My favorite freeway in the ATL region, other than the Downtown Connector...that's some serious infrastructure, displayed in this. Had a good time driving this in 2009. Nice soundtrack, too!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I-85 from Exit 84 to Exit 115 probably the most interesting freeway in the region, outside of the connector of course.

@ddoouubblleerr

7 жыл бұрын

I'm want the ninja turtles

I'm so glad I chose to like this video on Jul 25, 2017 because if wasn't for that it would have taken me forever to find this video. Amazing music!

Its funny but sad when FreewayJim says that i85 gets reduced to a "measly" 10 lanes. Most cities would think 10 lanes is too much!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

That was indeed the point behind that comment :)

@dboykrank47

3 жыл бұрын

Texans would agree w/ the "measly" part, though...

@aydenisaiah3141

3 жыл бұрын

A trick : you can watch series on flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@miguelkannon6495

3 жыл бұрын

@Ayden Isaiah yea, I have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :D

@flydragon7256

2 жыл бұрын

I-45 still 10 lanes 31 miles north of downtown Houston in the Woodlands region!

Congrast to your 10k Subscribers. Well done Jim, you deserve it!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice to see I-85 north bound from Atlanta again. I've run this route several times myself and it was nice to see upgrades done in the last 4 years. Whatever you're doing with that new cam, keep doing it! The clarity was amazing, made me feel like I was riding in the car with you.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that camera certainly does a great job.

You put a lot of work in these videos Jim. Keep up the great work!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

that's a lot of lanes! Great ride. I have to visit Atlanta someday.

@stephenedwardsnyc

3 жыл бұрын

The freeways are big, but people don't realize that there are no alternate routes to travel across the metro so one fender-bender affects a million people's drive into work. Atlanta needs parallel alternates to the basic layout of freeway. The DOT doesn't measure up to the other states'

Appreciate all info on the screen, especially the dates. I live in this area.

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I-85 drops to FOUR lanes at 115?!?! It should be at least six all the way to Richmond, VA

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

It will eventually be widened to six the rest of the way through Georgia, it becomes six lanes again at Exit 19 in SC to Exit 81, then again at Exit 10 in NC for a good stretch.

@stephenedwardsnyc

3 жыл бұрын

Despite being of the nation's busiest interstates, Georgia does not build many new roads which explains Atlanta's gridlock, and I-85 won't be widened up to the SC line in the next 20-30 years. They are just finishing adding a 3rd lane not even reaching Commerce and are patting themselves on the shoulder as if it's a big accomplishment. NC has widened I-85 to 6-8 lanes almost for the entire 220 miles through the state.

I've always thought "Charlotte" was a better use than "Greenville" for a control city on the I-85 highway signs.

@adlou323

7 жыл бұрын

BabyBang17datruth they named it Greenville a long time ago

@adlou323

7 жыл бұрын

They already have a city named that I think

@nasifulhuda31

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that as well. A lot of people drive between Atlanta and Charlotte. There isn’t much to do in South Carolina.

@westkana

4 жыл бұрын

I think Greenville is a decently sized city, so I understand the rationale for putting it as a control city. Don't get why Spartanburg SC is one though, other than maybe the interchange with I-26?

@stephenedwardsnyc

3 жыл бұрын

i-85 is one of the top industrial corridors in the US. Greenville is the biggest SC metro with over 1 million people. Charlotte tries to look big, but it's surrounded by many other small metros and it only has 2.8 million population.

Really amazing! The view at 3:20 is stunning! Need to watch it again on my TV!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's a pretty neat ride in person.

It's great to see you uploading videos again!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Pretty impressive how wide this road can be !! Nice video !! Nice TL too ! I almost had one like yours but ended up with a 2010 TSX instead !! Keep on rollin'!!!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I drive this stretch every day and have been up and down it regularly for most of my life. Except I take I-985 for several more miles. Thankfully working second shift I drive it at 1:30 P.M. southbound and 11:45 P.M. northbound, so I rarely hit any traffic. You'll have to do it again soon, it's amazing how much is changing just in the past three years since this video. Jimmy Carter bridge/interchange project completed and the 85/985 interchange is now nearly unrecognizable from what it was in this video.

Nice ride Jim - glad I found this one. I did not see it last week in my feed.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Woow, that car at 05:46 almost made an U-turn !

i've driven that stretch countless times commuting to/fro' hartsfield - it's never been enjoyable til now lol - i will say 3a.m. on a weeknight on a 135bhp v-twin motorcyle on that stretch is nothing short of heaven ;-) - thank you for the upload

As usual Jim, you've produced a great video. By the way, I think I know the song that was getting crossfaded at the end- was pretty interesting to hear it coming in.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Taking the long way home!Thanks for another ride!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Glad to see my hometown on your channel!

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, there are 44 Atlanta area videos on this channel. kzread.info/head/PLB1F40D6142582758

@dboykrank47

3 жыл бұрын

@@Freewayjim Well, I live in Gwinnett, which contraire to what many believe, is NOT ATL. In fact, ATL's one of the most decentralized cities in America; a person from NJ can call themselves a NYer FAR moreso than a person from Gwinnett can claim ATL (take note, Migos)...

Another great vid!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I visit family who reside near Winder (not too far east of this stretch of I-85), and I love this stretch of I-85, excluding the common bad traffic of course.

I live right off the exit where you got off exit 115. Wow has it changed a lot a lot more busy now more people moved here it’s a really nice place to live

Love your videos.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Evile9669

10 жыл бұрын

I love that song red star on your jersey turnpike video. I traveled that road . I did a video once 279 Pittsburgh you watched it. I grew up there. They are doing a major tunnel project on the ft.pitt tunnel this fall to the ceilings . They are removing them

Drove to Atlanta 2 times and I 💘 it....Have family in Union City, we left that sunday afternoon and you would have thought that it was a monday morning on 285...

I’ve some cousins that live in Lilburn. They live by Exit 101. Also, I’ve some cousins in Chamblee. They live by Exit 94. I remembered being in Atlanta last August and my family went through I-85 plenty of times. I live in NYC. I really miss Atlanta.

I am actually going to drive this next week on the way up to Charlotte.

This is the main highway I use to go anywhere, I live off exit 101. Love this freeway

Nice ride! I am impressed with how GA does their freeways! Wish ODOT would do the same for ours here in Ohio! Nice ride and I am impressed! Always great to see your videos and your new season! Safe travels!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent work Freeway Jim! BTW, do you know where exactly their building the new ballpark in Gwinnett Co.?

@Freewayjim

9 жыл бұрын

Jon Stefanik Thanks, The Braves new ballpark is being built in Cobb County, near the I-75/I-285 interchange, Google it, they are going full steam ahead on the construction.

@jonstefanik9400

9 жыл бұрын

Ok I will. Should've known it would be near that.

@BabyBang17datruth

9 жыл бұрын

Jon Stefanik The Gwinnett Braves already play there

My commute everyday! Great video! Just in case you didn't know, they will be adding an exit ramp from I-85N to McGinnis Ferry soon.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was not sure about that exit, good to know.

@TopHatMatt

Ай бұрын

10 years later, they’ve only now started construction on that exit ramp. Doesn’t make me feel hopeful for GA-316’s transformation into a freeway.

@MossVlogs

Ай бұрын

Wow. Looking at this from 10 years ago. The northern stretch of toll lanes weren’t installed yet and the widening of the GP lanes to go with it. The Gwinnett exchange wasn’t built yet either.

@TopHatMatt

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s pretty crazy seeing I-85 up to Mall of Georgia so forested or empty. The entire county’s built up so much since a decade ago and I’ve only noticed it now.

Great job Jim!!!

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Atlanta seems like it needs more miles of freeway corridors, not just more lanes. It is an interesting metro area because there seems to be a lack of other roads in which the people can use in case the freeways get clogged. Had Atlanta developed more like a checkerboard than a wagon-wheel do you think the traffic would be so bad there?

i like the music here relaxing but spunky enough not to be a snore

@Freewayjim

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I live in Norcross (near exit 102) and used drive to Suwanee multiple times a week (exit 111), so it's pretty interesting seeing people talk about this drive I made all the time! I also think it's a shame that none of the hwy signs say "Norcross" (except for a single sign each way about Historic Norcross), even though exits 99-102 are all major Norcross exits, and I-85 even enters Norcross city limits around exit 101.

Would you say that Atlanta is growing NE and northward, as far as people and structures? From an outside perspective it seems that way

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

It has been for decades really.

Good video, accompanied by a good soundtrack.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stephenedwardsnyc

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Freewayjim Note that Georgia doesn't cantilever overhead signs anymore which is idiotic, thus cluttering once attractive freeways with excessive overhead truss structures to support single signs on both sides of the country's widest freeways, not to mention that all of the aren't level and noticeably lean down to the left or right. Embarrassing!

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenedwardsnyc I never gave that much thought.

these are always so much fun to watch, but just a question if you dont mind, you said that you used a tripod to put your camcorder on, I actually tried that myself at one time, but the dang thing kept tipping over whenever I went into a turn, how do you keep your upright while driving????? thanks

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, here is my setup, I also try to move the seat up close enough to keep the tripod from tilting. Freewayjim In-Car Video Camera Setup

@pizzasubs

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for the instructional video, I know where I made my mistake when I did it all those years ago, I actually put te tripod in the back part of the car, never thought about putting it where you did, in front of the passenger seat, Thank you so very much again.....

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Andrew Silva You are welcome, I went through a lot of trial and error before figuring it out.

Great ride Jim! Interesting how so many roads in the US are named after Presidents etc (1.56). Here the "Monash" freeway is named after an army general but none named after a Prime Minister. Major roads are generally named after locations or directions eg, Eastlink, Westgate, Tullamarine.

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff, yes there are many roads in the US named after Pesident's and military heroes as well.

@dvferyance

10 жыл бұрын

There really aren't that many execpt in the Chicago area Jimmy Carter was from Georgia.

nice ride--looks like bad traffic jams like Chicago

5:45 - Nice maneuver. Aye.

Freewayjim Any plans for the 2014 season? Northeast or back out West?

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Would LOVE to go back out west but for this year I'm leaning toward the northeast.

did you do a Winston Salem NC drive ??

@Freewayjim

8 жыл бұрын

+honeybun33 I've been through there but did not film anything.

Great ride! So I guess the lesson here is I shouldn't complain about taking I-75 into Atlanta?

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

LOL! Thanks, hey, it's luck of the draw where traffic is concerned.

wow man that is crazy the amount of lanes they have

@adlou323

7 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Spencer they'd are all even numbers so exsample:10 lanes on I-85 south and 10 lanes on I-85 north

2:01 the new bridge here in the Jimmy Carter exit looks alot better and nicer. It switched lanes once you cross it and switch back. So like, the right side was the left side.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's called a "Diverging Diamond" like they have at the Ashford-Dunwoody, Pleasant Hill and Windy Hill exits

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Woha, 20 lanes!!?? I thought that the Katy Tollway outside of Houston with 14 lanes was the worlds widest freeway

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

It's only 20 lanes for a short distance.

My baby brother and his family live near Exit 115E, GA 20 East.

Wow! Rivals freeways in CA for size. Largest in Louisiana will be 5 lanes in each direction when the I-10 expansion in Metarie is completed....I think. Wouldn't want to drive everyday in that.

What happened to the title of your videos?

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

I changed them, felt they were confusing to some people.

Great ride Jim and GDOT should extend the ETL and the express local lanes from exit 106 to the junction with I-985 and GA-317 due to heavy traffic at those exits

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

I agree, up to I-985 makes sense.

Technically, the interchange of 85 and 285 is called a stack interchange.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

No kidding? Did I state anything inaccurate?

They had a fire on that highway before I-85 traffic mess behind a dude that was smoking and ignited a chair and purposely sat the bridge on fire the the road collapses. the suspect should pay for what he did to the Interstate 85 highway . people were stuck on the Interstate 85 highway and had nowhere to go. it was a traffic nightmare.

@MrFunnyHandsInYourPants

7 жыл бұрын

Jereminah Winfield the suspect is the dot for leaving highly flammable combustables underneath the bridge. That. Dude you're referencing is a scapegoat to cover up the government's negligence

My Favorite Freeway In Atlanta As The 285

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Check out Video #14-06, I filmed ALL of the outer ring of I-285

That was a fun and interesting video! 20 Lanes? That is huge! In Idaho where I live, the widest part of a freeway is 8 lanes! You should check out my freeway I made on minecraft

@adlou323

7 жыл бұрын

Mountain West Highways dude they have 10 and 10 in each side of the freeway I-85

@SilverBlaze189sb189

7 жыл бұрын

adlou323 I'm referring to the total amount of lanes. 10+10=20

@adlou323

7 жыл бұрын

Mountain West Highways ok

Gorgia is cool and i go there to see my cousin

¿ alguien me puede explicar que paso en 5:50 ???????????????????????

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I exited the Interstate, not sure what the great mystery is?

@nikolatesla3726

10 жыл бұрын

Freewayjim no,no.no......me refiero a la maniobra imprudente que realiza el auto que va adelante del tuyo,exactamente en 5:47......

@Freewayjim

10 жыл бұрын

nikola tesla Ah, to be honest, it was not as bad as it looked, typical Atlanta driver, with the video being sped up around 4x things look faster than they really were in real time, but good eye on your part just the same.

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