I can't wait til they build Interstate 11 from Las Vegas to Phoenix.
@CrystalClearWith8BE
3 жыл бұрын
I-11 will extend south parallel to US 93 that will link to Kingman and eventually link Phoenix for bypassing and goes to the Mexican border to Sonora.
@jaygee7028
3 жыл бұрын
@@CrystalClearWith8BE it will also extend north to Boise
@CrystalClearWith8BE
3 жыл бұрын
@@jaygee7028, really? Well, drivers as of now drive from Las Vegas to Boise by using US 93 and I-84 OR-ID-UT.
@BennyDigitalNomad51
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it Will never be bilt
@jeffnphxsmith7512
4 жыл бұрын
from Connecticut, palm trees, sunshine, blue skies, mountains, wide freeways, friendly people, no snow, no potholes, clean! not looking back
@Freewayjim
4 жыл бұрын
I don't blame you!
@bravesbuckeyesfan31
7 жыл бұрын
Los Angeles can definitely learn from Phoenix to make good quality freeways.
@chetpomeroy1399
7 жыл бұрын
I remember moving to Phoenix from the San Gabriel Valley back in '68 with my family, and even in *those* days I-17 was clean and well-maintained. The surface streets were also kept immaculately clean! The heat sure took some getting used to, though.
@gi6449
4 жыл бұрын
You guys haven’t been there lately huh lol the I-17 is a wreck potholes everywhere same with the 101 and I-10 east and 202 the 60 is getting kinda of bad too
@jons4934
3 жыл бұрын
@@gi6449 It's definitely not kept up with the times, and they did NOT foresee the amount of people coming to the Tempe/Chandler/Scottsdale area. It's only going to get worse.
@SlowedByCinnamxn
3 жыл бұрын
Their Roads and Freeway Network in Phoenix is very Clean, Modern and very Good. In Fact, 100+ Miles of their Freeways has been Built in the Mid and Late 80’s.
@MattUKepcc816
7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Phoenix! The desert, the palm trees, the freeways and everything is beautiful
@Suni__
5 жыл бұрын
Matt NYC home sweet home
@9HighFlyer9
4 жыл бұрын
It's all brown. The houses, the buildings, the yards, the plants, the animals, the air, the people
@ryankhja2646
3 жыл бұрын
@@9HighFlyer9 people? what lol
@ryankhja2646
3 жыл бұрын
Phoenix is underrated asf, I've always loved the vibes there. Deserts are beautiful
@9HighFlyer9
3 жыл бұрын
@@ryankhja2646the desert is beautiful. phoenix is in a desert that doesn't make the city or crappy residents beautiful. The city just keeps creeping out farther and farther. Every new housing development and strip mall bulldozing that beautiful desert 640 acres at a time. Every person that moves here changes the character of the city away from the one that prompted them to move here.
@SkyvatorProductions
8 жыл бұрын
Phoenix! I love that city a lot. It's my favorite city! The highways are so nice and clean.
@gerardolongoria4007
5 жыл бұрын
skyvator what happened to your videos? I cannot see them.
@nywiigshachristian8922
2 жыл бұрын
In my heart Texas(Houston especially) highway system is forever top1
@jazziedurant343
7 жыл бұрын
Phoenix is awsome no disasters 😍😘😍😍
@Iceify_
4 жыл бұрын
Hurricane No Tornados No
@bryanwashington9511
4 жыл бұрын
Earthquakes and dust storms
@mdtafshiruddin8063
6 жыл бұрын
After watching Houston freeway i am here to watch this... Bcz impossible for me to visit USA.. That's why i watching here how look like is USA. My dream country😍😍 Admin thanks for replying in my previous comment😘
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
You are welcome, I appreciate your watching.
@sergiothag3899
6 жыл бұрын
MD Tafshir Uddin work hard save up money and you can be here in a couple years!
@juanaz1860
7 жыл бұрын
Are you ever coming back to phoenix , there is a lot more than just 10 and 17. The 51 is great. The 101 too
@therealadaa9
6 жыл бұрын
I was going to mention those MAN do I love going south on the 51 GREATEST VIEWS
@donjuan914
5 жыл бұрын
The 303 is a pretty cool drive now as well
@cy_torrent
5 жыл бұрын
Viewing his latest route, he will probably get the 40 East of Flagstaff, but that’s about it
@MrWildcat2009
6 жыл бұрын
You should come back to Phoenix in late 2019. The 202 will be officially done and the 303 will look much better than what you saw. The I-10 is an awesome freeway, but the others in the Phoenix metro are as amazing if not better. Best recommendation to drive thru Phoenix is over a weekend because the freeways are gridlock during morning and afternoon rush hour during the week.
@gerardolongoria4007
5 жыл бұрын
Mr. Wildcat that’s true the interchange between I-10 and Loop 202 is looking so great.👍🏼
@michaelsharp3615
4 жыл бұрын
totally agree im convincing jim to return to phoenix explore the new 202 loop the 101 loop and us 60 and interstate 17
@Perich29
4 жыл бұрын
the 202 is faster than it was before it exist. I drove from Tempe to Glendale in a semi at 45 minuts while it took me 1 hours and 20 minuts before the 202 was open up for traffic.
@dzim8822
2 жыл бұрын
I've lived in 5 states, including California. Phoenix has the worst drivers out of all of them. Self centered and rude as hell. They will ride your bumper for miles instead of passing you even though both lanes on the sides of you are clear to pass. When getting on the freeway, they drive ultra slow until they are actually on the freeway. Then they expect everyone to yield to them instead of merging into traffic. When a red light turns green, they start out really slow for no reason, causing you to hit your brakes. Then they floor it. People in Phoenix are insane. My theory is that the sun and heat has baked their brains.
@alexlubbers1589
8 жыл бұрын
i miss my hometown. seattle is just gross. phoenix is the best!
@KazuchiX
7 жыл бұрын
Then move. Must've been a reason you left Phoenix in the first place. So it couldn't have been the "best" in all aspects.
@bravesbuckeyesfan31
7 жыл бұрын
Seattle is an amazing city. The downtown and the attractions are most appealing in Seattle than Phoenix. However, weather isn't amazing and there can be earthquakes every once in a while.
@AwesomeDesertTrains
7 жыл бұрын
Alex Lubbers nope Phoenix is stupidly hot and dry
@cy_torrent
6 жыл бұрын
+AwesomeDesertTrains You know that we are home to Flagstaff, a city that is surrounded in a large FOREST and we get SNOW there in Winter, some years we get more than Denver. In cold winters in the desert, after rain, you can expect frost or ice during our 30 degree lows, along with fog, our summers, are the home of that stereotypical Arizona you're talking about. Yeah, it gets to 120 degrees, but, it cools off to about 79 - 81, also, Summer is our monsoon season when our rain comes. And when we get rain, Freeway underpasses become ponds, schools close, and flash floods occur commonly in the wild, that's when the monsoon season is at its peak though. Arizona is lovely and represents the two borders, Mexico in the South, Canada in the North. Eastern Arizona has a town called Greer, where it hits -2 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. Oh, and in 2014, a nearby park became a lake, and a sailboat was on the water!!!!
@roberttucker4012
4 жыл бұрын
@@bravesbuckeyesfan31 I thinkk seattle and Phoenix is preety placess to be
@TruckerTRex
8 жыл бұрын
Is Arizona like the only state that keeps their freeways "clean" and updated? Whenever I go to California and some other states, all I see/hear is/are ugly and loud concrete roads with a bunch of unsealed cracks, (if they're sealed it looks ugly too) and no freeway art!
@HotLikeFire92
8 жыл бұрын
+TruckerTRex I know what you mean. Cali has some dirty lookin freeways. Here the city does not tolerate dirty roads. They constantly keep up with everything. Even if there is fresh graffiti somewhere it will be gone within a couple days. I've heard of people being shocked when they come to PHX because they are surprised a big city is so clean lol.
@TruckerTRex
8 жыл бұрын
HotLikeFire92 lol
@NewHaven203
8 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean, I live in new haven Connecticut. I-95 has really bad pavement. Try going to New york city and the bronx and northern nj! It's like a stampede of potholes!
@TruckerTRex
8 жыл бұрын
José Séina Boricua Lol.
@littleconnormcd
8 жыл бұрын
+HotLikeFire92 we have the same situation here in Vegas, all the roads are really decorated in a dessert sort of fashion too.
@PhoenixTun
9 жыл бұрын
Arizona is beautiful place , i've been there twice . but the weather is kinda hot
@usernamemoved
9 жыл бұрын
+TOmm Ng 95 degees at night, 120 degrees in the daytime -- it's PERFECT WEATHER for people like me who enjoy the heat. Although I do have friends in other states who don't like heat. Some friends of mine hated Las Vegas (Nevada) because it was 105 when they visited, and I was thinking "oops, I better not invite them to Phoenix or they will hate me because it's way hotter here". So we changed plans and met in New York....and...um...after seeing all the heroin addicts, prostitutes, and crazy people, and surprisingly ample amounts of human feces on the sidewalks, I decided that I really prefer the 120 degrees, rattlesnakes, and scorpions in Arizona.
@PhoenixTun
9 жыл бұрын
***** LOL . that's really crazy tempature in Pheonix tho , btw i live California , cool weather in here .
@usernamemoved
9 жыл бұрын
+TOmm Ng I spent 8 years in California and I loved the absolutely beautiful scenery. But I was not happy about the mild weather. 70 degrees EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR just made it difficult to notice when the seasons passed. Even looking back now, most those years kinda blend together into just one big endless mild summer. Never too hot, never too cold. I guess that's fine for people who like that sort of weather, but I really prefer the hot weather. My last few years in California I spent between Barstow and Death Valley because I was trying to get that wonderful hot weather I like and still stay in California. Barstow had plenty of 120 degree days, but the costs of keeping my business in California eventually caused me to come back home to Arizona. Now I have the best of both worlds, 120 degree weather AND lower taxes. The scorpions and rattlesnakes seem like a small price to pay to get those two very important things :-D
@infoguy1978
5 жыл бұрын
@@usernamemoved theres no human feces on the ground in new york. what are you talking about?
@didid3ksa
5 жыл бұрын
@@usernamemoved if you like to enjoy the real heat come to Riyadh in the summer
@leroyybrown
9 жыл бұрын
I think Phoenix has a perfect sized freeway, not too wide, just the right size and as you point out Jim the system is not that old so it has a uniformity to it, as if it was all built as one big project. I so love all that arid terrain with those mountains in the distance, and that sun
@bravesbuckeyesfan31
7 жыл бұрын
Phoenix looks so big in this video. It's looks really amazing and Phoenix is where some of my cousin's live in.
@stlcameron22
5 жыл бұрын
It is huge, and the video was only a be small portion of it
@DanielTrue16
7 жыл бұрын
I miss Phoenix! Such a great city.
@upeedinalamb5297
9 жыл бұрын
While exciting to watch you go though, its too hot in Phoenix in the summer for lambs. You know, the wool and all... Here lizzerd,lizzerd,lizzerd..Great job as usual.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
Upeedina Lamb LOL, awesome comment, thanks.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Ewe get used to it
@JohnDoe-uy8gc
4 жыл бұрын
I was there two days ago beautiful city
@KoubuPilot
9 жыл бұрын
I'm born and raised in Mesa. You may have noticed a smooth, quiet tide on the freeway because all the valley freeways plus Tucson have an inch thick layer of rubberized asphalt made with with recycled tires. I-10 in Central Phoenix including the tunnel was the last section built. The vision of I-10 in the 60s had it soar 100 tf over Central with double helix ramps at erd St and 3rd Ave. Broadway Curve is overdue for reconstruction as it handles a lot of daily traffic coming from Us 60 and Tempe, Chandler, Ahwarukee, and Maricopa. The 303 interchange isn't the first to have imaged stamped on the supports. Super Red Tan in Mesa was the first to have them. I-17 is our first freeway and has pumphouses for the rain. Not sure if they still work as underpasses like Peoria Ave close from flooding. In Sept. 201r, I-10 on the westside had to be shut down when a storm dumped 6 inches in one morning. That's just ober half our annual average reainfall in one morning. The 10 lookded like a lake.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
Enrique Cortez I saw those plans from the 60's, crazy!
@FreewayBrent
9 жыл бұрын
Enrique Cortez : FreewayBrent, here (yes, there's 2 of us, lol). I was actually wondering the same thing, as to why Arizona's urban asphalt freeways feel sooooo smooth, especially when compared to some of the ones I drive here in California, even after a fresh repaving. It made for a very smooth filming session, when I recorded I-10 through Tucson, back in May. Love what ADOT plans for and builds in their 2 major urban areas.
@KoubuPilot
9 жыл бұрын
FreewayBrent We used to have concrete surfaces as well as those ceramic buttons CA anf NV use for lane striping on our freeways (but not streets or highways). When they finally got the US60 widening project approved for the Superstition Fwy from I-10 to Val Vista Dr, they announced that it would be getting the first ever rubberized asphalt surface. This stuff became popular with drivers and it was applied to all existing freeways plus it would be used on any new freeways built. This initial project was completed in 200w or 2003. After more widening, the 60 today has 6 lanes in each direction from Loop 101 Price Fwy all the way to the Super Red Tan interchange in far east Mesa. The stripimg used is made from vynil. It has better visibility and quiter when changing lanes. You still get some noise from the reflectors. Another bonus to the quiet asphalt is that since they recycled tires that could have sat in landfills or become an always burning landmark like on the Simpsons, the rubber improves traction.
@KoubuPilot
9 жыл бұрын
***** I still remember that interchange. That trumpet's curve was really sharp. Freeways definitely replaced some of the manor roadz. The Superstition Fwy used to be AZ360 and while it ended at Gilbert Rd when I was born, I only remember it when it ended at Power Rd before the mall was built. US60 used to be Apache Blvd/Main St/Apache Trail and Mill Ave and Van Buren. Many of those little motels and motor courts still exist. They even restored the diving neon lady on the Starlite Motel sign. I have a 2nd cousin who bought is first house on Escuda Cir near Beardsley and 19th St. It's now home to 101 soundwall. Right now they're beginning the demo work on homes and businesses in Ahwatukee to prep the corridor for the 202 extension west of I-10.
@Ranppo
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! I'm moving from Boston to Phoenix area soon, and can't wait for the new ride experience! In Boston, so many potholes...
@Andreas4696
7 жыл бұрын
Phoenix is a motorist's paradise.
@anthonybryant2676
7 жыл бұрын
LegendMeadow Phoenix's skyline is beautiful
@yougottabekiddiing
3 жыл бұрын
Not at rush hour. When I left Phoenix for good in Nov 2017 at 5:00 pm, it took me over 2 hours to got to the outside of town...
@dmnd_4life722
8 жыл бұрын
I love phoenix idk what would I do with out a city like this but my favorite part of it is the tunnel with all the lights on it lmao I lived here since 1996 lived here all my life well almost but ya I ones lived in Cali well Bakersfield but I really love this city such a beautiful city hope they make it bigger for me is a city then a country I ts just an old name for me so j just use city so ya love the video tho
@brantphillips9133
6 жыл бұрын
Love Arizona because it is sunny almost all the time! I would never survive in the pacific nw where it rains and is cloudy all the time..planning on moving to Phoenix area after college..currently in Iowa
@adrianoalves8948
9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful city phoenix.jim
@FreewayBrent
9 жыл бұрын
Had no idea the Gin Blossoms were from the Phoenix area. I like how you slowed down the footage in between songs to showcase the I-10/I-17 interchange, northwest of downtown. You mentioned the fact that Phoenix didn't want to become "LA East", and yet, even without the comprehensive freeway network, leading up to 1990, the sprawl came anyway, and in a major fashion. Very nice video...the Phoenix area has a fun freeway system to explore, especially if you're into modern construction methods and flyover ramps, which the whole network features a bunch of.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
FreewayBrent Thank you! I hope to see more of the area someday.
@edkollin
9 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim Hope you see also as it seems one ride through is not enough to get the true feel of that area.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
Edward Kollin Of course not, I never once left the highway or car, but there really doesn't seem to be much of a downtown or skyline and there's just endless sprawl...I live with sprawl in Atlanta but it's not quite like this.
@lemondude6174
6 жыл бұрын
If it’s a sprawl, at least it’s a modern-looking one, lol
@eluko79
9 жыл бұрын
I like the lizards. Nice to see states get creative with their local infrastructure. Great video btw. Gin Blossoms are awesome!
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
***** Thank you and yes, thumbs up to the lizards...wonder if they'll do snakes at some point :)
@opheliavalentine6058
7 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim They do have some snake toward north Phoenix and some freeways have Native American style designs along the sides.
@lightraveler333
6 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up!!😊😍😍 I LOVE the desert ALWAYS fantasized about living in Phoenix at least to visit Arizona!! I've always lived in the South and I Looove the South!! But I think my heart belongs in the West too! And on top of it all the Gin Blossoms!!!! Really!!!! This is like my favorite 90's band! Are you kiddin me!! Great Job!
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
@opheliavalentine6058
5 жыл бұрын
Come on over! I recommend you come in the winter though. The summer heat is no joke!
@bobhirst1340
7 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to live there permanently in 3-4 years. Already have our future home there. :-)
@countenanceblog
9 жыл бұрын
Notice at the 303 interchange the unfinished flyovers. It's easy to see that 303 will eventually be extended south of I-10, and I guess they wanted to get the hardest part done on the stack. While we're on that subject: * 10/202/Pecos Rd * 10/60 in Tempe * 10/143 (Sky Harbor) * 10/17 transition (I-17's southern terminus) * 10/51/202 Short Stack * 10/17 "The Stack" * 10/101 * 10/303 So you went by eight very easy to look at freeway to freeway junctions in this vid, three of them are currently full stacks, and a fourth one will soon be a stack. If 202 South Mountain ever happens, you'd have another interchange, on 10 between 101 and 303. And if you would have continued this video to AZ 85, which will eventually be a freeway, you'd have another freeway to freeway, a semi-directional T, which it is right now.
@FirebirdCamaro1220
7 жыл бұрын
countenanceblog 202 South Mountain is FINALLY being built, and they are already working on the 10/202 Interchange in West Phoenix
@itsmejohnson5931
8 жыл бұрын
My favorite city! Not a cheap city with third class people and third class standards, Phoenix is first class! I love it.
@freddyhuertafontes8768
7 жыл бұрын
Sunil Kondeti few Mac's Joey a Ixia alien have de over
@dave11686
9 жыл бұрын
Very cool vid as always!
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
dave11686 Thanks
@writer125
9 жыл бұрын
Excellent looking video and an absolutely amazing ride. Whether the traffic was flowing or caught in a some congestion, it was still a fun ride. Made all the better with the Gin Blossoms. Loved it. Thanx for posting this.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
writer125 Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
@clivervargas
6 жыл бұрын
Traveling from Phoenix to Los Angeles is like a five hour trip wish I can go to Los Angeles but I live in my hometown in Utah
@MrJamesgrate
7 жыл бұрын
Wheee, that was fun!! I love the way you bob and weave through traffic, and your music choice set the pace perfectly. This video goes on my list to view a couple of more times. (GVJ)!!!!
@Freewayjim
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, yeah this one came out pretty well, a straight shot through the Metro area with good flow.
@trevorjameson3213
4 жыл бұрын
I've never been to Phoenix so this video is really great to see! It's nothing like I thought it would be. Where are all the buildings? It looks pretty sparse, except for a quick glimpse of downtown. I guess I'm just used to Dallas with all the large buildings alongside the freeway (central expy). Phoenix looks really clean, bright, and nice!
@HailPatrick
2 жыл бұрын
Phoenix is built outwards not upwards....
@beulahlazarus6483
7 жыл бұрын
Hi freewayjim. I just wanted to let you know that I live in Phoenix
@Freewayjim
7 жыл бұрын
Cool, hope you like it there.
@anthonybryant2676
7 жыл бұрын
Wanna travel to Arizona so bad!
@sarahakhtar3726
4 жыл бұрын
Phoenix has the best freeways in the country, hands-down.
@johnplatt9518
7 жыл бұрын
I lived in Phx from 97 to 07 and use to joke about I-10 from the 17 split the 51and 202 interchange aka the ministack, had to be designed by someone from NASCAR. You can hit them curves in the right car at 85 with ease.
@danield4573
6 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Vacationed out there a lot and your making me miss that drive right now.
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@trulylondon1
4 жыл бұрын
I love Phoenix but what's really the problem is the temperature. It's like Houston's temperature V2
@60NXNP09
9 жыл бұрын
Pack it in kids we're going to AriD-zona! !996 was a great year.
@PerfectReboot
6 жыл бұрын
Watching this again in 2018 still amazing video!
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, much appreciated!
@michaelsharp3615
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know people in Phoenix back in the 1970s hated freeways??? They didn't want them built in the city leading to interstates stopping in Phoenix resulting in traffic jams and then in the late 1980s when more people moved to Phoenix people wanted freeways built and this is why they are so new and nice and the metro is expanding leading to more freeways!!!
@Freewayjim
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I'm aware of that.
@michaelsharp3615
3 жыл бұрын
@@Freewayjim traffic in Phoenix is awful before COVID happened especially in March spring training baseball, spring breakers, snow birds, as well as the locals not knowing how to drive etc.
@gerardolongoria4007
4 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim you definitely have to come to Phoenix again and make the same drive you did here but going East, the I-10 has become really modern and a new interchange has been completely incorporated ( the 202/I-10). ✌🏼
@Freewayjim
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe someday I'll get the chance again.
@mgarner1227
7 жыл бұрын
Also love how you superimpose the signs so we can see them. Very helpful!
@ganaraminukshuk0
9 жыл бұрын
About the pillar lizards: in southern California (on Interstate 10 again), there's an interchange that also has lizards on it, though it's not on the pillars but instead on the embankments for the ramps themselves, and the interchange in question is a parclo-diamond half-and-half hybrid, not a stack interchange. Interestingly, it seems like southern California, along I-10, has the same aesthetic flare that Arizona has, even if it's just on one single interchange. Interestingly, there's been lots of construction where a lot of the diamond interchanges in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area are in a weird transitional state of being upgraded from diamond interchanges to parclo interchanges, and some of them have been beautified, to an extent. Enjoyed the video, though; it's certainly curvy.
@TruckerTRex
9 жыл бұрын
+Ganaram Inukshuk Yeah, but that's only ONE interchange. Most of Arizona's new freeways and roads have artwork on them. Even sound barrier walls have artwork on them.
@ganaraminukshuk0
9 жыл бұрын
+TruckerTRex I've along I-10 about a month ago heading the other direction, westbound. There's been a lot more beautification than that, as I've been surprised to learn.
@rachellehays6817
4 жыл бұрын
PHOENIX ❤❤❤ lived there for 3 years
@silicon212
6 жыл бұрын
7:37 RIP Phoenix Trotting Park 1964-2017
@PelicanGuy
9 жыл бұрын
Lizard art on a bridge column...you don't see that everyday. Nice video, bro. The Phoenix area is very nice from what I recalled during my visit there.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
PelicanGuy Thank you!
@anthonybryant2676
8 жыл бұрын
The desert is 👍
@samanthashaw1750
6 жыл бұрын
I was born in Phoenix Arizona
@TheSolarcatcher
9 жыл бұрын
Nice ride through. I was was going to ask where were the mountains. Too late!
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
TheSolarcatcher LOL, Thanks.
@arodgefan589
2 жыл бұрын
I'm genuinely curious, is there anything worth filming of I-10 in Tucson? I assume you went that route. It's hard to find videos of Tucson's roads lmao.
@Freewayjim
2 жыл бұрын
I drove though it but did not film but I-10 through there is not a bad ride at all. My friend FreewayBrent has a good video of it. kzitem.info/news/bejne/2qmMt2ZmcKJea5g
@bravesbuckeyesfan31
7 жыл бұрын
If I ever lived in Phoenix, it would be so hot. Temperatures would rise over 110 degrees or 43 Celsius. Also, the dust storms and monsoon season would be insane as well.
@ca2fla
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great ride, Jim. I'm surprised that you didn't mention that the segment on the west side of downtown was the last part of I-10 built. Also, one of those anti-freeway folks (a Phoenix city councilman, I believe) has been credited with coining the slur "Los Angelization" to describe uncontrolled urban sprawl. And I loved the Gila monster on the column.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks, I can't mention everything, I try to limit the annotations as not to take away from the ride.
@countenanceblog
9 жыл бұрын
It wasn't that long ago that 10 cut down to four lanes just west of Dysart.
@FirebirdCamaro1220
7 жыл бұрын
countenanceblog When I moved to Phoenix in 2001, 10 on the west side was 10 lanes from the 17 stack to 59th Ave (4 gen purp and 1 HOV per direction), then from 59th Ave to the newly built 101 Interchange, it was 8 lanes (3 gen purp and 1 HOV per direction), then from 101 to Dysart, it was 6 lanes (3 gen purp per direction), then 4 lanes from Dysart westward. Now, it is 10 lanes (varies from 8 to 12 in pieces) from 17 stack to the 303, with HOV lane the whole stretch, then is 6 lanes from 303 to Verrado, then 4 lanes west of Verrado
@CrystalClearWith8BE
3 жыл бұрын
Phoenix have one of the best freeway systems ever seen with a lot of stack interchanges and they also have 3 partial beltways (101, 202 & 303). Speaking of interchanges,: 1:58 Superstition Transition 3:03 The Split 3:22 Mini Stack 4:11 The Stack
@logan8611
8 жыл бұрын
Try the 101, it is crazy with Traffic, especially with the widening project going on, and especially when it rains. There is always a crash every few miles when it rains! But that happens on every freeway even without construction going on.
@coreysmith8560
3 жыл бұрын
The western United States looks very nice.
@beepbeepme50
9 жыл бұрын
First! Awesome vid, Jim!!!!
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
beepbeepme50 Thanks
@mgarner1227
7 жыл бұрын
Love the Gin Blossoms track! Video rocks too :)
@Tehfatalist
9 жыл бұрын
awesome man! u are making really good and intersting movies
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
William Lundqsist Thanks, I appreciate that!
@SlowedByCinnamxn
3 жыл бұрын
This is the First Time I’ve seen this Video. Great Job on this
@Freewayjim
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@BennyDigitalNomad51
Жыл бұрын
Freewayjim you play the best music🎵 on the videos they remind me of cristman❤
@Freewayjim
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@CheeseMasterSports
9 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Nice choice on music by the way. LOL that Lizard!!!! Ahhhh, it's the Godzilla stack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
Nash wayz LOL, Thanks Nash!
@CheeseMasterSports
9 жыл бұрын
Freewayjim You're welcome. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. :)
@dobiedude7479
6 жыл бұрын
Many years living in the area. Some familiar sights. I blew the transmission in my truck in that tunnel. I also saw The Gin Blossoms in a little bar in Tempe in the early 90s.
@amtrak49
9 жыл бұрын
Amazing video as usual! By any chance, did you get a chance to explore Phoenix a bit, it is a beautiful if I do say so myself.
@williamallen2733
8 жыл бұрын
despite all these beautiful freeways that Phoenix has, it's still the largest city in the US with NO 3 digit interstates .... whats up with that
@stevenrollins8379
8 жыл бұрын
it is because the feds don't pay for the new freeways the people living in Phoenix pay for it
@williamallen2733
8 жыл бұрын
wouldn't it save the people money if the feds payed for it, or is there some law in Arizona that forbids federal meddling in Phoenix Highway decisions???
@FirebirdCamaro1220
7 жыл бұрын
William Allen originally, we were going to have at least 1 3 digit interstate, the Squaw Peak Frwy was planned as I-510, but when federal funding wasn't used, it was made AZ 51
@mscman5
9 жыл бұрын
Nice video I have always wanted to go see Phoenix. Now I really want to go.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
Dennis Goode Thanks.
@samsquanch1996
6 жыл бұрын
Arizona looks so beautiful! I've never been there but I'm going there for the first time in a month, super excited!
@photoniccannon2117
6 ай бұрын
Phoenix is very big on its artwork scene as far as infrastructure goes. It’s nearly everywhere. On the freeways, on the surface streets, on the light rail, you name it. A lot of it comes from Native American influence, it breathes a lot of life into the general aesthetic of the city.
@Freewayjim
6 ай бұрын
More cities & states should incorporate that in new construction.
@VifilmsOfficial
Ай бұрын
@@FreewayjimWhat would you say would be the most fascinating road in Phoenix? Mine is actually Indian School Rd. One of the longest streets in Phoenix at around 50 miles long from Buckeye to Scottsdale.
@zain2000k
5 жыл бұрын
Pheonix sure is green for a desert
@Luke202-z8b
Ай бұрын
Things i like about the valley's freeways: - Every one of their freeways has nice artwork on the bridges or walls. Unlike other states where it is just some depressing gray color slapped on, or they do have artwork (but not that good in my opinion) - A lot of lanes are simple to follow, unlike some other states where the dot complicates them in some way - Since their freeways are newer, they are oddly cleaner - They have a unique set up where to keep their own style of freeways, everyone of them (around the valley, and even a tiny bit of tucson) has their own types of median lamps. However over time they are changing them to LED - Since the freeways are pretty simple, many freeways do lead to same types of roads. Making it faster to get toward a certain portion of a surface street, not just freeways due to the very suburban workings of here ig. But i mean hey, any state can do that already lol - And lastly they make it a little more clear that you are leaving the city after passing a certain interchange, like for example if you are on I-10 west away from the stack interchange for loop 303, you're out! XD
@sabrinabottroff
4 жыл бұрын
I noticed one thing in this video, there is no grass anywhere.
@Freewayjim
4 жыл бұрын
That's because it's the desert, go north 140 miles you'll see grass, green trees, and snow at times.
@js182010
8 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like Sacramento. Which was very anti freeway in the 70s, the supervisors and caltrans sold off all the right of way for the planned freeway network(there are many images online of the undeveloped Sacramento freeways). Even though Sacramento sprawls out ~30 miles east and 15 miles south and has a metro population of 2 million+, not one new freeway was built. I wish our regional planners and leaders had common sense like the ones Phoenix had, where they seen the growth/development happening and the need for a complete freeway system.
@josephk3926
5 жыл бұрын
I love your 1969 map in the beginning!! The proposed freeway that comes off the bottom left corner above South Phoenix from then AZ-69 (today I-17) at the “Durango curve,” is still a proposed freeway today. It is currently proposed as AZ-30, so hopefully it’s not another 50 years!
@Freewayjim
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DiamanteDea
6 жыл бұрын
Good music, great vid
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cy_torrent
6 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm from 2018, the Interstate 11 will be coming soon, can't wait for it, the route to Las Vegas will be much easier, and safer. The Interstate 11 will go from Reno, Nevada to Mexico City. It will be West of the Metro area after the 303, and leave its fusion with the Interstate 10 at Casa Grande.
@acfhs-xu4ck
9 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Jim, I can't wait to see your videos of CA
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
acfhs2010 Thank you! starting next Monday.
@victorgonzalez9294
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video and soundtrack! I'm a huge fan of old maps, roadways and freeway history. Thanks for all your hard work!
@Freewayjim
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Victor!
@veronicagomez4551
Жыл бұрын
😍
@patrickemperado985
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder why control city isn't 10 East Phoenix when in Los Angeles.
@yoda5280
6 жыл бұрын
Would you rather live here or in Los Angeles? Phoenix Pros: -Cleaner -Hotter Weather -Less Rain -Better Roads Los Angeles Pros: -Ocean -Beaches -Piers -Many more famous attractions -boating -taller mountains
@Freewayjim
6 жыл бұрын
Neither.
@101not5
9 жыл бұрын
Another great video. I lived there in the 70s when the only freeways were the old I-17, I-10 to the south, and AZ 360 (now US 60) to the east. I-10 from the west only made it as far east as Dysart Rd.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
101not5 Thank you!
@FirebirdCamaro1220
7 жыл бұрын
101not5 back in the day, US 60/US 70 was "the way" between Phoenix and Los Angeles
@AzBuzz22
3 жыл бұрын
If you like the lizards, there is plenty more artwork like that in the area. Try the 101 through Scottsdale, for example. Lots more in other areas, too.
@SkyvatorProductions
8 жыл бұрын
Phoenix hardly has any traffic compared to El Paso.
@TruckerTRex
8 жыл бұрын
+ELP Aviation I-10 is just a glimpse of what the traffic is like. I-10 does the outer rim of most of the Phoenix Area. I-17 goes right through Phoenix, and the freeway only was constructed with 3 lanes, plus an HOV lane, and it's nasty on there. Other freeways like U.S 60 in Mesa are pretty bad too. I-10 is pretty crowded most of the time too, I have no idea how it got this clear when Freewayjim drove it, xD. Phoex has heavier traffic than El Paso, I bet. xD
@HotLikeFire92
8 жыл бұрын
+Elevating the Southwest LOL you are crazy. El Paso has like no traffic there. I've been there. Here in PHX we are a city with 5 million in the metro area. Heavy bumper to bumper traffic can be a couple hrs in the morning and late afternoon/evening. In the video it looks like he was driving during the midday which has not a lot of crazy traffic during that time. But trust me you could literally be at the front of an intersection waiting to get past the lights while it's green.
@TruckerTRex
8 жыл бұрын
HotLikeFire92 Tell that to the ones who say Phoenix is a free-flow freeway.
@YOURSHORT2
8 жыл бұрын
Work on the other half of the 303 interchange has started so more lizards to come
@marquisbrown9264
5 жыл бұрын
Stay long enough you will see majority of none drivers causing accidents all over Maricopa County
@AMiR80K
3 жыл бұрын
Back when this was filmed, there was no 202 South Mountain freeway.
@stormchaser419
2 жыл бұрын
The design also reminds me of the Dallas Fort Worth area with the multi stack highways and long entrance ramps.
@andrewbarrett42
2 ай бұрын
I,ve driven from LA to Flagstaff in a day.
@dzim8822
2 жыл бұрын
Ughhhh.... I hate Phoenix. This takes me back to when I used to live in that ugly, boiling hot hell hole.
@bradleymarschke7122
8 жыл бұрын
I kept looking for myself. lol. (live here)
@marvelfan3686
8 жыл бұрын
same lol
@acfhs-xu4ck
9 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, I'm looking forward to them :)
@jmvfrva
9 жыл бұрын
Very nice ride - I'll be out there again in October. BTW, you're having a lot of fun with the text graphics, correct? They look great.
@Freewayjim
9 жыл бұрын
JMV FRVA Thank you and yes, FCPX had a recent upgrade which added 3D Text among other things, might as well use it.
@JDSleeper
8 жыл бұрын
That band, and those two songs, are the pure 90s sound to me.
@motorTranz
8 жыл бұрын
Your work is top quality. Thank you.
@Freewayjim
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@victinitron2000
4 жыл бұрын
Kind of surreal seeing this in a KZitem video instead of in the car.
@FireboltPrime
5 жыл бұрын
We have stars on our overpass columns here in Texas if that means anything
@Perich29
4 жыл бұрын
at 5:15 there is a 202 freeway exist today but this vid is 5 years old so you don't see it on this vid.
@veronicagomez4551
Жыл бұрын
3 cars crossed white doble lines ! That's illigal
@lakebay972
9 жыл бұрын
at 1:51, there's a thick black stroke around the guide signs. Is that supposed to be there? Looks like a vector CGI done in Adobe Illustrator. Never seen anything like it.
@kevikwallace
9 жыл бұрын
+lakebay972 Those have been installed on some signs that had already been tagged to prevent further tagging. ADOT calls them "graffiti shields" www.azdot.gov/media/blog/posts/2013/05/15/graffiti-shields-used-to-deter-sign-taggers
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