Honestly, this was one of the big roads I was waiting for since you covered I-20. If I-75 was this big, I'm gonna be very excited for what I-95 has in store.

I love seeing the 1100 miles to Tampa sign just outside of toledo. My friends and I drove that in May it was crazy to think about that sign when we were in florida

Watched this just to see if he got the wild signed cities around Bowling Green OH, didn't disappoint!

Appreciate the fix on Valdosta! 😅 That whole area South of Macon to Tampa is a pretty boring stretch though! Enjoyed the video!

It feels like he recorded himself saying Valdosta and then used that voice recording for every time he says Valdosta

Florida's system for numbering state highways is very simple. For 2 digits, north/south are odd numbers, east/west are even numbers and the number increase the further south you go. The major roads that go coast to coast ends in 0. The first number in the 3 digit highways increase the further south you go.

I think Macon should be a control city because it has 160K+ people

I'm willing to bet Michigan is so reluctant to sign Detroit for most of it's run because it knows almost no one wants to go there! Also glad to see you mentioned those big mileage signs in Ohio! I've driven past those several times and I knew you'd get a kick out of them!

Atlanta and Tampa from a Ohio Mileage Sign? That’s very Cool. You can really see how Far those cities are from Rural OH.

In case anyone is wondering for Lake City, Lake City is where I-75 intersects with US 90.

Thanks for fixing the pronunciation of Valdosta, as a Georgian it was driving me crazy last episode

Georgia is also pretty provincial when they sign Lake Park which is the last city in Georgia after Valdosta

The history of the Zilwaukee Bridge in Saginaw is a great note about 1-75

My favorite part of 75 that I have been on is i75 South down in South Georgia I love seeing all the farmland and swamps

Drove around Atlanta last week on 20 under the runway. I flown thru ATL and never knew about the runway or taxiway over the interstate.

Cool video! 75 is a great road. Can't wait for I 85, my home interstate in South Carolina.

Valdosta! Pretty much the last chance before having to dodge Florida man.

Solution for 75 coming out of Canada. Sign both Saginaw and Detroit from the start instead of St. Ignance. Problem solved.

A couple of those Tampa signs in Atlanta used to just say Florida.

honestly it makes sense why KYTC would sign Frankfort, Winchester, Richmond, and Georgetown as they all have some significant thing that would draw people to it, Frankfort is the capital, as you mentioned, but Winchester is where the Mountain Parkway begins and is the highway that connects much of far eastern Kentucky to the interstate system, Richmond has Eastern Kentucky University, and Georgetown has a Toyota plant

Kentucky has been working to get I-75 up to at least three lanes each way through the entire state for years, and they're just about finished (only a couple of areas near the southern end remain to be done). The difference when you are in TN and most of it being just two lanes, even when you're pretty close to Knoxville, is pretty striking, especially when you're going up Jellico Mountain and the slow trucks are taking up one of the two available lanes (or both, if one decides to pass).

My favorite part of I-75 south isn't there anymore. Just beyond Lexington, there used to be an overhead sign saying 'Left Lanes Ends 10 miles". (I might have the distance wrong, but it was a ridiculous length.)

considering how long ago 75 was shifted from going through downtown Knoxville ... I'm surprised that the 75 ramps at the 640/275 interchange haven't been rebuilt to accommodate that.

Florida's route numbers are usually 2 digits if they go through multiple counties (FL 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 for main east-west roads, and it starts at 20 from the north and goes down further south. Some of the less significant branches particularly in the rural areas (FL 46, 62, 64, 66, 72, 78 for example) go alongside the main FL 20, 40, 50 etc. roads. You'll mostly find the north-south odd-number ones along the panhandle and the east-west even-number ones along the peninsula. Now for more populated areas like near most of the coastlines, you have much more roads and they are numbered 3 digits that correspond to the nearby 2-digit main roads. Example: FL 70 starts at Fort Pierce, so north of there, most of the county and state roads are numbered in the 600s, and 700s south of there until FL 80 in West Palm Beach, where the roads are designated in the 800s. There is no FL 90, so basically the county line into Miami-Dade County is where the 900s start. Of course, throughout the state, there is some overlaps, which is why there are some 800s in Miami, a lone 700 in Fort Lauderdale (Davie Blvd is FL 736), and plenty more. With that said, I have really good memory with numbers so it's easy for me to navigate throughout FL, but for others, they have to rely on the highway names and memory. Some highway names in the video: FL 826 is Palmetto Expressway (though that's not seen from I-75), FL 836 is Dolphin Expressway, FL 924 is Gratigny Parkway, and so on.

10:58 right after this sign is another with control cities for 285. 285 west includes tampa as one of its control cities on that sign.

I’ve been waiting for this video! A lot of the Miami toll roads are operated by a private company MDX and not FDOT and they really don’t sign any control cities. Just “to X Highway” or the airport.

I’m excited for Todd’s freakout about limon either next week or in 2 weeks

Atlanta at rush hour isn't as bad as just after rush hour when the traffic is going 80 mph and no one will let you change lanes.

This used to be my home interstate until I moved out of Florida in 09, so going southbound on 75 until you get just a few miles south of Tampa always felt like coming home even to this day, and going northbound always felt like the beginning of an adventure. So yeah, I wouldn’t agree with I-75 being boring in Florida, but that’s just me. Still, it was to see this road again. Now I await eastern I-84 with great interest as since I have moved out of Florida, 84 is now my home interstate.

I have made the 75 drive through Florida 20+ times.. you're right it is BORING.

I 85 going southbound it has a amazing control city it starts of with Atlanta

Your series gives a case for double signing control cities. Now I look forward to 80 and 95.

Valdosta.

When you do I-76. There are two of them. The one on the eastern end has it end at Lodi near the pilot and TA Truckstops

I am hoping that little stub that will lead to the 401 becomes an extension of I-96. Then it would be duplexed with 75 and you could have Toledo and Toronto on the same sign pretty cool.

Florida typically puts its three digit State Highways into zones, with the lower digits in the Panhandle and in the Jacksonville area, and the higher digit numbers further South, with the highest digits in the Miami area. Most toll roads in Florida are three digit state highways as well

“75 meets 23” also 23: on the highway before the exit

Plus, one more thing to add: I think there should be two control cities between Valdosta and the Florida Turnpike: They should be Tampa and Orlando. I think this is because Orlando gets a lot of traffic going South on I-75 mainly because it's a popular tourist destination and is as big as Tampa. The Turnpike does connect I-75 to Orlando, so it would make sense for Orlando to be another control city in that segment.

I have to deal with the Valdosta shit every time I drive down to Florida 😂😂

What is up with valdosta ocala being fixed? Dude you made a meme. Lol

Richmond does have a D1 college campus. Maybe that is why it is signed south of Lexington.

It's the Valdosta and Ocala fixes for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think Lexington/Louisville is a good pick for the 71/75 concurrency in Northern Kentucky headed southbound since 71 goes straight for Louisville (Plus thats the southern terminus of I-71)

Wonder what 76 will come first next week. The more well-known part in the eastern US which includes the Pennsylvania Turnpike or the lesser known part that goes from western Nebraska to Denver.

I have no Problem of MDOT Signing the Mackinac Bridge as a Control city for either both Nᴏʀᴛʜ and Sᴏᴜᴛʜ bound.

Love traveling on this highway down to Orlando or most of the way to Jacksonville

I'm a Georgian. I think why Valdosta is assigned on I-75 mainly because it's a huge stopping ground, Valdosta State University, but also just south of Valdosta is the Wild Adventures theme park. I know a lot of people including myself from Georgia and Florida or regular I-75 travelers from the north visit that theme park a lot. I think Lake City is just there for I-10 being the big junction of people going south from I-10. I prefer I-75 and I-10 to Jacksonville so I think that's why Lake City is there.

VALDOSTA. LOL. I've rode the whole I-75 through FL to Miami

75 is our main hwy in Cincinnati always construction lol we got 71 aka the Cincinnati 500 by the way drivers speed on it lol

Awesome content man. I’m in high school and I can’t wait to get my own car so I can road trip around the U.S. Love watching your videos to see the wide variety of scenery and routes in our vast interstate system.

The 1st city they should sign southbound is ... St Ignace, then Saginaw, then Flint

I hope I-99 is not your last one. Your channel deserves better. lol

What do you think of The Wapakoneta OH exit on I75 at exit 111?

I think a top 10 worst pull through/control cities of all time would be fun. Some of my dishonorable mentions.. Lake City, Florida on I 75 Limon, Colorado on I 70 Joliet Illinois on I 80 Santa Rosa, New Mexico on I 40 Breezewood,, Pennsylvania on I 70

Speaking of 75, you should do an episode of US-75 through Texas it's an awesome road

For me, southbound I-75 would've been signed as follows.: •Mackinac Bridge to Detroit -Bay City, MI | •Detroit -Saginaw, MI | •Detroit -Flint, MI | •Detroit •Detroit •Toledo, OH •Dayton, OH •Cincinnati •Lexington, KY •Knoxville, TN •Chattanooga, TN •Atlanta •Macon, GA •Valdosta, GA •Gainsville, FL •Tampa, FL •Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL •Miami

Maybe instead of Saginaw they could sign the tri city area. The Saginaw, Midland, Bay City CSA has a population of nearly 400k, making it the 5th largest CSA in Michigan behind Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing (not technically a CSA), and Kalamazoo. Flint is included in Detroit's CSA but Flint is also the 4th largest MSA in the state with a population also around 400k, so I think it's fine as a control city.

Florida has an interesting state highway system. It's similar to the U.S. Highway system. 1 is the same as A1A (renamed not to get confused with U.S.1), 3 is a N-S route in Cape Canaveral. 5 is U.S. 1, 7 is U.S. 441 between WPB and Miami. 9 is I-95 and they progress west. 2 runs E-W near the Georgia border, 8 is I-10, 10 is U.S. 90 (why they didn't make 10 to be I-10 is beyond me) and they progress south. 90 is U.S. 41 from Miami to Naples. 95 is U.S. 29 from Pensacola to Alabama line. Many are unsigned when conjoined with U.S. or Interstate Highways. Most 3 digit highways are short local highways with exceptions.

Thank you for promoting Fort Myers. Naples has always bugged me too. As for the stretch between Atlanta and Tampa…it’s long and boring. You need every control city you can get to at least feel like you’re making progress to get to the beach! I’d do Atlanta, Macon, Valdosta, Lake City, Gainesville, Ocala, Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples, Miami. Florida is massive and flat. It deserves the control cities. 🤣

I-75 South *Valdosta*

4:27 Not to be a nerd but you do go into a bit of Flint's city limits by the Bristol Rd interchange to the Bishop Ariport.

I'm ready for I-95 soon!

I can’t wait unit he do I-85, I-80, I-90 & I-95. I got a feeling Todd is gonna dogged out I-77 & I-81 through the mountain part though. 😂😂

the new section of I-73 will be SC-38 there going to upgrade the road and 38 is signed to go to Mytle beach which means 73 will go to myrtle beach

We finally get to my state next week, New Jersey, and then a few more weeks after that too. I76, 78, 80, 95

You mention the 3-digit highway numbers in FL. Take a look at a map of KY sometime; they have more 4-digit highway numbers than anywhere I've ever seen. And there doesn't seem to be any kind of order to the system.

Florida toll road 417 is the Orlando bypass

You should do a series on floridas toll road aka the intrastates of florida

Weed is legal in Michigan we legalized it not too long after canada but if the feds catch you you’re going down My hometown is Saginaw Michigan 😂 thanks for showing my little downtown.

I agree with your list Todd but coming out of Valdosta on southbound I’d sign Jacksonville/Tampa until you get to the I-10 junction, then from the I-10 junction I’d sign Tampa/Orlando until you get to where Florida’s Turnpike splits off, then I’d just sign it just like you do for everything else on I-75 southbound

2 digit Florida state highways are usually longer such as SR 80, SR 60. Odd are generally north to south, even east to west. North/south roads get smaller numbers as you go east, east/west numbers get bigger as you go south. Interstates have hidden state numbers, such as I-95 is secret SR 9. Naples is used as the control city over Ft. Myers because I-75 originally ended there and Alligator Alley was a 2 lane road for decades. I-75 comes to a sad ending in Miami-Date county because it was originally supposed to follow U.S. 41 / SR 836 from Naples into downtown Miami. The route was changed to follow Alligator Alley and then south, through western Broward county which was very sparsely populated at the time. Local opposition in NW Miami-Dade county (already populated) caused it to end at SR 826.

I feel like us23 should be changed to an interstate,maybe a spur since It splits from i75 then leads directly into a major city like Ann Arbor, maybe it could be i375 or something.....

Did someone comment on the Valdosta pronunciation on the NB video? I'm assuming so... Made me laugh every time throughout this video. I think it's uh-latch-ew-a, at least as far as I know, but I'm not from that part of FL. Tis a super small place and the name of the county Gainesville is in. Looking forward to 95

This road in Ohio and Kentucky is my favorite. Can’t wait for I-76! Also which 76 is 1st?

Being a Michigander, MDOT signs St Ignace, because the Yoopers are particular about anything south of the bridge, so far as calling anyone from the mitten a troll

I just have the urge to go to Valdosta, for some reason.

Cannot wait for I-76 next week...

How Florida numbers its highway numbers. The one and two digit numbers follow the same pattern as US highways (in fact, all US and Interstate highways in Florida have a state highway number in this pattern, but it's only used on state documents such as work orders and construction contracts). As for three digit state highway numbers, the first digit increases from north to south with the second and third digits grouped together. The exceptions are for three digit highway numbers ending in "00", which are diagonals, and Highway A1A, which was given that number so as not to confuse it with US 1. Florida also used to color their US highway number signs so that you would follow the same color signs as you went through the state (e.g. the shields on US 1 and US 29 signs were colored red while US 98 shields were colored black, IIRC). No two routes with the same color ever intersected. USDOT wasn't thrilled with this, so they threatened to pull all highway funds from the state if FDOT didn't change to the same colors as outlined in the MUTCD. FDOT cried uncle and removed the colored shields by 2000 or so.

Alachua is also the County that Gainesville is in

Great video by the way! Here is how the control cities on southbound Interstate 75 should be arranged from Michigan to Florida using the AASHTO guidelines for control cities: Flint (Interstate 69) Detroit (Interstates 94 and 96) Toledo (Interstates 80/90) Dayton (Interstate 70) Cincinnati (Interstates 71 and 74) Lexington (Interstate 64) Knoxville (Interstate 40) Chattanooga (Interstate 24) Atlanta (Interstates 20 and 85; also the Georgia state capital) Macon (Interstate 16) Lake City (Interstate 10) Tampa (Interstate 4) Miami (southern terminus) Regarding the mileages to Atlanta and Tampa from south of Toledo, I think the Ohio DOT erected this supplemental guide signage as a benefit for those coming from Canada for the winter. It is an assurance that one is on the right highway for Tampa and for Florida. Likewise, in Florida there is mileage for Interstate 275 south (Exit 274), the throughpass route through Tampa and St. Petersburg, listed on supplemental guide signage on the second line of a three line guide sign. As for places such as Valdosta and Naples, these cities were listed as at one point these cities served as temporary ends of Interstate 75 during construction. Now that Interstate 75 is a continuous highway between Miami and Sault Ste. Marie (FL 826 and Easterday Avenue West to be exact) these non-conforming control cities should be revised. Regarding Florida’s three digit state routes especially in South Florida, there is no parent route these state routes connect to. Instead, the first digit corresponds with a state route band; for example, FL 826 being an east-west route even though it goes north-south as part of the Palmetto Expressway belongs in an east-west band south of FL 80. Same thing with FL 687, which is 4th Street North in St. Petersburg: It is in an east-west band south of FL 60 even though FL 687 is a north-south highway. I look forward to seeing your Interstate 275 control city video for the Tampa/St. Petersburg area as soon as it comes out. If you would like to know more about Interstate 275 in the Tampa Bay region check out my site of all things Interstate 275 in the Tampa Bay region at Interstate275Florida.com!

How can you do a travel log of I75 and not reference Big Beaver Road in Troy MI. Exit 69. Edit time

if you going to do three-digit interstates please do the Long Island expressway (i-495)

Gator graduate here, a Gainesville sign would be nice along with the proper WILDWOOD for the FL Turnpike. You TOTALLY missed out on the I-75 EAST signs in Alligator Alley; though if you hit those in the North video I'll let it pass. :)

Timestamps: Michigan: 0:52 Ohio: 5:37 Kentucky: 8:04 Tennessee: 9:17 Georgia: 10:48 Florida: 13:56

FDOT should put either Fort Myers or Cape Coral on the sign.

Re the U.S.-Canadian border, weed is legal in Michigan, but the border is under federal control, and of course weed is prohibited under federal law, so no bringee weedee from Canada. The weird thing is it's also illegal to bring weed into Canada, despite it being completely legal at the federal and provincial levels there.

Always fascinated me how i75 south actually ends up going east to Miami just because it's concurrent with us93 east......I feel like this should be like interstate 2 or something since it's below interstate 4

On those signs near the start, perhaps instead of "St. Ignace", they could have put "Everywhere". Or maybe "Everywhere Important".

I just had a question Todd. Do you plan to make an I-85 or I-95 video? Those are major interstates and they go through multiple major cities.

Strangely that weed is legal recreationally in Michigan but I guess since it’s federally not legal that sign is there. Michigan has some great 420 shops btw goes great with Detroit style pizza from Buddy’s lol.

What? Nothing to say about our weird double-shielded I-275 sign south of Cincinnati?

Random question having nothing to do with I-75: when are you going to do the Hawaiian routes?

475 west is lead to sylvania and also connect to 23 witch go's north Another thing is the I 75 exit 195 A and B. Exit 195 A is lead to Ohio 795. Exit 195 B lead to the Ohio Turnpike

No Big Bone Lick. I know you mentioned it on I 71. Have a good one Todd.

11:00 You missed the part where I-285 has Tampa as a control city.

I’m following I-90 rn and It does have a huge control city problem

Fl 408 never leaves Orange County but yet still signs Titus ville

People must have been roasting ya hard on the way you said Valdosta. Lol. I agree that Valdosta should kinda be a control city but only in Georgia. I-75 north in Florida should just sign it for Macon or even Atlanta.

3:07 This highway and I-496 west of it should be part of I-69, rather than 73. 69 east of it should be an even number. I’m not sure which one but I have ideas below

Ah yeah we’re starting to get to my local interstates, 76, 79, and 80 (680 and 376 if you ever do spurs)