Interstate 11 North - Las Vegas, Nevada - 2022/03/23
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2022
- Drivelapse video of Interstate 11, starting at US-93 in Arizona, south of the Hoover Dam and Colorado River, then heading northerly across the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge along the Hoover Dam By-pass into the Las Vegas Metro area, along Interstates 11 and 515 before finishing along US-95 at the northern end of of the Las Vegas Metro area, beyond the Centennial Bowl Interchange.
A drive through the newest double-digit interstate in the western US. Cant wait to see more!
I first moved to Las Vegas in 1976, grew up in Phoenix, and my High School Sweetheart was still in Phoenix! So I would drive from Vegas to Phoenix almost every weekend for two years! It was a much different drive then. In 84 I moved to Southern California until 1999, when I moved back to Vegas to hook back up with that same HS Sweetheart who lived in Phoenix, but had moved to Vegas! So from 99 until 08, we would go back to Phoenix 4 to 6 times a year as we both had family and friends still there! Even up to 08 the Bridge and bypass still was a couple years away! So you still drove through Hoover Dam and Boulder City. Of course a lot of the road was just one lane each direction. I hadn’t made that trip again until Jan of 2021, of my gosh what a difference from Kingman to Las Vegas, since then I’ve made the trip a dozen times! It’s such a beautiful drive. A couple times I have take the old way from Vegas, up Boulder Hwy into Boulder City, to the Dam! As far as they let you go now, at the last parking area of the Hoover Dam is where it’s now blocked off. We also went through Hoover Dam on our way to Phoenix shortly after 9/11, when they first put up road blocks for vehicles to be checked. It was very serious and kinda Erie! Of course just a week earlier you could drive to the Dam and through it without a care! Little did we know that would be the last time. The security check still remains today. The Bridge or bypass is quite the sight to see up close! Two marvels right there to see!😇 Nice video😇
Awesome scenery!!!
Never been to Arizona or Nevada, but really enjoyed the video.
Absolutely beautiful drive, excited to finally be able to clinch I-11 relatively soon
I remember when I first saw this route on Freeway Brent's channel back in 2010 when the Hoover Dam bypass just opened to traffic and US-93 was still being widened to 4 lanes. Pretty neat to see this route again after 12 years (I really need to get out west myself one of these days...) Great music choice as well, really gave me some of FB's desert drive vibes I miss.
Amazing stuff. You're right - that Colorado River Valley descent is SPECTACULAR! I can't say I'm a fan of I-11 and some of the others just having a series of dots as lane markings, rather than actual lines.
Beautiful drive. Las Vegas has some eye catching and clean freeways.
That is certainly one special drive. Traffic picks up very quickly once you descend into the Vegas area. The southwest is so unique.
Nice ride on interstate 11
I remember this drive from Arizona before the Hoover Dam Bridge was built. Sometimes w/traffic we waited 30 or more minutes to cross the dam, the three times we did so we parked there, on my last trip to Vegas before the bridge was built, I went thru Laughlin instead, which we loved, so laid back after Vegas.
Now that Phoenix is ringed by Casinos, most with more than 700 slots, sometimes much more and a new one scheduled to open near Surprise at the Loop 303 and Northern, gambling is less of a reason to visit Vegas, now a draw by drawing shoppers or those going to concerts or its newest attractions, like the Sphere. It's been ten years since my last visit, though I have taken two far longer drives, including two four thousand mile round trips back east by car since.
America, like your beautiful Vegas video shows, is worth escaping a plane sometimes and just enjoying it by car. If you have a child or two with you and you worry about them getting impatient, wait about 30 minutes and if they act feisty, ask them first 'r we there yet?'.
It works, and it does keep audio interference down if recording a video!
Cool video...The cameraman west is beautiful.
Nice video, like the electronic music as well.
Thank you.
The I-11 is a future insterstate! Wonderful drive. Arizona's weather climate is changing or not. I-11 has more! To show us. Its on construction.
I don’t know if there going to be the auxiliary route of I-11 which branch of from I-11 in Hawthorne to Fallon Nevada, or from Yerington to Fallon Nevada, such as x11, such as I-111 or I-211 to I-80 in Fallon Nevada, since I-11 will go from Las Vegas to Reno in Nevada, via Carson City Nevada. If it is true, then I-11 will share with US-95 for most of Nevada, between Las Vegas to Hawthorne, or to Yerington, via ALT-US-95, then to ALT-US-50 then it will bore through the mountain as of the tunnel that leads to Carson City Nevada. It will be at least 25-30 years to do the project. I know that I-11 will share with I-580 & US-395 between Carson City and Reno where it ends at I-80.
I made this entire drive at night from Phoenix, I really didn't know how beautiful this drive was.
A long time ago I drove south along I-15 into Las Vegas at night. It was gorgeous. Because there are no trees, and the city is in the bottom of a large valley, you can see the city lights approaching for miles.
Great drive! Why does Canada does not have any national freeway system like the US Interstate Highway System?
I think you maybe have asked this before, but there really isn't a great reason. Canada's population is far more regionally distributed than it is in the US, and highways fall solely under the jurisdiction of provincial government affairs in Canada. That, and in many cases, particularly in northern Ontario, traffic volumes are pretty low.
Right now, the closest thing we have to an Interstate system is the Trans-Canada Highway, which is no longer just one continuous highway across the country. The main road (known in most provinces as Hwy 1) is still the primary route, but there are several Trans Canada routes in Ontario, and Hwy 16 between Prince Rupert BC and Portage La Prairie MB is also part of the Trans Canada system. It's federally funded, so I imagine that down the road, it will become a kind of default Canadian equivalent to the US Interstate system. I live in BC, where the physical geography makes road building a huge challenge (as evidenced by the ongoing repairs to several highways following last November's atmospheric river), and even two-lane highways cost a huge amount of money, never mind a multi-lane freeway with interchanges. So that's another obstacle to an Interstate-like system, as least in BC.
@@SigmaRho2922 That's right, although both systems in the two provinces are under provincial jurisdiction rather than federal.
Along with Canada being sparsely populated outside of urban centers, the bulk of their population is within a short distance of the US border. It is easier for Canadian truck drivers to get from one coast to the other using the Interstate System.
Most of the canadian population is near the american border.
As a result, we have the trans canadian highway, which travels from the east coast to the west coast. We have provincial highways that branch off the federal canadian highway, to go a little more north or south, aswell as to take alternative routes to bypass some populated areas and such.
There are no highways in the upper parts of canada. Almost nobody lives there, the ones who do are mostly for things like mining towns. As a result, canada pretty much has a single “interstate” and it goes coast to coast.
Most of that trans-canadian highway is a 2 lane road, because in most of canada, we really dont need more. In populated areas however, it usually climbs up by one or more lanes
Fix a bypass around Kingman and double lane about 25 miles of US 93 and it’s a 4 hr drive between PHX and LV. People drive FAST on that road. The Bridge on 93 over Hoover Dam was the big deal
Awesome audio tracks! #interstateeleven, #interstateseveneleven, #westtosummerlin?
thanks.
Whena re you planning to head back to th midwest?
There will be more videos from the midwest later in the year.
@@AsphaltPlanet1 I’m very exited to see them 😀
Oh no, text has 0 mention of I-11! Sadness! :((
yeah, so strange, considering the title of the video!
They’re not calling it I 11 until it’s complete
Are you planning on doing more road work on this Interstate 11? Are you planning on doing more road work to the Canadian border? What states have you decided to do to get to the Canadian border?
At what time index point in the video does US-93 become I-11? I was excited for that moment, but it was never indicated. :(
Same road. Old 93 is now Business 93 through Boulder City
@@rickyaz8640 I know, but at some point it goes from being a US highway to a US interstate. The video definitely didn't start when the road was an interstate.
It becomes Interstate 11 once it crosses into Nevada at The Pat Tillman Mike O'Callahan Memorial Bridge.
@@tonylagergren5417 Thanks!
@@smith22 You're very welcome
The video is good and all, but I just don't like the electric music it sometimes doesn't fit with the video
That's ok, musical taste is pretty subjective, and it's not realistic for me to upload music that suits everyone's individual taste. Thanks for the comment.
I love the music in this vid! When Asphalt Planet chooses classic rock, I mute the video and play my own songs from Spotify. You should do the same when AP plays this genre of music.
I respect your opinion if you don't like the music
@@smith22 me who liked Counting Blue Cars:
I thought it was perfect
It's lots better road Kingman to Vegas going through Laughlin. AZ roads are horrible.
What's with the annoying music?
Just mute it and play your own music! So simple!
A drive I have actually done myself a couple of times! It is a gem of a drive!