welcome Center

125 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608

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About the Welcome Center

  • The venue has its own parking facilities.
  • View information on the Parking Garage (opens new tab) .
  • If parking in the garage, visitors should use the level 2 exit next to the van-accessible spaces.
  • After exiting, they should then turn left and access the Welcome Center in order to pass through security before starting the tour.
  • This route is approximately 30 yards.
  • The Welcome Center is the starting point for public tours of the New Jersey State House.
  • View information on New Jersey State House Tours (opens new tab) .
  • In the lobby there is a security checkpoint where visitors need to pass through a magnetometer and have their belongings scanned through an x-ray machine.
  • The opening width of the walk-through security scanner is 28 inches.
  • Wheelchair users and anyone who cannot go through a magnetometer may receive a wand screening instead.
  • There is a wider walk-through security scanner (32 inches) in the Security Building.
  • The Welcome Center is on one level. This is equivalent to the sub-basement level of the State House Complex and level 2 of the adjacent parking garage.
  • The Welcome Center is linked internally to the rest of the State House complex via the pedestrian tunnel on the basement level.
  • There are ramps with slight gradients along the tunnel.
  • Visitors on public tours will access the State House via this route.
  • When tour groups are present, the Welcome Center can be noisy.

Information on Devices, Interpretation, Large Format Publishing

  • About View
    • For reasonable accommodation of a disability, please call (609) 847-3350.
    • The legislative chambers and committee rooms are equipped with built-in, ADA-compliant, FM-assisted listening devices for persons with hearing loss. Headsets and receivers are available when requested 24 hours in advance.
    • CART, real-time reporting and sign language interpretation are available when requested 5 working days in advance.
    • Large print versions of bills, resolutions and committee statements may be obtained from the Legislative Information and Bill Room (Room B-1 on the basement level of the State House Annex).
    • Upon request, other publications can be reproduced in large print and some items can be transferred onto audio format as well.
    • Services available in the venue include: Available devices - Please call (609) 847-3350 to request the following devices 24 hours in advance:
    • 5 x Magnifying Glass (1 Available)
    • Luna 8 Zoom Max (1 available)
    • Eschenbach Visolux digital XL FHD (1 available)
    • Reizen Loud Ear Sound Amplifier (3 available).
  • Getting Help and Assistance View
    • Drinking fountains are available.

Getting Inside

  • The Welcome Center has one entrance that has step-free level access.
  • The Welcome Center can also be accessed internally via the Executive State House elevator and the pedestrian tunnel on the basement level.
  • However, this internal route would only apply if a visitor had been escorted by staff from the Security Building on West State Street.
  • There are ramps along the basement level pedestrian tunnel with slight gradients.

Restrooms and Changing Facilities Available

  • Multiple-stall Restrooms with Accessibility Features View
    • The multiple-stall restrooms with accessibility features are located in the lobby.
    • The transfer space within the multiple-stall restrooms with accessibility features varies between left hand transfer and right hand transfer.
  • Standard Restrooms View
    • Step-free male and female restrooms are located in the lobby.
    • Step-free ambulatory stalls are located in the male and female restrooms.
    • Both the male and female restrooms in the Welcome Center have ambulatory stalls and wheelchair-accessible stalls.
  • Changing Facilities View
    • Parent and baby changing facilities are located in the male and female restrooms.

Entrance

  • This entrance is located at the rear of the State House Complex, next to the parking garage.
  • There is step-free level access at the entrance.
  • The entrance area is not clearly signed.
  • There is a canopy or recess that provides weather protection at the entrance.
  • There are double automatic doors at this entrance.
  • The doors open towards you.
  • There is a push plate/sensor at a height of 2ft 9in (85cm).
  • The door has a lever handle.
  • The width of the opening is 4ft 11in (150cm).
  • There is a squared threshold (more than 1/2in) at the opening.
  • The doors have a high visual contrast.
  • There is a second set of double automatic doors.
  • The second set of doors open towards you.
  • There is a push plate/sensor at a height of 3ft 2in (98cm).
  • The doors have pull handles.
  • The width of the opening is 5ft 2in (158cm).
  • The doors have a high visual contrast.
  • There is step-free level access as you enter the entrance.

Lobby

  • The lobby is located immediately beyond the entrance.
  • The lobby is approximately 3ft (1m) from the entrance.
  • The most accessible route to the lobby has step-free level access.
  • There is step-free level access to the desk.
  • The height of the desk is 3ft 2in (98cm).
  • The desk has patterned/distracting backgrounds that may affect the ability of someone to lip read.
  • There is no (or very little) background noise.
  • Some flooring is shiny and patterned.
  • Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey, with unshaded light sources.
  • Furniture can be moved to enable space for a wheelchair user to maneuver (60in x 60in - 1525mm x 1525mm).
  • There are bench seats in this area.
  • There are fixed desks in this area.

Getting Around

  • There is step-free level access throughout all areas.
  • The flooring is carpet.
  • There is a high visual contrast between the walls and floor in all areas.
  • There is no (or very little) background noise.
  • Seating available in the walkways includes: bench seats.
  • Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.

Multi-Purpose Room

  • Location and Access View
    • The room surveyed is located at the rear right of the lobby.
    • The room surveyed is approximately 32ft (10m) from the entrance.
    • The most accessible route to the room has step-free level access.
    • There is written text signage on or near the entrance.
    • There is step-free level access to enter.
    • There is a single manual door to enter the room.
    • The door has a high visual contrast.
    • The door opens towards you.
    • The door requires effort to open.
    • The door has a pull handle.
    • The width of the opening is 2ft 6in (78cm).
  • Room Details View
    • There is space for a wheelchair user to maneuver (60in x 60in - 1525mm x 1525mm).
    • The flooring is carpet.
    • There is a high visual contrast between the walls and floor.
    • There are chairs without armrests in this room.
    • There are tables in this room.
    • All tables are suitable for wheelchair users (between 28in and 34in - 710mm and 860mm from the floor).
    • There is no (or very little) background noise.
    • Additional facilities/services include: a sink.
    • Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.
    • The classroom will sometimes be used for school visits.
    • For reasonable accommodation of a disability, please call (609) 847-3350.

Restroom with Accessibility Features (1st Floor Lobby - Female - Right Transfer)

  • Location and Access View
    • The restroom surveyed is a multiple-stall restroom.
    • The restroom surveyed is located just off the entrance lobby, to the right.
    • The restroom surveyed is approximately 42ft (13m) from the Welcome Center entrance.
    • The most accessible route to the restroom has step-free level access.
    • Please note that the dimensions of the stall with accessibility features in this restroom may be too small for some wheelchairs.
    • There is Braille, tactile, pictorial and written text signage on or near the restroom door.
    • The door into the restroom opens inwards and has a high visual contrast.
    • The door requires effort to open.
    • The door has no handle.
    • The width of the restroom door opening is 2ft 8in (83cm).
    • The door into the stall opens outwards and has a medium visual contrast with the surrounding walls.
    • The door is easy to open.
    • The door has a pull handle.
    • The width of the stall door opening is 2ft 10in (87cm).
    • The door has a sliding bolt lock.
    • Internally the door has a medium visual contrast.
  • Dimensions and Features View
    • The overall dimensions are 4ft 11in x 4ft 10in (150cm x 148cm).
    • There is a lateral transfer space to the right of the toilet as you look at it.
    • The lateral transfer space is 2ft 11in (90cm) (from the side of the toilet bowl to the wall).
    • There is a push button flush on the wall above the water tank.
    • There is a horizontal grab bar on the rear wall and on the side wall.
    • The horizontal grab bars have varying visual contrasts with the surrounding walls.
    • The toilet seat is 1ft 7in (49cm) from the floor.
    • The toilet seat has a low visual contrast.
    • There is a wall-mounted toilet paper dispenser that can be easily reached when seated on the toilet.
    • The toilet paper dispenser has a medium visual contrast.
    • The toilet paper dispenser is 1ft 6in (47cm) from the floor.
    • The sink is 2ft 10in (87cm) from the floor.
    • The sink faucet type is sensor.
    • There is a soap dispenser, that it is not wall-mounted.
    • There is a wall-mounted paper towel dispenser.
    • The paper towel dispenser has a high visual contrast.
    • The paper towel dispenser is 3ft 4in (103cm) from the floor.
    • There is not a hand dryer.
    • There is a mirror above the sink/counter top with its bottom edge within 40in (1000mm) maximum from the finish floor.
    • There is no shelf.
    • The stall has no disposal facilities.
    • There is one coat hook.
    • The coat hook is 3ft 9in (116cm) from the floor.
    • The baby changing station when in use is at a height of 2ft 7in (80cm) from the floor.
    • There is a low visual contrast between the walls and floor.
    • Lighting levels were even at the time of the survey.
    • There is a male restroom with accessibility features and a left transfer next to the female restroom.