Interesting video, never knew about your channel until now! I live in Vegas and I generally agree with your take; however, if it were up to me, I would make a slight change: (Inner) Strip/Airport>Summerlin>Centennial Hills [to US 95 Reno]>SLC (Outer) Centennial Hills [to US 95 Reno]>Summerlin>Strip/Airport>Henderson Centennial Hills is in the northwest valley and is centered on the 215/95 junction. Everyone in Vegas knows where Centennial Hills is so it would be useful for us, but the "to US 95 Reno" would be helpful for out-of-towners. But that's just me. Also, a couple of pronunciation tips: Summerlin- the last syllable rhymes with "lynn" (SUM-mer-lynn) and Ely- last syllable rhymes with "lee" (EE-lee). I have no clue why we pronounce Ely that way but it's just what we do, lol. Anyway great video and will subscribe!
@@ControlCityFreak I'll proactively give you two difficult QEW toponyms for your upcoming video. Etobicoke is pronounced It-toe-bi-co (or Etobico). Not "coke". Mississauga is pronounced Missus - ogga. :)
"Ely" rhymes with "freely." "Summerlin" rhymes with "paladin." Last I knew the county had no particular interest in putting an Interstate shield on CR-215 because it didn't get any federal interstate money to build it. I also thought all the interchanges on the northern part of 215 were complete now, but I never go that way so maybe not. While I-515 >is< signed, locals never refer to it that way; the whole length is "the 95". I-11 rarely comes up in conversation, but I suspect most people think of it as an extension of "the 95" even though US-95 exits off it before it reaches Boulder City and the dam.
Surprised no one mentioned this, but pretty much the entire road has been finished and is now a full freeway. There's only small bit left with the giant spaghetti bowl at the 95 junction but otherwise all that construction you were showing is gone. Thing about Centennial Hills is that it's just a neighborhood, but then again so is Summerlin (well the half in Vegas proper anyway). Another option would be North Las Vegas after the 95 Interchange since all the exits from Aliente on are there (including where it meets 15).
If could also connect to kingman, Arizona to have a perfect path from i80 to i40.......US93 already goes there so it would just need the official i11 shield.....
@@truckercowboyed2638it WILL go way further south than Kingman. the project for a new US93/I-40 interchange in Kingman will start in 2024 ... which is part of the task for I-11 running from Hoover Dam southeastward to Nogales.
and I-515/US 95 will be the path for I-11 through LV proper ... if I recall correctly, there is an upcoming project on US95 to make that freeway interstate standard. that's the reason the new overhead signs for the US95 have a blank space ... it will have a I-11 shield there eventually.
Most if not all of the bridges on the Clark County 215 have a year of construction off to the side that is large enough to view from your vehicle while traveling at normal speed.
I cannot let you critique my local Interstate (I-495 in MA) without requesting the exit I regularly take to go home - Exit 30 for MA 140 South. Happy Thanksgiving!
5:03 Fun fact. Ely, Nevada is home to the most isolated Electric Vehicle Charging Station in the Lower 48. Ely is pronounced E (like the letter) Lee. E Lee. I see a lot of people out east pronounce it the way you did. Gotta love those dialects! I used to pronounce Salina, Kansas and Utah for that matter as Selena like the name as if it was a Spanish pronunciation or something. Being from California, that's how I used to assume how it would have been pronounced.
Also, I agree with you that this has to be the most upgraded county route in the U.S. I can't name another county route like CC-215 that is built to freeway standards and is this busy.
Thanks! I left Plymouth MA nearly 14 years ago. I'm looking forward for your take on the southern part of I-495. My exits NB were Exit 2 (MA 58 North, signed erroneously as 58 continues south for nearly half a mile to MA 28) and SB exit 15 (US 44). If 44 were backed up I'd go another 3 miles to exit 12 (MA 105) and go south through the back roads of Lakeville and Middleboro, avoiding Middleboro Center. What's interesting at the end of I-495 SB past I-195 is the continuation, MA 25, going through Wareham to the Bourne Bridge. 25 is an interstate-grade highway with a nearly 270-degree curve going around Buttermilk Bay. I'm not sure if the curve is the reason that the highway does not have the coveted blue, red and white interstate shield.
Good shout. In New England I generally assume it's the British pronunciation for place names, so I'd have definitely overcorrected and said this one wrong.
Howard Hughes bought thousands of acres of land in what is now Summerlin. After he died, a corporation called Howard Hughes Corporation built the Summerlin community. Happy Thanksgiving!
For the MA I-495 Video, can you mention my MA I-495 Video? In case you need more info, it's called: "The Boston Beltways: I-495 and Route 128". Thanks!
On the MA I495 video, I’d like to see the welcome to Cape Cod sign on route 25 south in Wareham and/or the Bourne bridge. 495 is a hugely important artery to connect Cape Cod to NYC and the rest of southern New England/mid Atlantic. 495 (past I95) and MA-25 exists in its current capacity largely because of the cape. Route 25 is commonly referred to and considered to be part of 495. Route 25 only went to Wareham until 1987! Also, haverhill is pronounced hayv-ruhl :)
I remember seeing that CC-215 shield for the first time. For some reason I thought it looked like something out of a casino because of its interesting design. I wonder if Clark County maintained it because it’s primarily a LV metro freeway and it didn’t make sense for the entire state to pay for a freeway that mostly tourists and Las Vegans would primarily use. The majority of Nevada’s population lives in Clark County anyway and the tourist dollars should provide enough funds as well. Also would love to hear your thoughts on suburbia since it’s the reason why loops such as 215 exist in the first place.
@highway2heaven91 Here’s something ironic; the beltway around my hometown of Reno (the REAL Nevada) is secretly a state highway (NV 659), yet it has NO shields.
@@ControlCityFreakI used a small portion of the county road to get from Summerlin Pkwy to Route 159 when I was going to Red Rock. And likewise I could see a tourist who wanted to go to Red Rock from the southern Strip taking the county road all the way around from I-15. But yeah, apart from going to Red Rock I don't know why a tourist would use the road.
Hopefully your Thanksgiving was terrific! 215 (as in COUNTY 215) has been in constant construction for most of the 22 years I have lived in Vegas and likely before I arrived. I distinctly remember the 2-lane road era on the western portion. For the longest time, there was ZERO direct conneciton between CC 215 and US 95. Durango Drive was the connector. Once all is up to Interstate standards, hopefully it will all be I 215 (I am not holding my breath). All that said, there is massive repaving to be done between I 15 and the Warm Springs/Airport exits.
The reason its signed CC 215 is because Nevada does not sign its state highways the same number as interstates. It has the same number as the interstate 215 for less confusion. CC 215 was built with county funding. Once the construction is finished at the US 95 /215 interchange the highway maintaince will be turned over to the state of Nevada. Then it will become I 215
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you and everyone! I truly believe that the Clark County 215 signs will be replaced next year with I-215 signs and that I-515 will be replaced with I-11, which may well be signed through Las Vegas over US 95.
It kind of looks like Nevada (at least in Vegas) has a sort of Texas problem where they will not sign a control city on a 3-digit road from an interstate. How strange. Happy Thanksgiving Todd!!! Until next time, keep on trucking. 👍
The Rams have a long history in LA and had a stadium built for them there, and the Raiders have a long history of being super unstable and moving every couple decades. The Chargers are a whole different breed of stupid and actively chose to spurn their existing fan base while not picking up a new one.
Interesting that there’s an End sign for county road 215, It looks very similar to Oswego county NY’s End signs for county routes. So at least one county in the country isn’t alone in following that technique.
@mbdg6810 At least it has a shield. McCarran Blvd, the beltway around Reno (the REAL Nevada!) carries an almost unknown designation as NV 659, meaning it is more important than Las Vegas’ beltway! Process that…
I think Oswego County does it because a lot of routes tend to turn onto and take over a roadway at various intersections thus ending the routing of the roadway prior to the intersection. It seems to happen a lot in that county and they probably do it to avoid confusion. Also, I believe Oswego County was the first county in NY to switch to the standard blue and yellow shields.
all of that loop will become INTERSTATE 215 ... probably within the next five years. there were some interchanges that were below interstate standards ... the major culprit being the North LV I-15 interchange, which has been converted (the other being the US95 interchange, which (as someone else mentioned) has also been converted). I won't be surprised if Clark County doesn't announce a transition date in 2024.
Nice to be back in my home state, even if it’s the less glamorous part that tends to drag down the entire state (nowhere more evident than education!). Left to right being clockwise, my list is Henderson-Paradise-Spring Valley-Las Vegas Northwest-North Las Vegas. Looking once again at the I 15 controls, I think both should be amended. I think northbound should be St. George; it’s population has all but exploded in the past 25 years, and it has in its backyard the National Park with the fastest growing visitation numbers (more visited than world famous Yosemite and Yellowstone, and almost identical to Grand Canyon). I acknowledge southbound is a harder sell, but I’d be happier seeing more San Bernardino signs than Los Angeles ones. LA seems the obvious choice on paper based solely on 15’s southwest trajectory, even if it never gets near it. My issue is with climactic differences (a big reason, I think, why the two are separate metros). LA is subtropical with the smallest semi-arid hint. San Bernardino, meanwhile, is much closer to a desert. And remember that the entire drive from Las Vegas is nothing but desert. More than any other state, Nevada really swings far with their really long distance controls. Assuming Boulder City is only temporary (I support Kingman), I 80 East Elko leaving Reno is the only instance where NDOT undershoots along freeways, I believe. Come look at the rest of Nevada soon. Lots of close range controls (South Lake Tahoe, Minden, Fallon and Reno from Carson City) and long range controls (Boise from Winnemucca; Bishop from Minden; Twin Falls from Wells; and Fallon from Ely) await your (mostly) infallible judgement!
St. George is probably getting there, I drove through a few months ago and was definitely way bigger than the last time I saw it. Will be doing more Nevada soon for sure.
Just like routes 481 and 690 in Syracuse NY ,route 890 in Schenectady NY,route 787 in Albany NY and routes 390 and 590 in Rochester NY.. partially Interstates and partially State routes..
This is also often the route to take to get to the strip from Henderson via las vegas parkway or/and I 15 right here while id recommended vegas pkwy so to avoid traffic dat i hate
@@ControlCityFreak I’m just wondering after you do the highways in Alaska and Puerto Rico are you going to eventually make a video of you ranking the State DOTs in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico?
Me too, even though I’m in the Chicago area it’ll always be McCarran airport to me! That whole situation with the name change is stupid ridiculous to me but I won’t glut up Todd’s page with any of that. He does great work!
@ControlCityFreak The ring road in Reno is also named after Pat McCarran. He was a Senator from Nevada from 1933-1954 who was an advocate for the development of aviation in the state. He’s not looked upon fondly by his ‘contemporary’ Democrats because he was a big opponent to FDR’s programs, and was only rivaled by Joe McCarthy in his anti-communist views.
Why sign summerlin? Why not Reno and Los Angeles? Wouldn’t that be more useful for long distance traffic? Or are you thinking long distance traffic would take 395? Also once football season is over will you do SLC’s 215? Utah doesn’t have a football team but I want to hear what you think “belt route” should be replaced with?
My way it should be for both 15 beltways: Vegas inner loop: Reid Airport/Las Vegas Strip Los Angeles, CA Reno Salt Lake Vegas Outer loop: Reno Los Angeles, CA Reid Airport/Las Vegas Strip Henderson SLC inner loop: South Jordan/Las Vegas SLC airport/West Valley SLC airport Bountiful/Ogden SLC outer loop: SLC Airport/West Valley South Jordan/Provo Ski Areas/Cheyenne, WY I realize everyone knows where Los Angeles and Cheyenne are but I hope including states communicates that that’s the way to the whole southern part of the state, and I don’t think signing Vegas would be helpful to people coming from SLC airport or Tooele
Given the loopy shape of the road, I don't think much long distance traffic would be on it to begin with. Guessing Reno traffic coming from 11 would stay on 515 and traffic coming from the south would take 15 downtown.
@ControlCityFreak There’s no point in going through Vegas if headed to Reno from SoCal. That’s what U.S. 395 from Hesperia is for. Even near Barstow, CA 58 would be faster than going through Vegas. The treacherous mountain portions don’t begin until past Bishop, which is where the only convenient chance to cut into Nevada is if you don’t like winter driving conditions (U.S. 6 to U.S. 95). It costs only 30 miles north extra minutes, and you’ll deal with less snow since you’re going through the driest areas of the Great Basin.
Interstate||Clark County 215 is LARGEEE considering the whole beltway is 54 miles large (8 miles main 215 and 46 miles cc215) and ➕️, literally I think around 350K cars take this belt way daily omg and is the longest freeway in the whole entire state of me living in vegas Nevada more omg
4:18 might be the worse signed south sign ive ever seen.
What happens on I-215 stays on I-215!
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Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow road geeks!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Interesting video, never knew about your channel until now!
I live in Vegas and I generally agree with your take; however, if it were up to me, I would make a slight change:
(Inner) Strip/Airport>Summerlin>Centennial Hills [to US 95 Reno]>SLC
(Outer) Centennial Hills [to US 95 Reno]>Summerlin>Strip/Airport>Henderson
Centennial Hills is in the northwest valley and is centered on the 215/95 junction. Everyone in Vegas knows where Centennial Hills is so it would be useful for us, but the "to US 95 Reno" would be helpful for out-of-towners. But that's just me.
Also, a couple of pronunciation tips: Summerlin- the last syllable rhymes with "lynn" (SUM-mer-lynn) and Ely- last syllable rhymes with "lee" (EE-lee). I have no clue why we pronounce Ely that way but it's just what we do, lol.
Anyway great video and will subscribe!
Thanks, appreciate it! Centennial Hills definitely sounds like the right answer. Will keep Ely in mind since I’ll run into it again in another vid.
I came here to say that. Toponyms. You just have to know....
@@ControlCityFreak I'll proactively give you two difficult QEW toponyms for your upcoming video. Etobicoke is pronounced It-toe-bi-co (or Etobico). Not "coke". Mississauga is pronounced Missus - ogga. :)
Lol had no plans to attempt pronouncing either of those.
6:46 Tark the Shark! I remember him from his short stint at Fresno State.
Those new signs at the US 95 exit have space for I-11 shields when that eventually becomes designated. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
"Ely" rhymes with "freely." "Summerlin" rhymes with "paladin."
Last I knew the county had no particular interest in putting an Interstate shield on CR-215 because it didn't get any federal interstate money to build it. I also thought all the interchanges on the northern part of 215 were complete now, but I never go that way so maybe not.
While I-515 >is< signed, locals never refer to it that way; the whole length is "the 95". I-11 rarely comes up in conversation, but I suspect most people think of it as an extension of "the 95" even though US-95 exits off it before it reaches Boulder City and the dam.
Yep
Surprised no one mentioned this, but pretty much the entire road has been finished and is now a full freeway. There's only small bit left with the giant spaghetti bowl at the 95 junction but otherwise all that construction you were showing is gone.
Thing about Centennial Hills is that it's just a neighborhood, but then again so is Summerlin (well the half in Vegas proper anyway). Another option would be North Las Vegas after the 95 Interchange since all the exits from Aliente on are there (including where it meets 15).
Noooo wayyyu omg
I-515 will become future I-11 which connect from Las Vegas to Carson City/Reno, or to Fernley Nevada at I-80 as of northern terminus.
@davidtosh7200 Or it’ll go through Fallon and miss the Reno metro area completely. What it does past Walker Lake is a complete crapshoot.
If could also connect to kingman, Arizona to have a perfect path from i80 to i40.......US93 already goes there so it would just need the official i11 shield.....
@@truckercowboyed2638it WILL go way further south than Kingman. the project for a new US93/I-40 interchange in Kingman will start in 2024 ... which is part of the task for I-11 running from Hoover Dam southeastward to Nogales.
and I-515/US 95 will be the path for I-11 through LV proper ... if I recall correctly, there is an upcoming project on US95 to make that freeway interstate standard. that's the reason the new overhead signs for the US95 have a blank space ... it will have a I-11 shield there eventually.
If DC can have DC 295 and Charlotte can have Charlotte 4, then Las Vegas should be able to have Vegas 215.
You should do a segment todd makes an interstate, where it would go to and signage. Maybe like an I98, or I46
Most if not all of the bridges on the Clark County 215 have a year of construction off to the side that is large enough to view from your vehicle while traveling at normal speed.
I cannot let you critique my local Interstate (I-495 in MA) without requesting the exit I regularly take to go home - Exit 30 for MA 140 South. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, you got it. Happy Thanksgiving!
5:03 Fun fact. Ely, Nevada is home to the most isolated Electric Vehicle Charging Station in the Lower 48. Ely is pronounced E (like the letter) Lee. E Lee. I see a lot of people out east pronounce it the way you did. Gotta love those dialects! I used to pronounce Salina, Kansas and Utah for that matter as Selena like the name as if it was a Spanish pronunciation or something. Being from California, that's how I used to assume how it would have been pronounced.
Also, I agree with you that this has to be the most upgraded county route in the U.S. I can't name another county route like CC-215 that is built to freeway standards and is this busy.
Wow, interesting! I drove through it once, but the EV station probably wasn't there yet (1999 lol). Thanks!
I was surprised by how he pronounced that. We pronounce Ely MN like Nevada does. E lee.
Haha why do both MN and NV have a weird pronunciation for a pretty common name?
Thanks! I left Plymouth MA nearly 14 years ago. I'm looking forward for your take on the southern part of I-495. My exits NB were Exit 2 (MA 58 North, signed erroneously as 58 continues south for nearly half a mile to MA 28) and SB exit 15 (US 44). If 44 were backed up I'd go another 3 miles to exit 12 (MA 105) and go south through the back roads of Lakeville and Middleboro, avoiding Middleboro Center.
What's interesting at the end of I-495 SB past I-195 is the continuation, MA 25, going through Wareham to the Bourne Bridge. 25 is an interstate-grade highway with a nearly 270-degree curve going around Buttermilk Bay. I'm not sure if the curve is the reason that the highway does not have the coveted blue, red and white interstate shield.
Also, the first town on I-495 is pronounced where-ham as in the porker meat, not wear 'em.
Thanks, you got it!
Good shout. In New England I generally assume it's the British pronunciation for place names, so I'd have definitely overcorrected and said this one wrong.
Can you please do the Taconic State Parkway in NYS? I’ve been on the full length and it’s pretty beautiful!
7:18 I wonder how much money the power company gave to the designer to make a large black building in the desert where it does get hot?
Lol
I think I-215 will change to I-211 in the future!
Isnt there already like a i-215 loop around Around the slc metro and to the int airport?! Xd
Lots of 3 digit roads have multiple incarnations. Only 1 per state is allowed
@@ControlCityFreak ohh ok, thanks for the info!
Howard Hughes bought thousands of acres of land in what is now Summerlin. After he died, a corporation called Howard Hughes Corporation built the Summerlin community. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
For the MA I-495 Video, can you mention my MA I-495 Video? In case you need more info, it's called: "The Boston Beltways: I-495 and Route 128".
Thanks!
Thanks, will do!
Happy Thanksgiving, Todd! Hope you have a wonderful day with your family and friends.
Thanks, Happy Thanksgiving !
Some pronunciations:
Summerlin - Summer-Lynn
Ely: Ee-Lee
Love the videos!
Thanks!
Las Vegas got the Athletics
Not surprised that Roy Horn has a road named after him
Summerlin is not an incorporated area, most of the northern portion of it is within the city limits of Las Vegas
On the MA I495 video, I’d like to see the welcome to Cape Cod sign on route 25 south in Wareham and/or the Bourne bridge. 495 is a hugely important artery to connect Cape Cod to NYC and the rest of southern New England/mid Atlantic. 495 (past I95) and MA-25 exists in its current capacity largely because of the cape. Route 25 is commonly referred to and considered to be part of 495. Route 25 only went to Wareham until 1987!
Also, haverhill is pronounced hayv-ruhl :)
Thanks, you got it! Good shout on the pronunciation there, I definitely would have pronounced it phonetically otherwise.
The only time I've been to Haverhill was on the Amtrak Downeaster Train from Portland ME to Boston
I remember seeing that CC-215 shield for the first time. For some reason I thought it looked like something out of a casino because of its interesting design.
I wonder if Clark County maintained it because it’s primarily a LV metro freeway and it didn’t make sense for the entire state to pay for a freeway that mostly tourists and Las Vegans would primarily use. The majority of Nevada’s population lives in Clark County anyway and the tourist dollars should provide enough funds as well.
Also would love to hear your thoughts on suburbia since it’s the reason why loops such as 215 exist in the first place.
I doubt many tourists ever use the county portion. I've been to Vegas many times, most recently 4 months ago, and I"ve certainly never driven on it.
@highway2heaven91 Here’s something ironic; the beltway around my hometown of Reno (the REAL Nevada) is secretly a state highway (NV 659), yet it has NO shields.
@@ControlCityFreakI used a small portion of the county road to get from Summerlin Pkwy to Route 159 when I was going to Red Rock. And likewise I could see a tourist who wanted to go to Red Rock from the southern Strip taking the county road all the way around from I-15. But yeah, apart from going to Red Rock I don't know why a tourist would use the road.
Hopefully your Thanksgiving was terrific! 215 (as in COUNTY 215) has been in constant construction for most of the 22 years I have lived in Vegas and likely before I arrived. I distinctly remember the 2-lane road era on the western portion. For the longest time, there was ZERO direct conneciton between CC 215 and US 95. Durango Drive was the connector. Once all is up to Interstate standards, hopefully it will all be I 215 (I am not holding my breath). All that said, there is massive repaving to be done between I 15 and the Warm Springs/Airport exits.
Interesting. Happy Thanksgiving!
The reason its signed CC 215 is because Nevada does not sign its state highways the same number as interstates. It has the same number as the interstate 215 for less confusion. CC 215 was built with county funding. Once the construction is finished at the US 95 /215 interchange the highway maintaince will be turned over to the state of Nevada. Then it will become I 215
Oh that makes sense.
You can also go Airport to I-215.
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to you and everyone! I truly believe that the Clark County 215 signs will be replaced next year with I-215 signs and that I-515 will be replaced with I-11, which may well be signed through Las Vegas over US 95.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy some delicious turkey and some entertaining football
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a coincidence. I'm about to head to Vegas.
Nice!
Happy thAnksgiving Todd!
Happy Thanksgiving!
It kind of looks like Nevada (at least in Vegas) has a sort of Texas problem where they will not sign a control city on a 3-digit road from an interstate. How strange. Happy Thanksgiving Todd!!! Until next time, keep on trucking. 👍
Happy Thanksgiving!
Probably because the entire route is within the Las Vegas Valley and there isn’t much between Las Vegas and greater LA
I subbed for next week's video. I live in Green Bay, and 29 passes right through town.
Will have lots of Green Bay in that episode!
I was trucking in las Vegas last week and took its sister spur, i515......
Was looking at the some today on GSV, doing a US 95 vid soon.
happy thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
I was just on this road almost two weeks ago. It's sumner LIN NOT LINE.
Happy Thanksgiving you should do US 101
Happy Thanksgiving! I will for sure!
@ControlCityFreak their last reg season game are the Chargers
@@andrewdevore4799 San Diego is the only Chargers home this channel recognizes, and 101 hasn’t been there in 60 years
@ControlCityFreak And lemme guess, this channel only recognizes Oakland as home for the Raiders and St. Louis for Rams…
The Rams have a long history in LA and had a stadium built for them there, and the Raiders have a long history of being super unstable and moving every couple decades. The Chargers are a whole different breed of stupid and actively chose to spurn their existing fan base while not picking up a new one.
Interesting that there’s an End sign for county road 215,
It looks very similar to Oswego county NY’s End signs for county routes. So at least one county in the country isn’t alone in following that technique.
@mbdg6810 At least it has a shield. McCarran Blvd, the beltway around Reno (the REAL Nevada!) carries an almost unknown designation as NV 659, meaning it is more important than Las Vegas’ beltway! Process that…
I think Oswego County does it because a lot of routes tend to turn onto and take over a roadway at various intersections thus ending the routing of the roadway prior to the intersection. It seems to happen a lot in that county and they probably do it to avoid confusion. Also, I believe Oswego County was the first county in NY to switch to the standard blue and yellow shields.
all of that loop will become INTERSTATE 215 ... probably within the next five years. there were some interchanges that were below interstate standards ... the major culprit being the North LV I-15 interchange, which has been converted (the other being the US95 interchange, which (as someone else mentioned) has also been converted). I won't be surprised if Clark County doesn't announce a transition date in 2024.
Yeah it didn't look like it had too long to go, and all the sub-standard sections seemed to be currently under construction.
Also looks like the county 215 shields on the overhead signs can be easily changed to interstate shields.
Nice to be back in my home state, even if it’s the less glamorous part that tends to drag down the entire state (nowhere more evident than education!). Left to right being clockwise, my list is Henderson-Paradise-Spring Valley-Las Vegas Northwest-North Las Vegas.
Looking once again at the I 15 controls, I think both should be amended. I think northbound should be St. George; it’s population has all but exploded in the past 25 years, and it has in its backyard the National Park with the fastest growing visitation numbers (more visited than world famous Yosemite and Yellowstone, and almost identical to Grand Canyon).
I acknowledge southbound is a harder sell, but I’d be happier seeing more San Bernardino signs than Los Angeles ones. LA seems the obvious choice on paper based solely on 15’s southwest trajectory, even if it never gets near it. My issue is with climactic differences (a big reason, I think, why the two are separate metros). LA is subtropical with the smallest semi-arid hint. San Bernardino, meanwhile, is much closer to a desert. And remember that the entire drive from Las Vegas is nothing but desert.
More than any other state, Nevada really swings far with their really long distance controls. Assuming Boulder City is only temporary (I support Kingman), I 80 East Elko leaving Reno is the only instance where NDOT undershoots along freeways, I believe.
Come look at the rest of Nevada soon. Lots of close range controls (South Lake Tahoe, Minden, Fallon and Reno from Carson City) and long range controls (Boise from Winnemucca; Bishop from Minden; Twin Falls from Wells; and Fallon from Ely) await your (mostly) infallible judgement!
St. George is probably getting there, I drove through a few months ago and was definitely way bigger than the last time I saw it. Will be doing more Nevada soon for sure.
Todd, you may have lost to the Eagles earlier this week, but you’ll probably beat the Raiders. You did it once before, you can do it again.
Not yet this year, but yeah hopefully.
Love the shirt
Been rocking that one in Vegas for years, always seems to bring luck at the craps tables
Just like routes 481 and 690 in Syracuse NY ,route 890 in Schenectady NY,route 787 in Albany NY and routes 390 and 590 in Rochester NY.. partially Interstates and partially State routes..
Yeah there are plenty of state routes like that, but I don't think I know of any county routes like this.
This is also often the route to take to get to the strip from Henderson via las vegas parkway or/and I 15 right here while id recommended vegas pkwy so to avoid traffic dat i hate
"Summerline" lol.
it pains me how inconsistent the signs are
Summerlin is pronounced Summer-LYNN
Ely is pronounced EE-LEE
7:25 That's No Moon
Lol
Happy Thanksgiving I hope you have a great Thanksgiving too
Happy Thanksgiving!
@@ControlCityFreak I’m just wondering are you going to eventually do an I-15 reboot?
Not sure yet, but I was on it some a few months ago so would be fun.
@@ControlCityFreak I’m just wondering after you do the highways in Alaska and Puerto Rico are you going to eventually make a video of you ranking the State DOTs in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico?
@@jordanjones5751 I’ve got a thing in mind
I call it McCarran Airport
Me too, even though I’m in the Chicago area it’ll always be McCarran airport to me! That whole situation with the name change is stupid ridiculous to me but I won’t glut up Todd’s page with any of that. He does great work!
Yeah I always call it McCarren too. Don't even know who he is, to me he's just the airport guy, like Hartsfield and LaGuardia.
@ControlCityFreak The ring road in Reno is also named after Pat McCarran. He was a Senator from Nevada from 1933-1954 who was an advocate for the development of aviation in the state. He’s not looked upon fondly by his ‘contemporary’ Democrats because he was a big opponent to FDR’s programs, and was only rivaled by Joe McCarthy in his anti-communist views.
Wish there were more control cities on this road?
Right? Especially weird at the big junctions at 95 and 15.
Why sign summerlin? Why not Reno and Los Angeles? Wouldn’t that be more useful for long distance traffic? Or are you thinking long distance traffic would take 395?
Also once football season is over will you do SLC’s 215? Utah doesn’t have a football team but I want to hear what you think “belt route” should be replaced with?
My way it should be for both 15 beltways:
Vegas inner loop:
Reid Airport/Las Vegas Strip
Los Angeles, CA
Reno
Salt Lake
Vegas Outer loop:
Reno
Los Angeles, CA
Reid Airport/Las Vegas Strip
Henderson
SLC inner loop:
South Jordan/Las Vegas
SLC airport/West Valley
SLC airport
Bountiful/Ogden
SLC outer loop:
SLC Airport/West Valley
South Jordan/Provo
Ski Areas/Cheyenne, WY
I realize everyone knows where Los Angeles and Cheyenne are but I hope including states communicates that that’s the way to the whole southern part of the state, and I don’t think signing Vegas would be helpful to people coming from SLC airport or Tooele
Given the loopy shape of the road, I don't think much long distance traffic would be on it to begin with. Guessing Reno traffic coming from 11 would stay on 515 and traffic coming from the south would take 15 downtown.
@ControlCityFreak There’s no point in going through Vegas if headed to Reno from SoCal. That’s what U.S. 395 from Hesperia is for. Even near Barstow, CA 58 would be faster than going through Vegas.
The treacherous mountain portions don’t begin until past Bishop, which is where the only convenient chance to cut into Nevada is if you don’t like winter driving conditions (U.S. 6 to U.S. 95). It costs only 30 miles north extra minutes, and you’ll deal with less snow since you’re going through the driest areas of the Great Basin.
@@tylermarchand2996 Good point
For 495 in MA I fully expect you to clown MassDOT for signing Marlborough instead of Worcester (wuss-tah)
Absolutely
Also it seems like Foxboro would be emphasized, but it isn’t.
3:21 Hey, I can see my house!
Cool!
I-515 Is Now Signed As I-11 From I-15 South
I saw they have that one-off sign now, but not on GSV yet. Also noticed some other spots don't even sign 515 yet, still US 95!
As of this video I am in Las Vegas and been on the freeway/highway
The county road should join I 215 because of its lanes and how it connects to roads
Do Us 62 and on east and west bound do Louisville east canton exit in ohio please.
I’m a resident of this area and I’m not sure of the purpose of this video. Are we touring various freeways around the country? 🤷🏼♂️
That’s the idea!
LV got the Raiders, not the Chiefs.
Hey, Todd! Good video as always. Did you get the $5.00 I sent you via PayPal for the QEW exit at Central Avenue in Fort Erie?
Thanks! I replies to your IG a few minutes ago, but basically I don't have a PayPal account, they're dead to me.
Interstate||Clark County 215 is LARGEEE considering the whole beltway is 54 miles large (8 miles main 215 and 46 miles cc215) and ➕️, literally I think around 350K cars take this belt way daily omg and is the longest freeway in the whole entire state of me living in vegas Nevada more omg
Summerlin is pronounced Summer Lynn, not Summer Line…….😊
I-474
The way he mispronounced summerlin 😭
Summerlin is pronounced summer-lynn
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nope Illogical