the way he says The Dalles hurts my Oregonian heart

The way Todd says "yeah" at the beginning of most of his videos is very satisfying.

Finally I-84! I was born in one of cities along this line, so I’m super excited for you to showcase it! While ORDOT makes some really interesting choices signage wise, there’s no denying I-84 is one of the most beautiful roads in the country!

Wow, I really expected you to rip into The Dalles for being the main control city in Portland. (Btw, it's pronounced "DOWZ", not DAL-lees.) Fully agree that all of the eastbound signs should be double-signed to include Boise.

When I was a kid in Oregon, I -84 was known as I-80N.

97 from Yakima to Bend should be an interstate. maybe part of the one CA is building through the Central Valley? I’m thinking maybe it can follow 99 up to Sacramento, then go through Yuba City and Chico, be concurrent with I-5 until weed and follow 97 to Yakima, and then take over 82 from Yakima to Ellensburg

Thanks for making this video and bringing some awesome memories back to me! :)

I-84 in Oregon deserves the attention all alone because it is a beautiful drive.

Can confirm the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center is a fantastic museum.

Great video! I-84 is one of my favorites! I'm from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and I've been looking forward to this video for awhile.

The pronunciation of The Dalles kills me 🥲🥲

I drove on 84 today coming in on 82 from WA, all the way to Ontario and back. The Dalles is pronounced “the dalls”, the “ee” is silent. The curves on Deadman Pass is actually Cabbage Hill climbing in & out of Pendleton.

Very beautiful scenery, I love your pictures. Very enjoyable video

I really enjoyed the video, lots of informational info.

Excited to hear your thoughts on the east coast I-84 - I've driven it many a time!

According to exit number math, Interstate 82 and Oregon 82 are conveniently 82 miles apart.

First view! Oh how I remember riding on this route on the way to Astoria, OR with my mom and on the way back to Louisiana with my mom and brother after picking him up in Astoria back in 2015. Great memories. :)

It's pronounced The Dow-ls (rhymes with PALS), named by French-Canadian trappers for the rapids there in the early 1800s.

Remembered back in 1980 when AASHTO asked states with Suffix roads to change them 2 digits roads I 80 N became I 84 . Nice scenic route 👌. Portland, Eugene, Salem and Bend are probably the only best places people heard of in Oregon. Bend the last Blockbuster. Also home of two former teachers who started the 80s band Quarterflash. The city's going east are slim Pickens. Probably only a good aid for traveler services. Truck Stops, Gas stations, restaurants and motels. Looking forward to next week so I can say " It's 8 o'clock in Boise Idaho, mister take us to the show.

the way he says Dalles is so funny to me

I-84 Western As a retired OTR Driver and loaded heavy, it was a pain to drive especially on the hills in winter. The Ice fog was an interesting detail of driving that route. The Oregon DOT was another story at the POE west of Ontario. Scenery was awesome and the view going up or down Cabbage was breathtaking. Idaho has a lot of great Mom Restaurants along it, especially in Idaho. From Twin Falls to I-15 in Utah, ehhhhhhh. From I-15 to I-80, the gorge is pretty, a lot of people tubing.down the river when it gets warm.

To be more specific, I-84 Western used to be signed as I-80N OR-ID-UT until 1980. It parallels and overlaps US 30 from Portland, OR to near Delco, ID and travels on it's own towards Ogden, UT and ends east at I-80/US 189 in Echo, UT.

I agree with you on the portion of 84 that runs RiGHT alongside the Columbia River being sone of the most scenic and beautiful stretch of interstate in the country! Here and I-70 through the Western half of Colorado would be top 2 most scenic stretches of interstate. Most folks don’t realize at all that with the exceptions of when you pass through Hood River and The Dalles-84 turns in a bit more Southwest away from the River through those spots-you’re running again RIGHT along the River from not far West of Pendleton all the way to Portland! Everyone should take that drive if they can, it’s spectacular!

Baker City, La Grande, and Ontario were a surprise to me; they're all pretty small places, barely 10,000. Makes no sense not to sign Boise there. I hadn't thought ODOT was so afraid to sign places beyond its borders. You're excused for messing up Dalles -- it's pronounced as if there's no E. Safe bet, when you do the other part of 84 (my hometown region) the city names will be pretty easy to get right!

Awesome scenery. We need a CALTRANS-esque “The Dalles/Other River Cities” sign coming out of Portland.

I love your videos

Gonna be honest, I didn't even know the road I had traveled on when I was 15 to go to Multnomah Falls was even I-84, never really paid attention to the Interstate System as much as I do now, pretty interesting to see it covered in this video

4:59 they replaced the signs since the ones shown here were pretty worn. Still same cities but they did add a sign saying Kennewick Spokane next right witch is like lipstick on a pig

“Never a *Dalles* moment…”

Excellent video. Western I-84 has many cool attractions. It will be interesting to compare both I-84's.

Glad that you split I-84 Western section. This is the last trip in Oregon for you! Next time will be your last trip to Utah. Hopefully 84 in the northeast is easier for you and your first trip to Connecticut, Massachusetts and New England.

The Columbia River Gorge is one of my 4 favorite drives. I think everyone who can should spend 2-3 days driving it (on Historic Columbia River Highway) because it's so convenient to the Portland airport. Few sights of great natural beauty are so convenient to a major airport, and certainly few, if any, as spectacular.

Hey Todd, before the I82 video, we haven’t been in Oregon since the Interstate 5 videos.

Can’t wait for the PA-MA I-84 vid!

Honestly it kinda does make sense to sign small towns at random exits because most traffic getting on the freeway from those roads are people who live in the countryside going into whatever town is signed

The I-84's in Oregon and right here in Connecticut are where they REALLY shine as their respective portions spend the most time in those states.

i love his vids and its fun to see i84 when i live in portland and road tripped to SLC and beyond many times but my god the way he pronounces The Dalles gives me an anneurism. its "the d-ah-lz" ah as in the word apple

I grew up in the Portland area and have since moved away. Every time I go back I always make the drive from Portland to Hood River on I-84. Such a beautiful drive through the gorge.

Amtrak's Empire Builder, Portland Section (Trains 27/28) uses the BNSF mainline (ex-SP&S) along the north bank of the Columbia. The tracks along I-84 are Union Pacific. Just to clarify that for people.

I-84 roughly follows the Oregon Trail.

Here’s Speedboy14’s the way it should be for I-84 (Oregon) East bound: The Dalles/Boise, Boise West bound: Portland/Seattle (until I-82), Portland

Todd's "The Way It Should Be" has very solid control cities for I-84. Eastbound: Boise Westbound: Portland/ Seattle Portland I'm just listing the primary control cities, not the secondaries.

The part of I-84 I've been on is in the east. We were on it from Port Jervis, NY to Hartford, CT. Guessing that's the next video.

The Dalles is pronounced as one syllable.

84 looks like a beautiful road. Much better than my I 35 in Missouri 😂

I've never driven on this I-84 but I have driven on the other one. This I-84 is most definitely the good one.

the railroad track used by Amtrak Empire Builder is actually on the Washington side of the river - the train first goes to Vancouver WA after leaving Portland before turning east

This is a beautiful drive through the state of OR. Control Cities in OR are sorta similar to Colorado. Only marking small cities or small towns in the state until you get very close to the state line. I-5 is similar too as south of Eugene (especially Southbound I-5), they mainly note Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford. On I-84, Boise ID should be the control city starting around I-82 interchange near Herminson. It is all towns anyways along I-84 in OR

For next week, the north end of the concurrency with I-15 is pronounced Tree-mon-tin with a short o. It was named after Tremont, IL which rhymes with Fremont. The last syllable was added to avoid confusion with Fremont in central Utah

The Dal-Eaze LOL, it's Dall-Z. Great video though.

The way I think it should be: at the connection with i5 and 205 it should say Gresham/the dalles then it should be the dalles and Boise

Yep, there’s a lot to I 84 in Oregon. Have driven the portion from Ontario to exit 216 at the base of Cabbage Hill (that’s the actual name of the segment where 84 splits far apart; Deadman Pass is actually several miles to the east, far enough out that the climbing lane for eastbound traffic ends BEFORE the summit) countless times, as it is part of the shortest route between Reno (where I live) and my mom’s family in Walla Walla. That segment has the tightest curves allowed on the Interstate system. Most of what you said for control cities makes sense, but there’s a big caveat I should add regarding the I 82 junction. Westbound, I’d keep it as just KENNEWICK for a major reason: the U.S. 395 split in Kennewick is a critical crossroads for Seattle AND Spokane. Intuitively, you’d think that Boise traffic headed to Spokane would use U.S. 95 and U.S. 195, as it is somewhat of a straight line. However, this route is EXTREMELY mountainous, and 2 lane for a significant chunk (despite U.S. 95 being the only major N-S thoroughfare in Western Idaho), with TWO long, significant uphill segments with over 2k foot elevation gain (one between the Salmon River and Grangeville (south of Lewiston), and the climb out of Lewiston towards Moscow and Pullman). In winter, snowfall can make the trek hazardous (Christmas 2016, while headed home from Washington, an I’ll fated detour due to 84 being closed resulted in my family being stranded in a town near Grangeville called Cottonwood for 7 hours, due to several accidents on 95); and in the summer, the heat (even this far north, triple digit temperatures are routine) combined with the long climbs can take a toll on a car’s engine. Therefore, Boise-Spokane traffic will instead use I 84 through Oregon (besides, it is 5-20 minutes faster anyways). Oh, and it isn’t much different in the opposite direction; the two 2k foot climbs are now from Lewiston to Grangeville, and the Salmon River to New Meadows (near the resort town of McCall)… My solution: have the overhead at the 82/84 split read KENNEWICK, but have a sign BEFORE the split read TO SEATTLE/SPOKANE. When U.S. 395 splits in Washington, I 82 traffic should have an overhead for YAKIMA/SEATTLE, while the U.S. 395 exit advertises for KENNEWICK/SPOKANE.

I know you will love the signage for Cheyenne from Riverdale to Echo, but it should have a secondary. Maybe Morgan or Park City

The "D'als?"😆 I know this road better than the halls of my high school

I think I-95 will be so packed with info that 4 videos will probably have to be done. I can’t wait, because I-95 is my favorite interstate!

7:38 nice

Another great video! After seeing all these pictures of I-84, I think I need to drive it! These videos wonderfully showcase what 84 has to offer. Wonder if Idaho and Utah will keep up the views!

Can't wait for the other I84. Back to PA again lol

Dave's the Way it Should Be: EAST: Boise (I could be talked into doing The Dalles/Boise but after the Dalles it should be just Boise) WEST: Seattle/Portland (until I-82), Portland (after I-82)

There is actually another segment of I-84 in Pennsylvania, so definitely can't wait for that sometime next Wednesday PS: At 6:04, the background of that looks somewhat like the original Windows XP background image with the stunning looking clouds

Kennewick deserves more control city status than it gets. It should be the control city EB from both Yakima and the Dalles, and listed on the signs on the way to the Dalles in which something beyond the Dalles is signed. Where the heck is Baker City?

I 85 I can't wait

Truckers call Deadman's Pass: Cabbage. This is especially true for the grade from the top of the hill by the weigh station to the bottom. I personally never struggled with the down grade on the west bound side as picking the proper gear and engine braking doesn't seem that difficult. Only when there's heavy fog on the hill and icing that can make it a challenge

Actually my favorite interstate highway. I drive it 4 times a year.

Dead man’s pass is often referred to as either Cabbage Pass or Hill

Very nice scenery on this road, but pretty bad control cities, as Oregon usually does.

At first I was wondering why you split your I-84 Western overview into two videos. The first thought I had was, "maybe he's reluctant to go back to any part of PA for I-84E, and might want to hold it off for an extra week!" 😅

I actually was on the beginning of I-84 in Portland Oregon in American truck simulator

I suspect Boise is not on the EB signs west of Umatilla because it is REALLY FAR, over 400 miles from Portland. There's a non-tolled bridge across the river in The Dalles and access to Bend via US-197; it's also the east end of the Historic Columbia River Highway (old US 30). Also, while 84 through the Gorge is nice, old US-30 is even better. There are two sections that are driveable: between Troutdale and Ainsworth State Park, passing Crown Point and Multnomah Falls (this section has timed entry permits in the summer) and Mossier and The Dalles, passing Rowena Crest and the Rowena Loops.

I think I-84 western is more than twice as long as I-84 eastern. In probably 2 weeks, most will see how "lol" the control cities are on eastbound I-84 eastern. I drove western I-84 east almost 20 years ago. Recently, l saw Big Rig Travels westbound and I was amazed seeing those curves going down the mountain.

I drove a truck and stopped at a truckstop in Pendleton after coming down Cabbage pass on my way to Portland

I bet the real reason this was done in two videos to extend your break from PennDot? Not that I have a problem with that

D'oh! 84 West, at 10:12. Also, why is there a link to the episode for next week in this week's video? I get that the link will work when that one is made public, but you could always edit the description afterwards, just saying.

It's pronounced "The Dahlls". Live here, have been to The Dalles several times. Great restaurant there called Cousins Restaurant.

Should be I-82 This road is my bucket list I know about The Dalles from book version of ken burns baseball it has a pictureof a adult Amateur teams from 1883 I have played Oregon trail from the 80's

The Dalles, "Dalles" is pronounced with just one syllable. Thank you.

Adding onto the Oregon Trail joke, I see you are opting to cover I-84 at a "steady" pace ;)

Just a note on "The Dalles", the 'E' is silent. You say it the same way you did, just no e.

On WB I-84, should I-82 be Kennewick/Seattle or Seattle alone?

Deadman Pass, also known as Emigrant Hill, & to us truckers, Cabbage Hill

You plan on splitting I-84 Eastern into two videos as well or do you plan on having that just be one video?

The railroad is the Union Pacific Railroad.

Dalles definition, pronounced dalz, rapids in a river confined by the walls of a canyon or gorge. That is what The Dalles is named from.

Hood River is the main city in The Gorge.

The pronunciation of The Dalles is not Dalies but The Dallls. Like Dalls. Funny tho .

Small correction. It's pronounced "Dalls" not "Dallys".

The way I think it should be (the entire length): East: Boise, Pocatello/SLC, Ogden/SLC, Cheyenne West: Ogden, Boise, Portland

🟩=~~Regular~~ 🟫=~~Historic~~

Did they run out of ideas for numbers so they just used 84 in the west as they have 84 in the east.....which was actually built first ??? 84 Oregon or i84 Connecticut?

"The Dallz" not "The Dallies"

An interstate highway is proposed for the US 97 corridor.

I kind of wish you did EB I-84 because I wanted you to see how awful 84 was signed all at once. Because it's not signed that well until you get to Utah. Anyways, Mod's the way it should be for the ENTIRE 84 Western: (EAST): The Dalles/Boise (The Dalles should be in a smaller font size than Boise on the overhead signs though), Boise, Twin Falls/Salt Lake City (again, smaller font size for Twin Falls), Salt Lake City, Cheyenne (WEST): Ogden, Boise, Portland/Seattle (same font size), Portland

Have to say I was surprised by this split. Does this mean that I-86 will be done with Utah/Idaho I-84? I-86 is currently my top example of a 2di that should have been a 3di: if I-86 rates a 2di, why isn't 135 in Kansas I-33, or 369 in Texas I-47? Even I-97 at least has the possibility of being eventually extended across the Chesapeake and down to Norfolk/Virginia Beach via the CBBT (and maybe even onwards to Raleigh to replace southern I-87). Pocatello isn't much more important than Salina and is definitely less important than Annapolis and Texarkana. Treat it as the spur of I-84 that it is.

The Dalles is pronounced “dows”

Todd have you ever noticed that I 82 is actually out of grid it should be a western 88 in the current western 88 should be central 88 in Eastern 88 can stay how it is

You are not pronouncing Dallas. It is not dallies. It is dals.

I 82 west should be yakima and Seattle

For me, I'd sign I-84 Western as follows.: Eastbound I-84 Western: (OREGON) •The Dalles, OR -Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | •Boise, ID (IDAHO) •Boise, ID >Twin Falls, ID >Salt Lake City (for I-15) | >Pocatello, ID (for I-86 ID) (UTAH) -Ogden, UT (direct) | >Salt Lake City (for I-15) >Cheyenne, WY Westbound I-84 Western: (UTAH) -Ogden, UT -Brigham City, UT (IDAHO) >Pocatello, ID (for I-15) | •Boise, ID (direct) •Boise, ID (OREGON) •Portland, OR

It's pronounced more like "The Dalls," the e is silent, how painful it is to hear you butcher it.

I'm constantly amazed by presenters on KZfaq mispronouncing geographic locations. You'd think they would at the very least call someone in the location to confirm the supposed pronunciation. In this instance it isn't The Dallees. It's closer to The Dallz, but I'd check it with the local librarian or someone at city hall to be certain.