BATON ROUGE - Almost 7,000 new LSU students will be moving into campus starting next Friday. 

Starting Aug. 16, 6,700 new students will spend three days moving onto campus. New students will start their move-in at the staging area at Levee Lot 412 on River Road. From there, they'll receive further directions, their building hang tag, and bottles of water before driving onto campus. 

Campus traffic patterns will be impacted by move-in routes, including portions of Aster Street, South Stadium Drive, and South Campus Drive running contraflow.

Returning students will be move in from Aug. 22 to 24.