GA-28 to Downtown Augusta, GA

[learrell]

Tight work. Nice mellow music good job.

[Freewayjim]

@learrell Thank you!

[murallesdominic2]

5:17 It's certain, not certian.

[Freewayjim]

@murallesdominic2: You know, I'm good for a typo here and there, please watch the rest of my videos and I'm CERTAIN you'll find a few more. I don't understand how some people can watch, and I assume enjoy a 5-6 minute video that took hours to make and then comment on an unintentional typo, really? feel better now?

[MrTenitis]

Augusta ga. just ain't no place to be.

[taymt360]

@pfsnlwannabe -i live here in augusta and its like that because they moved it across the street. it was there before so they didnt change the sign.

duh..how fucking dumb can you get?

[smit881]

love it

[Ozgrade3]

what sort of cammera was used, the quality of the video is superb. I'd also be interested to know what sort of window mount the camera was on.

[PookyBrownstone]

knowing these streets, it's a lil scary watching his fast forwarded driving.

[JohnMorrisonCanFly]

i live in augusta and go those places all the time!!!!

[dontrell1986]

Okay, so I'am moving to Augusta, mid September, and I was wonder what is the city like.. Oh, and what about Hertiage Apartments.. Please inform me ASAP!

[Freewayjim]

@dontrell1986 I don't live in Augusta so I don't know, maybe somebody else eher can help.

[dori30833]

@dontrell1986 Augusta is a great city. I live here. Im not sure where heritage apartments are, i think they are off wrightsboro rd but im not sure.

[MrMarkingston]

is thers an air port in that city

[Freewayjim]

@MrMarkingston Yes, of course there is! how else do all the bluebloods who play Augusta National come and go? :) For the record it's a bit outside the city, south of I-520 off GA-56.

[the905sDW]

Killer track

[prfsnlwannabe]

I rewatched your video, and I laughed really hard when I finally noticed that Wendy's somehow put a sign across the street from where a Wendy's actually was at 1:31! That just seems kinda tacky to me, since the Wendy's sign on the side is on is more than visible enough.

Then again, I used to think it was a weird practice for Waffle House to build 2 locations off of one exit, and put one on each side of the expressway. Perhaps some locations get so busy, they warrant another one near it?

[Freewayjim]

@prfsnlwannabe -I noticed those Wendy's signs too, I do not recall ever seeing anything like that before.

[north5880]

Liked your clip of Ga. 28 in Augusta. At the beginning, it looks like any exit off any Georgia interstate with the gas stations and restaurants, but it changes. It looks like Riverdale, south of Atlanta the first few miles and even like Savannah with the expressway the next few miles. A sharp contrast to what I see on Interstate 20 in Augusta. The downtown looks nice.

[prfsnlwannabe]

Cool video. I don't think I've ever gone to Augusta interestingly, despite that I've driven through other GA cities at least 1-2 times. Probably I'll go there one day, since I'd like to see The Masters at least once. (and IIRC, a family relative still gets annual tickets)

Really enjoyed seeing things like the Calhoun Expwy, the downtown area(very nice! moreso than I imagined), and the old US 1/78 viaduct on the SC side. At 4:25, is that a street that had a railroad track running in the middle?

[Freewayjim]

@prfsnlwannabe -Thanks! It's a nice little city. Yes that is a RR Track at 4:25 although I'm betting it has not been used in years, maybe decades.

[tmarshall23]

@Freewayjim I was guessing that track probably wasn't in use anymore. If it was somehow still in use, it would be very interesting, since so few cities still have active 'street-running' for trains anymore.

[shizy86]

@Freewayjim The track you saw is still used. I've had to wait for that train at least 3 times in the last year, and I don't even go downtown very often. It acutally crosses over the Savannah River.

[starr522]

As a native of Augusta. Damn good vid.

[2004JETTA]

That was awesome FJ keep 'em coming

[tattys]

u should do one of these videos for downtown miami... its awesome

[Intrepidity]

Nice vid :) What i noticed was that almost no-one has the lights on their cars on in the US. Over here in Europe 95% always has their lights on, even during the day, because it always makes you more visible to other people on the road, for instance when you go through a small tunnel, when there's rain or a little bit of fog, and so on. Just sorta noticed that :)

[Freewayjim]

@Intrepidity You correct, we don't. Although in many states (GA included) it is a law to have your lights on when raining.

[onorebakasama]

@Intrepidity Adding on to what Jim said, certain roads have mandatory headlight laws posted, like certain high-speed road with two lanes (US 113 in Maryland, and MD 90 [which is a two-lane freeway] ), and the Pennsylvania Turnpike has headlight requirements as well (at least between Breezewood and Pittsburgh... only section I've been on).

[Trekker1801]

Awesome as usual. You're production value has really hit the roof since the I-95 days. Truly great.

[Freewayjim]

@Trekker1801 Thanks!

[bokkey45]

can u film savannah?

[FreewayAndrew]

@bokkey45 I bet Jim filmed Savannah, as well as Charleston, SC, Columbia, SC, and Jacksonville, FL that weekend as well, so he may be editing a bunch of footage. :)

[Freewayjim]

@FreewayAndrew Indeed!

[Freewayjim]

@bokkey45 I have a Savannah video on here and I filmed a little bit on this trip that I have not started working on yet before the rains came.

[Bbgunn325]

Once again, B-E-A-Utiful choice of music. You never stop amazing me.

[Freewayjim]

@Bbgunn325 Thank you!

[necroslair]

Nice ride. Thanks for the tour of Augusta. BTW, was it as hot up there as it was down here on the GA coast?

[Freewayjim]

@necroslair Thanks, yes it was very hot in Augusta s well as Charleston and really hot in JAX on the following day.

[uptownbronze]

Jim, thanks for taking me back. My cousins used to play in the old viaduct. UB

[Freewayjim]

@uptownbronze You're welcome, that's a neat old structure.

[integgy95]

Jim! Great video, my man!!! Whenever you go on extended hiatus I get a little depressed lol.. Your videos are so awesome that I wish you could do one everyday.. But I will deal with every few weeks :)

[Freewayjim]

@integgy95 Thank you! I have enough material, plus with what I have coming up later this month that there will be a steady supply for a while :)

[WVBoy25401]

OH my bad I thought it said Atlanta! Yeah Augusta, I'd expect a few

[gsnman]

I visited Aiken, SC last year. I was very fortunate to watch "Wheel of Fortune" during a hotel stay, watching it on channel 12 (WRDW-TV, CBS in Augusta). Good video!

[WVBoy25401]

Am I seeing things or are there...(rubs eyes)... PALM TREES at 4:55!?!?!? Didn't know they could survive in ATL...

[Freewayjim]

@WVBoy25401 Yessir! Augusta is a little different than Atlanta climate-wise to the point they can survive there.

[Uaarkson]

Reminds me quite a bit of my city. (Flint, MI)

Augusta isn't falling apart at the seams, of course. =)

[VaFreeways]

Nice video. For some reason I thought Augusta had a bigger skyline than that. That said, it looks like a pretty nice small-ish city. I like that expressway into downtown too.

[Freewayjim]

@VaFreeways -Thanks. The skyline looks a little bigger if you are looking down the hill from where I-520 is on the SC side of the river.

[FreewayAndrew]

Nice video and awesome music! Hamilton, OH's "Main Street" on the east side of the Great Miami River is High Street. Also, at the end, you put "Produced By FreewayJim". Did your son come or not?

[Freewayjim]

@FreewayAndrew -My son was not with me on that day, I did those solo :)

[FreewayAndrew]

@Freewayjim How can you film videos solo?

[Freewayjim]

@FreewayAndrew It's not hard at all, getting the camera set right is the biggest challenge (I find a level parking lot or space for this) but once it's set all I have to to is reach over to turn it on and press/stop the record button...I have a remote so I could use that if I wanted to, but just as easy to reach over and press the buttons. I'm also usually photographing the routes I film so it's multi-tasking to the max :)

[FreewayAndrew]

@Freewayjim Thanks, I'll have that in mind for my future videos. I wonder if you mounted the camera, with the left/right tripod legs outside the middle part, where you put the car in Drive, Reverse, Low-Gear, 2nd Gear, Park, etc., with the middle leg down to that part of the front car.

[Freewayjim]

@FreewayAndrew - All my tripod legs are on the passenger side floorboard, I have it just right wether anyone is with me or if I'm filming solo, If you have the right kind of tripod this works perfectly.

[aswchris]

Nice tour. I really like Broad Street, it's.... broad.. :)

[Tomahawkin17]

Nice Video and Love that version of Summer Breeze...That song was so good it has been sampled numerous times by many Genres of music...

I love the wide streets of the old south, I'd wish they bring those back especially here in Atlanta instead of Jamming up High Rise Condo's with little or no breathing room...

[cabasse]

@Tomahawkin17 most of Atlanta's streets were never really like that though - Atl was a railroad outpost when Savannah and Augusta were booming. Though Marietta St in downtown kinda reminds me of Broad, without the trees.

Not sure about this comment though - yes there are lots of skyscrapers in CBDs, but what about the other 129 sq mi in Atlanta, most of which make up one of the lowest density cities in America? Atlanta has more breathing room than most cities, and more than most people realize.

[Freewayjim]

@Tomahawkin17 -I'm a big fan of the Isley Bothers version of that song, thought about using it for this video.

[Bryant5493]

Nice video, Jim.

Fairburn's got a Broad Street (U.S. 29), and Athens has one (U.S. 78 Business). Those are the other two Georgia cities that I know of that have one. Monroe might have one as well.

[Freewayjim]

@Bryant5493 Thanks Bryant. Never thought of that...I know there are Broad Streets in Columbia & Charleston too that are de facto "Main Streets".

[Bryant5493]

@Freewayjim

You're welcome, Jim.

[FreewayAndrew]

@Bryant5493 Don't forget Columbus, OH. It's got a Broad Street (US-40 and OH-16)

[Bryant5493]

@FreewayAndrew

They're everywhere, it seems. :-)

[patrick560sl]

so its augusta GA and then north augusta SC? thats cool! interesting to see! omarigolds hit it dead on...its "super" love these vids! Georgia looks so pretty! i can see myself there!

[Freewayjim]

@patrick560sl Thanks Patrick, much appreciated.

[ScrewdUPClickV2]

neat little tour .. i would have not thought that the golf course wouldbe there . damn . anyways i enjoyed the ride

[0marigolds]

Every detail of your timing to the music is delightful - even makes the "suburban wasteland potion of the drive relaxing - when your drive gets downtown, the subtle but clever timing of your turns is wonderful - super, super, super

[Freewayjim]

@0marigolds -Thank you for the kind words :)

it was a fun drive and a fun video to put together.