Driving On I-5 South In 1987 (Lynnwood, Seattle)

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Жыл бұрын

Back in 1987, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove south 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.

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@Tony__Tone Жыл бұрын

It is so crazy how different all of that stretch looks now😮

@dude4173 5 ай бұрын

The biggest difference in the lynnnwood area is today it’s a concrete jungle but back then, it was still very forested. Sad to see

@glenbo2464 Жыл бұрын

I love the scenery back then and the cars too !

@Theospeak1 Жыл бұрын

I remember driving that stretch in 1987. Can't believe what it looks like now.

@hedga001 Жыл бұрын

I know, I was looking at it on Google maps and it’s all shopping centers and dense commercial properties instead of trees.

@robinbellamy Жыл бұрын

26:30 Looks a lot cleaner. Nowadays, the concrete walls are covered with the graffiti and 28:39 there are homeless camps under the freeway overpasses.

@johnnysama Жыл бұрын

The end of the video has the then-under construction Seattle Convention Center. :)

@dgendvil Жыл бұрын

Gosh....

@wasserdagger 8 ай бұрын

Wow, can you believe it... no traffic congestion on I-5 heading into Seattle! I remember those days fondly. Oh, and traffic was even lighter in the 60's and 70's. This is weird but I get the feeling I still see many of those same cars and trucks on the road today. (I myself am still driving a 1994 Chevy Blazer.) Great video. Thanks for the memories.

@qpwodkgh2010 2 ай бұрын

No idea what you're talking about. Traffic was bad then as well and placing the convention center on top of I-5 was insane to do that. I should know, I drove in it. These videos were taken at time of low traffic. This was taken on a Thursday at 11 AM.

@declanjohn8517 Жыл бұрын

Wow, we must have had a hot dry summer early that year. Late June and look at the yellow, crunchy grass!

@hoarbaby Жыл бұрын

We did.. I remember all the parks had dead grass because “no watering”.. they even told us to not flush the toilet for number 1… seriously

@franciscolopez7101 Жыл бұрын

Seattle only got 0.16 inches of rain in June 1987. The high temp at Sea-Tac on the day this video was recorded was 85 (average is 72).

@bobscott7440 Жыл бұрын

@@franciscolopez7101 Good research.

@bobscott7440 Жыл бұрын

@Bryan Smith I lived and worked in Portland Oregon that summer. I have never been in a hotter summer before or since.

@OrsonBuggy1958 Ай бұрын

17:00 Yup, that's Seattle all right. I drovef a cab in the 80's in the Seattle metro area and you'd be hard pressed to find a main road or freeway I haven't driven. I don't have any reason to travel to the Lynnwood area and haven't for years and years.. I can only imagine what it looks like now.

@BenGarrott Жыл бұрын

Speed limit is 60 now in that area not 55

@arwzqu1964 6 күн бұрын

Looks to be fairly early in the morning from the shadows cast by the cars. Could easily count the high rise buildings in Seattle. Now it looks much different.

@jonasbrothersrockist 2 ай бұрын

WOW, 1987 is 4 years younger than my older sister, then 1 year younger than my other older sister, then 2 years older than my older brother and 7 years older than I am. My older sister was born in 1983, my 2nd older sister was born in 1986, my older brother was born in 1989 and I was born in 1994.

@ahoorakia 27 күн бұрын

4:33 nice to see 66 chevy as daily drive still on the road 11:37 nice 66 or 67 riviera😍

@daveb2280 Жыл бұрын

Newly built King County Jail. Didn't open until two years later. Note: James St. exit didn't even exist!

@Ziduche 3 ай бұрын

Proportion of American brand cars was over 50% when it''s probably 1% today. Incidentally the dark pollution cloud over downtown, not something to regret.