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Control City Freak
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Добавлен 22 апр 2021
This channel covers every 2 digit Interstate Highway in America, and more! I've been a roadgeek and a Control City Freak my whole life, and I've driven in every state in the Lower 48. In this channel, I'll be showing control city signs on each 1 and 2 digit (2di) Interstate Highway in the continental United States and will strive to make as complete a record as possible. I'll also be getting into the roadgeek weeds here and there, showing downtown skylines and state border crossings, and making corny jokes. I welcome all to join my geeky tour of every primary Interstate in the country!
US 40: AC to KC
It's time to kick off the 2024 NFL season! Today we're looking at the eastern portion of one of the countries greatest roads, US 40, the old National Road, which just so happens to connect the Ravens with the Chiefs. We'll see big cities, small towns, the horrific Highway to Nowhere, and some cool mountain views. It's an awesome road!
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
Kenny
Boss-King Inc.
cjs1982
Tiger Raven
courtemanche437
Boss-King Inc.
Ianb9851
Dallas Bittinger
Tim Hackett
saturnotaku
TheDerpHog
Stealthy Noctowl
Upcoming videos:
9/12 I 435 KC Outer Loop (Requests Closed)
9/19 285 ATL
9/26 I 5 reboot Northbound
10/3 US 90
10/10 All Request Episode
All images of roads and signs c...
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
Kenny
Boss-King Inc.
cjs1982
Tiger Raven
courtemanche437
Boss-King Inc.
Ianb9851
Dallas Bittinger
Tim Hackett
saturnotaku
TheDerpHog
Stealthy Noctowl
Upcoming videos:
9/12 I 435 KC Outer Loop (Requests Closed)
9/19 285 ATL
9/26 I 5 reboot Northbound
10/3 US 90
10/10 All Request Episode
All images of roads and signs c...
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Indiana 16 The Dullest Road?
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.16 часов назад
It's the last week of summer and a week with no NFL football, so let's take a look at an obscure, rural Indiana State Highway. It's not the most exciting road, but it will be still be fun! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: Upcoming videos: 9/5 US 40 Westbound Atlantic City to Arrowhead (Requests closed) 9/12 I 435 KC Outer Loop (Requests Closed) 9/19 285 ATL 9/26 I-5 ...
US 12 Chicago and West
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.14 дней назад
The Chiefs host the Bears for their third pre-season game so let's take a look at the great US 12! We'll travel from Chicago's 95th Street all the way to Aberdeen, Washington. We'll see plenty of old friends along the way and wonder about the Dakotas lofty statuses in control city state rankings. It's a pretty drive! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: saturnotaku Dale ...
US 12 Chicago to Detroit- Pre-Season Spectacular
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.21 день назад
The Chiefs take on the Lions for their second pre-season game so let's take a look at the great US 12! The Chiefs happen to play their final pre-season game against a certain team from a certain town that just so happens to be on US 12 as well, so our look at US 12 will continue next week. It's a cool road! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: NW Indiana Elevators Inters...
Interstates 270 and 255
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.28 дней назад
We're back! I considered doing 295 in Jacksonville this week for the opening of NFL preseason, but maybe KC will play the Jags in the playoffs, so we'll focus on a baseball grudge match. Should 270 and 255 all be one road that intersects itself. or is it fine as is? What's with the weird numbering? Why can't MODOT and IDOT agree on control cities in the same metro? These questions and more are ...
A1: Main Road of the Paris Olympics! Plus A3
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.Месяц назад
Let's get ready for the Olympics with the main road of the Games! We pass by Adidas Arena, Stade de France, and the main airport of the Games on the way to Lille and back on France's busiest highway. We also get to see CCF as a douchey college student! Check out my Patreon and support the channel directly! www.patreon.com/ControlCityFreak Upcoming episodes: 8/8 270 St. Louis (requests closed) 8...
CCF Summer Roadtrip (and explaining upcoming the All Request Episode)
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.Месяц назад
It's time for another road trip vid! No, I didn't JUST go to Limon last year, but ended up driving around the West quite a bit. After explaining the ins and outs of the upcoming all-request show in October, we head out to some of the most beautiful scenery in the world! Check out my Patreon and support the channel directly! www.patreon.com/ControlCityFreak Upcoming episodes: 7/25 France Autorou...
Texas 360: Middle of the Metroplex
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.Месяц назад
Texas 360 runs right down the middle of the Metroplex, so it's not surprising that we see a lot of Dallas and Fort Worth control signs when meeting lateral roads. We're here for the All Star Game, so go Bobby and Salvy! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: Interstate13 Ryan Nichols Upcoming videos: 7/18 Gimmick 7/25 France Autoroute A1 8/1 break 8/8 270 St. Louis 8/15 US...
Belt Parkway: NYC's Best Looking Freeway
Просмотров 4,4 тыс.2 месяца назад
Happy Independence Day! Today we celebrate the proud American tradition of gorging ourselves on hot dogs and 44 ounce beers. What better road to celebrate than New York's own Belt Parkway, which passes our most classic amusement park boardwalk, one of our most beautiful bridges, and our 73rd best airport! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: tysontransitcam Kenny Boss-Ki...
Interstate 271
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 месяца назад
Interstate 271 starts out pretty rural in it's southern end, then things escalate quickly. It's a surprisingly scenic road through a lesser known National Park. It seems to do just two types of interchanges, limited and enormous! Upcoming videos: 7/4 Belt Parkway NYC (requests closed) 7/11 Texas 360 7/18 Gimmick 7/25 France Autoroute A1 Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episod...
US 75: Middle of the Map
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 месяца назад
US 75 goes right down the middle of the country, and right by the home of the now-happening College World Series. Unlike many US Highways that have been bypassed by Interstates, it is often the fastest route between distant metro areas, but is almost universally signed like a backwater county road. It's frustrating! Upcoming videos: 6/27 I-271 Cleveland (planning to record 6/22 ish, requests cl...
Interstate 495: LIE
Просмотров 9 тыс.2 месяца назад
CCF is in a New York state of mind today, or at least a Long Island one. The LIE is a well signed road control city-wise but has pretty quirky numbering. Let's head to Riverhead (and back)! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: Boss-King Inc. Kenny Mo Cowan Upcoming videos: 6/20 US 75 North 6/27 I-271 Cleveland 7/4 Belt Parkway NYC 7/11 Texas 360 All images of roads and s...
Washington 99: Seattle's Main Street
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.2 месяца назад
Washington Highway 99 is a remnant of the great US 99, which once crossed the West Coast from border to border and was largely replaced by I-5. Washington 99 remains very much in 5's shadow, as its parent did in its waning days, but remains an important urban connection through (and now under) the heart of Seattle. It's an interesting road! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this ep...
US 301
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 месяца назад
US 301 makes for a key shortcut in some spots and a meandering long-cut over much of the rest of its run. It has long independent stretches but also acts more or less as an I-95 service road through the lion's share of 3 states. It's a study in contrasts! Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode: courtemanche437 Sargon CforCat Jeff Bilman TheDerpHog Tiger Raven Micah Wallet m...
Worst Control Cities by State
Просмотров 25 тыс.3 месяца назад
We're shifting gears in this gimmick and talking about the WORSt control cities in every state. Not the smallest, but the overall most useless for long distance traffic on major Interstates. Let's get roasting! Check out my Patreon and support the channel directly! www.patreon.com/ControlCityFreak Upcoming episodes: U.S. 301 Northbound - 5/30 Washington Highway 99 - 6/6 495 LIE - 6/13 US 75 Nor...
California 57: A Most Excellent Road
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.3 месяца назад
California 57: A Most Excellent Road
Interstate 264: A Run for the Roses
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.4 месяца назад
Interstate 264: A Run for the Roses
Michigan Highway 1: Woodward Avenue
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.4 месяца назад
Michigan Highway 1: Woodward Avenue
Interstate 520: A Beltway Unlike Any Other
Просмотров 5 тыс.4 месяца назад
Interstate 520: A Beltway Unlike Any Other
Viewers Rank the State DOT's! (and the State DOT Madness winner is crowned)
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Viewers Rank the State DOT's! (and the State DOT Madness winner is crowned)
Round 2: Which state signs control cities best? Vote for the Sweet 16!
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Round 2: Which state signs control cities best? Vote for the Sweet 16!
Which State Signs Control Cities Best? Let's Decide! State DOT Madness Round 1
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Which State Signs Control Cities Best? Let's Decide! State DOT Madness Round 1
Florida's Turnpike: Swamps and Suburbs
Просмотров 8 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Florida's Turnpike: Swamps and Suburbs
Where that stadium is also where the Miami Grand Prix for F1 is held
Can't wait until US 6 and US 30.
Can I go 110 on that Ave?
Currently widening 64/75 down to the southern split and all the overheads have been taken down, maybe you'll get your wish and they won't sign 64 for Ashland anymore Probably not, but yay for optimism
I really do think that I 70 should be signed for Washington PA going west from Wheeling. I can’t imagine any other control city for that route in that direction at that point because Pittsburgh doesn’t make sense cause not everyone’s going to Pittsburgh. The turnpike is kind of a through route I feel as though more people are going to meet with the turnpike in new Stanton than are going to Pittsburgh and I don’t like new Stanton as a control city Washington Baltimore doesn’t make sense because if I was going east on the turnpike, I could be going to Philadelphia or New York City or in my case Connecticut, so I like Washington because it’s a pretty big spot compared to the other cities pass through between Columbus and Harrisburg, so yeah, I support Washington PA
Not everyone is going to Pittsburgh, but I'm sure a whole lot more people are heading from Columbus, Cincy, Indy, really anywhere west or southwest to Pittsburgh than are heading to Washington. Add in the fact that there's a much, much more famous Washington elsewhere, making Washington PA more confusing than helpful for many.
When you mentioned US 322 I knew I had heard that from somewhere but I haven’t spent a lot of time in South Jersey so I knew it was something else so after a quick Google search I learned that US 322 is the road that you get off of I 80 to get on I 99 in Bellefonte Pennsylvania. That was a fun little moment for me.
Marietta! There, I said it (just for laughs)!
lol
Why include Jamestown New York as a control city? Are you deaf man? Jamestown, New York is the home of Lucille Ball! Nuff said. Mic drop!
Save today Tom Raper's Way! In Richmond
At one point I counted which interstate/us highway pairs intersect the most. I can’t find it now but I believe I-70/US-40 was the most, followed by I-95/US-1 and (surprisingly) I-91/US-5 in 2nd and 3rd
Wow the 3rd one is a surprise! I'd have guessed 11 and 81 or US 80 I-20
Your thumbnail was not specific enough. You didn't specify if it was Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Kansas. LOL. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
"Arrowhead" was too long to fit without changing the font
Yoo bro you should do one on US-30, that'd be dope as hell
Eventually yeah
Expecting PA to be: 70% of them or more
SHOUTOUT TO CHESTER & BOOTS N BONNETS aka THE BEST BAR ON EARTH.
Casey is pronounced “K-Z” Vandalia is pronounced “Van-Dale-ya” Sandoval is pronounced “San-doe-vul. This was such a great video and I really enjoyed it!!! Highly recommend taking US 40 instead of I 70 from Indianapolis to St. Louis. It is a much more peaceful and pleasant highway. .
Go Ravens! Doh!
I’ve been on us 40 in Ohio on my trip back in July and US 22 and I took some of my own pic of the US 40 sheild and i thought of you Todd while doing that 😂 and I got to be on I-70 and 77 to (: I got to take my pic of the most hyped interstate ever I-68
When you do next US 40 video westward it will be going to the infamous Limon.
Been to National Trail Raceway in Hebron OH on US 40 for a few years You don't really show how that area from Zanesville to just before Reynoldsburg is just cornfields on US 40 and how old and colonial that area is up to Granville and Newark
It's pronounced "buh-LENN".
3:57 Buena is pronounced “Byoo-nah”…yup, that’s New Jersey for you.
I live in Vandalia (pronounced Van-day-lia) and grew up in Englewood/Clayton so 40 has always been one of my regular routes, especially if I'm avoiding I-70. It actually isn't going around the golf course but around Taylorsville Metropark and Taylorsville Dam on the Great Miami River. On the other side of the airport you meet Englewood Metropark and Englewood Dam on the Stillwater River. They're there because of the great flood of Dayton in 1913.
Grew up in Englewood myself!
You were supposed to get off at Ceder Crest, not Central/Tramway! You missed the part of the Mother Road that plays music when you drive over it. What a shame.
That's why I offer requests!
@@ControlCityFreak That is neat! Not many do that.
Las Vegas, NM _is_ the "real Las Vegas;" the one in Nevada is over a hundred years newer. Both Las Vegases define the eastern and western boundaries of the American Southwest. Also, Colorado Spring and Denver are in CO, not NM. NM is a very massive state and only uses control cities within the state except near state lines. That is far more useful to New Mexicans than knowing how far Denver is.
The one in Nevada is the one people know. Not asking for the town to change names, but the signage should be different. NM should sign out of state, local drivers already know where these places are, long distance drivers are probably more concerned with the distance to Denver.
@@ControlCityFreak That make sense, an "NM" on there would be helpful for sure. Even New Mexicans say "Las Vegas, NM".
Been waiting for this one for a long time. US-40 goes right through the area I grew up, in that St. Clairsville/Wheeling area, and it and I-70 started my fascination with roads. Growing up in a small town I always thought it was so cool to have these extremely important roads travel right through home and go all the way across the country. I always was curious about where they would take me to and where they would eventually end. Really enjoyed this video.
Baltimore looks that bad around US40 it looks like they didn't ripe out enough but seriously speaking... If they have ripped everything out they might as well finish the road.
Zanesville's "Y-Bridge"...the Y-City!
I-70 and US-40 brother and sister routes
I like how further south the exact same thing happens only this time it's I-40 and US 70
I rather drive a dull road like 16 than the other Indianapolis Motor Speedway called I-465.
The duplex is probably a remnant of the "Lakes to Sea Highway" of which US 322 is the main component. Totally not needed now but old duplexes die hard.
Hi Todd. Are you covering US-24? If so, you can hold on to this request. Or does it make more sense to put this in the all request show? I want you to show the amazing bridge and the SPUI at the interchange of I-94 and US-24. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Bridge_(Michigan)
You got it, thanks! I'll definitely cover US 24, but I'm not exactly sure when, but I'd say 8 or 9 months at the soonest. I can hold it or put it in the all-request show, whichever you prefer.
Interesting fact...PA 51 goes through Pittsburgh and to the Ohio line, where it becomes OH14 and ends at Public Square. California, PA is home to a state university, hence the sign. Eventually, PA43 will go to Pittsburgh as the Mon Fayette Expressway.
219 does not go to Morgantown. 119 does.
The only way to fix Baltimore is to level it and start over. I-70 did not destroy Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis or Kansas City. Hell, I-70 was built next to my greatgrandfather's house and there is an interchange in the midst of Point State Park in Pittsburgh.
Level the unofficial end at the park and ride and just sign I-695 East as I-70 to I-95 if they aren’t going to have it be built to I-95 in any way
I-70's urban sections absolutely made neighborhoods in Kansas City, Indy, and Columbus worse and leveled a whole lot of homes and businesses.
Not to argue with you, but American cities have been falling apart since before the Interstate system started.
Cool to see US 40. I am most familiar with the section from the US219-I68 interchange to Wheeling, WV going through Nemacolin Woodlands, by Ohiopyle and Fort Necessity, down Mount Summit through Uniontown, past Brownsville and Washington, PA.
Me: Hey, can we buy the Gateway Arch? Mom: No, we have the Gateway Arch at home The Gateway Arch at home: 34:28
That was LITERALLY what I thought when I saw that lol
lol
LOL
I appreciate that the video is exactly 40 minutes long.
It took a lot of cuts!
I can't wait for the November 7th video
i was just on us 40 yesturday after a 8 HOUR BUS RIDE ON GREYHOUND half the ride was on us 40 after we left wilmington from new york to dc which is supposed to be 4 hours but the bus decided we will stop in at 8 random places that nobody got off
I've never done the Hound. Is Megabus in Wilmington? I've taken that from Baltimore to NY a few times and it doesn't make any stops other than a rest stop in NJ.
@@ControlCityFreak you may have not heard the news but megabus got bought by peter pan in mid august and i was going to ride it until i got to the javitis center where i saw a sign that there gone
Oh bummer
@@ControlCityFreak if it was still afloat it would be my first time riding them
20:23-20:41 bro said Ohio so many times so close to each other you might think he has gen alpha brain rot /j+lh
12:00 I found out years ago that in MD the former alignments of US 40 are signed as MD 144 only to the west of Baltimore. East of the city, they're all signed MD 7.
they old parts are also scenic 40 and alt 40 in western md. also old frederick rd in western county is actually newer than the other frederick road that was actually the national road
I’ve actually been to the A.C boardwalk and it is really fun! And the A.C EXPWY.
awesome video!!!!!
Thanks!!
The most I've ever probably driven on the US40 is probably between Cumberland Maryland to little bit past of Frederick Maryland. But Hagerstown, it's pretty cool to drop through that. I live not that far away from Hagerstown like 40 minutes away. From winchester virginia US40 is a split road through downtown Hagerstown. Then when they're going East towards Frederick. Maryland it is called the dual highway. But that was a pretty cool video I enjoyed it.
Sorry to be a jerk but 40 never reaches Winchester, VA.
@@penguinsfan251 Yeah, what I meant to say was. I live 40 minutes away from Hagerstown, where U. S 40 goes through.
I-70 and US-40 sounds like a complicated/toxic/failing marriage/relationship.
They really do love each other to always come back
around 15:03 you missed the only scenic us route still left in the country (us-40 scenic). it’s only like 15 miles long
That's why I offer requests!
wait were ones for this video free?
Noooo. If they were this video would have been like 7 hours long.
@@ControlCityFreak ohhhhhh ok, thanks for making these videos btw, glad to know im not the only one who picks up on control cities and other niche road geek stuff
Almost like 40 is there for when there's an incident on I-70 requiring a detour. (Kind of like 301 was for I-95 if memory serves.)
At 34:30, the "Little Arch" in Vandalia IL used to be part of the sign for a Travel Lodge motel that was located right there. The motel changed brands many years ago and so is no longer a Travel Lodge, so the sign was torn down, but they left the arch. In the '70s, visiting my grandparents in Vandalia, I used to ride with my grandfather every day from their house a couple of miles outside town to this Travel Lodge to get that day's edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, because Vandalia was too far out for home delivery to be offered.
To avoid the tolls in Delaware and Maryland, I took US 40 as soon as I got into Delaware, the took 40 to I-695 outer loop, then took I-95 on the other side of Baltimore, all the way down to Florida. Wow! I drove this stretch of US 40 (twice), and overlooked that stone marker!
The Black Horse Pike.