Driving On I-90 East/West In 1987 (Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah)

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Back in 1987, The Washington State Department of Transportation drove East/West on I-90 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.
Approximate Timestamps:
Eastbound: 00:04
Westbound: 21:32

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@podunkphunk 2 года назад

Wow, brings back a lot of memories. I hauled a thousand loads of concrete from Issaquah to Mercer Island on the I-90 project. May have been me in one of the Lakeside Sand & Gravel mixers in the video.

@bobscott7440 Год назад

I can't believe how many fewer cars were on the freeway then compared to now.

@jimtalbott9535 Год назад

Washington was around 2,500,000 people then. Now we’re past 7,000,000, I think.

@derrickswatson4794 Год назад

Thanks for sharing. This sure reminds us of what we once had.

@johnnyrottenwood4935 Год назад

Such a great time to be living in the area.

@bobbylindsey Год назад

Freaking incredible, I drive this everyday and always think "I wonder what it was like with a single floating I-90 bridge."

@hudsonreed9200 Год назад

Wow! Before the Mercer Tunnel. Looks like they were getting it ready though.

@dmpi483 Год назад

Right across the street from Goodwill was mile-post zero for a 3000+ mile highway! They should have has some signage signifying the significance.

@MrWolfTickets 10 месяцев назад

That's a great point!! I always thought when I drove up to Aurora at N 125th: turn right for Alaska, left for Baja. IT's really amazing how great our highway system is.

@SparkeyCox Год назад

I was around watching all that construction as they finished I 90 to connect with 5. Wow - what a change

@MrWolfTickets Год назад

What a pain it must have been to have to take surface streets from I5 to I90!! Thank you so much for these videos!!

@PaulH_Concerts Год назад

Not a tent in sight

@Skier10 Год назад

The ending years of the once wonderful Seattle area. Symbolized here by all the construction of the new I-90 and the mass influx of sprawl and people to come :(

@000TheZombie000 Год назад

The stretch of road from downtown Mercer Island to Dearborn St. in Seattle looks very dangerous.

@nickw22689 Год назад

It was. The curves near Mercer island were the source of many horrible accidents. Really grateful for the improvements that we’ve got today.

@soyounoat 2 месяца назад

I had a daily commute that required taking 90 west to 5 south via S. Dearborn and Rainier. I liked the aroma of the Rainier brewery, but it got to be so jammed up I would go over Beacon Hill instead.

@MrHamlet Год назад

I spy Waterworks Park on the left at 19:45. Still upset they tore it down.

@MrWolfTickets 10 месяцев назад

HOLY COW. I only ever knew about it from commercials as a kid and dreamt of going there but never made it. Thanks for pointing it out.

@OrsonBuggy1958 3 месяца назад

Do you have any video that shows the bulge in the I-90 bridge when it used to open?

@wendybowman5871 Год назад

I miss that entrance to 90.

@MrWolfTickets 10 месяцев назад

How long was it like that? It seems like this entrance is modified around the construction for the final connection, but do you know if it was actually like this for longer? I see that the bridges over Rainer are not the current ones (like mini west Seattle bridges, cantilevered). So was it like this all the way back to when the original MT Baker tunnels were bored out? THANKS!!!

@alooga555 2 года назад

Scary driving on the floating bridge with no center dividers.

@bobscott7440 2 года назад

Still like that on the Aurora Ave bridge to this day.

@drscopeify 6 месяцев назад

The drive to Los Angeles on I5 for a long time had a very small divider that was freaking wild becasue how steep and bendy it is.

@HudsonGTV 25 дней назад

hwy 18 would like a word

@jimtalbott9535 Год назад

It’s all Dodge Omnis, VW Rabbits, and CVCCs!!

@geoffgeorges Год назад

I was one of those Rabbits.

@geoffgeorges Год назад

Before the cute little tank graffiti on the railroad overpass. It was the only graffiti for a long time, now mostly faded. Funny how the only narration is reading signs.