Thanks! I used to commute back and forth between San Francisco and Oakland in the 70s. And I remember when it was changed in 1963 to one-way upper and lower decks. Before that it was pretty hazardous on the upper deck with the 2-way traffic! I never saw the lower deck, unless I took a bus, before that. Anyway, I have many memories of those times! Especially of getting a flat tire on the upper deck(: --twice!
Hi, Jim. I have enjoyed your videos over the years. Have created my own channel. Partly inspired by your own. Thanks for the videos. Keep on cruising and rocking.
Wow... talk about a blast from the past! Not only did I forget about how rickety the eastern span looked back then, but also, the skyline of the city has changed so much too, with the addition of many high rise buildings since this was filmed...
WOW, always great to see the sights of the Bay area; something I hope to see in person someday. Really enjoyed this one and glad you were able to do the remix so successfully!
I used to drive here everyday from the South Bay for work.. kind of miss the old bridge. I remember there were always CHP patrols on YB Island because people speed on the bridge alot. Favorite part of the video is reading the old tech ads on the billboards.. Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
Fun fact, if you pause the video at 2:07 you are directly on the part of the bridge that collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. It has a slightly different color from the rest of the road. I’ve lived in the Bay Area my whole life and remember it well. Every time I would cross that section I always thought of that moment in history and watching it on the news.
I drove across that part that collapsed on my way to the game with a friend about 30 minutes before the quake hit. Crazy night that was. After the game was cancelled, headed for the Richmond Bridge to get back to the East Bay through a dark San Francisco that had lost all electricity. With the traffic lights out civilians were directing traffic at all of the intersections.
I'm extremely happy and grateful that you have video of the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge uploaded on the internet. I'm obsessed with archiving and this is great. Someone has actually uploaded a dashcam video from 1989 of the Cypress Street Viaduct that was destroyed merely weeks later during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. I actually remember the quake, I was 3 lol. I like the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge but I still miss the old one, it looked like an erector set lol. Thanks for doing this.
Strangely enough, I sometimes miss the old span. Good thing that both you and I recorded it for folks to see it on here for many years to come. Great job on this video, using a goodie of a song that I still like.
went to San Fran in 2003. Got to drive across the bridge after my friend picked me up from the Oakland airport. This video brings back memories of that visit! :)
Your music choice continues to amaze me. How else are we going to learn about other fantastic artists globally is we don’t dip our toe into the curiosity pond of music? Thank you for your mission to bring our wonderful country a little bit close to enjoy by way of video!
Excellent video as always. San Francisco/Oakland and the rest of the bay area is probably my favorite place in the world. Your videos here always bring a smile to my face and great choices in music
You & I definitely have two things in common. We love to drive & we love music. Whether it's jazz, (I recommended Paul Hardcastle to you) or Euro Pop (or E D M) it's called alot of things these days. I've actually tooled around San Francisco playing that Milky trak. And thanks for introducing me to that Moony trak. That was slamm'in and I just ran over to spotify & added it to my collection. Yep, the Bay is really cool & I love it! The Bay Bridge is one of my favorites but the Golden Gate Bridge is the best. I always said the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in my hometown of New York was New York's answer to the Golden Gate Bridge. And that sunset drive headed back was amazing. I love driving with beautiful sunsets. There's just something about them. So keep those vids coming & I can't wait to hear what soundtrak you got with them next. Next time you're in San Francisco how'bout driving down Lombard Street (crookedest street in the world section) playing "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe I believe? That would be fun. Lol.
I like Paul Hardcastle, he'll make an appearance in the Season Finale Video 20-20 on October 5th :). Thank you for watching and the comment, glad you enjoyed it!
San Francisco has a foreign vibe in my opinion. European in some ways, then Japanese with all the homes stacked on top of each other in some areas. It's certainly unlike other areas of California.
True. It has also the hilly feature, seen nowhere else in the country. San Francisco and Miami are the most distinctive cities in the US (Miami being its Spanish language as the primary language and Latin American vibe)
Beautiful soundtrack with the video. You sure got a really good taste of music, personally. The new bridge that opened almost 7 years ago is one of the most beautiful bridges in the US in my opinion. The Bay Area is a beautiful place indeed.
Fantastic as always! Right at the beginning, I've been through there several times and always love seeing the huge Pacific Park Condos on the left at 0:39. After a long cross-country trip, that bldg. is the signal that the MacArthur Maze is next and then the bridges. And the new east spans are beautiful but this original older one has a true cool factor to it and I do miss it. (Now we need you to time travel back 31 years and get Embarcadero Fwy.) Awesome job with the music and editing... and everything!
I have to agree the Bay Bridge is a great ride. The four towers is obviously a unique feature compared to most bridges. Cool to finally see what it looks like on route. Great approach to SF.
brings back memories when i was here in the late 80s... was here during the 89 earthquake thet brought the bridge down... had to commute between the 2 campus. sometimes the winds is very strong and we'll drift... thanks for the memories!! ps. music is great, as usual....
Enjoyed the remix preserving history of the original Cantilever span of the Bay Bridge! While I have been across the cantilever numerous times, I only got to drive it once, and that was going Eastbound. I do enjoy driving the new span and the entire bridge whenever I visit the Bay, so long as traffic is flowing. I still enjoy the original version of this video, being your first time in the Bay and your take on the bridge, especially with Joe Satriani’s “A Train of Angels.” However, the Moony song really makes this one dynamite.
When my Wife gets home from work tonight, I'll show her this video. It just might convince her that we really need to extend our trip next Summer (we're going back to Idaho) to include Nor Cal. This'll do the trick!
Nice ride- I always found Oakland/San Francisco to be an interesting area but when I was in California 30 years ago I did not get the chance to go north but I love seeing the videos of it- especially seeing the old Bay Bridge before the new one was up- and I like both of them- I also love seeing San Francisco in general- and Oakland is an interesting area too. Nice ride- great soundtrack too and also great commentary as always! Little behind on my viewing of videos but sometimes- a double-feature of FreewayJim videos is a great thing!
You Know, After listening a few notes from the first track, I though whaaaa... is this? One thing i have learned from your videos "Just Sit Back Relax and Enjoy the Ride." I have never heard of the two music artists , but now I 'm a fan. You're like a skilled dj finding the right track (vibe,BPM) and mixing them seamlessly with the video. As I've said before no one does "Ride Along" like Freewayjim. great job, love it. Do you know about Deep House Music ? Some but not all is really ideal for the videos.
Thank you very much, I appreciate you sharing that. I've heard the term Deep House and may have a couple songs in my library that qualify as such and yes, in some cases, it would work well. in a video. I'm not so much opposed to it, I just feel like I have better options when I go through the process of choosing songs for a video.....a lot of factors come in to play, length, tempo, vibe, where the breaks in the song are, how does it "play" with the footage, it's an inexact science and I mostly go on "feel". More than you wanted to know I'm sure, lol.
@@eezyclsmooth9035 Ouch! lol.....That video (Big Sur right?) got remixed and expanded with a new soundtrack (more on the chilled side), Video 20-20 coming October 5th, or are you talking about the SoCal version?
6:47 This is one of my favorite views in highway driving. As you approach from SFO airport, the city is obscured by the hill, then you round the curve and the SF skyline and bridge is right in front of you and seems so close you can reach out and touch it. Definitely a dramatic reveal and I always take people who have never been to SF on this route after they land at the airport. By the way that curve is referred to as Hospital curve in traffic reports, etc. as you are right near SF general hospital. The tight curve and smaller lanes means many accidents happen there that clog up traffic. The elevated portion of 80 through SF is called the 80 skyway. The 80-580-880 interchange is called the MacArthur Maze and the section of 80/580 north of the maze toward Berkeley is called the East Shore Freeway
Exceptionally well done video, Jim. As a ride-along video aficionado (I dont make them; just view them 😎) this is one of the best Ive ever seen. IMO - lighting, music choice, time of day, and overall “place” were absolutely spot on.
Great ride and music Jim! One of the things that I like about what we do is to capture things that no one else will be able to experience. Nice flashback of the old bridge. I don't think it will be missed compared to the new bridge that offers vistas for everyone, but it's nice to see the old span ... on film.
Super Shuttle! One of those weird things where I didn't even realize they were gone until you mentioned it. I miss the Coca Cola sign. It was like it said hello/goodbye when you entered/left the city.
Nice song choices, Jim! Do you know any Nadia Ali songs? I know Kaskade is one that you know in some of your videos. One of my favorite Nadia Ali songs is Is It Love? and also Fine Print, the Tydi Remix.
The very first time I came here (and for now my only time so far) it was night. Seeing the city skyline at night in my very first time in the west of the country it was a very different feeling. The city lights looked wonderful. We drove from NYC, via parts of I-80 and I-70 (we wanted to go through Colorado).
So cool. Unfortunately didn’t have my license at the time so I was unable to experience the drive for myself but rode over it plenty of times with my parents.
another note to add to your note about the Milky song: they also got a "slamdown" by the Australian group the Go-Betweens, who did the song "Streets of Your Town" from which the memorable acoustic guitar riff is from. Milky sampled it without permission. Naughty peeps. :-D PS: it struck me as funny, how the first song was by Milky, and the second by Moony. LOL
In "The Graduate", when Dustin Hoffman's character drove from San Francisco to Berkeley, they shut the freeway down so the car could use the top deck, as the eastbound direction was the 'less scenic' lower deck.
Hello Freewayjim & Family & All RUclipsrs hope You All having Nice Labor Day and weekend/week And Thank You for These Fantastic Traveling Videos and Great Music ☺
Those signs at the I-580/CA-24 were pretty old, with the “I-980 to I-880” patches dating to the reconstruction of I-880 around West Oakland after the 1989 earthquake, and the empty spot on the I-580 sign dating to when US-50 extended from Sacramento all the way to San Francisco via Stockton, it’s a shame that all the button copy along that stretch of I-580 have long been replaced
I drive that bridge everyday. Just get across it before the inevitable car breakdown, accident, jumper, shooting, chase, Cal-Trans lane closure, big rig stuck at the eastbound entrance to Treasure Island, crap that fell off a vehicle, etc.
What's your setup for filming on the road? I'm getting ready to move to Hawai'i and am going to drive across America one more time. I want to document all the places I go through
Pretty sure i will never make it to Frisco, but its interesting to me I-80 ends there, and i live just a couple miles from I-80 in Iowa, and travel it often East and West , daily :)
No, those were taken down shortly after they were damaged in that earthquake, from what I gather local leaders were just looking for a reason to take them down.
Just a truly AWESOME video Jim! The music was ideal and your GIFT for putting these together is special! The sunset was icing on the cake! Just curious Jim....there are always 2 "Token" dislikes........ex-wives?...taunting the neighbor's kids?........( Or just plain lunatics?)...just kidding, thank you for a great video!
@@SlowedByCinnamxn In all honestly, ultimately coming from and back to Atlanta on these trips means my travels simply don't take me to or through Iowa often if at all, I'd have to go out of my way (which I have done for some interesting things) to do that and IMO there isn't much if anything worth going out of my way for in Iowa. That said, in 2013, I went out of my way heading west as I planned to film Council Bluffs & Omaha but got rained out, which added over 100 miles to my day as a result. I do what I can.
It's the SF Bay Bridge as A WHOLE (that means all of it, from shore to shore and YB island) as I said in the video, the old span was NOT my favorite,, but the complex all together with the approaches is, I like it even better with the new span.
Video Suggestion: Can you do a remix of I 70 West ik it’s a little ambitious but you don’t have to use my suggestion or Can you do a video of Birmingham Alabama
I'll pass on that one for now, maybe someday, I have videos of Birmingham but I hope to get some new footage next chance I get to go there, don't know when that will be though.
I miss the gentler gradients (1.3% vs 2% on the new bridge) on the cantilever section of the old Bay Bridge East Span. It comes as no surprise though as the old bridge was designed for trains whereas the new one was not. However, I don't get why they made the grade on the deck truss section, where a portion collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, steeper at 2.74%. Does anyone have an explanation? www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4235066245
I am unfortunate enough to live in the Bay Area. I can assure you that very seldomly is traffic like this. Normally it's at a standstill everywhere. You obviously hit the bridges on a very good day.
But when I went on September 2018 it was a weekend and I didn’t see much traffic. We even took the BART just in case to avoid traffic but when we went to the city, places like the Painted Ladies, Lombard St, Embarcadero, Castro, Chinatown... not much traffic at all. We even went back to take the car back to the city.
The Nostalgia of that old bridge!
Thanks! I used to commute back and forth between San Francisco and Oakland in the 70s. And I remember when it was changed in 1963 to one-way upper and lower decks. Before that it was pretty hazardous on the upper deck with the 2-way traffic! I never saw the lower deck, unless I took a bus, before that. Anyway, I have many memories of those times! Especially of getting a flat tire on the upper deck(: --twice!
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
The nostalgia of that old bridge!
Hi, Jim. I have enjoyed your videos over the years. Have created my own channel. Partly inspired by your own. Thanks for the videos. Keep on cruising and rocking.
Thank you and good luck with your channel!
I thought the soundtrack hit perfectly with the footage. You were driving cites and bridges. What a beautiful vid. Thanks for remixing.
Thank you very much, glad you liked it!
@@mahlina1220 Thank you!
FreewayJim has a knack for picking great music befitting of where he is driving. Great mood setting for enjoying the drive.
Perfect songs for a perfect road trip 👍👍
Thank you!
Wow... talk about a blast from the past! Not only did I forget about how rickety the eastern span looked back then, but also, the skyline of the city has changed so much too, with the addition of many high rise buildings since this was filmed...
You always pick the most appropriate music for your videos. I appreciate it!
That means a lot to hear that, thank you, I do put a lot of thought into it.
WOW, always great to see the sights of the Bay area; something I hope to see in person someday. Really enjoyed this one and glad you were able to do the remix so successfully!
Thank you, the Bay Area is amazing, hope you get there, you won't be disappointed.
I used to drive here everyday from the South Bay for work.. kind of miss the old bridge. I remember there were always CHP patrols on YB Island because people speed on the bridge alot.
Favorite part of the video is reading the old tech ads on the billboards.. Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
Yup, used to be my commute from Concord...back in simpler times.
You can actually see a couple of iPad 2 billboard ads in my own video version of the old Bay Bridge. ruclips.net/video/9VWu0Fa94NA/видео.html
Great video. I’m from Oakland and sometimes you can take for granted our beautiful Bay Area. What a marvelous place we get to call home.
Thank you, it is a very beautiful place indeed!
Fun fact, if you pause the video at 2:07 you are directly on the part of the bridge that collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. It has a slightly different color from the rest of the road. I’ve lived in the Bay Area my whole life and remember it well. Every time I would cross that section I always thought of that moment in history and watching it on the news.
Loma Prieta, never forget it. I was in upper section 45 at Candlestick Park
I drove across that part that collapsed on my way to the game with a friend about 30 minutes before the quake hit. Crazy night that was. After the game was cancelled, headed for the Richmond Bridge to get back to the East Bay through a dark San Francisco that had lost all electricity. With the traffic lights out civilians were directing traffic at all of the intersections.
+Ari GSD, The Mackinac Bridge is Pretty at night because it has Rainbow Lights too. I call it the “Vanilla Ice Cream With Rainbow Sprinkles Bridge.”
@@johnmongani5223 Ouch. Earthquakes in San Francisco is pretty scary
I'm extremely happy and grateful that you have video of the Eastern span of the Bay Bridge uploaded on the internet. I'm obsessed with archiving and this is great. Someone has actually uploaded a dashcam video from 1989 of the Cypress Street Viaduct that was destroyed merely weeks later during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. I actually remember the quake, I was 3 lol. I like the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge but I still miss the old one, it looked like an erector set lol. Thanks for doing this.
You are very welcome but don't forget I did it 2013 as well (Original Video 13-19) and in this video as well. ruclips.net/video/87RiUt7gfLQ/видео.html
Freewayjim yeah I’ve seen that video. This one popped up on my feed and refreshed my memory.
@@Kylefassbinderful Good deal!
Strangely enough, I sometimes miss the old span. Good thing that both you and I recorded it for folks to see it on here for many years to come. Great job on this video, using a goodie of a song that I still like.
Thank you, I am glad I got to see, cross and film it as well....you introduced me to the 1st song a looooong time ago, lol.
It's really nice to see Oakland in 2013 again. Great music in the vid too!
Thank you!
went to San Fran in 2003. Got to drive across the bridge after my friend picked me up from the Oakland airport. This video brings back memories of that visit! :)
That was a good video, the song "Just A Way You Are" was in the video you filmed in Hartford, and I've watched that video and I liked that song.
Yes it was, thank you!
You're welcome, love!
Your music choice continues to amaze me. How else are we going to learn about other fantastic artists globally is we don’t dip our toe into the curiosity pond of music? Thank you for your mission to bring our wonderful country a little bit close to enjoy by way of video!
Thank you for watching and for the kind and thoughtful comment, glad you enjoyed the tunes and the video.
Excellent video as always. San Francisco/Oakland and the rest of the bay area is probably my favorite place in the world. Your videos here always bring a smile to my face and great choices in music
I appreciate that very much, thank you! The Bay Area indeed is pretty special.
What a wonderful drive. ❤️ Music.
Keep up the good work.👍
Thank you!
Great video. I loved it.
Thank you!
You & I definitely have two things in common. We love to drive & we love music. Whether it's jazz, (I recommended Paul Hardcastle to you) or Euro Pop (or E D M) it's called alot of things these days. I've actually tooled around San Francisco playing that Milky trak. And thanks for introducing me to that Moony trak. That was slamm'in and I just ran over to spotify & added it to my collection. Yep, the Bay is really cool & I love it! The Bay Bridge is one of my favorites but the Golden Gate Bridge is the best. I always said the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in my hometown of New York was New York's answer to the Golden Gate Bridge. And that sunset drive headed back was amazing. I love driving with beautiful sunsets. There's just something about them. So keep those vids coming & I can't wait to hear what soundtrak you got with them next. Next time you're in San Francisco how'bout driving down Lombard Street (crookedest street in the world section) playing "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe I believe? That would be fun. Lol.
I like Paul Hardcastle, he'll make an appearance in the Season Finale Video 20-20 on October 5th :). Thank you for watching and the comment, glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful as always!
San Francisco has a foreign vibe in my opinion. European in some ways, then Japanese with all the homes stacked on top of each other in some areas. It's certainly unlike other areas of California.
Frr. Hella different even from the rest of the bay
That’s also part of the reason why it is a unique city where people around the world love to visit.
Yeah, I love my home! I just moved out of the Bay Area but it will always be home to me.
True. It has also the hilly feature, seen nowhere else in the country. San Francisco and Miami are the most distinctive cities in the US (Miami being its Spanish language as the primary language and Latin American vibe)
Beautiful soundtrack with the video. You sure got a really good taste of music, personally. The new bridge that opened almost 7 years ago is one of the most beautiful bridges in the US in my opinion. The Bay Area is a beautiful place indeed.
Thank you!
Good job. The Bay Area looks beautiful.
Thank you, it is!
@@Freewayjim cant wait for BART to be expanded so car lovers like me don't have to battle with as many cars on the road.
great video! seeing the bay bridge brings back a lot of great memories. and excellent song choices :)
Thank you!
In honor of my 20th birthday, the views and the weather looks great! Nice remix so far!
Happy Birthday bro! Enjoy your day 👑
Thanks and Happy Birthday!
Freewayjim thanks Jim.
Trey thanks bro.
Fantastic as always! Right at the beginning, I've been through there several times and always love seeing the huge Pacific Park Condos on the left at 0:39. After a long cross-country trip, that bldg. is the signal that the MacArthur Maze is next and then the bridges. And the new east spans are beautiful but this original older one has a true cool factor to it and I do miss it. (Now we need you to time travel back 31 years and get Embarcadero Fwy.) Awesome job with the music and editing... and everything!
Thank you very much, Oh how I wish I could have seen/driven/filmed the Embarcadero Freeway, I'm just fascinated by it.
I have to agree the Bay Bridge is a great ride. The four towers is obviously a unique feature compared to most bridges. Cool to finally see what it looks like on route. Great approach to SF.
Thanks
Interesting aspect
From life long bay area resident who never wants to do the drive again.
Enjoyed music
Cheers
LOL! Thank you!
brings back memories when i was here in the late 80s...
was here during the 89 earthquake thet brought the bridge down...
had to commute between the 2 campus.
sometimes the winds is very strong and we'll drift...
thanks for the memories!!
ps. music is great, as usual....
Enjoyed the remix preserving history of the original Cantilever span of the Bay Bridge! While I have been across the cantilever numerous times, I only got to drive it once, and that was going Eastbound. I do enjoy driving the new span and the entire bridge whenever I visit the Bay, so long as traffic is flowing.
I still enjoy the original version of this video, being your first time in the Bay and your take on the bridge, especially with Joe Satriani’s “A Train of Angels.” However, the Moony song really makes this one dynamite.
Thank you, much appreciated, agree with your takes on the bridges for sure and I'm glad you liked the Moony tune (I'm quite smitten with it as well).
Awesome love this. You pick brilliant tunes
Thank you very much!
The new bridge is very cool but I miss the old bridge. Great video, Jim.
Thank you!
When my Wife gets home from work tonight, I'll show her this video. It just might convince her that we really need to extend our trip next Summer (we're going back to Idaho) to include Nor Cal. This'll do the trick!
Oh yes, I hope she'll see it your way, the Bay area is worth it for sure, thank you!
Nice ride- I always found Oakland/San Francisco to be an interesting area but when I was in California 30 years ago I did not get the chance to go north but I love seeing the videos of it- especially seeing the old Bay Bridge before the new one was up- and I like both of them- I also love seeing San Francisco in general- and Oakland is an interesting area too. Nice ride- great soundtrack too and also great commentary as always! Little behind on my viewing of videos but sometimes- a double-feature of FreewayJim videos is a great thing!
Thank you for watching!
awesome video of the bridge Jim!
Thank you!
Nice. Started in Berkeley, then briefly Emeryville as it's tiny, then a piece of Oakland then over that awesome bridge. Now I'm homesick.
Thanks
I really enjoyed the music, and love San Francisco. thanks for posting
Thank you!
I make this drive all the time and still enjoyed your video 😁
Thank you! (I envy you, lol)
Another great video as always
I loved the scenery
Thank you!
That Bay Bridge footage is something else. The color transition was fantastic. 👍
Thank you very much!
You Know, After listening a few notes from the first track, I though whaaaa... is this? One thing i have learned from your videos "Just Sit Back Relax and Enjoy the Ride." I have never heard of the two music artists , but now I 'm a fan. You're like a skilled dj finding the right track (vibe,BPM) and mixing them seamlessly with the video. As I've said before no one does "Ride Along" like Freewayjim. great job, love it. Do you know about Deep House Music ? Some but not all is really ideal for the videos.
Thank you very much, I appreciate you sharing that. I've heard the term Deep House and may have a couple songs in my library that qualify as such and yes, in some cases, it would work well. in a video. I'm not so much opposed to it, I just feel like I have better options when I go through the process of choosing songs for a video.....a lot of factors come in to play, length, tempo, vibe, where the breaks in the song are, how does it "play" with the footage, it's an inexact science and I mostly go on "feel". More than you wanted to know I'm sure, lol.
Does this count as Deep House? ruclips.net/video/NIDQGZXt1Aw/видео.html
@@Freewayjim I must confess on your Pacific Coast Hwy vid. I watched it with headphones listening to different music. oops
@@Freewayjim on youtube check deepspacehouse channel. they consistently pretty good.
@@eezyclsmooth9035 Ouch! lol.....That video (Big Sur right?) got remixed and expanded with a new soundtrack (more on the chilled side), Video 20-20 coming October 5th, or are you talking about the SoCal version?
6:47 This is one of my favorite views in highway driving. As you approach from SFO airport, the city is obscured by the hill, then you round the curve and the SF skyline and bridge is right in front of you and seems so close you can reach out and touch it. Definitely a dramatic reveal and I always take people who have never been to SF on this route after they land at the airport. By the way that curve is referred to as Hospital curve in traffic reports, etc. as you are right near SF general hospital. The tight curve and smaller lanes means many accidents happen there that clog up traffic. The elevated portion of 80 through SF is called the 80 skyway. The 80-580-880 interchange is called the MacArthur Maze and the section of 80/580 north of the maze toward Berkeley is called the East Shore Freeway
Yes that is a pretty special view coming in on US-101
The Old East Span Bay Bridge brings back memories to all the people and even the residents of the San Francisco Bay area.
Exceptionally well done video, Jim.
As a ride-along video aficionado (I dont make them; just view them 😎) this is one of the best Ive ever seen. IMO - lighting, music choice, time of day, and overall “place” were absolutely spot on.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it.
You have an excellent channel here my friend. and I really enjoy these videos. Thank you very much for sharing with us.
Great ride and music Jim! One of the things that I like about what we do is to capture things that no one else will be able to experience. Nice flashback of the old bridge. I don't think it will be missed compared to the new bridge that offers vistas for everyone, but it's nice to see the old span ... on film.
Thank you and I agree with regard to what we do, and that it will be there for others to see for years to come.
Also feel so nostalgic seeing the old bridge. Amazing how much the SF Skyline has changed in 7 years. And Super Shuttle still existed.
Super Shuttle! One of those weird things where I didn't even realize they were gone until you mentioned it. I miss the Coca Cola sign. It was like it said hello/goodbye when you entered/left the city.
@@Rubycon99 And still cash for toll plus toll takers. Just noticed that!
Great work as always
Thank you!
Nice work on the video. As cool as the new Bay bridge is, the old span still had some charm in my opinion.
Thanks and I would agree with that.
Gone...along with the Raiders now. 🙁
True, it did had some nice charm but the new bridge had some more taste of charming.
Great video ! Keep going. I like when you play good background music in the videos. Greetings from San Jose, California.
Thank you!
Nice song choices, Jim! Do you know any Nadia Ali songs? I know Kaskade is one that you know in some of your videos. One of my favorite Nadia Ali songs is Is It Love? and also Fine Print, the Tydi Remix.
Thank you, I've heard of her but don't have any in my music library.
@@Freewayjim You mean Nadia Ali?
@@FreewayGuilly Yes, "her".
Yep that's our beautiful city by the bay!!
Indeed it is!
I kind of like the old bridge's design but COMON THAT NEW ONE LOOKS AMAZING
The new one is pretty amazing! especially at night. (See Video 15-30)
Cool story. Great video clips from all over the US (including West Virginia 😊)!
Nice Remix
I like it Mike. Dont be so hard on yourself. Your an expert. Thanks... Peace Love & Joy Neil & ALL
LOL, Thank you very much!
Good driving, I like it, as a hobby 👍😆
The very first time I came here (and for now my only time so far) it was night. Seeing the city skyline at night in my very first time in the west of the country it was a very different feeling. The city lights looked wonderful. We drove from NYC, via parts of I-80 and I-70 (we wanted to go through Colorado).
The west is definitely different and you did the right thing taking 70 through Colorado, a spectacular stretch of road.
Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day to you!
The second tune is great, one of my favourite europop songs :)
Thanks, I've come to like it a lot too, love those chunky piano chords.
aye just crossed today .. #510 East Oakland yeeee
So cool. Unfortunately didn’t have my license at the time so I was unable to experience the drive for myself but rode over it plenty of times with my parents.
At least you can drive over the new one, which is spectacular!
We miss you Jim!!!
Thanks :)
another note to add to your note about the Milky song: they also got a "slamdown" by the Australian group the Go-Betweens, who did the song "Streets of Your Town" from which the memorable acoustic guitar riff is from. Milky sampled it without permission. Naughty peeps. :-D PS: it struck me as funny, how the first song was by Milky, and the second by Moony. LOL
LOL, it just worked out that way...I may have mentioned they were both Italian outfits in the commentary.
@@Freewayjim Yep. you did. A fact I already knew. Apparently Italians like white stuff! LOL :-D
In "The Graduate", when Dustin Hoffman's character drove from San Francisco to Berkeley, they shut the freeway down so the car could use the top deck, as the eastbound direction was the 'less scenic' lower deck.
Did not know that, nor have I seen the movie, will look for that if I get to see it, great factoid.
Grat video Bro keep up the good work and im pat Itlaleen to
Thank you!
Hello Freewayjim & Family & All RUclipsrs hope You All having Nice Labor Day and weekend/week And Thank You for These Fantastic Traveling Videos and Great Music ☺
Thank you for watching and the comment!
Those signs at the I-580/CA-24 were pretty old, with the “I-980 to I-880” patches dating to the reconstruction of I-880 around West Oakland after the 1989 earthquake, and the empty spot on the I-580 sign dating to when US-50 extended from Sacramento all the way to San Francisco via Stockton, it’s a shame that all the button copy along that stretch of I-580 have long been replaced
They certainly do look old.
I drive that bridge everyday. Just get across it before the inevitable car breakdown, accident, jumper, shooting, chase, Cal-Trans lane closure, big rig stuck at the eastbound entrance to Treasure Island, crap that fell off a vehicle, etc.
The old bridge 🥺🥺🥺💙
What's your setup for filming on the road? I'm getting ready to move to Hawai'i and am going to drive across America one more time. I want to document all the places I go through
I explain it in this video at 3:01. ruclips.net/video/giPF3ENOTxA/видео.html
Thank you, beautiful vidio, my hard is in the San Francisco.🇺🇸🎆🏅🥇
Thank you!
Back when we had clear skies, eh?
Pretty sure i will never make it to Frisco, but its interesting to me I-80 ends there, and i live just a couple miles from I-80 in Iowa, and travel it often East and West , daily :)
They still have those double-decker bridges, even after the World Series quake back in '89?
No, those were taken down shortly after they were damaged in that earthquake, from what I gather local leaders were just looking for a reason to take them down.
It’s good! It’s better than the traffic jams on that way of course! 😉👍✌️
San Francisco Bay area does have great bridges and some controlled access highways.
Just a truly AWESOME video Jim! The music was ideal and your GIFT for putting these together is special! The sunset was icing on the cake! Just curious Jim....there are always 2 "Token" dislikes........ex-wives?...taunting the neighbor's kids?........( Or just plain lunatics?)...just kidding, thank you for a great video!
LOL! I've sometimes wondered about that. Thank you for the thoughtful comment, I'm glad you enjoy the videos.
+FreewayJim are you gonna make a Video about Iowa anytime soon?
Nope
+Freewayjim, This is like my First comment L M A O. Isn’t it because there’s nothing to do there.
@@SlowedByCinnamxn In all honestly, ultimately coming from and back to Atlanta on these trips means my travels simply don't take me to or through Iowa often if at all, I'd have to go out of my way (which I have done for some interesting things) to do that and IMO there isn't much if anything worth going out of my way for in Iowa. That said, in 2013, I went out of my way heading west as I planned to film Council Bluffs & Omaha but got rained out, which added over 100 miles to my day as a result. I do what I can.
@Freewayjim Oh Ok. Are you Going on a Trip at all, anytime Soon? Just Curious
The upper and lower two-tiered bridge is cool!
Japanese（上下２段の橋、カッコイイ！）
What's your current favorite bridge now that this one is gone?
It's the SF Bay Bridge as A WHOLE (that means all of it, from shore to shore and YB island) as I said in the video, the old span was NOT my favorite,, but the complex all together with the approaches is, I like it even better with the new span.
Video Suggestion: Can you do a remix of I 70 West ik it’s a little ambitious but you don’t have to use my suggestion or Can you do a video of Birmingham Alabama
I'll pass on that one for now, maybe someday, I have videos of Birmingham but I hope to get some new footage next chance I get to go there, don't know when that will be though.
Freewayjim ok
I believe that the original version of the first song was used in 2009 or 2010 in Connecticut
You are correct!
also used on FreewayBrent's popular Hollywood Freeway video.
@@EphemeralProductions Yep.
Nice
Thanks
Your Welcome
So nice to see the skyline without the salesforce tower ^_^
I like how you said that you can't keep up with the new age charts.
you can tell this videos old because you can actually see the sky #rip ol bay bridge
What camera do you film with?
My gear is listed in the closing credits after the ride ends, or here at 2:01. ruclips.net/video/giPF3ENOTxA/видео.html
@@Freewayjim Thanks!
Now San Francisco is filled with a orange and red sky
When you think at the start it's morning but it's actually sunset when you keep watching
I miss the gentler gradients (1.3% vs 2% on the new bridge) on the cantilever section of the old Bay Bridge East Span. It comes as no surprise though as the old bridge was designed for trains whereas the new one was not.
However, I don't get why they made the grade on the deck truss section, where a portion collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, steeper at 2.74%. Does anyone have an explanation?
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I thought the music was good. I wasn't familiar with the songs, but I do love "Listen to what the Man Said"
Thank you!
Is it just me or is the ending commentary audio super low?
It is, I got a new mic a few weeks later.
The old eastern span bridge is very narrow!!
Not as narrow or high up as the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge just a few miles north
I am unfortunate enough to live in the Bay Area. I can assure you that very seldomly is traffic like this. Normally it's at a standstill everywhere. You obviously hit the bridges on a very good day.
Sometimes I get lucky, thanks.
But when I went on September 2018 it was a weekend and I didn’t see much traffic. We even took the BART just in case to avoid traffic but when we went to the city, places like the Painted Ladies, Lombard St, Embarcadero, Castro, Chinatown... not much traffic at all. We even went back to take the car back to the city.
You can tell it’s 2013 because there’s a MU poster
Go Chelsea!
Yes ❤🎉
Monica Bragato rocks!!....