I-5 North (WA), Seattle Metro North, Exit 182 To Exit 199

[freewaydan]

I have a picture of the area at the 2:04 mark from 1993.

[peanyous1]

so this one is the same vid. it`s good too thx for shar.

[CAMINOANDALUZ]

Nice video!!...Brent!!

I have a question.....

It is a ring road (makes a detour to the city), is a connection among two points, is an exit or entry to the city....

[FreewayBrent]

Interstate 5 is actually a 2,223 kilometer, north-to-south freeway, that connects most of the major cities together on the west coast of the United States (Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego).

[Freewayjim]

Great video! loved the soundtrack and of course enjoyed the ride.

[8laneblacktop]

Everett used to be a big timber town with alot of sawmills and pulp mills (Kimberly Clark, Weyerheauser, etc).

Aerospace dominates now, though the second Boeing Dreamliner assembly line is being built in Charleston, S.C.

There's also a Navy base at Everett - big time blue-collar feel, but really a commuter suburb of Seattle.

[FreewayBrent]

Huh, didn't know that about Everett. Thanks for the quick history lesson.

[CosmoPhotography]

Hmm...at 0:43, aren't they supposed to wait until the white, broken double line to enter the HOV lane? I see people do it all the time in Atlanta and Charlotte, but I was always under the impression that it was illegal. Anywho, this stretch is beautiful! It reminds of I-95 a bit in Stafford and Prince Wiliam Counties in Northern Virginia. Excellent video, Brent! 5*'s

[FreewayBrent]

In the Seattle metro region, HOV lanes are designated by a never-ending solid white line. Just so you know! It's the same thing in Phoenix.

[TheMostWantedR1]

They really can cross whenever they want? That's dangerous especially when cars in the HOV are going the speed limit(or faster) and when traffic is near stopped in the regular lanes. I bet they work a lot of accidents from cars crossing in their path.

5/5

[FreewayBrent]

It has its pros and cons. The SF Bay Area, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, and now Orange County (already exists along the 22 and 55 freeways, with plans to eventually convert all HOV lanes in the county) have open-access HOV lanes. Personally, I like the open-access system better, as it reduces the chokepoints that are common, when traffic is forced to exit and enter the lanes at specific entry points. Others like the restricted-entry system, commonplace in L.A. County.