I-95/I-495 Capital Beltway, Virginia Section

[expatswede]

DC traffic is hell, but Boston is not far behind. Full of Mass holes who think turn signal stalks are purse hangers.

[v6boosting]

did they ever finish construciton through the alexandria stretch!!??

[VaFreeways]

@v6boosting Nope.... still going on. Not supposed to be finished until 2012.

[BeatlesFetish09]

when i was living in nova, they referred to the springfieild exchange as the mixing bowl. is it still called that?

[Freewayjim]

@BeatlesFetish09 -From what I understand the Mixing Bowl is the interchange on I-395 near the Pentagon.

[DAONLYKB]

@BeatlesFetish09 YES

[MegaFcker]

@BeatlesFetish09 Why did you live in a community college

[BeatlesFetish09]

@MegaFcker nova is short for northern virginia

[kevinhjoy]

@BeatlesFetish09 Yes.

[despotism444]

I love cruising on the I-495 an night listening to some Bad Brains.

[BlackNGoldRules]

My least favorite interstate that I've ever been on! I always seem to run into traffic jams no matter what day or time I've been down that way!

[Cowsilencer08]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the East Los Angeles interchange is the busiest interchange in the world by fact. Over 430,000 people go through it each day.

[vbdenny]

I am not sure about that fact. I have always heard that the Springfield exchange on I-95 and the Capital Beltway was the busiest.

[omgwtfbrbbbq]

Before they redid it, it was the most dangerous

[6784629445]

i thought the 401 in toronto was the busiest

they have 12 lanes

[bsmack66]

Why did you skip between I-95 and VA 123?

[Freewayjim]

We changed tapes and were planning to film I-66 East in to DC but the overhead sign said there was an accident on I-66 East so we filmed what was in front of us until traffic backed up.

[Bryant5493]

Glad to see a new video, FwyJim. I hope that all is well.

[Freewayjim]

It's not perfect but it's not horrible either, thanks!

[Bryant5493]

Not horrible is a good thing. Things will get better. You're more than welcome.

[vbdenny]

One lap, around the cap. Enjoyable run jim, you did pretty well with the traffic until up north by the 270 split.

[Freewayjim]

Traffic from I-270 over to I-95 was rough too, there's nothing quite like DC area traffic is there?

[vbdenny]

no, there is not. I've driven in NYC, LA and Boston and although Boston comes close, DC still has the corner on traffic. I heard the Springfield exchange is the busiest intersection in the country,

[Cowsilencer08]

Actually the East Los Angeles Interchange is the intersection of I-5, the Golden State Frwy. converting into the Santa Ana Frwy. south; I-10, the Santa Monica Frwy. converting into the San Bernardino Frwy. east; US 101, the Hollywood Frwy. converting into the Santa Ana Frwy. southbound; and CA 60, the Pomona Frwy.. US 101 is the Santa Ana Frwy. only for a short distance before it ends at CA 60, because as it is concurrent with I-5, it also shares the name of the freeway.

[Cowsilencer08]

The reason why DC (especially Northern Virginia) has so much traffic is because of how little of the amount of freeways there are there. Especially located in the Northeastern Megalopolis, the most populated part of the country, Washington must think about building a lot more freeways for those drivers coming from the big northern cities (Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston).

[cacofonico74]

oh i was just expecting new ones

[Freewayjim]

This is new, it was the next footage shot after the previous Washington DC video.