Thanks! I would like to have a shoutout for the I-520 video. Exit 5 Deans Bridge Road Exit. I used to live right off that exit. Thank you from Tim Bryant
I’ll request Oatman, Arizona for the Route 66 video, it’s an old western style town with burros roaming the streets. I’d also like to see a US 24 or US 40 video for reasons involving a certain Colorado control city.
@mistershaf9648 I’m doing in depth analyses on the statistical areas in the U.S. Along the way, I’m taking note of metros that aren’t served by Interstate highways (whether directly or period), and plan on sharing what I’ve found along with potentials for corridors. Dover is one such area that I have isolated. Everyone talks about a potential future routing of 87S through the Delmarva Peninsula via the Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel complexes, but I’ve thought of it potentially crossing the Chesapeake Bay around California/Lexington Park (another area I’ve isolated; it qualifies as a metro because there’s roughly 55k on both sides of the Paxutent River) before cutting over to Dover as part of larger Washington bypass.
MassDOT signs Providence at 90 miles away after crossing from NH down 95SB. NB north of 128 junction, we’re signed Salisbury,MA, Portsmouth, NH, AND Kittery, ME. Great job to MassDOT there. With the large amount of RI votes, don’t forget their belt interstate starts/ends in Massachusetts giving MassDOT some authority over a primarily RI route. (They also have a cool milage AND kilometer sign just before entering Rhode Island!)
I vote for Georgia, South Carolina, Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Kentucky, Michigan, and Arkansas.
Maryland deserved to move on just because they hyped I-68. Anyone who travelled this interstate knows it's easily one the most beautiful interstates in the country.
@@ControlCityFreak I had the misfortune of driving that monstrosity often when I used to do work in that area. The South Carolina side is fine, but the Georgia side makes Illinois look like Tennessee!
I’d probably rank SC after Tennessee. They have sensible signage on all of their interstates. Spartanburg and Florence you could argue against, but Spartanburg does have a big metro and a 2 digit and 3 digit interstate junction, and Florence is the only sizable city on I-95 for a while
Serious question, because i didn't catch it in last week's video: how are we supposed to actually cast votes, other than Patreon which i don't have a login for?
Just voted on Patreon. Just set up an account there. My votes went for Arizona and Michigan, as well as Utah and Tennessee, among others. And N. Dakota (sorry, Todd). :)
I can't in good conscience vote for Montana because they don't use Bozeman as a control city. When I spent a couple of months there, it drove me crazy that as far as MTDOT is concerned there's nothing between Butte and Billings.
@@danieljackett4193 besides Gaylord and Bay City, none of those cities are major crossroads which is what MDOT likes to sign in place of a major city if there isn’t one. The Mackinac Bridge however is a major destination and it is important to note how to get to it more so than the small towns along the way.
@@calvinsmith6681 Standish is where US-23 splits off to it's Lake Huron coastal route West Branch has M-55 to the east, and Tawas Grayling is where US-127 comes into from Lansing Gaylord has M-32, a major Lake Michigan to Lake Huron route
@@danieljackett4193 I am aware of all of that. However, for the majority of traffic using the interstate north of Bay City, they are continuing north for quite a ways. If the US 23 concurrency was much shorter MDOT probably would have signed Standish. Grayling being where US 127 merges is useless for NB traffic but it is useful for traffic exiting to M-72. West Branch however, by the time you reach it, there are several other routes you can take to get to where M-55 takes you. So while they could have signed a different place, Mackinac Bridge makes the most sense for where most traffic is likely going, especially during the summer vacation months.
Tyler’s votes: Indiana beats Hawaii North Dakota beats Kansas Ohio beats New York (I can’t forgive the Thruway neglecting everything that ISN’T New York, Albany or Buffalo) Oklahoma beats Wisconsin (inconsistencies along the three 41 cities between Milwaukee and Green Bay costs an otherwise excellent state). Tennessee beats Massachusetts Michigan beats California Connecticut beats Utah (controversial, maybe. Both are perfect outside of their boundaries; inside is the dealbreaker. Connecticut skips Bridgeport, while Utah skips both Provo and St. George). Montana beats Missouri Arkansas beats Iowa (Council Bluffs really hurts Iowa, as does skipping Iowa City) Kentucky beats Washington (skipping Olympia hurts the otherwise excellent Washington) Georgia beats Illinois (even without the Chicagoland cop outs, they unceremoniously skip almost everything downstate like Bloomington or Champaign). Nevada beats Maryland Texas beats South Dakota (Gillette along 90 is a bigger boo-boo than McKinney along 45 turning into 75). South Carolina beats Florida Idaho beats Arizona (controversial: Arizona completely ignores Yuma, Las Cruces and St. George; the last one being very noteworthy in that its economy is dominated by a National Park much like a smaller in state counterpart) Virginia beats Rhode Island.
The reason why Arizona ignores Las Cruces,Yuma & St George is because El Paso,San Diego & Salt Lake City are much bigger traffic drivers. Especially when El Paso is only 45 miles south of Las Cruces. Plus Illinois doesn’t entirely pass over Champaign & Bloomington due to them being on the interchanges.
@RFE812 I think I understand your logic for Arizona (and it does show consistency for their out of state controls), but I don’t think it should be applicable for EVERYWHERE. I imagine the majority of traffic headed west across the Great Salt Lake Desert is bound for NorCal. My hometown of Reno is 500 miles away from SLC, but outside of its 570k metro population, it doesn’t serve many (if any) places that aren’t better reached from SLC via 15S or 15N-84W. On a route that leads to San Francisco (and a still very sizable Sacramento before it), how is Reno any more worthy than Las Cruces, St. George or Yuma? My point is that, for example, if there really is nothing in the 500 miles between EP and SA, then those options are good because it reflects the reality of the route. 400 miles between LV and SLC gives the impression that there’s NOTHING in between the two, when, on the contrary, only 100 miles in is a 200k region…
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Everyone voting: “Ohio signs NYC 400 away!”
Me: “NH has state ran liquor stores on the interstate lol, and All Maine Points too💔”
Thanks!
I would like to have a shoutout for the I-520 video. Exit 5 Deans Bridge Road Exit. I used to live right off that exit. Thank you from Tim Bryant
Thanks. You got it!
TheDerpHog is a demon at Sonic games. 👍🏾
That he is 😆
True dat 😊
I live in Denver…I already knew we weren’t gonna win..😂
I’ll request Oatman, Arizona for the Route 66 video, it’s an old western style town with burros roaming the streets. I’d also like to see a US 24 or US 40 video for reasons involving a certain Colorado control city.
Todd should cover US Route 40 when the Chiefs & Broncos play against each other again this fall.
Thanks, you got it! I've actually been to Oatman before
6:09 Dover needs an interstate, perhaps numbered 195, taking the route of DE 1.
@mistershaf9648 I’m doing in depth analyses on the statistical areas in the U.S. Along the way, I’m taking note of metros that aren’t served by Interstate highways (whether directly or period), and plan on sharing what I’ve found along with potentials for corridors.
Dover is one such area that I have isolated. Everyone talks about a potential future routing of 87S through the Delmarva Peninsula via the Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel complexes, but I’ve thought of it potentially crossing the Chesapeake Bay around California/Lexington Park (another area I’ve isolated; it qualifies as a metro because there’s roughly 55k on both sides of the Paxutent River) before cutting over to Dover as part of larger Washington bypass.
Still waiting for somebody (anybody) to make a “We Don’t Talk About Limon” music video 🤣
MassDOT signs Providence at 90 miles away after crossing from NH down 95SB. NB north of 128 junction, we’re signed Salisbury,MA, Portsmouth, NH, AND Kittery, ME. Great job to MassDOT there. With the large amount of RI votes, don’t forget their belt interstate starts/ends in Massachusetts giving MassDOT some authority over a primarily RI route. (They also have a cool milage AND kilometer sign just before entering Rhode Island!)
I vote for Georgia, South Carolina, Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Kentucky, Michigan, and Arkansas.
Maryland deserved to move on just because they hyped I-68. Anyone who travelled this interstate knows it's easily one the most beautiful interstates in the country.
hi limon guy
Thanks!
Thanks, will shoutout Michigan!
Remember, “Ex-Ay-Vier”
I voted on all of them. Picking which state i like best.
Thanks! And let's go Nebraska dot.
Thanks! Nebraska already lost in the first round but I can still mention you
@@ControlCityFreak my super thanks was for both lowa Missouri and I'm going root for lowa dot
Ok I'll mention you when I talk about the Iowa game@@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2
WTF MY STATE DELAWARE GOT ELIMINATED
INDOT Is kinda lame but they do know how to sign highways quite well
Buckle your seatbelts for I-520 in Augusta! It wound have knocked Georgia’s tourney seed down a few notches!
Yeah it's pretty rough
@@ControlCityFreak I had the misfortune of driving that monstrosity often when I used to do work in that area. The South Carolina side is fine, but the Georgia side makes Illinois look like Tennessee!
@@wriddle082Yeah I agree. Makes me wish I’d ranked SC above GA
I’d probably rank SC after Tennessee. They have sensible signage on all of their interstates. Spartanburg and Florence you could argue against, but Spartanburg does have a big metro and a 2 digit and 3 digit interstate junction, and Florence is the only sizable city on I-95 for a while
@@arnathan1792Well Tennessee does a pretty lackluster job with their US Highways.
Maryland won because some of us like them using New York as the control city on I-95
Serious question, because i didn't catch it in last week's video: how are we supposed to actually cast votes, other than Patreon which i don't have a login for?
Let’s go Maryland!❤🖤💛
Its always the 5-12 upset.
Guaranteed!
Just voted on Patreon. Just set up an account there. My votes went for Arizona and Michigan, as well as Utah and Tennessee, among others. And N. Dakota (sorry, Todd). :)
North Dakota is a great choice! I liked what they did on US 52 as well.
I can't in good conscience vote for Montana because they don't use Bozeman as a control city. When I spent a couple of months there, it drove me crazy that as far as MTDOT is concerned there's nothing between Butte and Billings.
I think skipping Bozeman is less egregious than signing Rolla.
Loved the classic video game Winner screenshot 😂
Glad to see the best state in the union, Rhode Island, moved on
Also I'll be long dead before I recognize Missourah a state
How do we vote on CZcams?
On the community tab www.youtube.com/@ControlCityFreak/community
Michigan DOT signs them best. They all make sense
Nah Tennessee is number one
Mackinac Bridge signed on I-75 from the M-46 interchange in Saginaw... Ignoring Bay City, Standish, West Branch, Grayling, and Gaylord
@@danieljackett4193 besides Gaylord and Bay City, none of those cities are major crossroads which is what MDOT likes to sign in place of a major city if there isn’t one. The Mackinac Bridge however is a major destination and it is important to note how to get to it more so than the small towns along the way.
@@calvinsmith6681 Standish is where US-23 splits off to it's Lake Huron coastal route
West Branch has M-55 to the east, and Tawas
Grayling is where US-127 comes into from Lansing
Gaylord has M-32, a major Lake Michigan to Lake Huron route
@@danieljackett4193 I am aware of all of that. However, for the majority of traffic using the interstate north of Bay City, they are continuing north for quite a ways. If the US 23 concurrency was much shorter MDOT probably would have signed Standish. Grayling being where US 127 merges is useless for NB traffic but it is useful for traffic exiting to M-72. West Branch however, by the time you reach it, there are several other routes you can take to get to where M-55 takes you.
So while they could have signed a different place, Mackinac Bridge makes the most sense for where most traffic is likely going, especially during the summer vacation months.
Tyler’s votes:
Indiana beats Hawaii
North Dakota beats Kansas
Ohio beats New York (I can’t forgive the Thruway neglecting everything that ISN’T New York, Albany or Buffalo)
Oklahoma beats Wisconsin (inconsistencies along the three 41 cities between Milwaukee and Green Bay costs an otherwise excellent state).
Tennessee beats Massachusetts
Michigan beats California
Connecticut beats Utah (controversial, maybe. Both are perfect outside of their boundaries; inside is the dealbreaker. Connecticut skips Bridgeport, while Utah skips both Provo and St. George).
Montana beats Missouri
Arkansas beats Iowa (Council Bluffs really hurts Iowa, as does skipping Iowa City)
Kentucky beats Washington (skipping Olympia hurts the otherwise excellent Washington)
Georgia beats Illinois (even without the Chicagoland cop outs, they unceremoniously skip almost everything downstate like Bloomington or Champaign).
Nevada beats Maryland
Texas beats South Dakota (Gillette along 90 is a bigger boo-boo than McKinney along 45 turning into 75).
South Carolina beats Florida
Idaho beats Arizona (controversial: Arizona completely ignores Yuma, Las Cruces and St. George; the last one being very noteworthy in that its economy is dominated by a National Park much like a smaller in state counterpart)
Virginia beats Rhode Island.
The reason why Arizona ignores Las Cruces,Yuma & St George is because El Paso,San Diego & Salt Lake City are much bigger traffic drivers. Especially when El Paso is only 45 miles south of Las Cruces. Plus Illinois doesn’t entirely pass over Champaign & Bloomington due to them being on the interchanges.
@RFE812 I think I understand your logic for Arizona (and it does show consistency for their out of state controls), but I don’t think it should be applicable for EVERYWHERE.
I imagine the majority of traffic headed west across the Great Salt Lake Desert is bound for NorCal. My hometown of Reno is 500 miles away from SLC, but outside of its 570k metro population, it doesn’t serve many (if any) places that aren’t better reached from SLC via 15S or 15N-84W. On a route that leads to San Francisco (and a still very sizable Sacramento before it), how is Reno any more worthy than Las Cruces, St. George or Yuma?
My point is that, for example, if there really is nothing in the 500 miles between EP and SA, then those options are good because it reflects the reality of the route. 400 miles between LV and SLC gives the impression that there’s NOTHING in between the two, when, on the contrary, only 100 miles in is a 200k region…
Sorry about your Jayhawks last night.
Self's worst team easily.
Thanks!
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