I-694 Inner - Minneapolis Beltway - Minneapolis - Minnesota - 4K Highway Drive

A drive on the inner side of I-694 which forms the northern half of the beltway around the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area.
Filmed: August 2023
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[@dunt9913]

holy heck this is my road!! I can't believe THE mileage mike is driving my commute! honk if you see a little red Celica along your travels

[@donavanjohnson409]

Nice ride along with Minneapolis beltway

[@InterstateRaziTV]

Nice Video!

[@efil4kizum]

5:55 GLA! that was a bad one. make you spill your coffee!

[@SlowedByMaple]

Yikes! At 16:50. Dude was even from Maryland too.

[@bullinmd]

What I also don't like about this loop is I-694 is cosigned with I-94 from I-494 until I-94 splits from I-694 to go downtown.
Meanwhile, in Texas, I-820 was a full loop around Ft. Worth until I-20 was rerouted to the south section. For a time, there was I-20 and I-820 cosigned until I-820 was removed from that south section.
Why is there no effort to straighten out the numbering mess around the Twin Cities? Can't AASHTO do anything?

[@phillysnowguy]

I-694 is the official bypass for people traveling through the Twin Cities and not to them, while 494 is seen as a standard loop highway for suburban traffic. That is their rationale. I think MNDOT wanted the 3-digit loop to go all the way around so they cosigned I-94/694 so 694 and 494 still meet.

[@efil4kizum]

route 52 (Canada to Charlestown SC) goes through this part of the twin cities.

[@jacksonstreeter3564]

I’m not sure why it’s called inner. There is no “outer” beltway around the cities. 694/494 is the only beltway around the metro area.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Inner/outer refer to the directions. Outer = counterclockwise. Inner = clockwise.

[@lindastepp9842]

Hey Mike, can we take an exit and get a Coca-Cola, I'm thirsty ?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

🥤

[@lindastepp9842]

@@MileageMikeTravels thanks Mike for the Coca-Cola 😎

[@Zsullivan27]

11:26 WTF