I-80 East (CA), San Francisco To Albany

[DoubleAA9723]

I take this route everyday except i switch onto 580 once i get off the bay bridge towards Fremont

[StukInBuf]

On the westbound Bay Bridge approach, do they have EZPass, or something like it?

[StukInBuf]

@StukInBuf Never mind... I see they have FasTrak. The SFO version of EZPass.

[StukInBuf]

2:20... it's good to remember the "Dead Man's Curve" some 2500 or so miles east of here, on I-90 in Cleveland. Whenever I or my wife drive on highways such as this in Buffalo and environs, we treat curves like this in that fashion... SLOW DOWN.

[skaternealy]

I live in that apartment complex at the end 

[StukInBuf]

My folks and I lived in SF only for a short time, but I remember our often driving this bridge. We used it often to go to Oakland, and it brought us into the Bay Area moving from Minnesota... taking us east when we moved to Brooklyn.

[andresmen09]

Excelente video , cual es la velocidad normal en la que filmo el video...!!

[bmbsage]

I dont know why I never saw this video awsome... I love the bridge...

[cochrab]

Great video and music. I'm planning a trip for July or Aug where I will be driving this exact stretch of road!

[TVisawesome432]

Awesome video, it's just as good as Los Angeles, lol.

[honolulu274]

：今土起

[mokechi27]

this is a great highway.......looking over the bay.........we took this bridge when we went to union city.

[mokechi27]

this is a great highway.......looking over the bay.

[SecretSniper67]

Honestly, you have the best music in you're videos! They are just like the music on BPM on Sirius and XM (my fav station).

P.S. the captions really complete the videos.

[FreewayBrent]

@SecretSniper67: Hey, thanks a lot. I experiemented with different musical genres before settling on the dance, trance (nothing too fast, though), techno and electronica subgenres. I just felt like the speed of the songs matched best with the pace of my videos.

[SecretSniper67]

@FreewayBrent: ha, that makes sense. This song really does match the pace of the song perfectly. man, I love Tiesto's new album. lol

*Thumbs up*

[rockersk08]

I believe this is probably your best video. Great annotations and video coverage, nostalgic, and the music is awesome. Probably why I have it on my iPod now! It would be even better if you covered a westbound trip on the bridge too.

[FreewayBrent]

Hey, thanks! A westbound drive will only be possible during the summer months, and during the mid-morning hours, when the sun will be angled farther southeast during those hours. At this time of the year, the sun will interfere with the camcorder, even at 9 a.m., and by 11 a.m., the image quality will be far too subpar for what I want to present.

However, expect a night time video of Oakland & San Francisco, with a westbound drive over the Bay Bridge, fairly soon. :-)

[PlanneCrash12000]

wow! you get a very nice view of the down town at the start! Did you get a chance to see the mythbusters while you were in San Francisco? lol

[FreewayBrent]

Ha, no? I lived in the Bay Area for most of my life until March of 2009, and still spend about 10 days a month in the Bay Area. When were they in town?

[PlanneCrash12000]

They live in San Fransisco. Did you ever see their show on Discovery?

[FreewayBrent]

Honestly, I think I only watched about 5 minutes of it, and I don't remember a single second of what I saw. The internet has really taken away much of the time I used to spend watching TV, and now I generally only watch TV for sports and maybe the news.

[EricPR239]

I am expecting to be there in three weeks! Never been in SF, never been in CA, in fact never been anywhere west of Lousiana or Illinois.

[norcoboy]

very well done! that was super cool!

[longliveaki1138]

Have you read about the I-580 East Connector Collapse that occurred early in the morning on April 29, 2007? The good news is that the contractor had the connector reopen in time for the busy Memorial Day weekend.

[FreewayBrent]

To be honest, I was supposed to drive that ramp, just a mere 3 hours after the accident happened. Needless to say, I had to make alternate travel arrangements, that day. I took I-5 South from Sacramento to I-580 West, to get to San Jose :-)

[Fabiomueller1655]

What is the name of this song?

[FreewayBrent]

"Escape Me" by Tiesto, featuring C.C. Sheffield. All of my song titles are featured at the very end of every video. Hope this helps. :-)

[FreewayBrent]

That's sounds logical. However, CalTrans officially considers the Central Freeway to be a part of US 101, as evidenced by the mileage markers, and the fact that traffic counts collected on the Central Freeway refer to that section as U.S. 101. I contacted CalTrans a couple of years ago to find out the exact routing of US 101. Plus, the exit numbers coincide with the Central Freeway and the rest of US 101.

[techman224]

I'm not talking about that, what I meant was the section between the first interchange in the video and the Bay Bridge

[FreewayBrent]

Nevermind me...I was being retarded. :-) I've always wondered about where the official start of I-80 starts, because CalTrans does traffic counts along the Skyway and attributes them as I-80 counts, but I've read about I-80 not actually starting until the Bay Bridge.

[partydude9999]

Wow brent! San Francisco is beautiful! This was quite a unique drive,and very intresting! =)

[FreewayBrent]

Indeed, San Francisco, and the entire Bay Area in general, are full of interesting freeways and scenic highways.

[Freewayjim]

Excellent video! There's alot going on those 4 Minutes.

Postcard moment at Approx :40

[Amsterdemn]

coool video!

[FreewayBrent]

I'm happy you enjoyed watching. :-)

[reiltations]

Thank you for making this video. I was on this in 1988. MANY changes since then! GREAT JOB!!

[JMB106]

San Fransisco looks like a beautiful city! great video!

[ScrewdUPClickV2]

intresting video .. loved the bridge

[CptSchmidt]

How much is the toll?

[gerardap]

4 USD

[eluko79]

Awesome! Nicely done. Any truth to the rumor of building condos on the old span of the bridge? I read it in newsweek so im not sure.

[CAMINOANDALUZ]

Excellent route!!!.. :-)

[aswchris]

So there are only tolls westbound?

[gerardap]

Yes. There is a massive toll plaza (20+ lanes, I believe) on the westbound side just east of the bridge on the Oakland side.

[FreewayBrent]

I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that there's also an additional 2 lanes on the very right end, reserved exclusively for carpools during rush hours, and buses on a 24 hour period. Can you confirm this?

[gerardap]

I know there are 2-3 lanes out there on the right hand side, not sure under what conditions they open them. I know that one of the HOV or Bus-Only approaches dumps you into that right hand pocket cuz I accidentally took that approach one time and found myself over there.

I think there are a total of 24 lanes if my memory serves me correctly.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Ahem You forgot to mention that I-80 goes to Teaneck,NJ , otherwise great video !

[FreewayBrent]

I'll work with my annotations to fit that in.  I was thinking about that, while I was working on this video. It's a worthy fact to include, for sure.

[fosho921]

@FreewayBrent u should do 880 from san jose to san leandro, lol just sayin :) luv all ur videos

[FreewayBrent]

Funny that you mention this, because I just might get around to filming all of Interstate 880, tomorrow, pending the weather. :-)

[fosho921]

@FreewayBrent nice :) 101 from 280/680 interchange to morgan hill and 680 from the 580 interchange to the benicia bridge are also nice routes to film, yea i hope the weather is good