Interstate 90 West Supercut 

This is like taking a virtual trip across the entire country and I like it. Oh yea.

Limon: I am Todd's worst nightmare Ritzville: You sure about that?

Ritzville - that is important for one reason. Washington Highway 395 is a major southern route to the Tri-Cities. RE the Ritzville sign is important for that reason.

During my 2024 summer road trip, I drove several different segments along I 90 westbound. The biggest segments were from I 91 near Springfield to I 75 near Toledo, and from I 94 near Billings to I 5 in Seattle. The only other fragment I’ll list my observations of is the stretch where I 90 is out of grid in relation to I 94 (the Indiana Toll Road west of the Lake Station interchange and over the Chicago Skyway). I was also on I 90 westbound through Chicago and headed northwest out of Madison, but I’ll save those observations for the I 94 westbound video. The overhead and mileage control on the Massachusetts Turnpike leaving Springfield westbound is Albany, which makes sense. As a bonus observation, while along I 93 going into the Big Dig of Boston, the control from downtown is actually Worcester. In New York, the controls are still Albany entering the Berkshire Connector, and along the free segment leading into Albany, though later on references to New York City and Buffalo start to appear. When I 90 transfers over to the New York Thruway, both controls are for Buffalo. This is a bit of a point of contention for me, as there is more than enough real estate to make Utica (290k metro), Syracuse (650k metro) and Rochester (1.05M metro) primaries in their own right. After Buffalo, the controls switch to Erie, which makes sense. In Pennsylvania, the very first mileage sign actually downgrades Erie to a secondary in favor of Cleveland, which, considering there isn’t too much left before Erie, I don’t take issue with. This continues throughout the small northwestern sliver. Cleveland is the primary control entering Ohio, as expected. Leaving Cleveland, the overheads and mileage controls sign Toledo, which is good. The last control I saw on I 90 along this stretch that I traveled was for Chicago. I guess it’s okay, but there’s still two other sizable urban areas beforehand: namely Elkhart (210k metro) and South Bend (330k metro). For the out of grid stretch of I 90 (in relation to I 94), the obvious choice is used: Chicago. Not much more to add here. At the end of I 94 near Billings, the overheads and mileage signs list out Butte, which I’ve stated before is woefully outdated. Butte is only half as big as it was 100 years ago, and today isn’t any better than an Albert Lea or a Lake City. Especially when Bozeman, a rapidly growing area that is in almost a statistical tie for the second biggest urban area in the state, is still neglected. However, the good news is that once out of Butte, I 90 is not only perfectly signed for the rest of Montana, but also the rest of the route period. The next control is Missoula, and the mileage signs approaching Lookout Pass largely feature Coeur d’Alene as the primary mileage control. I say largely, as there were some where Spokane was the bottom line. I’m okay with this, seeing how the two are right next to each other. Throughout most of Idaho, the primary control is still CDA, although it does change to Spokane near the Fourth of July Summit area. I also remember that you seem to like to take jabs at Post Falls, but from what I’ve seen, I don’t think there were more than two such mileage signs featuring Post Falls; and every single time, it had Spokane right below it. Washington is about as straightforward as possible when it comes to controls. I don’t think there was a single overhead or mileage sign prior to Spokane proper, and afterwards, it was completely exclusively signed for Seattle.

T-Mobile Park (Mariners) and Lumen Field (Seahawks/Sounders) are the Seattle stadiums where 90 ends at.

Reason why Sheridan is signed so much is due to us 14 going towards Yellowstone-grand teton plus its also the location of the Wyoming-Montana poe

20:27 At least if you wanted to go to “the Austin,” I-90 west is the correct way to go because it will intersect with I-35 soon. Lol

I think ritzville is signed at the 395 junction and only the 395 junction because it’s where it and 90 split

Gary (Indiana) -- a good four-letter fill-in for "a very bad place" when HELL and SLUM don't quite fit. Thanks for noting that I-90 gets within sight of Michigan. Sixteen of seventeen exits between I-280 and IN-39 connect to Michigan.

Very well done Todd! Really cool that you included the 80/90 concurrency in this video considering you didn't talk about it in the original I-90 series, wasn't expecting that. Can't wait for the eastbound supercut video and the rest of the I-9X's :)

I recall crossing into Idaho from Montana on I-90 and being surprised it was such a steep drop. It felt almost like it might be out of compliance with interstate standards.

Nice. I must admit I prefer this style (a full eastbound video and a separate full westbound video, like you did for I-80) over splitting an interstate in half or thirds (like the original I-90 videos), as the former way is more how I would drive an interstate. But I get the latter is probably much easier to research, so whichever way you go, keep up the good work! P. S. In case you need to sic your lawyers after them, you should be aware someone's made a channel in your exact style called Control Spur City Freak where they're trying to beat you to the 3dis but not doing a very good job at it.

Hey flatlander, in the west we like to see our high mountain passes, many of which have scenic overlooks and more.

Dang I expected you to upload I-91. But still, this is awesome.

13:40 I-80 west goes near Chicago, but doesn’t go into Chicago.

4:26 They do that a lot in Oklahoma. I have noticed that lanes seem to be set up to try to trap people on toll roads. Where the Muskogee Turnpike starts in Broken Arrow, the turnpike is the main line road. And on each end of the Cherokee Turnpike on US 412, the 2 lanes are split between the turnpike and the free route. Like they hope people will get forced onto the turnpike by forgetting to change lanes or a ton of traffic in the lane to the free route.

There was one cool thing about I-90 in Massachusetts you forgot to cover - the Shaw’s supermarket that sits on top of the freeway! It’s in the Newton area just before the Boston city limits, as the freeway goes directly under the supermarket. I’ve been it it myself multiple times, it’s really cool.

Cool video. I now feel "complete", as far as I-90 goes. 😊

I believe Butte is a control city, because of the Interstate junction, and skips signing Bozeman.

At least Blue Earth Minnesota has the golden strip that marks the final stretch of 90 built.

Great vid as always, Todd! On I-94, my exit would be 310C at the Marquette interchange, but if you do end up covering 794, it would be 1F right before the bridge

17:53 Wisconsin is the right choice on 39 until the state line because 39 to 43 is the right way to Milwaukee

84 people in Beulah up from 72

You missed the Angola (NY) service area, with the pedestrian bridges to the facilities in the median.

Waltham has a few colleges and zillions of offices.

If Albert Lea had a population of at least 50,000 People, it ABSOLUTELY could be a primary control city on I-90 and maybe even I-35!!

It's super funny that I-90 is the only Mass crossing where NY does not put up a welcome sign. Each of the NY state highway crossings (2, 23, 43, 71, 295, 344, 980D) have welcome signs. And the entirety of 980D is just the bridge that goes over 90 at 3:58!

21:00 Exit 159A… Bit of a bummer they don’t have Hays KS as a control city for 35 south 😂

Here's how I'd sign I-90 west: Worcester (pronounced Whoo-ster), Springfield, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Rockford, Madison, La Crosse, Rochester, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Gillette, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula, Spokane, Seattle

One day when I super chat for US-290 I would request Spring-Cypress Road / Fry Road / Cypress-Rosehill Road

I recently went through the Billings area and they are doing reconstruction on I-90 and they have a new sign up stating Bozeman instead of Butte as the control city.

4:38 there is a shortcut if you take the thruway to i87 and take the Wb section, you will come into another I90 exit, so you can be on i90 without entering Albany

Lincolns Boyhood home signs were the original Indiana signs or the last generation of signs for Indiana. I'm 30 and as a child in the late 90s my grandparents would take me camping with them at their trailer by Brookville Lake in Indiana and that Lincoln boyhood home sign was the sign at the Ohio Indiana border on the state route mu grandpa drove on. This border was unique as in the Ohio state route 725 ends at the stateline road, but you continue left on Stateline road and nearly immediately turn right onto Indiana State Road 44 at the next right. I also suggest if you do any state routes for Ohio or Indiana, IN. 44, 101, 1 are good Indiana routes in eastern Indiana. In Ohio, 3, 4, 48, 73, 122, 123, 503, 725 are good ones.

4:00 Actually, there is a Welcome to New York sign at the Ma border it is at 4:09, it is next to the ramp, I also wonder why there wasn't one until my trip to Chicago in August 2022 when I saw the sign next to the first exit in NY. Also there used to be a sign called Leaving Masschustets come back soon It was next to the Welcome to MA (which Is on the EB ), idk why they remove it for some reasson.

24:05 passed through here back in 2001 and the sign read Sheridan (199 miles) instead of Gillette.

I-90 is already in boundaries of Syracuse (slightly north of the center) by the time it reaches I-81 so it does make sense it skips it as a control city for I-81

SpongeTracks' The Way it Should Be Worcester Springfield Albany Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Erie Cleveland Toledo Chicago Rockford Madison La Crosse Rochester Sioux Falls Rapid City Gillette Billings Bozeman Butte Missoula Spokane Seattle

Favorite interstate of them all and favorite direction of it too

Todd, your channel is outstanding. I don’t have an exit request.

Mod’s the way it should be: I-90 WB Worcester, Springfield, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Milwaukee, Rockford, Madison, WI Dells/Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Rochester (MN), Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Missoula, Spokane, Seattle

I-90 west should be Buffalo, Toronto from Rochester

I have relatives at both ends of Interstate 90 - despite that I have not yet been to either end.

19:20 They still got the sign wrong 😑 since I drove through there back in 2010. Exit 45 should point to Interstate 🛣️ 94 because the exit numbers follow Interstate 90 from Madison to Tomah. A bit misleading there.

Something just occurred to me when you mentioned that West Virginia's welcome signs were similar to those of Wyoming and Montana but worked better. I believe all of West Virginia's welcome signs along interstates are mounted on overhead gantries. If those western states would do this, then they would be much less susceptible to "sticker graffiti", which, let's face it, is the real issue with their signs.

Can't wait for the i91 video it's pretty interesting,. And very short going to through like 3 states and to Canada

4:07 Albany is NY Yankees Territory while the whole of Massachusetts is Red Sox country. On your I-91 if you decided to do that Derby Line VT Stanstead, Quebec acts as NHL Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens/Quebec Nordiques boundary

Todd you might want to get your eyes re-examined because I run I-90 all the time there is a Pennsylvania welcome sign there's also a Wisconsin welcome sign same thing with Minnesota there's nothing wrong with the state signs like Thomas not important yes it is, so like college town and Sheridan is a pretty good size city of 10000 people that's why it's listed Sheridan

Here’s Speedboy’s the way it should be for I-90 westbound Worcester Springfield Albany Rochester Buffalo Erie Cleveland Toledo Chicago Wisconsin (until I-90/I-94 split) Rockford Madison Wisconsin Dells Minnesota (until I-90/I-94 split) La Crosse/Rochester Rochester Sioux Falls Rapid City Billings (until the exit that takes you to US 212) Gillette Billings Bozeman Butte Missoula Coeur d’Alene Spokane Seattle

Are you going to be doing Canadian highways as well? There are quite a few gems and garbage control cities.

Only Seattle team that I know of is the Seahawks if they're even called that anymore... Glad to see your merge today. Must've done a lot of editing for all three to here. 14:50: Illinois would be a lot more Red if Chicago wasn't a part of it. 17:07: 'why would you be coming from Chicago to only go back to Chicago?' Todd forgot to say... 'unless you're one of those weirdos that just drives around like that 😆 I'm guilty of that Todd! 😆

You are more likely to find Steelers, Browns, or Bills fans in northwestern Pennsylvania!

Despite how long I-90 is most of the I-x90's are just in 3 states. Illinois, New York and Massachusetts. Although now with the direct connection underway at I-90 and US-52 a freeway that goes to Rochester MN that would be a prime candidate for an I-x90 there since Rochester does have over 100,000.

See my comments for the I-90 Eastern video. For the Massachusetts portion, I'll repeat: it make no sense to sign I-95 for NH as one would have gone to I-93 North from Logan Airport and thus use the Sumner Tunnel instead of the Ted Williams Tunnel. I-90 has no exit in Stockbridge, so West Stockbridge makes sense. In order to get to Stockbridge westbound, one would get off in Lee and follow MA 102, the parallel road to I-90 for the rest of the commonwealth to NY 22, to get there. At the start of the video, you mention "Highway 1A." That is wrong. In the northeastern states the state numbered highways are called Route (pronounced "root" and not "rout") X.

Sadly, I-90 isn't a Interstate I've been on but here are the Highways I've been on: I-10 (Pensacola) I-20 (From Birmingham to Atlanta) I-24 (Nashville and from Kimball to Chattanooga) I-40 (From Knoxville to Wilmington) I-55 (From Springfield to Chicago) I-57 (Champaign-Urbana) I-59 (Birmingham) I-64 (From US 522 to I-95) I-65 (From AL 113 to Gary) I-66 (From I-81 to US 17) I-68 (Clinched Entire Hwy) I-70 (From Indianapolis to Washington, PA and the Entire 94 miles in Maryland) I-72 (From Springfield to Champaign-Urbana) I-74 Western (From Champaign-Urbana to Indianapolis) I-74 Eastern (From I-95 to NC 410) I-75 (From Atlanta to Knoxville) I-79 (From Washington to Morgantown) I-80 (From Joliet to Gary (I-65 Exit)) I-81 (From Winchester to I-66) I-83 (Harrisburg) I-85 (From Atlanta to Petersburg, VA) I-87 Southern (From US 64 to I-95) I-94 (From Chicago to Gary (I-65 Exit)) I-95 (From SC/NC Border to I-40, then from Rocky Mount to Washington DC) *Right next to the highway is which part of the highway I've been on

Thanks!

you missed Lyman its not signed on the interstate even though it is a mile from it

One more request: For the Eastbound I-90 Supercut, could you please cover the US-151 North exit? This is the exit I take when heading home from Madison. Thanks!

'Reasonable and Proper' speed limit in Montana? So what does that mean, that there was no speed limit? Meaning you could go as fast as you want, as long as you're not endangering other drivers? Sounds a lot like the Autobahn in Germany.

Todd, in the previous video, did you find my comment on showing all my way of signage for both directions of I-90? If not, then I'll compare to yours as I'll say those again.

I am shocked to see that Rapid City is not between Sioux Falls and Gillette/Billings on the way it should be. Is that a typo or purposely skipping Rapid City?

I don't see a problem with a rolling secondary control city. Why not give warning that the exit for it is coming up?

29:47 Wrong 😑 exit numbers again. Exit numbers should follow Interstate 🛣️ 90 because Interstate 15 exits off on both ends; so instead of Exit 121, the exit number should be 219. MORE CONFUSION!!

The way I think it should be Downtown Boston Worcester Springfield MASS Albany Utica / Syracuse Syracuse Rochester NY Niagara Falls / Buffalo Erie Cleveland Toledo South Bend / Chicago Chicago Rockford Madison Wisconsin Dells La Crosse / Rochester MN Rochester Sioux Falls Billings Spokane Seattle

What about Rapid City?

On the I-95 vid will you cover Exit 4 in New Hampshire for Route 4 & Route 16?

I’m just wondering are you going to do an eastbound super cut for I-90 next week?

So what do we get next week? Just an eastbound supercut or also I-91?

No Rapid City?

When you cover 94 are you also covering 794?

Worcester is pronounced "woostuh".

Here is my way of signage for westbound I-90.: •Logan Airport (BOS) ✈️ •Downtown Boston -Worcester, MA | •Albany, NY •Springfield, MA | •Albany, NY •Albany, NY •Syracuse, NY | •Buffalo, NY •Rochester, NY | •Buffalo, NY •Buffalo, NY •Erie, PA •Cleveland •Toledo, OH •Indiana •Chicago •Wisconsin (while concurrent with I-90/I-94) •O'Hare Airport (ORD) ✈️ | •Rockford, IL (split with I-94 and I-94 must sign Milwaukee) •Rockford, IL •Beloit, WI •Madison, WI •Minnesota (merge with I-39 and I-94, but I-39 must sign Wausau, WI) •La Crosse, WI | •Rochester, MN (split with I-94 and I-94 must sign Eau Claire, WI and St. Paul, MN) •Rochester, MN •Albert Lea, MN •Sioux Falls, SD •Rapid City, SD -Gillette, WY | •Billings, MT -Sheridan, WY | •Billings, MT •Billings, MT •Bozeman, MT •Butte, MT •Missoula, MT •Coeur d'Alene, ID •Spokane, WA •Seattle

Since we're doing a supercut, I may as well create my list of mileage sign controls for the entirety of the westbound direction. In New York, I'm also going to include in () what the real exit number SHOULD be (sequential exits suck!). Again, MY mileage signs prioritize the MOST IMMEDIATE urban area (>50k population) along the highway; this does NOT mean that I am against skipping the more modest sized areas on overheads at major interchanges. WORCESTER: BEGINNING--Massachusetts Exit 94 (via I 290 E; 6.6 miles to the first exit in Worcester) SPRINGFIELD: Massachusetts Exit 94--Massachusetts Exit 54 (via I 91 S; 11.1 miles to the first exit in Springfield) ALBANY/SCHENECTADY: Massachusetts Exit 54--New York Exit 8 (REAL 356) (1.6 miles to the first exit in Albany) SCHENECTADY: New York Exit 8--New York Exit 25 (REAL 342) (via I 890 W; 3.4 miles to the first exit in Schenectady) UTICA: New York Exit 25--New York Exit 29A (REAL 285) (22.2 miles to the only exit in Utica) SYRACUSE: New York Exit 29A--New York Exit 34A (REAL 219) (via I 481 S to I 690 W; 4.9 miles to the first exit in Syracuse) ROCHESTER: New York Exit 34A--New York Exit 45 (REAL 145) (via I 490 W; 10 miles to the first exit in Rochester) BUFFALO: New York Exit 45--New York Exit 50 (REAL 76) (via I 190 N; 6.5 miles to the first exit in Buffalo) MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP/ERIE: New York Exit 50--Pennsylvania Exit 37 (7.2 miles to the only exit in Millcreek Township) ERIE: Pennsylvania Exit 37--Pennsylvania Exit 22 (via I 79 N; 4.1 miles to the first exit in Erie) CLEVELAND(*): Pennsylvania Exit 22--Ohio Exit 179 (2.5 miles to the first exit in Cleveland(*)) MANSFIELD: Ohio Exit 179--Ohio Exit 170B (via I 71 S; 91.2 miles to the only convenient exit in "Mansfield") TOLEDO: Ohio Exit 170B--Ohio Exit 71 (via I 280 N; 8.8 miles to the first exit in Toledo) ELKHART: Ohio Exit 71--Indiana Exit 107 (11.2 miles to the first exit in Elkhart) SOUTH BEND: Indiana Exit 107--Indiana Exit 92 (18.9 miles to the first exit in South Bend) CHICAGO: Indiana Exit 92--Indiana Exit 10 (9.5 miles to the first exit in Chicago) RACINE: Indiana Exit 10--Illinois Exit 43B (via I 94 W; 57.3 miles to the first exit in "Racine") ROCKFORD: Illinois Exit 43B--Illinois Exit 20 (4.6 miles to the first exit in Rockford) JANESVILLE: Illinois Exit 20--Wisconsin Exit 183 (7.7 miles to the first exit in Janesville) MADISON: Wisconsin Exit 183--Wisconsin Exit 156 (14.5 miles to the first exit in Madison) LA CROSSE: Wisconsin Exit 156--Wisconsin Exit 12 (7.4 miles to the first convenient exit in La Crosse) ROCHESTER: Wisconsin Exit 12--Minnesota Exit 218 (via U.S. 52 N; 5.7 miles to the first exit in Rochester) AMES: Minnesota Exit 218--Minnesota Exit 159 (via I 35 S; 118.2 miles to the first exit in Ames) SIOUX FALLS: Minnesota Exit 159--South Dakota Exit 406 (7 miles to the first exit in Sioux Falls) RAPID CITY: South Dakota Exit 406--South Dakota Exit 78 (15.5 miles to the first exit in Rapid City) BILLINGS: South Dakota Exit 78--Montana Exit 503 (46.9 miles to the first exit in Billings) BOZEMAN: Montana Exit 503--Montana Exit 340 (30.7 miles to the first exit in Bozeman) MISSOULA: Montana Exit 340--Montana Exit 113 (7.1 miles to the first exit in Missoula) COEUR D'ALENE: Montana Exit 113--Idaho Exit 43 (28.2 miles to the first exit in Coeur d'Alene) SPOKANE: Idaho Exit 43--Washington Exit 294 (10.6 miles to the first exit in Spokane) SEATTLE: Washington Exit 294--Washington Exit 9 (5.8 miles to the first exit in Seattle) LACEY/OLYMPIA: Washington Exit 9--END (via I 5 S; 54.5 miles to the first exit in Lacey) This list is a bit different from the consolidated one across the three videos. These are the changes I made: a) I 90 W to I 291 W isn't a true freeway-to-freeway interchange (it involves a traffic light), so the best direct freeway-only route is via I 91 S. b) Several surface street exits after I 86 merges with I 90 W serve Erie, but only I 79 provides a freeway route into the city. c) There are some exits along I 90 in Cleveland that are separated from the portion containing downtown Cleveland by a community called Bratenahl. My "first exit in Cleveland" is the first one AFTER Bratenahl. This explains the (*) next to Cleveland. d) Racine was added because it is closer to the I 90/94 split near Chicago than Rockford . It is an urban area independent of nearby Milwaukee. However, since this route involves a concurrency between two Interstates, it can just as easily alternate with Rockford (the same applies to La Crosse/Eau Claire/Wausau along the triple concurrency. If there's a modest urban area that an interchange overhead can skip over, it's this one. e) Most of Wisconsin Exit 156 is within Madison city limits, so I count this as the first exit in Madison. f) Ames was added because it is closer to the I 90/U.S. 52 exit near Rochester than Sioux Falls. It is an urban area independent of nearby Des Moines, but this is admittedly the most disposable distance control I have on here. Another perfect example of a modest area that overheads can skip over. g) Since Mercer Island is the only community between I 405 and Seattle, I have a natural continuation of I 90 W to I 5 S on the mileage controls (even though most traffic would've taken I 405 S). Also, I have Lacey as equal to Olympia because the two cities are almost identical in population (58.3k and 56.9k) My reasoning for every other mileage listing (particularly the "contentious" ones) will be in the Western, Central and Eastern videos, so I'd recommend you look at my comments there BEFORE asking my reasoning in this video; I very likely already discussed it.

80 /90 west from Cleveland should be signed to Chicago instead of Toledo. Nobody is going to Toledo on vacation.