Abandoned Highway - Columbus, Ohio

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Exploring the abandoned eerie highway overpass in Columbus, Ohio!
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@slicksnewonenow 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost surreal to see a place nearly pristine so near to the city. Almost no graffiti and nearly no litter.

@davidbaugh5552 24 күн бұрын

Not a highway. It was the overpass from Mound to the Whittier peninsula. There is a park there now but there used to be warehouses that supplied multiple department stores including Lazarus. Not an abandoned freeway but an abandoned overpass that was tore down to make way for the 70/71 split redesign.

@rob_adventures242 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa, never knew that was there used to drive past every day, pretty awesome.

@justonemori 3 жыл бұрын

Ok I'm perplexed that this exists in a city I lived in for 35 years. Driven under it countless times. Then again it is C-bus city council and mayors running the joint, haha.

@heidioller4494 3 жыл бұрын

We Are Stronger Together. I love that. I hope they could put that section to good use instead of it being abandoned for good like a bike and walking trail. Cool video.

@JohnCassity 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, sends a great message with all that’s going on right now, honestly it’s what inspired me to film this place, I wish more abandoned places can be beautified with nice graffiti instead of the normal crap.

@tropicalpalmtree 3 жыл бұрын

We'll never be together again. The world is being split apart bit by bit.

@heidioller4494 3 жыл бұрын

@@tropicalpalmtree Only if it's allowed to happen. That's the problem. People will readily fight, disagree, hate, kill and destroy all very easily. If we want any peace or want to save lives and cultures and ways of life, it requires work, compromise and a willingness to listen to others. The world or at least for the most part, doesn't HAVE to be ripped apart. That's a choice, not a certainty.

@ALT-9167 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnCassity They demolished the road

@RangerRickTV 3 жыл бұрын

Extra crispy footage.

@JohnCassity 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rick!!

@SansevieriaMedia 7 ай бұрын

Good that video was taken of this before it was torn down to make way for the new 70/71/315 interchange

@juliestockmeyer5871 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video!! It kind of reminds me the Centralia Graffiti Highway in Pennsylvania, but lots less graffiti!! Interesting history. Thank you John. Wish I could be here for the live premiers. I work funky hours and can’t even look at my phone at work. Hopefully next time!!!

@JohnCassity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julie! always nice to see your comments!

@Nate-ho9tg 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Columbus and know exactly where this is, perfect spot for a movie shoot.

@johngreen3543 2 жыл бұрын

I need an update on this. It goes back aprox. a year and a half ago. I am also surprised that the homeless have not found this place to hang out.

@JohnCassity 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! They city actually ended up demolishing the bridge recently unfortunately.

@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын

They did, it was cleared out in 2017 after there was a murder there. It was a huge homeless encampment at one time.

@robertsmitley7548 3 жыл бұрын

I live about an hour south of Columbus, I never knew it existed

@JonathanRunion 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. It reminds me of the famous graffiti highway in Centralia.

@ronmartin7473 3 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised the bridge didn’t fall down

@povertyspec9651 11 ай бұрын

This was the Mound Street overpass over I-70/I-71. There used to be an interchange here, but it was too close to the I-70/I-71 interchange. The interchange ramp spacing was too close.

@lemonpillow 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Nova Scotia,Canada 🇨🇦. Great video!

@JohnCassity 3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for stopping by!!

@willywilkins7494 3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I think you have a talent for this. Could you do more? Have you ever been to Sessions Village just north of Bexley off of Broad St? It's a small euro-germanic group of private homes.

@JohnCassity 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Sorry I didn’t see your comment, I will definitely have to check that out sometime! Thank you for watching!

@dothsykco 2 жыл бұрын

im literally watching them tear it down right now 😥😥

@midnitemike Жыл бұрын

The bridge to no where is gone! They took it out for the interstate improvement thru Cbus. Much needed!

@aydnn7170 Жыл бұрын

Ha funny how im just not coming across this video. I'm from Columbus and got to explore this abandoned overpass a couple months back. It was such a great view over I-70/I-71, sadly, it has been completely torn down and there is no way of accessing either side :(

@aydnn7170 Жыл бұрын

oh and as a follow up as i watch this, they actually didn't need to close down either freeway to deconstruct it. I was leaving downtown one day and saw workers taking it apart bit by bit. Though, i do assume that a lot of the tear down process was done at night to minizine accidents.

@thismodernmonkiedelection1647 Жыл бұрын

I saw the stenciling on the far right of the green painted beams under the overpass, as I drove under it for years. It was last spray-painted in 1986.

@RENTnerd87 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder when and why it was abandoned. Reminds me of the old Viola Ave bridge over SR 11 in Austintown. It was built in the late 60s with the assumption that Viola would be expanded to cross the freeway but it never happened, and the bridge to nowhere was finally demolished about 10 years ago. Up until 1994, the Oakcrest Dr bridge, just south of Viola, was also a bridge to nowhere. It was only 26 years ago the road was expanded and the bridge was finally put to use about 25 years after being built

@JohnCassity 3 жыл бұрын

I used to live in Austintown so I know exactly where you are talking. Also there was an abandoned bridge in McDonald but it may have reopened. Thanks for watching!

@RENTnerd87 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnCassity You mean the abandoned pedestrian bridge over 80 between Liberty and Girard? That was knocked down a few years ago

@savageboner Жыл бұрын

It likely has something to do with the Scioto Mile on one end, and Audubon Metro park on the other. It made sense to turn it into a pedestrian bridge, but the cost of maintaining it would have been too great. It has now been demolished as part of the I71/I70 improvement.

@rickster3488 Жыл бұрын

- that's Whittier Street. Lazarus warehouse was down there, the Columbus Police impounding lot., I went to many Poljce auto auctions there back in the day.

@babygirl_kim6192 Жыл бұрын

It’s sad to see that bridge taken out it was a good place to take pictures

@TheDargg Жыл бұрын

It’s gone now ?

@QuietJ0Y 3 жыл бұрын

Notification squad, 🛣

@jgoins614 8 ай бұрын

I've watched red white and boom a couple of times from that spot. Sucks they tore it down.

@Double.J 3 жыл бұрын

The first section before he crossed the bridge reminded me of horizon zero dawn.

@merrillolen9555 Жыл бұрын

They tore it down

@psulionz87 2 жыл бұрын

should definitely be turned into a park! what a missed opportunity

@doordieace5high 3 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome sight. I'll have to plan a visit to it someday.

@ALT-9167 Жыл бұрын

The bridge was demolished a few months ago

@dougmurray7684 8 ай бұрын

Columbus used to be a great city, then along came mayor Mikey.

@Master_Disla 3 жыл бұрын

When did this bridge closed?

@Pdasilva0324 2 жыл бұрын

Around 1986

@raoulbenaiah8511 3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me Of the walking dead.

@slash10gamerofgamers82 2 жыл бұрын

4:07 Alright are we not gonna talk about how someone wrote R.I.P Big Chungus?

@samuelbinns7626 2 күн бұрын

shes gone now

@BVance76 Жыл бұрын

yup... and guess what..they ddidn'thave to shut down the freeway to demolish it... its almost like it was never there... alhaveashaveven way to newer highway construction

@flowerbmw1 Жыл бұрын

They tore it down recently.

@fromthehaven94 3 жыл бұрын

What was Whittier Street connected to Mound Street.

@rossstienecker231 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, at one time

@Pdasilva0324 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Mound had a "viaduct" that went over the train tracks then continued SW then S onto Whittier, which essentially followed the current walking path at Scioto Audubon Metro Park, but was wide enough for cars. What is now the Scioto Audubon park was industrial with factories and warehouses so it was used as a short cut to that area from downtown. When 70 was built it was partially used as entrance and exit ramps to the new freeway, until better engineered ramps were built in the mid 70s. The bridge over 70 was closed to vehicle traffic around 1986 and the portion over the tracks demolished in the late 90s before Miranova was built.

@rukus13 2 жыл бұрын

The message doesn’t show up on google earth, I wonder why🤔?

@james_fisch 2 жыл бұрын

Outdated imagery?

@clownsinhell Жыл бұрын

2022 it's gone now

@kcoate9946 2 ай бұрын

Not a highway... never was..

@fto2x 3 жыл бұрын

Where is it

@madisongreene8853 3 жыл бұрын

It gives you a map at the beginning and explains the exact location....

@fromthehaven94 3 жыл бұрын

Just east of where 70/71 crosses the river.

@Sonnycam24 3 жыл бұрын

It would have been much more interesting to know more about the history of the bridge and why it closed. Eerie music doesn't make pictures of broken asphalt and overgrowth any more interesting.

@frogmanpipes9561 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I've always have known about it. Not the history. Maybe I'll ask around.

@Pdasilva0324 2 жыл бұрын

It was a well used overpass as a shortcut to what is now the Brewery District from downtown until the mid 1980s, when the bridge started to fall into disrepair. It was closed in the mid 80s due to safety concerns. The section of Bridge over Mound Street over the tracks, before it curved south onto Whittier, was much older and closed in 1989, then demolished in the mid 90s. This bridge is scheduled to come down in 2022.