Driving On I-5 North In 1982 (Lakewood, Tacoma, Fife)

Back in 1982, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove North on I-5 and recorded video to document the highway. This was part of a project that photographed/videotaped the states highways every couple of years. This video now resides at The Washington State Archives who were kind enough to share it.

[@stevens7525]

WOW! No traffic!

[@Arca84]

That use to be my paper route before the dome.

[@PaulH_Concerts]

Another amazing video, so cool to see all that has changed.

[@johndutton5881]

Changed for the worse.

[@Ideo7Z]

Traffic is so light by future JBLM I can't believe it's the same road...

[@Livnglrg]

Future JBLM is just Fort Lewis and McCord AFB…. Joining the two didn’t cause the traffic everyone moving to Olympia and Lacey did.

[@arwzqu1964]

Used to see a lot of dead cars on the side of the road back then, not so much anymore. They either haul them away faster or new cars are so much more reliable.

[@ericclayton6514]

Imagine the people driving by the dome and saying " wonder what they are building" lol

[@KB-hn3tx]

Same place, different era

[@Muttleytech]

People still hauling ass even back then.

[@KBtothefuture]

I think the cammer is going super slow like 40-45ish

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Amazing, many of these drivers are no longer with us in this world and those that are would be elderly folks.

[@stevens7525]

And even the teenagers driving are almost senior citizens now 😳

[@88SC]

When a VW bus blows by you like you were tied to a tree…

[@dgendvil]

When the air wasn't all that clean....

[@johndutton5881]

Yeah but the freeway wasn't covered in trash and graffiti