@GeoffJennyOliver: I'll have to notify you, when I refilm this stretch, sometime later this month or next month. It'll look way better with the newer camcorder and editing.
@FreewayBrent .. thanks Brent - that would be great - I remember going over that pass and being awe struck at the scenery ( and of course the road!) ..
@DetroitLove4U: I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's possible, but considering the polluted nature of the Central Valley, you're lucky to even see Bakersfield, or even the I-5/CA 99 interchange on some days.
@FreewayBrent So down the grapevine one is approaching the county line of Kern County? What is the first city of Kern County on the I-5 North? I was always told not to take the 5 to get to San Francisco because it wasn't as safe as the 101. Too many trucks on the 5 more than on the 101.
@DetroitLove4U I-5 goes through the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. There's no cities at all along this route through the valley, only agricultural lands. The largest city to connect to I-5 north of Los Angeles is Stockton and perhaps Tracy. If I were you, I would take the 101. It's a much more scenic route.
Practically impossible. I just checked on google earth. Zoomed in on the Ft. Tejon Exit at the south side of the Grapevine, and zoomed up to an altitude of 30,000 feet. At that height, the horizon's still less than 200 miles away. You can probably see Fresno at that altitude, but you won't likely recognize it unless at night - and this is 30K feet in the air! From the pass, I doubt you'd even make out Bakersfield, and even so then only at night.
I drive this to work every day. (Up to Templin Highway Only) and even if I'm doing 95mph.. I still get passed by several cars.. and many time already in the last month.. about 7 CHP cars... in both directions (going home and coming to work)..... I still enjoy my morning drive home though... best scenery going downhill before approaching Castaic and Santa Clarita...
I drove this one night a couple of years ago in the middle of the night, we were trying to avoid traffic that's so awful in the LA area, and we had snow and there were these vehicles with blocking things across the freeway preventing anyone from going any faster than a certain speed going down the grapevine. I have to say it was one of the weirdest driving experiences, and one of the most harrowing I've ever had. Probably saved a lot of lives though.
Took this drive for the first time two weeks ago. What an experience! Despite it being a clear day, when I saw the Central Valley view, it looked like smog. I'm wondering if that was from all the farm land chemicals?
@MisterWub: That's certainly a part of the reason the valley is so polluted; other factors include the physical geography, the huge population explosion over the past 20 years (which continues to this day) and the subsequent rise in the number of diesel trucks and automobiles in the valley. You might want to subscribe to ScrewdUpClickV2. He will soon be releasing a similar video, that is sure to be better than this one. Thanks for watching!
Oh man, last time I drove this was in July, and the landscape was all dry brush from start to end. The lush green grass was gone and just turned into a super nasty fire hazard. You're lucky you caught it green. When did you film this?
Interesting that they decided to add a truck ramp on the left side of the highway when all the trucks were expected to keep at 35 mph and to the right.
Wouldn't it be dangerous for a truck to have to cross several lanes of traffic if its brakes ended up failing?
@quijeros: Well, this is why I think CalTrans constructed that left-handed emergency truck ramp. If a trucker loses his/her brakes, and starts to coast down at 75, 80, 85, 90 MPH, that person will most certainly want to swing out toward the left lanes, as the right 2 lanes will be preoccupied by truckers going 35 to 40 MPH. At least I'm pretty sure that's the thinking that went behind constructing the ramp.
GREAT VIDEO. I "get" TO DRIVE THIS ROUTE ATLEAST ONCE A WEEK. NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS SPECIAL UNTIL YOU AND YOUR COMMENTEERS BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. COOL VIDEO!
I believe I-5 goes over the San Andreas Fault just before the county line. one thing i thought was interesting is that you used the same music for this video as you did for the southbound video.
@dvferyance: Yeah, I felt like the track was "perfect" for the northbound ride as well, considering the fast beat and time of length that I needed in a song for this particular video.
Great video. A few things worth mentioning... The motel in Gorman was where a part of the movie "Thelma and Louise" was filmed. Access to the original ridge route is via Templin Hwy exit. In 1991 the artist Christo covered parts of the area with yellow umbrellas. The Grapevine is named for the grapevines growing on the mountainside just south of the valley.
It is amazing to me even after my having traveled through this area many times that it, "seems" so flat, yet you look at the seemingly tiny mountain, and there is snow at the top. Especially right outside of LA county. Thanks for posting these videos. I can not stop watching.
From the CA 99 South interchange, up to I-580, yeah, I doubt I could keep many people interested in 7 or 8 videos of generally flat & agricultural landscapes. However, one idea of mine is to showcase some short 4 to 5 mile segments of the 200+ mile route (such as the approaches to CA 58, 41, CA 198, CA 152 and I-580) then piece them together to make a 5 or 6 minute long video. I think *that* could possibly work, for those who have never been along this portion of I-5 and are curious to see it.
@longliveaki1138 i LIKE YOUR VIDEOS FREEWAY. YOUR IDEA ON THE "HIGHLIGHTS" ON THIS ROAD IS A GOOD ONE. FOR THE AREAS INBETWEEN YOU CAN USE A STILL SHOT BECAUSE IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME...
This strech of i-5 would be a pleasant senic drive to be on, C-DOT did a marvelous job planning and constructing i-5 in this section. Freeway Brent,great job of showing the wonderful travels of the West Coast Area,enjoy the videos.
@mtgpsman thats not the shoulder, its a truck lane. If you look closely you will see another white line to the right of the trucks. The reason for the white line to left is to tell the cars that this isn't a lane for them to use. It conveys to car traffic to keep to the left. Reason being that cars frequently travel around 70 mph on this stretch of road while trucks are hauling donkey at 30. A forty mph speed difference has totaled more than one car on this road.
@mtgpsman: Superflea is correct; that is indeed the truck lane, and signs overhead state a 35 MPH limit while driving down the Grapevine. Legally, automobile traffic isn't banned from using it, but it's not recommended.
Like the remake on this video. Jealous because we don't have any dramatic landscapes like that here in Virginia. But after seeing you and Jim do your videos, I'm giving some serious consideration to doing my own videos with an emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic states (ie. West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and maybe Southern PA).
Yeah man, start yourself off with a couple of videos of I-68 through western Maryland and West Virginia; that would definitely win you some kudos from viewers!
At first I am going to stick close to the DC area and do some stuff mostly that can be easily reached within a day. But there's still a fair amount of interesting stuff that can be filmed within a couple hours of where I live in Northern Virginia. I have to confess I've actually never been out to far Western MD so filming might give me an excuse to go out there.
Nice video man!! This is why I wish I could move out west.. You can't get that kind of scenery east of the Mississippi.. If I had the money I would totally move out there.. Probably cheaper to live as well..
Well...California is definitely *anything* but cheap. Albuquerque, Phoenix and Denver have reasonably priced housing, but the latter 2 cities are going thru an economic funk right now. Seattle and Portland are more expensive (but not as much as L.A. or the SF Bay Area). San Diego is the best value for California cities right now, but still far from being cheap.
Yeah, the scenery along this stretch of I-5 is totally awesome!
Cool man, I'm really glad you enjoyed what I feel is one of my best videos to date, both in terms of the scenery presented & the selection and timing of the annotations I inserted into this video.
A high speed train service will be soon built in California, linking Sacramento, SF and LA, as I read a couple months ago in a newspaper. That will be much faster and easier than riding the I-5!
Given the vast amount of blue sky (empty space) in the video, it would have been better to put the tags on top instead of on bottom. That said, good video...
I actually experimented with that initially for my first HD video, but realized that it would be both distracting (and even annoying) for most viewers to have to constantly switch their eyes between reading text at the top, and concentrating on the roadway at the bottom. But that idea *does* work very well for other types of videos, depending on the subject matter.
His notations are fine where they are, they would look silly up top. Could Brent zoom his camera in a tick? maybe, but gee, that's really nit-picking, the video is fine as it is.
Very cool! Seeing an 8 lane road seemingly in the middle of nowhere is quite surreal. I also have a lot more respect for truckers seeing them hug the right lane like that.
Yes, indeed. Are there any other roadways around the world that you can think of, with 8 lanes and somewhat similar scenery?
I know the N1 in South Africa has a truly remarkable 6 lane stretch of motorway, with an unforgiving mountain landscape that separates Cape Town from points east. Snoqualmie Pass along I-90 has an 8 lane stretch, too, but the scenery is quite different.
The SP-160 just south of São Paulo, Brazil is definitely an isolated road you need to check out. Its 6 to 8 lanes wide and full of tunnels and viaducts that travels right through a mountainous rain forest. Still waiting on street view to get down there. They call it the Rodovia dos Imigrantes.
I didn't realize it got up to 8 lanes?? I thought that was a mostly 4 lane roadway? Bad memory, I guess. Looks like one spectacular roadway, for sure.
Fantastic video!!!!, The two times I was over this pass was in the summer, so it was very hot and brown and smoggy. Nice to see what the mtns look like when its clear and the grass is green:).
The width of this freeway seems... excessive. I've never understood why so many highways in the US are as wide as they are - especially in areas outside of cities or naturally beautiful areas. It looks like this entire length you uploaded could have accommodated everyone, without backing traffic, as a dual carriageway.
If you have such grades, 6 lanes are quickly a must. If you add some long-distance commuter traffic or holiday peaks to it, the decision for 8 lanes is not that weird.
Chris has got it right in this situation; holiday traffic, in particular, can cause severe delays throughout the entire length, featured in this video. Plus, with all the trucks that use this freeway, combined with 82,000 vehicles per day, a 4 lane freeway simply wouldn't suffice (you would have some pretty severe stop-and-go traffic).
I filmed this at 11 a.m., typically a very light hour for Tejon Pass. 4 - 7 p.m. traffic tends to be heavier.
I think it's just right, lots of big trucks on that road and from what Brent tells me, it's quite crowded on weekends. Plus they had the equipment up there building it in 1970, why not get it right so they don't have to go back up and widen it in 20 years.
I've always wondered about the switch too, but my theory is that CalTrans wanted to give downhill trucks the 5% grade (as opposed to the nearly 6% grade for uphill drivers) to give truckers a better chance of not overheating the brakes. Just my theory.
It's very rare for the two directions of traffic to switch over like that. Malfunction Junction in Birmingham, AL is probably the only other one I've seen.
Damn, the guy in the white Nissan Altima at 6:54 was hauling ass! And, the scenery is absolutely gorgeous at 8:08. Great job, man! Looking forward to more!
Where are the windmills?
SossarHatarSverige 2 weeks ago
love racing down the grapevine
jr13loco 10 months ago
... this is the part of the road system I am most familiar with Brent - we took that turn to Lancaster many times ..
GeoffJennyOliver 11 months ago
@GeoffJennyOliver: I'll have to notify you, when I refilm this stretch, sometime later this month or next month. It'll look way better with the newer camcorder and editing.
FreewayBrent 11 months ago
@FreewayBrent .. thanks Brent - that would be great - I remember going over that pass and being awe struck at the scenery ( and of course the road!) ..
GeoffJennyOliver 11 months ago
LoL! I always thought the runaway ramp area was a deconstructed portion of the Old Ridge Route Highway. Now I know.
gemini6179 11 months ago
So hypothetically speaking one could say the see Stockton and Sacramento in the horizon of the 500 mile Central Valley view?????
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
@DetroitLove4U: I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's possible, but considering the polluted nature of the Central Valley, you're lucky to even see Bakersfield, or even the I-5/CA 99 interchange on some days.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
@FreewayBrent So down the grapevine one is approaching the county line of Kern County? What is the first city of Kern County on the I-5 North? I was always told not to take the 5 to get to San Francisco because it wasn't as safe as the 101. Too many trucks on the 5 more than on the 101.
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
@DetroitLove4U I-5 goes through the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. There's no cities at all along this route through the valley, only agricultural lands. The largest city to connect to I-5 north of Los Angeles is Stockton and perhaps Tracy. If I were you, I would take the 101. It's a much more scenic route.
gemini6179 11 months ago
@DetroitLove4U
Practically impossible. I just checked on google earth. Zoomed in on the Ft. Tejon Exit at the south side of the Grapevine, and zoomed up to an altitude of 30,000 feet. At that height, the horizon's still less than 200 miles away. You can probably see Fresno at that altitude, but you won't likely recognize it unless at night - and this is 30K feet in the air! From the pass, I doubt you'd even make out Bakersfield, and even so then only at night.
filrabat 7 months ago
I drive this to work every day. (Up to Templin Highway Only) and even if I'm doing 95mph.. I still get passed by several cars.. and many time already in the last month.. about 7 CHP cars... in both directions (going home and coming to work)..... I still enjoy my morning drive home though... best scenery going downhill before approaching Castaic and Santa Clarita...
jcynavarro 1 year ago
I drove this one night a couple of years ago in the middle of the night, we were trying to avoid traffic that's so awful in the LA area, and we had snow and there were these vehicles with blocking things across the freeway preventing anyone from going any faster than a certain speed going down the grapevine. I have to say it was one of the weirdest driving experiences, and one of the most harrowing I've ever had. Probably saved a lot of lives though.
FancyPantsElitist 1 year ago
Took this drive for the first time two weeks ago. What an experience! Despite it being a clear day, when I saw the Central Valley view, it looked like smog. I'm wondering if that was from all the farm land chemicals?
MisterWub 1 year ago
@MisterWub: That's certainly a part of the reason the valley is so polluted; other factors include the physical geography, the huge population explosion over the past 20 years (which continues to this day) and the subsequent rise in the number of diesel trucks and automobiles in the valley. You might want to subscribe to ScrewdUpClickV2. He will soon be releasing a similar video, that is sure to be better than this one. Thanks for watching!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Oh man, last time I drove this was in July, and the landscape was all dry brush from start to end. The lush green grass was gone and just turned into a super nasty fire hazard. You're lucky you caught it green. When did you film this?
socalrailfanner 1 year ago
@socalrailfanner: I believe I filmed this in February, but I'm not 100% certain. Perhaps I should start dating my films.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
this is 1,000,000,000,000x better than Justin Beiber.
HoltCalifornia 1 year ago
@HoltCalifornia: lol, I would agree.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I hate driving north of highway 5! I prefer to drive south at 90 mph and then cruise through the grapevine into Los Angeles
Juliansworld 1 year ago
does anybody know how long the I5 freeway all the way to Portland take to build?
ajhgfhgjbjhbjhb 1 year ago
65 MPH...yea, right. If you don't do 80 you get run over. Been there many times. Loved the video.
ricksclick 1 year ago
Love taking this freeway from sacramento to disneyland. So comforting and relaxing.
HDMrWatterBottle 1 year ago
@HDMrWatterBottle: Relaxing, as long as it's not a Friday or Sunday!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Interesting that they decided to add a truck ramp on the left side of the highway when all the trucks were expected to keep at 35 mph and to the right.
Wouldn't it be dangerous for a truck to have to cross several lanes of traffic if its brakes ended up failing?
quijeros 1 year ago
@quijeros: Well, this is why I think CalTrans constructed that left-handed emergency truck ramp. If a trucker loses his/her brakes, and starts to coast down at 75, 80, 85, 90 MPH, that person will most certainly want to swing out toward the left lanes, as the right 2 lanes will be preoccupied by truckers going 35 to 40 MPH. At least I'm pretty sure that's the thinking that went behind constructing the ramp.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
man i love this video my fav freeway vid
IntuneGames 1 year ago
@IntuneGames: Thanks dude!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
GREAT VIDEO. I "get" TO DRIVE THIS ROUTE ATLEAST ONCE A WEEK. NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS SPECIAL UNTIL YOU AND YOUR COMMENTEERS BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. COOL VIDEO!
dutchboy25al 1 year ago
@dutchboy25al: I bet you never thought you'd see it in a time-lapsed, HD video on YouTube, huh? :-) Glad you enjoyed the ride.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I believe I-5 goes over the San Andreas Fault just before the county line. one thing i thought was interesting is that you used the same music for this video as you did for the southbound video.
dvferyance 1 year ago
@dvferyance: Yeah, I felt like the track was "perfect" for the northbound ride as well, considering the fast beat and time of length that I needed in a song for this particular video.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I like these type of video were you put interesting facts, good job!
fuckdanwo 1 year ago
@fuckdanwo: Thank you!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I think you caught me around 2:32-2:40. I was the Blue camaro badly tailgatting the taurus.
when was this filmed? I was heading north from LA on the weekend of the 5-6-7th of march
QuasiTraction 1 year ago
this freeway is totally off the hook .. no lie i enjoyed this today
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
Great video. A few things worth mentioning... The motel in Gorman was where a part of the movie "Thelma and Louise" was filmed. Access to the original ridge route is via Templin Hwy exit. In 1991 the artist Christo covered parts of the area with yellow umbrellas. The Grapevine is named for the grapevines growing on the mountainside just south of the valley.
BrainEatingApe 1 year ago
2 weeks man . and i get to ride the greatest
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
Legendary
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
It is amazing to me even after my having traveled through this area many times that it, "seems" so flat, yet you look at the seemingly tiny mountain, and there is snow at the top. Especially right outside of LA county. Thanks for posting these videos. I can not stop watching.
SaltyTestes 1 year ago
The next hundreds of miles of I-5 may perhaps be too boring to be filmed, maybe?
longliveaki1138 1 year ago
From the CA 99 South interchange, up to I-580, yeah, I doubt I could keep many people interested in 7 or 8 videos of generally flat & agricultural landscapes. However, one idea of mine is to showcase some short 4 to 5 mile segments of the 200+ mile route (such as the approaches to CA 58, 41, CA 198, CA 152 and I-580) then piece them together to make a 5 or 6 minute long video. I think *that* could possibly work, for those who have never been along this portion of I-5 and are curious to see it.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
@longliveaki1138 i LIKE YOUR VIDEOS FREEWAY. YOUR IDEA ON THE "HIGHLIGHTS" ON THIS ROAD IS A GOOD ONE. FOR THE AREAS INBETWEEN YOU CAN USE A STILL SHOT BECAUSE IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME...
dutchboy25al 1 year ago
This strech of i-5 would be a pleasant senic drive to be on, C-DOT did a marvelous job planning and constructing i-5 in this section. Freeway Brent,great job of showing the wonderful travels of the West Coast Area,enjoy the videos.
fgjr96way 1 year ago
Just look at all those sonofabitchin' MFFY truck drivers traveling the shoulder...
mtgpsman 1 year ago
@mtgpsman thats not the shoulder, its a truck lane. If you look closely you will see another white line to the right of the trucks. The reason for the white line to left is to tell the cars that this isn't a lane for them to use. It conveys to car traffic to keep to the left. Reason being that cars frequently travel around 70 mph on this stretch of road while trucks are hauling donkey at 30. A forty mph speed difference has totaled more than one car on this road.
superflea1 1 year ago
@superflea1 See: 7:51
mtgpsman 1 year ago
@mtgpsman: Superflea is correct; that is indeed the truck lane, and signs overhead state a 35 MPH limit while driving down the Grapevine. Legally, automobile traffic isn't banned from using it, but it's not recommended.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Wonderful view and the sky that cannot be seen in Japan. And, it is a wide road.
Thank you for a nice video.
drivemovie 1 year ago
Like the remake on this video. Jealous because we don't have any dramatic landscapes like that here in Virginia. But after seeing you and Jim do your videos, I'm giving some serious consideration to doing my own videos with an emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic states (ie. West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and maybe Southern PA).
vogtste 1 year ago
Yeah man, start yourself off with a couple of videos of I-68 through western Maryland and West Virginia; that would definitely win you some kudos from viewers!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
@FreewayBrent
Superb video! I really enjoyed, it reminds me of the road trip I took to Sacramento 3 years ago.
adogg619 1 year ago
At first I am going to stick close to the DC area and do some stuff mostly that can be easily reached within a day. But there's still a fair amount of interesting stuff that can be filmed within a couple hours of where I live in Northern Virginia. I have to confess I've actually never been out to far Western MD so filming might give me an excuse to go out there.
vogtste 1 year ago
Nice video man!! This is why I wish I could move out west.. You can't get that kind of scenery east of the Mississippi.. If I had the money I would totally move out there.. Probably cheaper to live as well..
integgy95 1 year ago
Well...California is definitely *anything* but cheap. Albuquerque, Phoenix and Denver have reasonably priced housing, but the latter 2 cities are going thru an economic funk right now. Seattle and Portland are more expensive (but not as much as L.A. or the SF Bay Area). San Diego is the best value for California cities right now, but still far from being cheap.
Yeah, the scenery along this stretch of I-5 is totally awesome!
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Great vid!!.....Thanks for the ride.
It seems to be a key route for the transport of goods (Great quantity of trucks), intermodal transport (Railroad) loses force there.
CAMINOANDALUZ 1 year ago
awesome video Brent! you rock dude!
coolcat713 1 year ago
Cool man, I'm really glad you enjoyed what I feel is one of my best videos to date, both in terms of the scenery presented & the selection and timing of the annotations I inserted into this video.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Nice video, Brent. The view at the end was spectacular. Definitely 5/5 stars!
necroslair 1 year ago
Nice video as always:D
quatlen 1 year ago
the interchange of I-85 and I-77 in Charlotte, NC have I-77 switch sides like this as well.
MazdaStrider 1 year ago
Huh, didn't know that. I'll have to check that out on Google maps.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I-95 & I-695 north of Baltimore used to, it's being transformed to a 4 level stack.
Freewayjim 1 year ago
4:32 - Smokey Bear Rd. (lol)
6:54 - I agree with, Evan. Damn!
Awesome video, Brent.
Bryant5493 1 year ago
A high speed train service will be soon built in California, linking Sacramento, SF and LA, as I read a couple months ago in a newspaper. That will be much faster and easier than riding the I-5!
wipandco 1 year ago
Given the vast amount of blue sky (empty space) in the video, it would have been better to put the tags on top instead of on bottom. That said, good video...
mudfroggie 1 year ago
I actually experimented with that initially for my first HD video, but realized that it would be both distracting (and even annoying) for most viewers to have to constantly switch their eyes between reading text at the top, and concentrating on the roadway at the bottom. But that idea *does* work very well for other types of videos, depending on the subject matter.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Does your red pen ever run out of ink?
His notations are fine where they are, they would look silly up top. Could Brent zoom his camera in a tick? maybe, but gee, that's really nit-picking, the video is fine as it is.
Freewayjim 1 year ago 10
I don't see it as nit-picking. A major difference-of-opinion, apparently, but not nit-picking. I'm sorry you see it that way.
mudfroggie 1 year ago
Very cool! Seeing an 8 lane road seemingly in the middle of nowhere is quite surreal. I also have a lot more respect for truckers seeing them hug the right lane like that.
eluko79 1 year ago
Yes, indeed. Are there any other roadways around the world that you can think of, with 8 lanes and somewhat similar scenery?
I know the N1 in South Africa has a truly remarkable 6 lane stretch of motorway, with an unforgiving mountain landscape that separates Cape Town from points east. Snoqualmie Pass along I-90 has an 8 lane stretch, too, but the scenery is quite different.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
The SP-160 just south of São Paulo, Brazil is definitely an isolated road you need to check out. Its 6 to 8 lanes wide and full of tunnels and viaducts that travels right through a mountainous rain forest. Still waiting on street view to get down there. They call it the Rodovia dos Imigrantes.
eluko79 1 year ago
I didn't realize it got up to 8 lanes?? I thought that was a mostly 4 lane roadway? Bad memory, I guess. Looks like one spectacular roadway, for sure.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Uhhh lucky you and unlucky me :P.
booklover691 1 year ago
Well; semi-green anyway LOL, The snow on the high peaks was a nice touch.
booklover691 1 year ago
Fantastic video!!!!, The two times I was over this pass was in the summer, so it was very hot and brown and smoggy. Nice to see what the mtns look like when its clear and the grass is green:).
booklover691 1 year ago
You know what's funny? The *only* two times that I've ever seen it clear of smog are the 2 times that I've filmed this roadway. What a coincidence??
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
The width of this freeway seems... excessive. I've never understood why so many highways in the US are as wide as they are - especially in areas outside of cities or naturally beautiful areas. It looks like this entire length you uploaded could have accommodated everyone, without backing traffic, as a dual carriageway.
CptSchmidt 1 year ago
Ha, come back on a Friday or Sunday afternoon. Nothing but stop-and-go traffic for a good 30 miles.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
If you have such grades, 6 lanes are quickly a must. If you add some long-distance commuter traffic or holiday peaks to it, the decision for 8 lanes is not that weird.
aswchris 1 year ago
Chris has got it right in this situation; holiday traffic, in particular, can cause severe delays throughout the entire length, featured in this video. Plus, with all the trucks that use this freeway, combined with 82,000 vehicles per day, a 4 lane freeway simply wouldn't suffice (you would have some pretty severe stop-and-go traffic).
I filmed this at 11 a.m., typically a very light hour for Tejon Pass. 4 - 7 p.m. traffic tends to be heavier.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I think it's just right, lots of big trucks on that road and from what Brent tells me, it's quite crowded on weekends. Plus they had the equipment up there building it in 1970, why not get it right so they don't have to go back up and widen it in 20 years.
Freewayjim 1 year ago
btw thank you for letting me know about this video and thank you for posting it : )
arielleinvista 1 year ago
Wow! I've always wondered why the freeway switched sides like it did towards the beginning of the video. Good song too : )
arielleinvista 1 year ago
Yeah, I love that song; it's been one of my favorites since I first heard it, a couple of years ago.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
I've always wondered about the switch too, but my theory is that CalTrans wanted to give downhill trucks the 5% grade (as opposed to the nearly 6% grade for uphill drivers) to give truckers a better chance of not overheating the brakes. Just my theory.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
Awesome video!
8 Lanes through a mountainous area, epic! I must drive this one day. 6******
Freewayjim 1 year ago 5
It's very rare for the two directions of traffic to switch over like that. Malfunction Junction in Birmingham, AL is probably the only other one I've seen.
wceagle4life 1 year ago
I-85 near Lexington, NC switches sides like this for a few miles.
Freewayjim 1 year ago
It also does that at the northeastern 95/695 interchange in Baltimore.
bbukfan 1 year ago
Damn, the guy in the white Nissan Altima at 6:54 was hauling ass! And, the scenery is absolutely gorgeous at 8:08. Great job, man! Looking forward to more!
CosmoPhotography 1 year ago
seriously , no other freeway can match this. totally awesome
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago 2
man .. thats my boy .. haha i aint even through watching this and i already know this shit is off the chain ..
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago 2