Interstate 90 Western

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Жыл бұрын

Interstate 90 is, as you know, the longest Interstate in the country, and today we take a look at it's western section. Its many rivers, mountain passes, scenic towns, mystery ramps, and weird control cities make it a great ride! Control City Freak is updated weekly and covers every two digit Interstate Highway in America. I'll be showing control city signs on each 1 and 2 digit (2di) Interstate Highway in the continental United States and will strive to make as complete a record as possible. I'll also be getting into the roadgeek weeds here and there, showing downtown skylines and state border crossings, and making corny jokes. I welcome all to join my geeky tour of every primary Interstate in the country!
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@InterstateKyle Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been so hyped for a CCF video. Can’t wait for I-95!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Gonna be cool!

@MostInterestingChannel 6 ай бұрын

Hi @Interstatekyle

@Carl.J.Sampson Жыл бұрын

Beulah be making Limon look like NYC

@JAldrich73 Жыл бұрын

I-90…the epic mini-series! 😂

@1867Phoenix Жыл бұрын

Wallace, Idaho is famous for being the filming location for Dante's Peak, a 1997 volcano disaster film starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton.

@markwilson4078 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes! Dante’s Peak! The late 90’s was a time when I got hit with a decent number of volcano and/or lava movies as a kid! But cool that this is where Dante’s Peak got filmed.

@brandongorte4746 Жыл бұрын

It's also famous for having the last traffic signal on I-90, before it was bypassed in the early 1990s.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

It’s been years since I’ve seen that film. I always thought it was filmed in Washington, seeing as that’s where the town was (from what I remember), and the whole story seemed to be inspired byMount St. Helens (and dramatized!).

@Boss-KingInc. Жыл бұрын

The speed limit in Montana used to be called “reasonable and prudent”. That changed after one guy got a speeding ticket in 1996 and challenged it. Then the lawmakers decided it was “too vague” of a rule and that’s when they changed it to 75 MPH. It was changed to 80 MPH back in 2016.

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

I remember when it was "reasonable and prudent" 😂 back then .... wasn't there a NIGHTtime speed limit of 75?

@andysorensen1737 Жыл бұрын

TIL!

@joestephani7959 Жыл бұрын

I am itching for a good drive! This is helping…helping me confirm some plans for the summer! Thank you for sharing

@Biffcutwtright 2 ай бұрын

23:26 Yeah this signing off 405 has puzzled me for as long as I've been aware of it, it lets you off right in Lynnwood, and they've removed all the secondary I-5 signage for Everett which made sense given that Everett is a large city on I-5 and pretty much marks the northernmost end of the Seattle metro area

@InterstateKyle Жыл бұрын

I-90 west of Rapid City SD is one of the most scenic parts of the interstate system. Been on every mile of it. Easily in my top 5.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Same!

@mattl6948 Жыл бұрын

Surprised that they’re signing Buffalo NY all the way in Wyoming! 😂 (Well, it’s on 90!)

@CrystalClearWith8BE Жыл бұрын

It's Buffalo, WY, the seat of Johnson County, WY. I'm not signing that city on both directions of I-90 and neither do northbound I-25.

@pacificostudios Жыл бұрын

Wallace used to be very important for I-90 travelers, because I-90 not only went down the city streets, it made a 90 degree turn in the middle of the town. Traffic jams could be extreme there, and so travelers would want to know how close they were getting to Wallace. The bypass is only a few decades old.

@kristygunterman Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Look forward to them all the time

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@drivingbritt9617 Жыл бұрын

Wow, such pretty scenery on the western part of I-90, especially along the Columbia River, I'd love to drive it personally someday. I got to ride along the river on I-84 with my mom when I was 12 though, beautiful, just beautiful.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Driving Britt There are vantage points for both directions of I 90 on the Moses Lake side of the river. The eastbound one offers a short but steep hike to a hilltop with horse statues. You can look down on the Vantage Bridge from like 600 feet up! There isn’t as big of a vertical on the westbound point, but it is almost directly down to the river.

@mattl6948 Жыл бұрын

I really like the US 95 Sandpoint-Moscow sign. Having the route shield to the left allows the sign to be smaller and saves material. It should be the standard.

@gusterposey Жыл бұрын

Dillon, Montana is the biggest town between Butte and Idaho Falls and actually has a University Campus in the town. It's the best place to gas up and get something to eat before going over Monida Pass into Idaho.

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a perfect secondary then

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Moderate Productions If they want to put it beside the next big city down the road (Idaho Falls in this case), I’m fine with it. I 90 in Idaho did it exactly the same, and I can’t think of any negatives along said stretch.

@mrmoore1972 Жыл бұрын

I can understand the Moorcroft bit. If you've ever seen Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, you might recall a scene where Roy (Richard Dreyfuss) is in Moorcroft heading for Devil's Tower. In fact, Moorcroft is the best exit for Devil's Tower going east, while Sundance is the best exit off westbound 90. Also, as so many Wyoming cities are so small, nothing is apparently too small for 90 to list on their signs. Buffalo and Sundance are actually pleasant little towns.

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I live in Buffalo. Gateway to Yellowstone. And we are 4,000 in population. I love my town and state.

@mikeshumaker Жыл бұрын

13:30 Beulah, Wyoming. Population went from 73 to 33 around 2012. Looks like their main attraction is a place called Buffalo Jump Steakhouse which has a bar inside on their main road, Old US 14. Oh, and if that isn't open, try the gas station by the interstate.

@JeremysJourneys1 5 ай бұрын

2020 census puts the population at 0😂

@kaziu312 Жыл бұрын

The Scablands are amazing looking. I can't wait to drive through them.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Derik De Baum Both directions of I 90 on the east side of the Vantage Bridge (the Columbia River crossing) have scenic points. The eastbound direction has a small hike up a relatively steep hill to some horse statues, and affords a 600 foot vertical view of the river. The westbound one doesn’t have as great of a relief, but it is right against the drop off. This means either direction will treat you if you see the turn-off!

@somethingrandom987 Жыл бұрын

CALLED IT, between Rapid City and Spokane, I knew the control cities start becoming questionable

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

somethingrandom987 Nah, it’s only really in Wyoming. I’ve got a couple issues with Montana, but it’s decently signed. And I’m hard pressed to find any problems with Washington or Idaho…

@ericthompson749 Жыл бұрын

Super excited to finally be at 90! Cannot wait for you to return to Wisconsin Couple of quick thoughts: 1) Signing Billings as the primary control city where 90 East & 15 North separate is fine with me, as Billings is the largest city in Montana and is where 90 meets the western end of 94. 2) Signing Bismarck at the start of 94 in Billings is the correct choice, in my opinion. There is not much on 94 between Billings & Fargo and signing the state capital makes the most sense. 3) Signing Rapid City, SD out of Billings and through Wyoming does make sense. I agree with you on that.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Eric Thompson Bozeman needs to be what is signed between Missoula and Billings, but your other two points are dead on. Billings to Bismarck is a long haul (I drove it during my 2022 summer road trip), with Billings to Dickinson being true frontier country.

@chefssaltybawlz Жыл бұрын

11:35 we have one of those on 45 northbound in Houston near Wayside Dr lol. People weren’t very patient during construction which is done now but you can still see it on google lol

@highoctanecards Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I noticed that Wyoming uses a lot of wooden posts on their signage. Also on the intersections, many of the control cities were in all caps. Keep up the great work

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@brucetelfeyan Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much as the only parts of this stretch of I-90 I have been on is where it meets I-5 in Seattle and in Rapid City, SD. Looking forward to the UK - KU game tonight. It should be a good one!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Yep hoping we can get off this losing streak!

@brucetelfeyan Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak Well, I never mentioned that I'm a Kentucky graduate, so I was hoping for the opposite outcome last night. I knew Kentucky was in trouble when I saw KU had lost a third straight game going into last night. They never lose four in a row!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

@@brucetelfeyan We rarely lose 2 in a row!

@bagenstb Жыл бұрын

I can tell you're familiar with the area because you know how to pronounce Coeur d'Alene properly. And while the Seattle stadiums are really cool, I am looking forward to seeing the Chicago skyline whenever you get there on I-90.

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

Chicago has the BEST skyline in America (along Lake Michigan) .... apologies to NYC folk about the Hudson River skyline, but I'm from Chicago so I'm 1000% biased. and that LITERALLY is that 😂😂

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@peterwarner358 Жыл бұрын

I did have Seattle there. And on 405 Lynwood and SEATAC Airport

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Brian Bagenstose I imagine the best view would be entering the city from the Skyway. Alas, when I drove it, it was headed OUT of Chicago…

@miked31784 Жыл бұрын

I like that you are doing 90 with 3 videos and doing it by section instead of one direction one video and the other direction in the next video. I can’t wait for the eastern one since I have been on it from Elkhart to Boston and I will actually be up in the area where 90 & 91 meets in two weeks for two weeks.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@miked31784 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak yes, it will be crazy if I am there and the eastern 90 video and 91 videos are done while I am there. Also, if you need photos for the Springfield Massachusetts area for both of those roads, please let me know and I can get them for you.

@wildweasels Жыл бұрын

East of Snoqualmie Pass, that is Keecheluss Lake which because of a dam is the "headwaters" of the Yakima River which eventually joins the Columbia River.

@GSU_Panther_Nation Жыл бұрын

As if Interstate 80 was cool enough, as the second longest interstate, Interstate 90 definitely gets the crown for being the longest Interstate highway

@jimcoddington4100 Жыл бұрын

Great Video my interstate hero!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

@iboKirby 9 ай бұрын

Makes sense to sign Wallace considering it is the Center of the Universe.

@jazzhecker Жыл бұрын

We've only got a touch of Massachusetts out of I-84, and since Mass is in the northeast, you get high interstate numbers that run through it, the only two digit ones being 84, 90, 91, 93, and 95. Can't wait for my state to debut in full!

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

heckler That’s right, we only saw the outskirts of Worcester. I definitely hope when we get to Boston that The Big Dig is brought up. It was cool driving through it from the north during my 2022 summer road trip, but then my father, a Civil and Environmental Engineering professor at the University of Nevada, that it’s construction wasn’t done very competently…

@jimc.goodfellas Жыл бұрын

I don't know why I like this topic so much haha

@charleswesterfieldii4592 Жыл бұрын

Todd, I suppose Beulah, WY has officially replaced Limon, CO as the worst city signed. At least, Limon has some major road junctions.

@GSU_Panther_Nation Жыл бұрын

I remember traveling on I-90 to and from Seattle after getting back from Canada's west coast. This could be because the highways in Canada are so boring, to be exact. East of the Cascade Range, it is desert because it is more inland and the mountains blocked the ocean winds from reaching inland

@matthewthompson1043 Жыл бұрын

I traveled a lot of I-90 and it does serve my hometown Sioux Falls, SD, but after Sioux Falls it gets really boring in Southern Minnesota and doesn't become Scenic again until it gets near Wisconsin.

@copyrightedperson8157 Жыл бұрын

Hey CCF! Great video as always! Cannot wait for the rest of I-90! And the next ranking! As well as the I-9x series of interstates. I do hope that when you do 3DIs you’ll do I-395 in DC as it is the most DC of interstates. A thing to point out Sheridan is actually 19k people not 10k so it makes a bit more sense as a control city. western I-90 is one of the places I would love to drive as it looks very beautiful. I’m used to the Appalachian mountains in the backdrop here in PA but man those western mountains are something else. Anyway excited for the next one!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 90 western is a great drive, I’ve driven it from Seattle to Sioux Falls

@copyrightedperson8157 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak I’ve only been on the section from Chicago to Cleveland when I was little as we visited relatives In Wisconsin. Speaking of Scenery while I haven’t been on many of these roads themselves I have picked out some of my favorite looking interstates from your video’s. My Favorites (In no particular order) are - I-70 From Denver to Coe Fort - I-80 From Sacramento to Cheyenne (Although some place are worse than others here as you’re not all in the mountains) - I-84 from Portland to Boise - I-90 From Seattle to Rapid City (Though honestly I personally would cut out after Butte as the rest is more plains) - I-40 From Knoxville to to Asheville (I’ve actually been on part of this one on my way to Gatlinburg) - I-77 in WV - I-64 From Lexington KY to Lexington VA (lol) - And Finally I-80 in the DWG in eastern PA and western NJ Also while it isn’t always scenic and Doesn’t compare to most western US highways, US 11/15 From Harrisburg to Selinsgrove and US 22 From Harrisburg to Holidaysburg are both great at many points and I encourage you to check them out if you’re in the area or in a potential video perhaps?

@FLYSLATERYDER Жыл бұрын

Never seen you so happy to get you a big mile stone

@York22 Жыл бұрын

Wallace, Idaho was where Dante’s Peak was filmed. One of the best and most accurate disaster films.

@invincor Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen the Columbia River gorge from Amtrak’s Empire Builder, and I’d give it a tie for river scenery with the upper Mississippi River along the Great River Road (in my own neck of the woods). The difference is there isn’t much interstate mileage right alongside the Mississippi, but you will see a 7-mile section in the LaCrosse area on I-90 when you do the Central video.

@TheKingOfCrocs Жыл бұрын

It’s here!

@vdubproductions2646 Жыл бұрын

I-90 just covering the West took a a while. Looking forward for the rest of it

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Vdub Productions My guess is that the Chicago Skyway will be the next turnaround point. That means South Dakota and New York will each take up 40% of their respective videos. He should be able to emphasize the roadside attractions in South Dakota as well as the Driftless Area (there are spectacular bluffs along the Mississippi River in this region), and Waterpark Central (the Dells) in I 90 Central, and I 90 Eastern could feature several diversions in New York (190 to Niagara Falls, 490 through Rochester, 690 and 481 through Syracuse, 890 through Schenectady and the Berkshire Connector over the Castleton(?) Bridge)

@vdubproductions2646 Жыл бұрын

@@tylermarchand2996 i cam see that being the case.

@jontsuba Жыл бұрын

Great episode, Todd! I understand why you are dividing this interstate in three weekly episodes, but it's a pity not being able to binge the complete route from coast to coast like I-80. Have you considered after publishing all three episodes making an special one where you just take all westbound and eastbound sections of the videos and merge them to create an I-90 eastbound complete video so people can enjoy the complete ride in one go? Just an idea ;) Love travelling from home with you, keep your good work!

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I could look into something like that, just not totally sure if my computer can handle working with the massive files that would be involved

@evilpenguinson6808 Жыл бұрын

The only Buffalo I can think of on I-90 is Buffalo, NY.

@pickleme Жыл бұрын

Watched it twice, followed along on my own google maps the 2nd time 😄

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@benjaminchandler7919 10 ай бұрын

I wish Wyoming did like Idaho does on US 20 and have national parks and preserves as control places. I-90 in Wyoming should be signed for “Yellowstone” and “Mount Rushmore” even if Sheridan is bigger than Cody

@mark99k Жыл бұрын

The likely rationale for signing Moorcroft and Sundance is that they're the turnoffs (eastbound and westbound, respectively) for Devil's Tower. Granted, even that's not as big a tourist draw as, say, Yellowstone, but there's no other possible reason. Some others, like Post Falls and Beulah, are probably there because they're border towns and as such are regarded as vaguely significant by locals (though Beulah is admittedly a huge stretch!).

@FreewayDD12 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for interstate 91!

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Meep During my 2022 summer road trip, I traveled this route from Springfield to I 93 and back down to Boston from the north. It is visually breathtaking for pretty much the entirety of the riverside portion.

@RFE812 Жыл бұрын

We will get to see Wall Drug & the corn palace next time. That will be exciting.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Not next time but soon!

@adammoldover8769 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak so what's next time then?

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

@@adammoldover8769 I teased it at the end of the vid

@dianeadkins-diorio1783 Жыл бұрын

Buffalo? The only Buffalo I've ever heard of is in New York State lol...

@danangell5482 Жыл бұрын

CDA is fairly decent size for Idaho; Kellogg isn’t all that big and Wallace is quite small. Wallace probably got onto signs for being the last traffic light on the interstate until the viaduct was completed in 1991.

@ericneumann8509 Жыл бұрын

10:26 this the best choice of big towns on Eastbound I-90

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

Rapid City though....

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Moderate Productions Or Casper, based on the current location (the I 25 exit is 56B, meaning this is just across the Montana-Wyoming border). Casper is much closer than Rapid City, (and not much smaller), though I could be talked into having the two alternate out of Billings (until 56B, that is).

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

@@tylermarchand2996 Valid. Casper works as well

@ericneumann8509 Жыл бұрын

@@mxderate we are talking about Wyoming, Not South Dakota

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Eric Neumann What we’re saying is that Casper is the only Wyoming city in this part of the state that has any business being the bottom line. Sheridan and Gillette are serviceable intermediates between Billings and Casper/Rapid City, but nowhere big enough to be anything more than a middle line listing. And then there’s the issue of the Limon-esque “controls” like Buffalo and Beulah…

@robytherobotwhiteversion Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@benjaminchandler7919 Жыл бұрын

So what I’m hearing is that despite Wyoming having a Lyman, its Limon is Buffalo. To be fair, from Sheridan, east is the correct way to Buffalo, NY. However, that is not the case westbound, so the control destination should be “billings/Yellowstone.” Yellowstone can be Wyoming’s in state destination, but if it must be a city, then “Cody” is the closest sizable to Yellowstone’s east entrance

@Handle_Needs_3_Or_More_Charact Жыл бұрын

While Sheridan is a questionable choice for a control city, I'm fine with Gillette being a control city considering it's the economic hub for Northern Wyoming. Also, the fossil fuel industry is huge there.

@RFE812 Жыл бұрын

Gillette should only be the control city westbound after the South Dakota highway 34 exit.

@BlaineK Жыл бұрын

Both Idaho and Wyoming are very provincial, but at least Idaho (for the most part) will still sign theirs as secondary control cities, with the primary below. Wyoming does not, which makes it far, far worse.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Blaine K. For me, since the correct cities are prioritized (CDA for both approaches, Missoula headed east, and Spokane headed west), I can’t find anything wrong with Idaho’s signage.

@spellcast1391 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@drivingbritt9617 Ай бұрын

According to Google Maps, the fastest driving route from Seattle to Boston and vice versa doesn't involve driving the whole length of I-90, instead you cut off of 90 onto 94 in Billings, MT and continue to follow 94 East through North Dakota and Minnesota before rejoining 90 in Wisconsin and continuing all the way to Boston on 90.

@ControlCityFreak Ай бұрын

I’m getting 90 with the 212 cutoff in Montana. Maybe yours is set to freeway only

@drivingbritt9617 Ай бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak Mine wasn't set to freeway only, maybe it varies depending on roadwork, traffic, weather, among other things, just like how the 40 route from LA to NYC is sometimes faster than the 70 route.

@dvferyance Жыл бұрын

For whatever reason Wyoming has a bias against Rapid City. Some of the worst control cities are on I-90 between Gillette and South Dakota.

@RFE812 Жыл бұрын

It’s almost as bad as Colorado’s bias against Kansas City & Albuquerque.

@thomasrinschler6783 Жыл бұрын

Cincinnati is like Seattle and Baltimore with both stadiums right next to each other in downtown, as the I-71 video showed.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Thomas Rinschler Many cities duplex stadiums. Ford Field and Comerica Park (Lions and Tigers) are next to each other in Detroit; Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and Progressive Field (Cavaliers and Indians) are adjacent in Cleveland; and AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field (Cowboys and Rangers) are adjacent in Arlington.

@Ramiestar Жыл бұрын

TIL there are "90 East Buffalo" and "90 West Buffalo" highway signs in different parts of the country.

@cforcat1005 Жыл бұрын

There’s a Lyman County across in South Dakota by the way.

@Jolei33 Жыл бұрын

Don’t ruin it

@ianb9851 Жыл бұрын

Wyoming out here giving Pennsylvania a run for it's money with it's hideous control cities 🤣

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 facts ....

@UserName-ts3sp Жыл бұрын

even worse than north carolina

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

ianb9851 No, it already has every other badly signed state (Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania) beat. They’re all now fighting for second place…

@RFE812 Жыл бұрын

@@tylermarchand2996 If you ask me. Minnesota & Missouri are the Midwestern states with much worse signage than Nebraska. Nebraska is more like the Midwestern equivalent to California,Texas Florida,New Hampshire & Idaho in that they all have very inconsistent signage.

@damienredd9068 Жыл бұрын

I 90 is the best way to get from Seattle to Boston and is the only way to end

@AmauryGarciaCumming Жыл бұрын

At some point in the future, do you plan on doing US routes, like US Route 97, and maybe even state routes, like Washington State Route 20? Most of them may not have some of the signage interstates have, like exits, but they still have control city signs telling you X place is in Y miles. Although there are some that do have freeway-like sections, such as Washington State Route 14 or US Route 26. But yeah, would love to hear your thoughts on those as well.

@dylansmith9342 Жыл бұрын

Does Beulah take the crown from Limon as the worst control city? 🤣

@CDRiley Жыл бұрын

I am kinda disappointed that you are not doing the whole I-90 in one video.

@stuartwald2395 Жыл бұрын

The dirt road goes to the Wildfire complex (which is underground). Nevada got too full.

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

Nope it's actually a gravel pit area. I go hunting in that area and live in Buffalo.

@NW255 Жыл бұрын

I-94 starts in port Huron Michigan but I might be biased 😂

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

In my mind, I-94 starts at the interchange with 57 and spawns in both directions

@benjaminchandler7919 Жыл бұрын

After Billings the control city should be “Wyoming” because that covers Sheridan and all the Wyoming cities on I-25. I know Cody and Jackson are the other way but that can be fixed by signing “Yellowstone” as a secondary westbound. In Wyoming eastbound should be Casper than Rapid city. Westbound should be Billings/Yellowstone until Sheridan and then Billings, then back to Yellowstone/Billings once it no longer makes sense to go south to Sheridan to get to Cody

@benjaminchandler7919 Жыл бұрын

I do think the junction makes Buffalo mileage sign worthy though

@champan250 Жыл бұрын

Ritzville probably is because it will hit US-395, which is the way to drive down to Kennewick, and onward down to Snake River for I-82/84 for Oregon and Portland.... This might be helpful for truck traffic coming down from Alberta and Saskatchewan...

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

Then sign it WITH Seattle...

@champan250 Жыл бұрын

@@mxderate your comment is the same as how occasionally I felt Todd might overkill these small town signage in rural areas. Long distance or simply interstate travelers going towards Seattle are already on I-90 for tens if not hundreds of miles, as there are no other interstate highways nearby (not even other major east-west US highways nearby too), don't really need every signs saying Seattle... Otherwise might as well just say Seattle all the way west of Sioux Fall, everything in between is just sleepy town comparing to the size of Seattle

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

@@champan250 Spokane isn’t a town. But point valid otherwise.

@SonicandHighwayDude401 Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that Limon is a Metropolis compared to Beulah because Beulah only has 30 people living there compared to the 2,000 that live in Limon. 😄

@caseymullin9954 Жыл бұрын

Yay, Todd’s a former WA resident! (Greetings from Bellingham, a 100k city which is never a control city ;( )

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Wow Bellingham has grown a lot!

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Control City Freak It’s generally a good idea to keep up to date on how big certain off-the-radar areas are. Bellingham is about identical in size to Yakima, for reference; Olympia and Lacey are now practically equal in population; and Bremerton plus the environs easily approaches 100k in population. This is perhaps why some of my choices seem out there to others; they don’t consider how big the area really is…

@SpongeTracks37 Жыл бұрын

SpongeTracks's The way it should be (For this section) Westbound: Billings Bozeman Butte Missoula Spokane Seattle Eastbound: Spokane Coeur d'Alene Missoula Butte Bozeman Billings Casper Rapid City I'm gonna tell you right now, SD interchanges sign the next town over

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

SpongeTracks Delete Remove Butte from both directions, and include CDA westbound as well as eastbound, then our lists match.

@SlowedByMaple Жыл бұрын

From the stadium in downtown Seattle to the I-82 Exit, where did your face go?? 😅

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Technical difficulties

@gridlockjoe Жыл бұрын

Wallace, Idaho is famous for having been home to the last stoplight on I-90.

@brianmiddleton2956 Жыл бұрын

11:45 do you have the exact GPS coordinates for that dirt road off ramps?

@ddrdanganvloger2187 Жыл бұрын

Longest Expressway in America. Also part of the NYS Thruway; and because of that, I-90 is not free because NY is NY. I’d call it “Northern Cross County Expressway”

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

90 is toll in several states

@Theworstnoobever Жыл бұрын

Hey Todd, I forgot to say. If you do plan to make a "Rank the state DOTs video, go with the Northeastern U.S. first. (Because you know what state is so provincial, they refuse to put their biggest cities on mileage signs.)

@markwilson4078 Жыл бұрын

I think Northwest would come first. He finishes off the Northwest right before he gets to I-95 in 94 because of North Dakota. Plus, it would give him more time to prepare for 95 once he gets through 94. He could maybe do Northeast once he finishes 99 before going on to Alaska and Hawaii.

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

A BUTTE of a concurrency (sorry, had to bring the joke back)

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Lol

@r66fplaysgames Жыл бұрын

17:32 Wasn't there a time, not too long ago, that Montana didn't have any speed limits?

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Yeah I drove it in the 90s. Good times

@ericneumann8509 Жыл бұрын

9:34 Sheridan is the first big town in Wyoming on eastbound I-90

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

It’s not big

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

There are no big towns on I-90 in WY…

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Eric Neumann By Wyoming standards, 16k is big, but not enough to override Casper coming out of Billings. And Gillette may be the same size as Butte (34k), but if Butte is too small for my rules, then so is Gillette.

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

Sheridan's population is around 25,000.

@jordanjones5751 Жыл бұрын

Did you know that I-90 goes through Chicago IL?

@scpatl4now Жыл бұрын

My uncle used to live outside Missoula. He had a ranch near Saint Mary's Peak where he raised Quarter Horses. We used to hike in all sorts of places around there. It was quite beautiful. Everyone who lives in that part of the country thinks nothing of a six hour drive the way we back east would think of driving an hour. Everything is so far from everything else. I would spend summers there when I was in my mid to upper teens.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@scpatl4now Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak I think my uncle enjoyed having free labor though...lol

@ianp1745 Жыл бұрын

I think doing a rank the DOTs for the northwest might be a little odd due to how little we have been in either of the Dakotas. You said the same thing in the Midwest DOT video, and we have not had any time in ND or SD since that video. I think waiting until after 94 to do the northwest DOT ranking will be a better choice, because by then we will have actually gone to ND and SD.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Not gonna be Northwest

@brianmiddleton2956 Жыл бұрын

I think he would have covered the Dakotas already in his I-29 video

@ianp1745 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak Ah, got it. Im just not sure what it will be, if it won’t be northwest, northeast likely won’t be done until we get to 95, then what does that leave us with?

@Ramiestar Жыл бұрын

@@brianmiddleton2956 He's only been in the Dakota's exactly once I-29). It makes more sense to rate their DOTs after I-94. Then again, Todd ranked Iowa and Minnesota when we had only been there on I-35.

@ianp1745 Жыл бұрын

@@Ramiestar and for similar reasons he likely won’t do the northeast DOT ranking until he does 95, and 3 of the states that will be in that video (DE, RI, ME), 95 is the only primary interstate in them. And some states have only had 1 video in them so far.

@benjaminchandler7919 Жыл бұрын

How can you rank the DOT’s when all you’ve seen of the dokata’s is I-29 and you haven’t seen Delaware, Rhode Island, or Maine yet?

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

@rayizard5687 Жыл бұрын

I-90 between Sturgis, SD and Hardin, MT is ridiculous and unnecessary considering how much shorter and faster it is to take US-212 via Broadus

@roadgeek1961 Жыл бұрын

Mystery dirt road exit . Between exits 58 and 66 east of Buffalo Wyoming. Using Google maps satellite it shows as a regular diamond Interchange, but if you blow up the image it shows as a dirt road. The pit shown in the video is actually closer to I 25 with no connection. Just dead ends.

@TheSharkKing45 Жыл бұрын

What I thought was an abandoned railbed near the mystery exit wasn't, as the nearest abandoned ROWs are the Wyoming Central in Buffalo the old Wyoming North And South out in Midwest, Wyoming plus the famous CNW Cowboy Line in Casper and a small segment of the CBQ in New Castle

@roadgeek1961 Жыл бұрын

On the road going back to I 90 on Google Maps there was a propane truck. On the property there seems to be large propane tanks. Natural gas my guess.

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

It's an exit used by the state and Johnson County for gravel. It's state land. We hunt on the state land every fall. It's about 8 miles from Buffalo

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

@@TheSharkKing45 actually that old rail line was just on the outskirts of Buffalo.

@benjaminchandler7919 Жыл бұрын

I think the next video should be called “I-90 Midwestern.” I’m also not opposed to the Midwest being covered in two videos, the first being called “central” or “heartland” and ending at the concurrency with 39 since you’ve already covered that, and the second being called “midwestern” or “great lakes”

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Solid plan

@atworkstation Жыл бұрын

Those pictures in Montana looks like an episode of Yellowstone

@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын

Yellowstone is filmed in Utah. They use a ranch in Dillon for those ranch shots.

@newflyer2198 Жыл бұрын

Hooooooooly crap!!!!! Interstate 90 is most definitely the KING of interstates! As you get out of Seattle it gets more scenic....until you get to the Midwest that is

@GabIsAPro99 Жыл бұрын

eastbound, i agree with everything except for casper. even though casper is a large town for wyoming, rapid ciy is larger and still on the route. i always prefer to have a city that is on the route signed rather than a city off the highway. i can see why you put casper though. for westbound, i feel that coeur d alene should be secondary, being smaller than spokane and relatively close (the cities are linked). spokane is also much more well known.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

I could see that on Spokane. I’d say Casper after the intersection with 212 until Buffalo, because Rapid City traffic is better off taking that than staying on 90

@mxderate Жыл бұрын

Mod's the way it should be: (EAST): Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Missoula, Butte, Billings, Rapid City, Casper (after 212), Rapid City (after I-25) (WEST): Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula, Spokane, Seattle

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Solid

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Moderate Productions Wow, this may be the first time you put more controls on your list than mine! The big thing for me is that Butte isn’t big enough to warrant being a bottom line listing (at best, I’d put it as a middle listing); I just fail to see how it’s any different from Albert Lea or Lake City. As for Spokane and CDA, I get the urge to shaft CDA (even though they ARE 100% separate urban areas), but there’s lots of unincorporated rurals to the west and east, which means that one can take over the other as primary quite far out (my list has Spokane downgrade to secondary in favor of CDA some 40 miles to the southwest, and CDA downgrades in favor of Spokane some 30 miles to the southeast). Thus, on westbound I 90, there’s still more than 50 miles of signage with Spokane as the primary, most of it long BEFORE CDA.

@JessicaKasumi1990 Жыл бұрын

14:01 Now, if it said I-90 East for Buffalo, I'd be howling with laughter. Yeah, let's skip all the other major cities on I-90 East and sign for Buffalo, New York! That would make sense as I-90 does go to Buffalo, NY. But, signing it this far out would be a real laugh and head-scratcher.

@EpicThe112 Жыл бұрын

If you want to do that from there you would have done it something like this Chicago Illinois Buffalo New York bottom then in Buffalo New York distance signs are Rochester Syracuse NYC At Rochester you get Syracuse Albany NYC at Utica I-90 NY Thruway Mass Pike exit 31 it's Albany Boston NYC.

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

That would've been hilarious 😂

@markwilson4078 Жыл бұрын

I-70 Baltimore in Limon anyone?

@JessicaKasumi1990 Жыл бұрын

@@markwilson4078 That would drive Todd batty.

@JessicaKasumi1990 Жыл бұрын

@@markwilson4078 Or worse! I-70 in Baltimore with Limon on a milepost heading west.

@nathanalbright Жыл бұрын

Somehow I get the feeling that Wyoming is going to rank pretty low on DOT's for its provincialism. I think that the 74-person control city finally broke him though.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Lol

@brianmiddleton2956 Жыл бұрын

That should be his new "Limon" lol

@ianp1745 Жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me how Ohio doesn’t sign any out of state cities for any significant distance except for Wheeling WV. Their choices all make sense except for Marietta on 77SB, that should just be Charleston once your out of Canton

@seancallahan5612 Жыл бұрын

I was totally wrong when I said Springer,NM was the smallest control city.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Nathan Albright If it were right at the base of Devil’s Tower, then some leniency may be graced. But no! It’s about as deserving of Control City status as Beach, ND…

@mbdg6810 Жыл бұрын

20:36 Oh so thats where the cracker company is 🙃

@mikeshumaker Жыл бұрын

I should have made this comment two months ago at the 13:30 mark: Beulah? Beulah? Beulah?...in the voice of Ben Stein.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Lol nice

@Micg51 Жыл бұрын

If Bismarck is the control city from 94 then Rapid City can be it for 90

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Matt Adamski Exactly! Although the first 130 miles out from Billings could also alternate with Casper (closer, and not much smaller)…

@danhobson2879 Жыл бұрын

Frankly I would do both Rapid City and Casper from the 94 split.

@spellcast1391 Жыл бұрын

No it can’t. Taking US 212 would be faster to get to Rapid City from that area. I’d say just “Wyoming” could work. Gillette isn’t terrible as the others(about 30k-35k).

@drewconway7135 Жыл бұрын

2:13 That’s Mercer Island, not Bellevue

@titanytofficial_ Жыл бұрын

Ageless’ the way it should be for I-90 here: Spokane/Coeur d’Alene, Coeur d’Alene, Missoula, Bozeman, Billings/Bismarck, Rapid City, Casper, Rapid City and maybe Sioux Falls with it then, Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, Seattle

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Solid

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

The Ageless I was considering having Bismarck as the primary from about Exit 426 (30 miles from the 90/94 interchange) because the carriageway stays the same, but at this point, Casper was half the distance, and even Rapid City is closer. But Bismarck is perfect from the jump on I 94 proper.

@titanytofficial_ Жыл бұрын

@@tylermarchand2996 Agreed

@jordanjones5751 Жыл бұрын

What state DOTs are you going to rank next week?

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned!

@jordanjones5751 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak I-90 is an awesome road

@jordanjones5751 Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak when you do the northeast state DOTs do you think New York might come out at first place in that region?

@NickCC23 Жыл бұрын

90 does go to Buffalo....New York.

@SonicandHighwayDude401 Жыл бұрын

Since I-90 is 3,021 miles, I won't be doing every Exit cause this would be a very long post. Plus, most of I-90 is already milepost based Exits. I'll just do I-90 in NY when we get to it because the Massachusetts Turnpike already converted to milepost Exits. Also, thanks for pointing out the mysterious Exit 63 at 11:31.

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

TheDerpHog Yeah, New York is really all that needs converting. Good luck with three different segments!

@ianp1745 Жыл бұрын

For some reason I thought this bridge was a cattle catcher instead, and I thought the dirt road was a way around it.

@Arthur-dl2co Жыл бұрын

NYS DOT may be unsure of how milage signage on I-87 and I-90, especially when they JCT at Albany. Right now the Thruway milepost from to the NYC line (0) to the Pa/NY line. Suggestion: resign I-90 from Western line (Pennsylvania) to Eastern line (Massachusetts), and I-87 from its southern terminus (Bronx) to the Canadian border. Pennsylvania does this for I-76 when it leaves the turnpike and so does I-95 when it JCTs with the small part of the eastern turnpike.

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

@@Arthur-dl2co yeah ..... NY should take a page from the Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes and go to a mileage system for the entire length of the turnpike itself .... 90 would pick up its own mileage between the two turnpikes (and the Berkshire Connector needs to be milage based too, BTW), and 87 would pick up its own northward.

@seannewberry7941 Жыл бұрын

I’ve driven 90 coast to coast many many many many many many (yes that much) times. Load up in Seattle and deliver in Boston. Fun ride, especially in the winter time.

@kosjeyr Жыл бұрын

I've done Rapid City to Cleveland on the road.

@ControlCityFreak Жыл бұрын

Nice! Personally I’ve done Seattle to Sioux Falls (all in one go) and Tomah to Cleveland

@InternetKilledTV21 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the NYS Thruway portion (especially western NY :p) must have been one of those "almost home" feelings as you neared the mass pike

@dhinton1 Жыл бұрын

I've never driven 90 west of the 90/94 split in Wisconsin .... and I've only been west of Madison on 90 twice (one trip to Wisconsin Dells, one to Minneapolis/St. Paul). now that I think of it ... I've only done 90 east of the 90/80 split in Ohio once (roundtrip bus ride between Chicago and Boston), and I slept most of the west trip cuz I was hungover 😂

@tylermarchand2996 Жыл бұрын

Control City Freak I’m struggling to imagine how Seattle to Sioux Falls in one sitting is possible. With bathroom, gas and food breaks, it took me 14 hours (including a time change) to drive from Missoula to Bismarck during my 2022 summer road trip. My understanding is that truckers are forbidden by law to drive more than 14 hours in one sitting?