The US Interstates That Connected America 

What’s crazy is that that was less than 100 years ago.

Shut up

How long did that take him? I'm a truck driver, and i HATE any route i have to take outside the Interstate system 🤦🏾‍♂️

Wow.

@@Martinezalex007 It took him, and a friend, a little over two weeks to get to California. They were delayed by flat tires, breakdowns and even waiting on water levels to drop at water crossing.

And he wanted straight sections included for aircraft abilities in time of war

Where?

Any country thats larger than a microstate that has a good railway infrastructure also has a good highway infrastructure. Trains simple are not feasable in proper countries. People will still need cars. They are a very good addition that are sure needed. But as a person from the europes best railway and highway infrastructure i can tell you that railways wont replace cars.

@@RK-cj4oc Switzerland?

@@Mr-DNA_ The Netherlands.

@@RK-cj4oc Also pretty good. I'm swiss so we're both in the club of "best designed countries in the world". The swiss highway and railway system is one of the best in the world too.

@@Mr-DNA_ Yeah, its pretty good. Your roads need more maintenance tho. Driving in Switserland was almost like being back in Belgium. Horrible road quality. But i guess thats the first world problems i from a pancake flat country have to a very mountain country like switserland. Amazing country.

And air pollution in bigger cities when they get backed up with traffic.

Yonkers Construction, by any chance?

@@dock_yard1149 it might have been, I honestly don’t know. I’d have to ask my father if he knows.

@@Not_Sal Sure. I remember that company's logo on a lot of construction equipment as they rebuilt the older section north of Katonah in 1973-4.

@@dock_yard1149 yeah I think it was now that you mention north of Katonah. He told me it used to be all dirt road for the longest time.

I totally agree. Suburbs are definitely not necessarily a bad thing in and of themselves and can really be a big positive. Unfortunately most of them are just very poorly designed and car dependent with strict zoning and lack of transit oriented development.

Culs des sacs isn't a bad thing at all. It allows for proper road hierarchy (and less road surface) and more diverse shapes. You can continue dead ending streets by paths (easy). Good zoning makes services just as easy to reach as in grids with good zoning. It's no better, nor worse than a grid in car dependant suburbia. Still no sidewalks, tons of stop signs, commercial clustered onto stroads with no local businesses.

Suburbs by definition are just a satellite community to a larger city and this is perfectly fine. American suburbs suffer from being financial insolvent, meaning in the lifecycle of the infrastructure (roads, pipes, ect) the city won't be able to collect enough in taxes to break even on the development. This isn't necessarily bad, as you could charge higher taxes and make them luxury locations, but when 80%+ of a city is R1 its a recipe for bankruptcy. The car dependency is another problem that starts with the humble sidewalk, if a road is clearly "in town" it should have a respectful sidewalk. (Meaning a 2ft sidewalk against the curb 3in from 45+mph traffic doesn't count) you also need to break up the infinite sea of residential with some light comercial like corner stores so that way you can satisfy some of your needs within walking distance.

Yet the flip side is air in Australia is cleaner then in the US.

@@zythr9999 It is true for many places, but surely cities like Adelaide (pop. 1 mil) can do better off with more freeways because right now, it only has 3 (plus the SE Freeway that ends at Adelaide). It's also worth noting that while the few rural freeways are somewhat empty, they do also help prevent collisions with 'roos and other wildlife that wander around during sunrise and sunset.

@@nperceived travel within a city should be handled by transit not freeways, but intercity travel should be possible on 2-3 lane each way highways. (But also have a parallel passenger train route) Take it from an American, the Interstates are the worst driving of your life, especially near cities with garbage transit. You don't actually want them near your hometown.

@@jasonreed7522 I agree that a city's transit should be better handled on public transport, there still should be some. While not all Australian cities lack freeways (Brisbane and Perth have more freeways than they need, especially for their population -- both 2m each), Sydney, Adelaide, and the Gold Coast certainly lack freeways. In contrast, Melbourne has just the right amount, though some of its eastern suburbs lack freeways. It's a real pain to drive say 8 hours from one city to another on high-speed roads or freeways, only to be dumped on local suburban roads when you're nearing your destination.

Its extra bad when walking and biking aren't even considered when designing these places, 1 house every half acre is definitely a town and needs to have a 3ft sidewalk atleast 2ft back from the road, ideally with large oaks in the median between them. But sprawl actually is inherently bad, the cost to the city to replace the infrastructure at the end of its life in these places is twice the actual tax revenue generated in that same period, its litterally a ponzi scheme aka insane debt with extra steps.

One of the main complaints of urbanist RU-vid isn't that suburban development patterns exist, so much as it's that it's so difficult to build anything any other way between parking minimums, throughput-based road standards and NIMBYism.

@@nlpnt I personally believe urban areas should be allowed to control their zoning and land usage in a way that allows them to redevelop as actual urban centers. I don't see the issue with suburban living. I love interstates and I love the development it has brought. I only dislike how once historic quant areas were ravaged by them.

@@ericfranco5336 Lol

Now many hope they extend it to Ca

@@zythr9999 I just don’t think the traffic would justify it. California bound traffic can easily take 6 from Green River up to Spanish Fork and connect to 15 and then 80 in SLC or just follow US 50 to Fenley, NV.

KRTP is a law in the US, but we got some stupid drivers

I just try to imagine how would the interstate be built without going through urban centers. Even if it didn't go through downtown areas, it would go near someone's house regardless. Those people would complain about it. The roads leading to the urban center would be jam packed whether the interstate is in the urban center or not.

@@8mydaydream409 They were built where the people with the least amount of political power lived.

@@8mydaydream409 Through traffic would be diverted around the city and not merge with the inner city traffic.

'keep right except to pass' isn't exactly so clear in many situations. You have super-pokey slow cars & trucks in the right lane, slightly faster people trying to get around, and even faster trying to push through that.Eventually, you get tired of passing all those cars and changing lanes all the time that you just stay left. Then someone comes up even faster, all mad, flashing lights, because he needs to party with his bros 30 seconds earlier. When you are already going 5-10 over the limit, and some self important d ouche wants to floor it, nah, I'll keep left, just to annoy them.

Does he have beaver pox

1/6 but ok

@@BeaverGeography true true, I should’ve doubled checked before saying that. I only said 1/4 since the JUCIY part of the video starts around ~2min mark. ANYWAY, main point being is that we enjoy watching your discussion homie. Not sure how you could’ve extended the length(perhaps share historical events relating to the topic? Ex: first/last states to finally have connecting interstates haha). Anyway, keep up the great videos homie!

Yes Beaver, your videos should be longer and perhaps tell us something we don't already know. Every interstate has a story. Delve deep (and don't be afraid to ask for ideas).

I have some longer videos, but doing weekly content, it’s very difficult to consistently upload 10+ minutes

@@BeaverGeography of course homie, we are only throwing out suggestions. By all means keep doing whatever you wanna do.

Hawaii has an interstate, but it’s not interstate. It just goes around The Big Island.

@@5roundsrapid263 Hawaii has four interstate highway and one is three digits

Huntsville almost didn't have an interstate at all until the I-565 Connection was built through it.

@@Jboob good point!

@@jamesburton1050 yeah! In fact the largest city/metro area in the US to not have direct interstate is Fresno California. Although they have freeways, they are not interstate

@@Jboob interesting! Are they pretty well connected to other large cities in the area?

@@jamesburton1050 I've never been there, but I'd assume so. California usually had good means of connecting their cities

Yup. Even Twinning Trans-Canada nationwide hasn't happened. Then against 60% of Canadians live in the Windsor-Quebec City corridor and about another 5 million live in Lotusland and the Edmonton-Calgary corridor combined.

It was in Italy before then.

I thought it was the Southern State Parkway on Long Island built in 1922.

US-4 in VT isn't an interstate, though. There are plenty of US highways that are both limited-access freeways and ordinary federally-operated roads. US-1 in Maine (specifically Portland) even runs concurrent with I-295 for several miles, while also serving as the scenic Coastal Route from Falmouth to (the outskirts of) Lubec, and then becoming a carved-out road through forests and farmland en route to Ft. Kent. Actually, I think the Beav should *definitely* do a spotlight on US-1 and its journey from places where only moose live to the Florida Keys.

It could be I-92 sooner or later, but I hope it is sooner which connect from I-87 in Glens Falls New York to Calais Maine, via Vermont and New Hampshire.

@@davidtosh7200 I could see that happening. There's almost nothing connecting eastern Maine (a region that is based primarily on tourism now) directly with the rest of the country, other than the Airline Road (ME-9) from US-2 that runs about as straight as I am through the forests and mountains of western Maine, and isn't the best way to travel from the eastern and western terminals of US-2 in Maine...

It's a clear demonstration of small vs. large states' distribution of Federal funds and political clout.

It is true that the US already has one of the most interconnected and expansive rail networks in the world. The issue is just that most of these rails are privately owned by primarily freight companies. Because of this, passenger rail outside of a few metro areas is practically non-existent. Its a bit sad considering the entire interior and west coast was originally built off of rail.

When you find a fellow enthusiast in the comments of a geography video

Bridge-tunnel system like across the Chesapeake Bay

Umm interstate h3 is in Hawaii and it’s absolutely impossible