U.S. 95: High Desert Magic
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2023
- While US 95 may be the polar opposite of it's clogged Interstate cousin, it's still the main street of Idaho and Nevada. It's also the main route from Boise to Reno while not getting that close to either. Let's cruise the desert!
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It was announced this week that US-95 through Las Vegas will be carrying the I-11 shield, retiring (or at least no longer signing) I-515. Signage changes are supposed to occur in 2024. I-11 is on the drawing board to be extended at least to the Reno area, and while actual construction won't be quick I'd expect some of it to use the existing US-95 right-of-way.
@danmarsh5949 Construction should be relatively simple if the “twinning” method is used. Construct a parallel roadway with a good gap separating it from the existing roadway. Build this twinned roadway with grade separations. Once complete, it can temporarily hold both directions until the original roadway is modified with grade separations.
Nevada always builds the medians wide so that lane widening is a relatively easy process.
515 is definitely being retired when the roadway is signed as 11. that was the plan all along if 11 went through LV along US95. and that was the path that made the most sense.
11 probably will eventually extend BEYOND Reno .... I think the long-term plan is for 11 to connect to the Canadian and Mexican borders. 11 right now is projected to follow US95 at least to Tonopah. from there .... the path really depends on if 11 is actually going to go into Reno (which also would take 11 through Carson City) and meet 80 there, or if 11 will meet 80 in Fernley (with alternate US95), or in Fallon (with US95). my guess is that Nevada would ultimately prefer 11 to be a direct connection with its two largest cities (and its state capitol, by proxy).
I agree with both @tylermarchand2996 and @dhinton1 's comments. The reason that I-11 signs didn't immediately go up through Vegas when the Boulder City bypass was built, was that routings using all or part of I-215/CC-215 were considered, the most expensive of which would include a new east-side freeway. But as you know the routing along US-95 is the simplest.
The problem with turning the road from Vegas to Reno into a freeway isn't really the difficulty of construction but the cost of construction. Nevada doesn't consider a freeway between Vegas and Reno a particular priority -- it's just a "nice-to-have" -- so I'd expect other things to take precedence in funding. That being the case, I'd expect construction to proceed slowly, perhaps not being finished before 2050.
southbound I-15 overhead signs already show I-11 with US95 (as of the Super Bowl LVIII weekend, at least; that's when I was in town and saw it) at the interchange .... even while southbound US95 still has I-515, and northbound US95 still is interstate-less.
northbound I-15 traffic overhead signage still has I-515 for southbound US95, and a space to the left of US95 for northbound where the I-11 shield will go. and I think that's been the case since mid-2023 (the last time I was in LV before the Super Bowl weekend).
to be fair ... it's about 30 miles of US95 roadway (plus ALL the street exit access ramps along the roadway) where the signage has to be changed out ... along with adding the shields for northbound I-15 for its I-11 interchange, and for Clark County 215 at its I-11 interchange. So, that is no small feat to accomplish.
@@dhinton1it would have to go on 580 as it’s already up to interstate standers
People often ask where Moscow is. In Idaho, we reply where it’s always been. In the barn next to Pa’s cow. “MAHS-cow” is in Russia. “MAHS-cō” is in Idaho.
Every state in the union has a part that looks exactly like Kansas
My favorite highway throughout Idaho.
"....Since the PAC 12 is done..." That hit me right in the feels 😢
Not a fan of any of the teams but it definitely sucks. Realignment is stupid.
My school is headed off to the Big Ten this year. It shocked me at first when the decision was made in 2022, and I thought it was absurd. After reading more about the financial bungling of the conference, I understand _why_ my Alma Mater bailed but having away games in Madison, Lincoln, and Ann Arbor is going to suck. I feel bad for the student athletes.
WInnemucca is locally more important than its size would imply because it's the junction between two major routes (US 95 and I-80) and there's virtually _nothing_ else nearby.
Agreed. Winnemucca makes much more sense than signing to Reno due to its strategic location.
no disagreement with that. until I-11 is built through Nevada, US 95 is the next major route going through Nevada after I-80 (which is why Nevada was to build I-11 through Nevada).
i’ve been on US-95 in northern Idaho more times than I can count, great video!
Wazzu and Idaho actually meet in football quite regularly; they last met in 2022 and Wazzu leads the series 73-16-4.
That is the university in Zzu, Washington? 3:30
Arizona does an amazing job with control cities!!
Had my first time on US-95 a few weeks back when I was out in the southwest. Not sure if you have any of these planned but US-160 was pretty cool & Utah ‘scenic route’ 12
US 95 through the Idaho Panhandle is one long mountainous ride in the Rockies.
The only part of US 95 I’ve driven on was in Nevada, from Las Vegas to a little past Tonopah. Definitely a more enjoyable ride than I-95!
That said, I think the justification of Winnemucca being a control city is that U.S. 95 actually goes there; it does not go through Reno.
Enjoyed your video.
I’ve traveled this road from Coeur d’Alene to Fallon.
I bet that's a cool drive!
The movie "The River Thief" was filmed in Lewiston, Moscow, and Pullman. I noticed the scenery looked familiar.
My beloved interstate 80
The prison is in Lovelock, hence why it's signed.
Must have been a beautiful ride!!
Going through Searchlight when we had to bypass the Hoover Dam, it was a pretty busy area. Maybe that's why they built it out as much as they did
That is precisely why US 95 is four-laned from the I-11/US 93 junction past Nevada 163 (down near the Nevada/California line) ... why Nevada 163 is four-laned all the way across the Colorado River (and its brief switch to Arizona 95) to Arizona 68 ... and why Arizona 68 is four-laned up to US 93.
the above path is the original Hoover Dam bypass (before the Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge was built). Nevada 163 is still signed as alternate US 93, I do believe.
I’m more familiar with the southern half of 95 than the northern.
I could see I11/US93 going with Kingman instead of Phoenix because there’s where you’ll have the choice between confusing on 11 towards the PHX area or heading east towards Flagstaff. I understand that PHX is much larger than Flagstaff, but the thinking still holds.
And south of Yuma, just Mexico is about all that makes sense to sign. Local people will know how to get to where they’re trying to go once they’re across the border.
I-15 already has Phoenix signed as the control city for I-515 (which will be I-11)/US 93&95 South.
the I-515/I-11 freeway southeast to Hoover Dam already has Kingman as its control city, which makes sense. I sense that Kingman will stay even when Arizona upgrades US 93 from Hoover Dam to Kingman up to I-11. Nevada may add Phoenix on its portion of the I-11 corridor. Arizona will just switch it over to Phoenix outright, which Kingman becoming a secondary. the I-40/US 93 concurrency already has dual control city signage going both ways (Phoenix/Flagstaff going eastbound, Los Angeles/Las Vegas going westbound), and that's gonna stick when I-11 is extended into Arizona.
my guess is that US 93 will end up truncated, either in Las Vegas or in Kingman, once I-11 is built ... depending on how much I-11 is built on US 93's current right-of-way.
A few things:
1. Excellent coverage! I want to drive from Vegas all the way up to Sandpoint sometime. Only seen 95 as far north as Fallon and as far south as Yuma.
2. You actually beat me to the punch on this one., I was going to ask you what you do to combine all that Google Map imagery in terms of app and do my own tihng. That said, I'll try for U.S. 93. Also, I will not imitate your vernacular unlike your imitators...unless I see a Limon/Lyman somewhere LOL.
3. 95 in Vegas is indeed as metro as that highway gets and it gets the royal treatment for about 40 miles of its metro state.
When I went through Searchlight, it was also quite deserted. I think South of Las Vegas there isn't really much point in having US 95 as a divided 4 lane, just a 2 lane would do just fine. I guess there is a fair amount of truck traffic, but not THAT much
I haven't been on most of it south of I-80, but US-95 is one of my favorite US highways, especially in Idaho. I must have missed that you were doing this episode, or I would have done an exit request at Silverwood Theme Park north of Coeur d'Alene.
I know of Searchlight as being where longtime Nevada Senator Harry Reid was born!
That’s how I knew of Searchlight.
Searchlight, NV is where Senator Harry Reid is from
Only thing scarier than the clown motel is Limon lol
I was just looking at the southern terminus on Google Maps and, based on street view, it looks like Google's map is wrong. 95 is signed to break off to the right onto Archibald St., with an End sign right before customs. Coming north, 95 is signed to start on William Brks Ave. Looks like they bypassed downtown/Main St. with the Mexico traffic somewhat recently. Although, maybe it's not wrong, just vague. Main St. is the bold street, but maps doesn't look to be showing any 95 shield for me south of the canal. 🤷🏻♂ beautiful highway!
Yeah I noticed that when I was looking at northbound, Main Street and the block over are both signed for North 95. Somehow it exists twice
Walla Walla Washington -- not to be confused with Wawa Pennsylvania .
3:54
It could be Wawa Wawa, like Walla Walla. 😂
Merry Christmas, Control City Freak! I hope the Chiefs can win that day!
Thanks, Merry Christmas!
Hey Todd, 2 more I-275 requests: 1) Exit 72, US52 West Kellogg Ave, only time I-275 is in the Cincinnati city limits. 2) Close to Exit 77, KY9, the view of the Cincinnati skyline from the Licking River bridge (looking North). Thanks!
Thanks, you got it!
I’m going to have several bible verses worth of material to share, so I’ll do the list first, and if you want to read beyond, enjoy.
Sandpoint-Coeur d’Alene-Moscow-Lewiston-Missoula/Weiser (12/95)-Weser/McCall (until New Meadows)-Weiser-Payette/Fruitland-Winnemucca-Caldwell/Winnemucca (20/26/95)-Winnemucca-(Reno)Lovelock (80/95)-(Reno)Fallon (80/95)-Fallon-Hawthorne-Las Vegas-Ely/Las Vegas (6/95)-Las Vegas-Needles-(Kingman)Needles (40/95)-Blythe-(Phoenix)Quartzsite (10/95)-Yuma-San Luis-San Luis Rio Colorado
As usual, great video! You did good with my spot requests. The only stretches I haven’t been on are beyond the Silverwood Park north of Coeur d’Alene, CDA to Lewiston, and everything south of Boulder City. The stretch I’m most familiar with is from I 80 near Fallon to I 84 near Ontario, as it forms part of the quickest route to my grandparents’ house in Walla Walla (U.S. 395 all the way to I 84 in Pendleton doesn’t veer so far to the east, but curves add an additional hour; 395 is NOT a typical spur route, and it deserves its own video(s) at some point).
Prior to 2016, all rural highways in Oregon had a 55 MPH cap. Every other neighboring state allows limits up to 65 on such highways; Nevada is special in allowing 70. Now, 95 in Oregon is 70/65, the same as all of I 82 and I 84 east of The Dalles. This automatically shaved 30 minutes off of the travel time through this corner of the state. But 95 got special treatment; every other speed limit increase east of the Cascades was to 65/60.
In March 2011, my family drove to Las Vegas for a science competition my school was participating in. It can easily be done in one day; the return to Reno was accomplished as such. The only reason why we couldn’t do it southbound was because we didn’t leave until after the school day was over. We stayed in Tonopah. I don’t remember the name of the specific hotel, but it definitely wasn’t the Clown Motel! (It consistently ranks among the most creepy/haunted attractions in Nevada).
After spending Christmas of 2016 in Washington, we tried cutting over to 95 southbound in Lewiston because I 84 was closed due to the weather. Bad idea in retrospect: we spent 6 hours stranded in a town just outside Grangeville because several car accidents closed the highway. We’d been in the car for 13 hours by the time we finally got to a hotel in Ontario; this detour should’ve taken 7 hours, while the I 84 route is only three hours!
Now for some responses to points made in the video.
1. The first distance sign you featured is in kilometers, not miles. 183 kilometers is equivalent to 115 miles.
2. Boise “disappears” come I 84 because after the stretch in the Salmon River canyon, U.S. 95 has a junction with ID 55 in New Meadows. After going through a resort town called McCall, it descends into Boise. In fact, 55 and 95 meet again just outside Marsing, 25 miles into Idaho from Oregon. This interchange serves the same purpose as the New Meadows one: lead Boise bound traffic away from 95.
3. Your pictures in Oregon were kind of out of order. Burns Junction occurs AFTER Jordan Valley and the two Rome spot requests, but before the Mountain/Pacific time zone marker.
4. I wouldn’t automatically assume all traffic from the southwest corner of Idaho is Reno bound. This is (from here) part of the fastest route to Las Vegas, but because U.S. 95 swings quite far to the west following I 80, it’s actually 45 minutes faster to take I 80 E to Battle Mountain, NV 305 S to Austin, U.S. 50 E over Austin Summit, and NV 376 S to Tonopah. Of course, this route has even less services than the 80/95 route, so that does need to be considered…
6. Lovelock along entrance ramps is a bit more forgivable, especially if it’s one of the exits with little if any services. Mileage signs is where I’d really start to complain, but Reno is the bottom line for I 80 westbound all the way until past Fernley, where Sacramento takes over.
6. Walker Lake looks relatively full because it is! The Walker River is one of three that drain out of the Sierra Nevada mountains into Nevada (the Truckee and Carson are the other two). Everyone has heard the doom and gloom regarding California’s drought, but truth be told, there have been 3 exceptional winters in the past decade: 2016-17, 2018-19, and especially 2022-23. Each has done wonders for Northern Nevada. In some years, the class II/III rapids in Downtown Reno haven’t been safe to enjoy until AUGUST.
Merry Christmas! I’ll be spending my 24th copying down a list of the “controls” Google has for the longest one way route on the planet: The Sleighway!
Merry Christmas! Yeah I was worried I had a couple Oregon pictures out of order, one of them didn’t save right and I had to put it in after the fact, and there’s not too many distinguishing landmarks around to figure out where I left one out. I’m surprised you didn’t include Bonner’s Ferry! Also, not assuming most traffic is Reno-bound, but certainly a lot more people are heading to Reno and beyond than to Winnemucca.
Wow, what a cool road! Maybe if I ever go to Idaho again maybe along the way I could stop at the Grand Canyon, then head over to Vegas, and pick up US 95 and follow it north thru Nevada up to Idaho, and then drive thru the mountains in the panhandle. Just an idea though. Either way great video Todd! :) 👍
Thanks! Sound like a great trip. I was in Vegas recently but never touched a non-concurrent section of 95.
@@ControlCityFreak I was thinking I could also throw some US 89 in Montana and Wyoming in as well.
The one time that I was on US 95 in Nevada was back in 1993 as spent a day in Laughlin. Besides Searchlight, the only thing on US 95 between Las Vegas and the road to Laughlin is CalNevAri. Not much there.
I am flying to Las Vegas this spring from south Florida which will mean I’ll be on I-95 & U.S. 95 in the same day most likely 😏
Oh cool!
US 95 from Fallon to Las Vegas is a slog. Quite a bit of it is 1 lane in each direction, and if you get caught behind a slow-moving truck, it's a nightmare.
In the video, where you are making a left turn from 16th Street on to Avenue B in Yuma (after crossing I-8), that red roofed building on the right at the intersection is a great donut shop.
I've been on quite a bit of this road (at different times) and it has some great scenery, but you have to like desert climates, or you'll be miserable.
Cheers.
@Kane26510 I just hope for your sake you never travel along U.S. 97 in Oregon. Very straight for several miles in places, but so busy that the passing lanes will likely be your only chance to get ahead of a few 18-wheelers…
I don’t know about 95, but on US 91, north of Preston, you can legally use the lane going the other direction to pass slowpokes
@benjaminchandler7919 In Nevada, passing lanes are always protected by a double solid yellow line. There’s no “yield to uphill traffic”. Almost all of California is like this too, but I have seen one exception: CA 36 descending into Red Bluff from the east.
My interstate hero, Winnemucca isn’t too bad of a control city, but you are right I just don’t think it should be signed all the way that far away, I saw a mileage sign in Lewiston from my grandfather, he saw a sign that Winnemucca was 324 miles away 😵
Wow!
Outside of Fallon is Lerner Air Field where they shot one of the major action sequences in the movie “Con Air”
Sweet!
Around Needles, CA, US 95 runs concurrent with the Old Route 66. At the railroad junction 17 miles northwest of town, and to 5 Mile Rd. south of town. On another note, I would love to see a US 2 and a US 50 video sometime, at least for Loneliest Road through Nevada.
Definitely plan on all three of those!
Definitely Co-sign the U.S 50, I want the Sacramento mileage sign from the Start of US in Ocean City Md
@mikeshumaker How about U.S. 6? It’s arguably more desolate than U.S. 50, and this is coming from someone who’s driven out to Ely and back twice!
@@tylermarchand2996 Wouldn't mind seeing that one either. Especially in Nevada, and even in Iowa, which has old alignments of it going through small town America. Although in most of Utah and Colorado it pretty much runs along I-70.
I agree with everything except when concurrent with I-40, I would sign Flagstaff or Kingman as well as Needles.
The famous us 6
It was recently announced that in 2024 the 515 shields are going to be taken down and I-11 shields will be placed from its current “end” at 215 and will now “end” at the Kyle Canyon Blvd ramp
You beat me by 1 min! Lol I was going to post this! 🤣😂🤣😂
@@JediTev hahaha nice
They should take down the I-11 signage and sign it as I-515 from Phoenix to Vegas. I-11 has no business being east of I-15.
@douglasschaden3475 It’ll be well west of I 15 as it gets extended towards Reno.
@@tylermarchand2996 exactly….which is basically what the second half of my original statement says
4:59 - I will have Parmazan cheese on my next Idaho potato.
West of the Rockies, Hello
Art Bell
Looking forward to next week on 275, I thought I’d look into musical acts from the Cincinnati area, and from a Sporcle Quiz playlist, found eight from the metro area (including the portions in Indiana and Kentucky!).
Bootsy Collins
Skeeter Davis (KY)
Doris Day
Isley Brothers
Lonnie Mack (IN)
Carly Pearce (KY)
Roy Rogers
Mamie Smith
For the Cincinnati area commenters, are any of these surprises?
A possible city to use as a Control City instead of “Mexico” would be Puerto Penasco since it’s a popular beach destination for many Arizonans due to being the closest beach to the state. San Luis Rio Colorado is another good choice due to being a sizable choice across the border. Much better option than just signing “Mexico” 👍
@highway2heaven91 Talk to The King. He'll find anyone Ocean Front Property in Arizona.
My friend went camping on the lake bed north of Winnemucca .. he used Winne to get food and supplies he was not impressed.. very run down town with nothing of note there.. no real reason to sign it from 300+ miles away
I think the reason Boise drop from 95 all the sudden is because, outside of McCall 95 meets 55, & if you wanted to goto Boise, you'd take 55 south for that area.....
@aaronporter0776 Yes, it's in New Meadows, after climbing out of the Salmon River canyon. 95 and 55 also meet down near Marsing, and northbound, it's where Boise "disappears"...
University of Idaho has one of the best names for it's Athletic teams
Adam West was from Walla Walla
7:40 I-65 Central-Eastern-Central. In fact, if you go from New Buffalo, MI to Chattanooga, TN, you'd go Eastern-Central-Eastern-Central-Eastern
The reason to have Winemucca on the list is because it is actually on US 95. Reno is not. Winnemucca is also where US 95 joins I-80. For the same reason Boise is not on US 95.
95 joins with 80, 80 goes to Reno, Reno is a much bigger traffic driver than Winnemucca, ergo Reno is the best choice.
Isn’t Winnemucca in the Johnny Cash song I’ve Been Everywhere?
10:36, well, at least it ain't Limon 😅
Lol
@kosjeyr More people are triskaidekaphobic than coulrophobic. Those people would likely rather be here than the Winchester House in San Jose…
The reason that Boise goes away between Grangeville and Fruitland is because ID-55 which goes directly to Boise meets US 95 at the next city south of Grangeville, which is new meadows. From New Meadows, the control city for US 95 should be Nampa.
Yes, Nampa is a Boise suburb, but with a population of over 100,000, it’s the biggest Idaho city that heading south on 95 is the fastest way to.
@benjaminchandler7919 I only really see it as a viable control while along the triple concurrency with 20 and 26 in Canyon County. The concurrency is really the only reason Parma is signed from I 84; I don't like it because it's way too easy to get through it without stopping. After Weiser and Payette/Fruitland, I'd go straight to Winnemucca.
As for ID-55, near Marsing, it serves the same function for Boise bound traffic coming from Winnemucca as it does for southbound traffic in New Meadows. For the northbound video, this is where Boise will "just disappear".
@@tylermarchand2996 what do you think the southbound control city should be from New Meadows to Fruitland?
I missed the vid yesterday
10:38 I haven't seen him scream so loud. 😂
@danielmerklin5082 Oh, come on! Only 7% of the population is coulrophobic. Triskaidekaphobia is more common, yet the Winchester House in San Jose is very popular!
Can't sleep! Clown will eat me!
2:01 why wouldn’t they emphasize Sandpoint? It’s their only train station
I-90(!) @ US 95 intersection signage for North just says “CANADA”. Also, trucks are not allowed to take US95 from Grangeville to McCall (not STAA authorized). Gotta go via WA or MT. Great vid! Thx!
Thanks!
@fldon2306 I 10/U.S. 95 North CANADA? In Southern California?
@@tylermarchand2996OOPS! Corrected to I-90… thx!😅
As a college football fan myself I wonder if that is the route to take if I do a Washington st to Boise state blue turf trip. Wazzu is by the Idaho border. Guess it is close to us 95.
@rngfootball759 Yes. ID 55 and U.S. 195 to make the connection complete.
Could you do a video ranking every states license plate and ranking every states department of transportation logo?
Kansas is changing plates but foolishly picked a design that was "University" of Missouri colors. They're going to decide on something different after basically literally everyone in the state went off about it.
Hi Todd... In case there is a Colts vs. Chiefs playoff game, you may want to choose a road in Indianapolis other than I-465. I've seen some computer renderings of I-465, and part of the loop will have additional control cities (Fort Wayne and Evansville) once the I-465/I-69 interchange on the southwest side opens in late 2024. Maybe wait until late 2024 or early 2025 to do I-465?
Good call. Also, I'll have limited time on those and 465 looks like a slog. Might do 865 lol.
@ControlCityFreak If 865 is the route I think it is, I don’t think it’s worth touching Indianapolis until much later. Especially since it only exists as a missing link in the 65/465 interchange northwest of downtown (like what I 980 is to the MacArthur Maze in Oakland)…
@@ControlCityFreak Just curious, what types of roads would be most ideal for you to cover when you have a limited time to do the videos during playoff season?
@@GreenBean-fp4kz Not quite sure yet, first time doing it
please do historic route 66
I will
Especially from Ash Fork, Arizona to California.
Hey Todd, Do you mind if I send you a photo of a very cool Mileage Sign? I’d think you’d like it.
Please do!
When are we getting the rest of US 41?
Probably next fall when the Chiefs play someone on the southern half.
You could also do U.S. Route 19, where the Great Lakes connect with the Gulf of Mexico.
Maybe. I've driven it through Florida a couple times, awful road down there.
@@ControlCityFreak it’s beautiful in West Virginia. It even goes over the New River Gorge!
@@elizabethorsillo7187Courtemanche437 will be doing a US 19 series soon. I’d recommend you check it out once it drops.
Thanks can you do us 75 soon, I'm rquesting a particular exit in Omaha Nebraska the true northern terminus of the North freeway that's North of downtown Omaha.
Thanks! I’ll definitely get to it, but will be in the spring at the earliest.
4:53 You didn’t think it important to mention New Meadows, Idaho? This is where US 95 crosses the 45th parallel; it meets the northern termination of Hwy 55; and is home to Brown’s Pizza, the bast pizza ever. You skipped 2+ hours of travel here.
Nobody requested it and I've never heard of it lol
1:30 those are Canadian kilometers
In view of the rapid growth of Boise, I would not be surprised that there would be pressure to build up the US 95 corridor north of Winnemucca to an Interstate highway (I-13?)
I see the logic, but as it is today, US-95 doesn't get too much traffic from I-80 to the Boise area, and with its 65-70 speed limit, good sightlines for passing, and almost no towns to pass through, it's not a slow drive.
Not to mention, of all states, good luck convincing Oregon to build out an interstate in the true middle of nowhere, that will hardly benefit their own residents (much more useful to ID and NV residents).
@paulbrower I can think of U.S. Route corridors that probably need to be upgraded to Interstate standard more than U.S. 95. For example, U.S. 97 between Klamath Falls and Bend is as straight as an arrow for miles with no sight obstructions, but due to how busy it is, you have very little hope of passing slower traffic outside of the sporadic passing lanes. A split 65/60 limit will only test your patience with the dozens of tractor trailers…
@@tylermarchand2996 yeah US-97 could definitely use it, it's a lot busier than 95 (I used to live in Bend).
I actually forgot that Oregon and Nevada share a border lol.
Same, and I tend to forget Nevada and Idaho border each other as well, even though I crossed that border not even a week ago. I guess Nevada's northern border just doesn't exist in my head lol
It would be hilarious if you do control cities in GTA 5
Do us 30 some day
I will
That was one my potential requests
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So the "big river" that you cross leaving Sandpoint is Lake Pend Oreille, pronounced "Ponderay."
Yuma is where Nick Pappagergio lives. He’s into software. Watch Vegas Vacation and you’ll see.
That river and big lake in Sandpoint, spelled "Pend Oreille" is pronounced as "Ponderay." Actually, the town just east of Sandpoint is spelled as "Ponderay." And Moscow, Idaho, is pronounced locally as MOSS-ko, not like the Russian capital.
@JM-by9lm I thought "Ponderay" was just a corruption of "Pend Oreille".
@@tylermarchand2996 it’s an anglicized version of it
Searchlight - very wide road, very low speed limit = very high traffic fine revenue for the city.
That must be like The Three Stooges joke where Larry points out to Moe and Curly about a sign he saw that said FINE FOR FISHING, saying that the place was a great place for fishing.
@pharmesq This is a very common design in Nevada: 25 mph on a 5 lane road (two per direction plus the suicide lane). And the 25 mph zones are way too long in some cases. For example, that bridge of I 80 that U.S. 95 goes under in Winnemucca: the speed limit is 25 mph for HALF A MILE before this point. It's two lanes here, but still, it's ridiculous...
@@tylermarchand2996 What you call the suicide lane is called the turn lane, best if you don't want to commit suicide :)
I’m guessing this episode is because Kansas City is facing off against Las Vegas.
It is.
At least in Nevada, a lot of U.S. 95 will become Interstate 11. In Las Vegas, the freeway section of U.S. 95 is already approved for signage as Interstate 11 as soon as the interchange with Clark County 215 is completed. This includes the replacement of Interstate 515. CC 215 will be all interstate standard when this is completed, so I would not doubt that CC 215 will be replaced with Interstate 215.
I further wonder if Nevada 613 will become an I-11 spur? Maybe Interstate 111?
to add a lil bit to this ... Signage for I-11 will go up in 2024 on the US95 freeway beween (essentially) both of the 215 interchanges. the next segment of US95 going outward from LV will be signed after some segments are upgraded outside of LV.
the overheard signs for the US95 ramps at the north 215 interchange (which CCF ran a few weeks back) left room for the I-11 shield to be added, cuz they knew it was coming.
@@dhinton1 They should replace the CC 215 signs with I-215 signs at the same time.
I-515 is going to be replaced in Las Vegas by I-11. I wonder if California Highway 91 will receive this number?
@@armandoperez7967 Last I knew, the county wasn't particularly interested in giving CC-215 a federal shield because federal money didn't build it. I have a theory that it'll stay CC-215 until they need a bunch of money for expansion or repairs, at which point the feds will show up with a bunch of money and a red-white-blue shield.
Is that Lake Pend Oreille? (Btw it's French)
Yep
15:17 You think 49 miles for next services is rough? Try looking at the next gas signs from Vegas to the Idaho border on US 95. You'd better have at least enough gas to go 100 miles when you pass a gas station.
I've driven the 105 mile segment on 70 a few times, but never that one.
@davidklein8608 There’s a 70 mile services gap between Rome (where two of my area requests are centered) and McDermitt (the NV-OR border. But this station wasn’t always there; it used to be 101 miles to Jordan Valley (the “Basque” community he showed).
And if you take OR 78 west from the Burns Junction area he showed, it’s upwards of 150 miles without services!
@@tylermarchand2996 I seem to remember that 70 mile gap. There's also a 100 mile service gap leaving Hawthorne, NV heading south and a 94 mile service gap leaving Beatty, NV heading north.
My interstate hero, can you do more South Korea when you get a chance
Would love to!
@@ControlCityFreakWhat about South Africa or South Sudan?
@@RFE812I wonder how long a video about all the roads at the South Pole would be. At least he'd only have to do "northbound" . . .
@@danmarsh5949Does Antarctica even have roads or highways?
@RFE812 South Africa, I’d like to see. Highway 1 goes through the THEEE national capitals, and it provides an interesting quandary: one of the three capitals is right next to one of the continent’s global cities, and a fraction of said mega-city’s size. If co-signing is banned, which do you choose: the financial hub, or the diplomatic hub?
Ah needles, California, the notorious port of entry that everyone must cross...truckers hoping their truck is legal
No cows in Moscow, ID pronounced "Mosco" like Costco
@idahorailfan1961 Don’t tell me…there’s no cows in Moscow because their flatulence is causing climate change…
Why does bro sound like Nick Johnson 🤨🖐
Maybe he sounds like me.
@@ControlCityFreak he was here first
US 95 is the only road that goes through California that does not originate in California.
Oh interesting!
I didn’t realize that either.
I wish that you'd've made the point that of all the states in the union, only California uses the proper U.S. highway shield. All the other cheap-ass states use painted squares.
The strip itself is 95, 515 is a different route lol
The strip was 91. 95 went down Fremont before it was on the freeway
Well I'll have to double check that next thing I'm there. All k know is Fremont is the better street lol