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Yes, that's the route; it's about 500 m (about 1900 feet) measured from the Canal Street entrance of Union Station to the front door of the hotel. The "hike over the interstate" is a sidewalk along Canal Street that runs underneath the freeway (stay on the east side of the street because the sidewalk on the other side isn't really a full sidewalk) and then slopes back up to Harrison. There's a short steep stretch in the hotel driveway up to their front door. This distance is less than many hikes I've made inside convention centers or shopping malls, so it's not something I find onerous.