The first sounds of the FWJ theme on the first video of a new season, tells me that spring has truly sprung.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

LOL! Thank you.

@countenanceblog

6 жыл бұрын

Even better, in a way, is that, I was hit by a car (driver texting while driving) back in July, and it took me four months to get my functional coherence back and another two to get my short term memory restored. I still have to catch up on your videos from last season that you uploaded before the accident, and if memory and looking at your upload wall serves, that's anything that started with your Miami videos all the way to your Keys finale. Which means I have something to look forward to, beyond the fresh new vids.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your accident! glad that you are recovering. The 2016 season actually starts in Tampa with 17-06. (17-01 is unused footage from SF, 17-02 is 13-31 from LA Remixed and 17-03 to 05 are from Atlanta).

2 things... 1. Your choice of music is impeccable!! I've been following you for 7+ years, and I've watched many other freeway channels, but I always end up back here!!! 2. That horn at the 3:07 mark had me in stitches!!! 🤣🤣

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

LOL! I appreciate both items very much, thank you for watching all those years.

Great, I missed these videos :-)

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@maksimbryksin442

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, I'm wondering where Freewayjim will go to this year? I know it's isn't summer yet, but since you started this season early, I'm interested in knowing.

@JoshRichboysquadxyz

6 жыл бұрын

(European Roads) I enjoy both your vids and FWJ's vids. Keep up the good work you guys from a fellow road enthusiast.

@teamdog8406

6 жыл бұрын

Freewayjim what video device do you use for get getting signs?

@maksimbryksin442

6 жыл бұрын

He probably used Final Cut Pro X, he has it listed in the video FAQ.

Nice to see Birmingham again. The construction can be almost as impressive to look at as the completed project sometimes. Good to see you back Jim. Wherever your plans take you its always fun to see your productions.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and I agree with you regarding the construction, plus when filming/photographing construction projects like these, you capture something that was only in its particular stage for a short time.

Good to see you filming once again. I haven't been in B'ham for about 6 years and wow lots of construction! Definitely needs the upgrades.

Great video to start off a great new season! Love the new effects such as the VMS and the horn. :)

I travel 65N and south everyday and it’s quite possibly the worst freeway section in Alabama. It’s bumpy, full of holes and the speeds average anywhere from 35 to 125mph at any given time. It’s a true test of your patience. Love the content man, fantastic channel. We have parties and just loop your videos on the television.

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

LOL about I-65, sorry, and thank you for sharing that and thank you very much for watching!

Of all the videos you’ve done,interstate 17 in Arizona will always be my favorite

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

In addition to FreewayJim, Surface-Street-Jim would be cool too. To see a tour of the surface streets of Birmingham!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

I did two of them back in 2011. here's one, kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXqXupNsccq7YZc.html

@corneliusfudge7152

6 жыл бұрын

😂

Great video and start to your 2018 season. I have been through there in over 20 years. Your video confirmed my memory of I-20 being a more interesting ride in Alabama vs. Georgia or South Carolina.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I-20 is six lanes in much of rural Alabama too, it is a much better ride in Eastern Alabama than in GA & SC.

Your videos are great, keep it up! We enjoy our trips down I-65 through here. Plus like you I always look forward to our trips south for some Whataburger!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

The Mighty O'Jays...I love that song, and this video. B'ham is my hometown. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! new sound effects.... That car got in your way and here comes the car horn.. Cool!

My dream to be in road trip but I feel my dream come true Through these great videos. Thank you yall

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

We missed your videos man. Welcome back!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Just want to say I love you content. Thank you for producing it on a regular basis! 😁

@ericn4664

6 жыл бұрын

Presto569 Gaming 👍

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great Video! I find I-20/59 through Birmingham very interesting! The soundtrack brings back lots of memories for me too!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's not a bad ride at ll.

Great to see you back on the horse again! It's going to be interesting to see how that work turns out. Hopefully it will be sooner than the I-22 interchange.

I pity the fool who thought it was a good idea to cut off a big truck like that, what a bonehead! Very nice work Jim! Loved every second of it, I like how it’s changed since ‘15 with all the improvements at the junction.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, yeah that was a bonehead move for sure and trust me, I laid on the horn for a good bit.

Love your videos. Your drives helped me plan a trip this summer along i-84 in Oregon to the pacific coast from Wyoming.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks and awesome, hope you have a great trip.

Glad you're going to be making some more videos, Jim. Love your driving adventures, and the production quality of your videos is superb. Look forward to your next set. BTW, hope you'll make it back over here to Houston sometime soon. To make it worth your while to cruise the not-so-expressways of the GHA, there are at least enough Whataburgers that you can't swing a dead cat around and not hit one. :-) Safe travels!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

LOL Jason, don't think I'll be going through Houston this year, not that I don't enjoy filming there.

Great video to start my day. Awesome to see a new season of road trips from you, Jim.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Daniel!

Welcome back Freewayjim! Missed these roadtrip/music videos :-)

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice video! The hills in Birmingham make for good scenery. I bet you’re happy about Whataburger finally making its way to the Atlanta area!

@Freewayjim

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and yes it has!

Nothing like a fresh new FWJ video to go with my morning coffee. I've never been on that stretch of I-65 south of Birmingham, so that was cool to see. When I took a trip from Athens, GA to D.C. last spring we made a point to stop at Whataburger as well.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You'll get to see that part of I-65 northbound in the next video, in good light.

Welcome back Jim. I had been worried about you!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, all is good, this is just a few videos from a day trip, the big summer trip is hopefully still to come.

Phew... I have an addiction. My addiction is new FWJ video. Just got my first "fix" in months! So I'm sitting here, trying to conjure up a few memories of Birmingham from decades ago, and NOTHING is jumping out at me. Must have been the antiquated freeways in the '80s. Looking forward to the next one, Jim. Maybe it'll help shake loose at least one old memory. 😆

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah it was a different scene in the 80's although what we call antiquated was relatively new to Birmingham, lol.

Alabama is the first state in the Road Atlasses in which I learned (as a 6 year old) about America and its topography, and therefore has an extra attraction to me. I'm right away going to check the 2011 video's, looking forward to what's coming! Malfunction Junction is so special because it is so unique. There are a few other ones in the USA but I guess none in Europe. I love it's efficient design. The commuters of Birmingham won't agree with me on this one, but I feel a little bit of loss here.

@pointlesssentience3987

6 жыл бұрын

H Hoef / HvH Well I won’t say it’s efficient, but it’s certainly uncommon and unique (compared to the stack that they are going to replace it with)

@CamXOTWOD99

6 жыл бұрын

Pointless Sentience that’s sad that malfunction Junction is leaving 😱😥 that was my favorite interchange in Birmingham. That’s part of what put them on the map as being unique.

@HHoef

6 жыл бұрын

channing reeves Excactly. It is probably not the best interchange for commuters but it is a roadgeeking landmark.

@CC21560

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, they aren't replacing it with a stack. Several on and off ramps are being added and deleted. Accesses to and from 20/59 and 65 are being modified---by the time it's all said and done it will resemble an octopus. www.5920bridge.com

Welcome back, Jim! I just watched your Colorado mountains video. Freaking epic.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Yay a new video! I always watch these when I miss traveling.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very enjoyable ride and documentation.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Just rewatching this after driving to Birmingham and taking the same route. You should come back out here soon. I think they did a great job with the I-20/I-59 replacement including all the new flyovers and stacks. Didn't expect I-65 to be like a washboard or what I-10 use to be near Slidell before they turned it to asphalt.

@Freewayjim

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would like to get back there.

RE: your comments about Birmingham being late to the game in getting its Interstates completed...blame it on George Wallace. In the 60's and 70's, he never carried Jefferson County. To get back at the people of the Birmingham area, he focused on getting freeways completed in counties (mainly rural ones) that supported him. One of the saddest TV interviews I remember was in 1984 when I-459 was (finally) completed. He appeared on one of the local newscasts, vowing and declaring that he had done everything he could to expedite the completion of Birmingham's Interstates. Truth be told, it wasn't until 1985 or '86 that I-65 was completed north of Birmingham (Exit 265 to Exit 281) or that I-20 was completed (Exit 132 to Exit 140).

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff, however, he did expedite the completion of I-20 east of Birmingham as a means to woo the France family of NASCAR to build a big race track at Talladega, that was originally set to be built in Spartanburg, SC so he could get things done when he "wanted" to.

@CC21560

6 жыл бұрын

It helped that Wallace carried St. Clair and Talladega Counties. :)

Very nice! Good to see Alabama working on improving some sections of interstates- a work in progress- and also good to see you back in action and something to look forward to at times! Nice ride my friend!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

glad to see you back! your videos are great

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great Videos as allways! after seeing ur videos i had a little thought of doing something similar. But we dont have that many highways in Sweden. So im just gonna watch and enjoy ur content.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

You can film any roads and have fun with it, thank you for watching!

Good to have you back, nice work !

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

excellent ride. Nothing says a sign of spring like new Freeway Jim videos.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Brad!

Awesome, simply outstanding! Your music selection made the ride very energetic, as in your prior videos, this one lacks nothing, you deliver just what your fans look for and want! I guess with increase in population, DOT is trying to improve and keep up on the roadway demands in order to relieve congestion, but they aren't doing the job fast enough. I stumbled across these videos, and I'm glad I did. Outstanding (GVJ)!!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, glad you enjoyed the ride. That song, in particular, is great to use with these videos, I used it several times in the past as well, it just works!

@MrJamesgrate

6 жыл бұрын

And your choice is perfect, I watch your videos at least three times to experience what you see and detect anything I might have missed in the prior viewings, one thing I am assuming, your previous profession must have been a tractor trailer driver, because you handle the roadways too perfect, (3:07) when that car just suddenly appeared , and merged in front of you, your expertise took over and you completely avoided an accident. Great job as always!!!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! No, I never was a professional driver but thank you for the compliment.

Good to see you back.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I know you heard the new I-20/59 downtown bridge and route has been completed and is open...looking forward to you record in that area again!

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it looks great too, hopefully, I can get over there and check it out.

i watch your videos cause i love roadtrips all the time

Looks like you had a beautiful day for filming! Love the song too.

I love Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham is my second most favorite city behind Atlanta. But a good video would be from Vulcan Park through UAB through Five Points South through downtown to I-20/59. I believe it’s 20th Street Street that takes you all the way through. Another good video would be from I-65 north of Bham through the new I-22 interchange to malfunction junction then head east through downtown on 20/59 then head south on 280 freeway then follow 31 to Hoover from where 280 splits off.

Welcome back Jim. Nice video. Look forward to many more in 2018.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bill!

Love this song on your videos. Keep up the good work.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I'm late to the game here, but great stuff here. The interchange work looks like it's going to be a great product when finished. Sadly, I still haven't been to Birmingham yet, one of the last major American cities I have yet to visit. Would love to drive around the place, as the hilly terrain makes the place pretty fun to drive around (at least from what I've gathered from this and your other Birmingham videos). Cheers!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's a pretty good "freeway" city for its size relatively speaking, I'd think you'd enjoy seeing and exploring it.

Glad you're still uploading!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

good to have you back!!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you, it;s just for a few videos until I can get more footage this summer.

Hi, Jim! It's nice to see a new driving video!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

The Malfunction Junction interchange of Birmingham eventually provides access to 11th Avenue commuters with a choice of taking northbound I-65, southwestbound I-20/I-59 and southbound I-65 while leaving downtown. It also goes vice versa and leads drivers to downtown connecting to 17th Street. That's an amazing improvement or upgrade of that interchange.

Thank you for giving props, proper respect, to the O'Jays. Dig your videos, as always!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I live several O'Jay's tunes.

3:07 .. ouch - well at least that Malibu (sort of) signaled. BTW, I'm currently snowed-in here in CT, and now craving a Whataburger / fries with spicy ketchup. Wish there was one that was day-trip distance. Great job as always!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Would gladly trade Whataburger for some New England Lobster rolls and Fried Clams though.

Always a nice surprise to get "off season" videos. Nice way to open 2018

Welcome back, Mr. Kotter! Will you be coming to the Hampton Roads region of Virginia anytime in the near future?

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, no I don't see myself in that area anytime soon, it's really out of the way.

Welcome back!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's just a day trip which will yield 3 videos for now.

Great song choice I love music

@Freewayjim

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Yes, ALDOT, PLEASE do something about I-20 just east of the split with I-59. It makes no sense that stretch is only four-lanes. SN: I had a hunch your stop in Birmingham was food-related. :) Nice video.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, Thanks, food was not the main reason but since we were going to B'Ham (main reason was to film), we had to do it :)

Birmingham is a lot different now, without that Construction. Btw that place where the end of the video is, I Stayed there not too long ago, and I loved it. I even got to try that Whataburger, because the last one I had was almost 2 months ago. Great Burger!

Thanks for the video.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Enjoying your videos hope you can get back to Memphis TN area soon especially with I 69 and , I 269 hope you can do that one real soon

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I don't think I'll be in the Memphis area anytime soon.

I really want to see my hometown do better and go big, this is definitely a start but nothing compared to Houston and ATL which are other cities I've lived in. LOVE your vids btw! I'm obsessed with infrastructure

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I don't think Birmingham will ever get to the ATL & HOU levels in our lifetimes, those cities have several Fortune 500 HQ's and 4-5x the metro population.

@GeorgyPorgy1

6 жыл бұрын

Freewayjim IKR!!!!! 👌🏾👌🏾

Thank you so much for carrying our minds far away from our living rooms and infecting so many with the travel bug. We appreciate each and every journey....and yes come back to the Sunshine State soon 😃

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for that and for watching!

Welcome back, FreewayJim!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Very familiar territory, often go through Birmingham on my trips to Georgia. Was there just last month.

WOOWOO, new season!

Dysfunction junction finally getting fixed it looks like. I'm guessing you rode through the new I 22? I'm wanting to see that new highway

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

I rode through the new I-22 Interchange on I-65 a couple times, they did a good job with that.

I rode through Bham the other day and they've made tremendous progress. I was taken aback by the huge scale of the construction. You should consider going back before they shut down I 20

That was fun! Great soundtrack as well. Is I-20 actually losing one of its Malfunction Junctions?

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes that interchange should be nice once it's been rebuilt.

@tommarney1561

6 жыл бұрын

Incredibly, Malfunction Junction won't be rebuilt anytime soon. What you see under construction there now is additional access to downtown streets, built partly for its own sake and partly in preparation for the demolition and reconstruction of the I-20-59 viaducts between I-65 and US 280- Red Mountain Expressway.

Jim you're back

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Just for a few videos for now.

Whatburger is a must! Anyways, it's going to be rough beginning sometime in 2019 when the I-20/59 viaduct through downtown Birmingham is completely torn down and rebuilt.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, glad I got what I got now, will go back and film it again when everything is done I'm sure.

2:25 reminds me of I-10 in Beaumont at mile marker 852--where it has the interchange with, and takes on the alignment of US-96.

Thank you Freewayjim.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching!

Birmingham has a severe interstate problem...Not only is it outdated, but it is EXTREMELY congested...The amount or volume of traffic that flows through the city is AGONIZING at times...3 lanes northbound and 3 lanes southbound on I-65 is RIDICULOUS....Too congested, no room to pass the other car, and the surface of the roads are bumpy and uneven.....I-459 is a race track...might as well call I-459 the NEW TALLEDEGA 500....I live in Atlanta, where traffic there is a nightmare, but people drive way too fast on I-459 for no reason at all....Geesh, I thought I-285 was bad in Atlanta, but 459 in Birmingham is the Autobahn..... Birmingham seriously needs to add more lanes east and west I-20 through the city, and definitely more lanes north and south I-65 through the city.....That is all....

Thats right the highway master is back! 😁😁😁😁😍

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Just for three videos....for now.

@Iceify_

6 жыл бұрын

Okay

I'm with ya Jim. If there was a Whataburger anywhere near me, I'd be on the road too. Hell, I already planned my weekend to go find a Sonic. haha

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

A day trip to Dallas for In-N-Out is pushing it, but I hear ya :)

your back!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Just for three videos.

That was good video! Sorry I'd didn't show up earlier I was kind of focus on some stuff like the Toys"R"Us Issue that was going on lately.

ADOT is going to modify the i-20/59-i-65 x change? ,i have always like that interchange system,going to be very different in the future,i always love the drive in the Magic City Area

awesome video

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!

@mikesanders878

6 жыл бұрын

Youre welcome :)

Welcome back 👍

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Love the season premiere for 2018. When will you be back in Los Angeles? I have a couple of songs from the band Hiroshima to use in some videos.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I don't know when I'll be back in LA and I think there are better choices than Hiroshima to use (I have a few of their CD's, nothing really jumps out at me as far as a video goes).

It's official: Big Jim's Back Baby... And this time he's hauling arse!

I was watching this yesterday on my Suddenlink KZread TiVo deal

@zachnehemiahgarcia8591

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool watching your channel on TV

Nothing like a good WhatABurger lol

Very good video. And music like to me.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very Good! Fron Brazil.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You should travel the Mobile-Baldwin County route through Gulf Shores and Orange Beach areas.

FreewayJim back on the case for 2018! Love it!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Season 18 - Lets Go!!!!!

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Only have three videos from Birmingham for now.

would love to see some I-49 footage

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

That's just not someplace I'd probably go.

Possible return to Arizona this summer?

wow new ride good!!!

Let’s see...... West Coast Whataburgers are very easy to find..... Whataburgers as I know are in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Nevada . I don’t recall seeing any in Utah but I bet there’s a few there.

There's nothing wrong with traveling for a Whataburger :-) That said, at least a mid sized city, like Birmingham, has improvement projects going on, and a good amount of 6 to 8 lane sections, unlike my hometown of Pittsburgh.

You should drive the freeways in savannah it’s a sight to see especially heading to the st George area

Future song suggestion; Be Good To Yourself by Journey.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I've used it before, but it is a great song for these kinds of videos.

YAY a new FWJ Video!

What's going on at 20/59 @ 65? I would hope they're redoing the whole thing as a normal sort of stack, taking out the left exits.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

Major reconstruction and bridge replacement. rp.dot.state.al.us/I59_20/

Whataburger is great! Although if you want what us Alabamians (especially us from Birmingham) eat on the regular, then you must eat at Jack's! No better burger place in the south! I personally think it even gives The Varsity a run for it's money. I'm a little biased though lol.

@Freewayjim

6 жыл бұрын

To me the only thing the Varsity is good for is hot dogs, don't like their burgers at all. Love me some Whataburhger.