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A Mountain West masterpiece, I-25 traverses striking scenery, cool cities, and terrible signage. 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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Interstate 10 West • I 10 West
Interstate 10 East • Interstate 10 East
Interstate 25 • Interstate 25 North
Interstate 40 East • Interstate 40 East
Interstate 40 West • Interstate 40 West
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@mrmoore1972 2 года назад

Todd, I think one night you will have a bizarre road trip nightmare , where every interstate you are on, no matter what state, has LIMON as the control city! :D

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Lol

@pacificostudios 2 года назад

Las Cruces, NM marks the junction and end-point of I-25 at I-10.

@jordanjones5751 Год назад

I know a good meme for Colorado!! Welcome to Colorado we love signing Limon!!

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

Lol

@jordanjones5751 Год назад

@@ControlCityFreak I think Pennsylvania is the worst with control cities

@Brettski_1234 2 года назад

No sign for Truth or Consequences 😂

@pghrpg4065 2 года назад

Ralph Edwards would be disappointed.

@thomasreiser 2 года назад

Port of Entry in Wyoming is a weigh station

@JM-by9lm Год назад

You are correct: before the Big I in Albuquerque was rebuilt, the control city for I-25 south was Belen, so Las Cruces is a step up. There used to be more signs for El Paso along I-25 in New Mexico (as in Socorro), but as Las Cruces has grown, NM has defaulted to its provincial ways and substituted Las Cruces. Interestingly, the first sign for El Paso is on the south side of Albuquerque listing both Las Cruces (218 miles) and El Paso (264 miles).

@brianlatteri8207 3 месяца назад

I remember also in the 1980s and 1990s in Albuquerque coming from I-40 West i did have 25 south for Belen im glad it changed it should be for Las Cruces El paso for 2 cities on overhead sign love your channel

@ControlCityFreak 3 месяца назад

Yeah I remember seeing that Belen one. Westbound for Grants too. Definitely batter now. Thanks!

@JZH10000 Год назад

As a resident of the Denver metro, the Limon signage has always confused me, but admittedly, driving 25 south (or north even) into NM Trinidad is a bit of a way point, and you can't forget that Santa Fe is the state capitol and deserves signage too!

@ChampionAidan 11 месяцев назад

To be fair Las Cruces’ population is 112,000 people

@RFE812 11 месяцев назад

Yeah but El Paso isn’t that much further south down the road. Las Cruces is fine heading north out of El Paso though.

@DanHominem Год назад

Am from Casper. Casper likes to think its a big city for some reason despite having 60,000 people. It's weird.

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

I can understand that. It’s the biggest city for a pretty big radius

@CXyz1Larry 2 года назад

Somewhere south of Truth or Consequences was a mileage sign that labeled 'Chihuahua 309' -- to see a city in another country signed was an interesting sight and it was never mentioned again for the rest of the route!

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Oh that's awesome! Wish I'd seen that one

@mxderate Год назад

Yeah that signs amazing. Here's what it says: Ft. Selden 14 Las Cruces 28 Chihuahua 309

@geraldnagytenneson 18 дней назад

My Control Cities for I-25 South Cheyenne Denver Colorado Springs Santa Fe Albuquerque Las Cruces

@mikeshumaker 2 года назад

At ABQ, I get NM using their own cities as control cities for I-40, but they should have used Amarillo as that for eastbound I-40, at the very least. And at the end of the highway, they should have used Tucson. Heck, Arizona even uses it for I-8, even though it officially ends before it gets there. And even they use El Paso on I-10 past Tucson.

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

I’d go with El Paso for the end, it’s closer than Tucson and traffic is already pointed in that direction

@bigbio8816 2 года назад

Great video!

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Thanks!

@benjaminchandler7919 3 месяца назад

3:23 There’s no pull through in the city limits for the same reason that is the case in Ogden, Utah: The interstate goes through the outskirts. Does Fort Collins have a suburb with a pull through, and if so does that make Fort Collins meet your standard for what should be on overhead signs? I know Ogden does, but it’s in the opposite direction of the overhead signs with Ogden as a control city

@ControlCityFreak 3 месяца назад

I don’t think Fort Collins should be signed as a primary at all on southbound 25. Should be Denver from Cheyenne.

@danielyoung3426 Год назад

Limon is probably appears as a control city because that's where 287 heads southeast to Dallas-Fort Worth. Trucks from the Pacific Northwest use 287 as part of their routing into and out of Texas.

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

25 to 87 is faster though

@danielyoung3426 Год назад

@@ControlCityFreak That's certainly true, but going that way you have to go over Raton Pass. Semis will do anything to avoid going over a pass. Plus the route thru Limon is full of truck stops.

@johnfitzpatrick3094 Год назад

@@ControlCityFreakTry driving a semi over Raton Pass.

@mikeshumaker 2 года назад

2:46 The control city for I-80 east at I-25 was Omaha as far back as 2018. Afterwards, it changed to Sidney for some inexplicable reason. Oh, and go westbound at that interchange: it's Rock Springs as of 2019. Prior to that it was Laramie. And in 2013 I-25 south was Denver (going east, too). Now it's Fort Collins.

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Such a weird interchange. Seems like Wyoming is going out of their way to make it worse.

@mikeshumaker 2 года назад

@@ControlCityFreak Yeah, should have kept it at Omaha going east, and changed it to Salt Lake City west. And I-25 south to Denver. Come on, it's only 100 miles from Cheyenne.

@iansampson3076 2 года назад

@@mikeshumaker I know that when you're west of Cheyenne driving eastbound on I-80, there is a mileage sign that not only has the mileage for Cheyenne but also for Lincoln

@reavisjeff Год назад

With 25 south, I’d go with Casper, then Cheyenne, then Ft Collins & Denver co-signed, then just Denver, then Colorado Springs, then I’d co-sign Santa Fe Albuquerque, then just Albuquerque. After Albuquerque I’d sign El Paso but have las cruces at the random interchanges. Then just El Paso to conclude

@AdamSmith-gs2dv Год назад

I can understand NM using Santa Fe because it's the state capital but there is no need for Las Vegas NM

@johnchedsey1306 2 года назад

It's high time Limon was replaced with Burlington, CO.

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Lol

@CrystalClearWith8BE Год назад

For me, southbound I-25 would've been signed in order as these follows: Legend: • Primary - Secondary -Casper, WY | •Cheyenne, WY •Cheyenne, WY -Fort Collins, CO | •Denver •Denver •Colorado Springs, CO •Pueblo, CO •Albuquerque, NM (before Raton Pass) -Las Vegas, NM (state abbreviation is required) | •Albuquerque, NM (after Raton Pass) •Santa Fe, NM | •Albuquerque, NM •Albuquerque, NM •Las Cruces, NM >El Paso, TX

@nathanalbright 2 года назад

Still managed to talk about Limon lolol.

@highway2heaven91 2 года назад

Prior to the 2010s I-25 South at I-80 was signed for Denver but was charged to Fort Collins for no other reason than because WYDOT just wanted a closer city. They did the same with replacing Omaha with Sidney for I-80 East. They just never updated the signs on I-80 for some reason. Also the distance to Denver is listed on one mileage sign in WY but it’s just before Cheyenne. On I-25 South in CO, they really could have dropped their bias and just used Santa Fe or Albuquerque after Pueblo. NM could have kept this going since Springer and Las Vegas (should have put NM after it btw) really aren’t that important. I have no issue with Las Cruces being the final control city, however.

@mxderate Год назад

If you skip LC on 10, you skip it on 25.

@highway2heaven91 Год назад

@@mxderate It’s arguable

@mxderate Год назад

@@highway2heaven91 It doesn't make sense to skip Las Cruces on 10, but not skip it on 25.

@wriddle082 Год назад

I think those two I-25 shields in Casper are errors. Those should be green Business 25 shields.

@brentboswell1294 2 года назад

I think Las Cruces makes more sense as a control city. After all, that's where the Interstate ends 😉 It's the second largest city in New Mexico. Putting El Paso up as the control city implies that I-25 takes you there, which it doesn't. Plus, getting anyone in the center of the state (the corridor between Santa Fe and Albuquerque) to acknowledge the existence of Texas is pulling teeth...they hardly acknowledge Las Cruces, even! I lived in Las Cruces for eight years...

@cubsrule2040 2 года назад

I have actually seen a lot of instances of "indirect" control cities being used on certain highways. For example, I-40 in Arizona signs Los Angeles going westbound from Flagstaff, and I-8 east in the same state signs Tucson. There's one highway in my state (New Mexico) with an indirect control city, and that is NM 502; Santa Fe is the control city going east out of Los Alamos even though it ends at US 84/285 in Pojoaque. And I get that El Paso isn't on I-25, but despite that, it's a straight shot from Albuquerque; and it's even mentioned on a lot of distance signs on I-25 south between Albuquerque and Las Cruces. So, in this case, I wouldn't mind I-25 south using El Paso as the primary control city from Albuquerque, but I would use Las Cruces as a secondary.

@mxderate 2 года назад

El Paso is the logical control city because it's not much further and is 6x the size of Las Cruces. There are many other control cities that Interstates don't actually go to, but are logical control cities. For example, Arizona signs I-40 for Los Angeles going westbound, and Tucson on I-8 going eastbound, which are logical control cities.

@brentboswell1294 2 года назад

@@mxderate AASHTO disagrees. Although New Mexico violates AASHTO control city suggestions, Las Cruces is the recommended control city, on both I-10 and I-25. It even crosses state lines and DOT's, as TxDOT puts Las Cruces up as the westbound control city in El Paso on I-10 😉

@mxderate 2 года назад

@@brentboswell1294 I'm okay with LC going westbound. But eastbound and southbound, no.

@mxderate 2 года назад

@@brentboswell1294 AASHTO unfortunately likes to sign Interstate junction. Heck, they recommend Slidell, Lake City, Hammond, etc. So, I wouldn't use AASHTO as a defence. Las Cruces is fine westbound on 10 because there is nothing else for quite a while. But eastbound and northbound, it should be El Paso.

@davidburrow5895 2 года назад

When I was a kid I always wondered why the Colorado highway signs had ads for Sprite and the great taste of Limon. (It is true, though, that there's basically nothing on I-70 between Denver and Kansas City.) Also, the town south of Albuquerque is pronounced bay-LANE. It's the Spanish word for Bethlehem.

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Ah good to know, I knew I was definitely mispronouncing that one

@dvferyance 2 года назад

Topeka is a sizable city but it's still far from Denver.

@mxderate 2 года назад

Oh. I thought it was pronounced bul-en.

@highway2heaven91 2 года назад

For I-70 eastbound they should have just used Kansas City since that’s the most well-known out that way or just sign the whole state of Kansas.

@jasonthompson9698 Год назад

7:59 What I would like to see as a Control City because I think it would be cool is Truth or Consequences... It probably shouldn't be but it is famous though.

@huskerhank6231 2 года назад

Fort Collins has legal pot so its a control city for people who are really out of control.

@drivingbritt9617 11 месяцев назад

That's probably why Trinidad is a major control city on I-25 N in NM. lol

@j.s.7335 2 года назад

I question your choice of Albuquerque over Santa Fe. Even though Santa Fe is smaller, I think plenty of tourists are going to Santa Fe and even Los Alamos to justify it being signed over Albuquerque.

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

I think a decent case can be made for 25 south of Denver going with C Springs, Pueblo, Santa Fe, ABQ.

@SuperSirianRigel Год назад

I'm pretty sure in New Mexico they are so desperate to keep people in the state that the government told the DOT not to sign out of state cities. Probably thinking that all the sad people in the state would be too tempted to leave after seeing El Paso or Phoenix or Denver over and over again on the interstates going through the state. Thats's how sad New Mexico is. lol.

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

I like New Mexico! It’s just got bad signs

@SuperSirianRigel Год назад

@@ControlCityFreak It's a beautiful looking state. It's just really poor from what I've heard. lol.

@mattman505 6 дней назад

1/2 ✌️ 🪧

@johnfitzpatrick3094 Год назад

Watch out!! I've got relatives that live in Colorado, and they're all Broncos fans.

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

The Royals have won a World Series more recently than the last Denver win over the Chiefs!

@johnfitzpatrick3094 Год назад

@@ControlCityFreak They're not baseball fans.

@tylermarchand2996 Год назад

Southbound shouldn’t be too much of a headache if northbound wasn’t, so here goes: CASPER: BEGINNING-Wyoming Exit 194 (4.5 miles to the first exit in Casper) CHEYENNE: Wyoming Exit 194-Wyoming Exit 54 (40.8 miles to the first exit in Cheyenne) FORT COLLINS: Wyoming Exit 54-Wyoming Exit 9 (36.6 miles to the first exit in Fort Collins) GREELEY/DENVER: Wyoming Exit 9-Colorado Exit 257 (only exit with service to Greeley) DENVER: Colorado Exit 257-Colorado Exit 216 (2.4 miles to the first exit in Denver) COLORADO SPRINGS: Colorado Exit 216-Colorado Exit 161 (5.9 miles to the first exit in Colorado Springs) PUEBLO: Colorado Exit 161-Colorado Exit 128 (24.4 miles to the first exit in Pueblo) SANTA FE: Colorado Exit 128-New Mexico Exit 343 (59.9 miles to the first exit in Santa Fe) ALBUQUERQUE: New Mexico Exit 343-New Mexico Exit 248 (15.3 miles to the first exit in Albuquerque) LAS CRUCES: New Mexico Exit 248-New Mexico Exit 35 (25.9 miles to the first exit in Las Cruces) EL PASO: New Mexico Exit 35-END (via I 10 E; 24.5 miles to the first exit in El Paso) Admittedly, Greeley could be omitted entirely, seeing as how from Cheyenne, U.S. 85 is probably the best route there; I just have it here for the sake of my thoroughnesses, and I 25 has TWO segments in its County, Weld.

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

Southbound is more sensible for sure.

@benjaminchandler7919 Год назад

The way it should be: Northbound: Albuquerque Santa Fe Pueblo/Co Springs Colo Springs/Denver Castle Rock/Denver Denver/Boulder (sign 470 for columbine and Parker) Boulder/Ft Collins (sign 225 for Aurora and Denver Airport) Fort Collins Cheyenne Casper/Gillette Casper/Yellowstone Sheridan/Billings South: Casper/Cheyenne Cheyenne Ft Collins/Denver Denver (sign 470 for Denver Airport) Castle Rock/Co Springs (sign 270 for Aurora/Eastbound 70) Colorado Springs Pueblo/Santa Fe Raton/Santa Fe Santa FE/ABQ Albuquerque Las Cruces/El Paso El Paso

@benjaminchandler7919 Год назад

All abbreviations are on purpose. There’s not room for secondaries if you write out “Colorado Springs” or “Albuquerque” All names you don’t recognize are Denver suburbs, and for anyone wondering “why not give 70’s offbranches 70’s control cities” I gave them what I think 70’s control cities should be. Denver airport is physically larger than anything between Denver and Salina and can be seen on CO’s county maps on Wikipedia

@ControlCityFreak Год назад

Solid, but if you’re listing 2 I’d go with ABQ out of C Springs instead of Santa Fe, and would alternate Raton (least), Taos, and Amarillo for secondaries. Would also skip Sheridan entirely

@spellcast1391 2 года назад

25South Control Cities Casper Cheyenne Denver(Fort Collins I can see- it’s not as big as Colorado Springs, less than half the population- so I’ll leave it off) Colorado Springs Pueblo(this time would sign SB) Raton/Santa Fe Santa Fe Albuquerque Las Cruces El Paso until I-25 ends

@ControlCityFreak 2 года назад

Solid

@mxderate Год назад

I'd remove Las Cruces and Santa Fe.

@mxderate 2 года назад

Mod's the way it should be: Casper, Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado Springs, Albuquerque, El Paso