15:30 Fun fact: I-95 in northern maine gets less traffic that I-180 in Illinois.

@ryan225360

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HA

@markhb1

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@@ryan225360 I just checked and it's true! Illinois reports AADT of 3550 on I-180 north of the turn into Hennepin, MaineDOT shows I-95 just north of Exit 286 as 2700 AADT.

The toll gantry in Rhode Island was an attempt to toll tractor-trailers only. It was struck down in court last September.

I-495 is a rare spur route that goes over 100 miles in length

@rayizard5687

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121.5 to be exact, but is only the 2nd longest 3-digit interstate after I-476

@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand

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495 in MA is massive, I watched a video of someone driving all of it last summer and it took quite a while to cover from the North to South ends of it. I knew it was long but didn’t expect that long!

@log.fjord47

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It’s not a spur

@ronniesouthern7829

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When traveling to New Hampshire, my parents used to take 495 until they got to I 93 exit. At the time my uncle was a truck driver so he knew some of the routes that would save us time.

@ryan225360

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495 arguably shouldn’t be a 3-digit. It does as much as I-97 or I-66 IMHO.

Fun Fact.....the first exit in Mass southbound on 95 actually starts in NH. The Welcome to Massachusetts sign is actually on the border.

It would be cool if shortly after entering Maine from Canada on I-95 there was a mileage sign signing Boston, New York, Washington D.C. and Miami as long distance control cities along the highway.

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome!

@blackopscw7913

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@@ControlCityFreak It would be like the US-50 Signs in Ocean City, MD and Sacramento, CA! I love those signs

@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand

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At the very least there should be a mileage sign with Boston, NYC and DC. If they could only fit two then I’d put Boston and NYC. Most of the traffic on that part of I-95 is going to one of those two places for sure.

@ryan225360

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US-6 has that sign in Provincetown, MA. It’s super cool.

@stevenroshni1228

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I'm a fan of having the end location on a sign at the beginning

Northernmost I-95 may not be so lightly traveled next April; the next total eclipse is passing right over Houlton. I have family in Augusta, so I'm gonna be there (and it'll be my first time north of Waterville).

@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand

Жыл бұрын

Oh SHIT Houlton is NOT ready for that many people, it’s going to be mobbed ! It’ll be the one time you see legit traffic jams going that far North! It’s a sleepy little town…Jesus, they’re going to have to be prepared for the influx like it or not.

Mileage signs north of Boston typically show the distance to the next town and the next city, hence the Waterville/Bangor sign, Orono/Houlton sign, etc. Orono is the home of the University of Maine.

Coming out of New York City New Haven is the place that people understand the direction of. The train on the Northeast Coornidor at that point is the New Haven line, including local trains that terminate early.

I think the main reason they call Portland, ME's airport a "jetport" is to avoid confusion with "the other" Portland's much larger airport. Of course, that doesn't stop Billings, MT from calling its airport Logan International, just like the much larger one in Boston.

28:33 Lewiston! Not Lewisburg 🤣

3:54, i95 should be signed Providence, definitely not Boston b/c it's quicker to take i91 to i84 to i90 if you wanna go to Boston.

@tylermarchand2996

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@zimz1096 What about 95-395 through New London and Worcester? Other commenters have mentioned how Hartford seems to love left hand exits, plus it has fewer tolls and fewer opportunities for heavy traffic.

Great video Todd. I will say as someone who was born and raised in CT that you're absolutely right about the New London signage. In fact, I remember when I was a kid (riding to Rocky Neck State Park of all places) that 95 north past New Haven used to be directly signed for Providence. And then probably around 2000-ish the State DOT in its infinite wisdom decided that New London and its *gigantic* population of 20-something thousand was worth signing between New Haven and the RI border. Also, the Thames River is pronounced by state residents like the Th in Thanos and the ames in James. Just in case you're wondering.

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

From Massachusetts and I guess on I 95, Massachusetts loves provincial control cities

@markhb1

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North of Peabody, they do put Portsmouth on mileage signs, and in Salisbury there's at least one that includes Kittery on the bottom.

@FLYSLATERYDER

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I do know this

Superb, Todd. Truly enjoyed all the 95 episodes. There is no way I would have guessed the pronunciation for Peabody. Nicely done!

@ControlCityFreak

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Thanks! 1 more to go!

Been watching this channel since I-78 (an interstate i’ve been on to visit family in NJ), Keep up the good work Todd! I’m fascinated by how various interstates look and are handled throughout the U.S.

@ControlCityFreak

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Thanks!

@mikeshumaker

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That's awesome. His I-69 video thru Michigan and Indiana popped up over a year ago. I watched it a couple times, checked out some of his other interstates, and I have been hooked ever since.

@dvferyance

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@@ControlCityFreak What about I-95 SB between NYC to DC?

@ControlCityFreak

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@@dvferyance Next week

@dvferyance

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@@ControlCityFreak Ok just wondering if it was in the works.

He did it!!! I may be late but it's I-95!!!!!

I grew up in Norton, MA (located between Providence and Boston), so this is my local Interstate. Congratulations Todd, on finally visiting all "lower 48" states on your KZread channel!

Exit 103 in Maine is truly evil signage on 95. Edit: The main turnpike in Maine (which 95 follows) was actually the second long distance super-highway built in the US after the Pennsylvania turnpike. (This must be where some of the less than desirable control cities come from) They actually are turning the hotel & conference center exit into exit 35 probably because they noticed toll evasion & traffic maybe?

@markhb1

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You couldn't actually get on the turnpike for free at that hotel unless you were on a motorcycle and willing to drive on a sidewalk; the parking lot had dividers. (There was no point in trying to cheat to get off there; you'd already paid at that point.)

95 is not mileage based in CT, but 395 is. The bridge is the Gold Star Bridge, not the New London Bridge and the river is Thames with a long A sound and a "TH" sound at the front, not a "T"

Todd, I would like you to show the home John well the John bridge that crosses the Merrimack river is in Amesbury Massachusetts. It’s a nice beautiful blue bridge and when I think of it I usually think of that as the road to New Hampshire because that’s right there and you already get size for West 110 to 495 on it.

Hard disagree on signing 95 for Boston at New Haven: the standard route (about 15 miles shorter distance and 20 minutes shorter time right now) from south of the 95/91 interchange to Boston is 91/Charter Oak Bridge/84/90 (largely following the Middle Post Road and sort of the NY&NE RR). The full Inland Route (following the original Post Road) of 91/291/90 is 3 miles longer distance than 95 and 2 minutes faster as I write. This is not unlike a pull-through on 94EB in Indiana at the Toll Road interchange for Chicago.

@ControlCityFreak

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I'm sold, Providence is the way then

@nebuzaradan7022

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I believe I95 North in New Haven used to be signed for Providence

@jazzman8690

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​@nebuzaradan7022 it was. I remember it being that way when I was a kid.

Todd, about the YDH, I'll sign Worcester and Portsmouth for northbound and Worcester and Providence for southbound. As for I-95 in Maine, I'll sign Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor and Houlton, and Canada/New Brunswick for northbound and Bangor, Augusta, Lewiston, Portland and Boston for southbound.

New Haven is major in that it is also the northern terminus of the Long Island Ferry.

The last 2 states in the lower 48 finally clinched. Although I-84 was planned to go to Rhode Island.

New Haven is home to Yale so that’s why. 495 north is now signed Marlboro. Gloucester is Glosster. I liked it when it was NH-Maine instead of Portsmouth.

@markwilson4078

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Not only that. New Haven is also a hub for long-distance travel since the New Haven line of the Metro-North begins there if you don’t want to drive to New York City. It is also the biggest train stop in shoreline CT if you want to take an Amtrak further south to say DC. Northbound, one could also take an Amtrak from there to Boston for those going there, or they could go north to Hartford, Springfield, or even Vermont. It really is an important city going in either direction.

I think all that Waltham signage is because of that just 128 old signage, and they have no bother to change it

RIP Jerry Springer... He sure knew how to stir up Hornets Nests....

@DC.402

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Most definitely

@mikeshumaker

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I saw a one second glimpse of him on the I-25 sb video when they showed Springer, NM as a control city on an entrance sign.

@rand479m5

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He had his show in Stamford… exit 8 on 95

My family’s home was in Mystic Ct. on the north lanes, the scenic overlook looking toward the Seaport is exactly where our house was. It was taken by eminent domain in 62’ and moved nearby. What a beautiful spot ! We moved to Williamstown Ma.

Northern Maine is one of the least populated areas of the country. Pisquataquis County, for instance is one of 7 counties east of the Mississippi which still qualifies as frontier. Most traffic to Atlantic Canada will get off 95 in Bangor and go via 395 and ME-9 to Calais. It's about the same distance to Fredericton and much shorter to Saint John, Moncton, and Nova Scotia (if you weren't taking a ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia).

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

Bangor is the farthest up I’ve been personally

@johnfoltz8183

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and the speed limit is 75

No problem with signing New London. Remember, the main purpose of the Interstate Highway System is to connect DEFENSE bases. New London has at least TWO major military complexes, the U.S. Navy Submarine Base and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. BTW, the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, NY) is the only major DOD academy that does NOT have an Interstate Highway associated with it. Yes, you pronounced "Peabody" correctly! 😃 MA 128 was truncated. At one time, MA 128 was the only number used on the Boston bypass loop. When the Big Dig was completed and I-95 through Boston was scrapped, I-95 was cosigned with MA 128. Within the last few years, the signing of MA 128 has been removed from the dual concurrency and now begins near the north shore and is considerably shorter.

@donkensler

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I'm not a New Englander, but my husband is, and I have it on good authority that Pawtucket is pronounced "P'tuck-et" The "aw" is silent. And whether you're from New Jersey (as I am) or New England, Gloucester is pronounced "Gloss-ter", although in New England I suppose it might be closer to "Gloss-tah". Like Worcester is pronounced "Woos-tah". And the Rhode Island town of Warwick is pronounced "Waw-wick". It has a decided Elmer Fudd sound to it. I live in Michigan now, and I could go on about various local manglings of place names, but I'll stop here.

@FLYSLATERYDER

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I am a New Englander and I say Pawtucket

@FLYSLATERYDER

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And I’m from Gloucester, and it is spelled GLOSTER

exit 45 in Massachusetts that is very outdated. They actually switched it to exit 64 to mileage base. The exit as of now. There’s an exit only on it.

The family guy theme played the entire time in my head while you was in Rhode Island 🤣🤣

I actually just went to exit 7 for York, Maine! First time ever in the northeast and also first time at the beach!

@ControlCityFreak

6 ай бұрын

Nice!

Massachusetts only started signing 95 North for Portsmouth fairly recently: they used to sign it as NH / Maine, which makes some sense at the Canton split with 93 (since even if going inland in NH on 93, you're better off going around on 128/95. It makes less sense one you're past Burlington and US-3.

The way it should be for I-95 (New England) IMO: NB: -Bridgeport -New Haven -Providence -Boston -Portland ME -Portland (until the I-295 junction) -Lewiston/Augusta (until the Falmouth Spur junction) -Lewiston -Augusta -Bangor -Houlton/Canada SB: -Bangor/Portland -Augusta/Portland -Lewiston/Portland (until the I-295 junction) -Lewiston -Portland -Boston -Providence -New Haven/New York City -Bridgeport/New York City -New York City And as always, awesome work Todd!

@FLYSLATERYDER

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I LIKE THAT

@FLYSLATERYDER

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Just add Portsmouth NH

@Vitemer448

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@@FLYSLATERYDER If you sign Portsmouth NH, then you also have to sign New London CT :)

@FLYSLATERYDER

Ай бұрын

Tru

23:10 we’re meeting interstate 93 at the southern end of the Boston metro and we get 95 S. Providence finally

Lots of random thoughts: * I-95 in CT manages to be totally ugly in spite of being so close to the waterfront. * I-95N at I-91 should NOT be signed for Boston because the quicker way to Boston is to take I-91 to I-84 to I-90. That saves about an hour over going straight on I-95. * The reason I-95N goes down to one lane at I-93 is that I-95 was supposed to go through downtown Boston, but it was nixed by NIMBYers. So 95 was rerouted to go around Boston on MA 128 and they never improved the interchange. * Gloucester is pronounced "Glahster." * The reason for the liquor store on I-95 in NH is to make it convenient for MA residents who don't want to pay sales tax to give NH their money instead. * Worcester is pronounced "Woostah." (I once made a native New Englander rather, um, unhappy by mispronouncing that.) * Of all the problems I heard with the Patriots while living in Boston, that's the first time I've heard yours. Well done! :) * The tolling apparatus in RI was supposed to be part of a program where RI tolled trucks only. A federal judge shot that down. Great job as always!

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

When I lived in Manchester, NH, I would take NH 101 to I-95 to go to Portsmouth and Kittery. I loved the view from the Piscataqua River Bridge.

Rhode Island started charging truck-only tolls in 2018 on 95, but the courts ruled that those tolls were unconstitutional in 2022.

12:18 I did a double take when I saw Gorham on that sign. I'm much more familiar with Gorham, Kansas (very small town between Hays and Russell in western Kansas). I never knew there's a Gorham, Maine.

Finally reached up to Canada 🇨🇦

15:50 New Brunswick is a province in Canada. Fun fact: New Brunswick 95 directly connects to the Trans Canada Highway, one of the longest highways in the world

I-95 north does have a Massachusetts welcome sign, it's just a little farther up at exit 2

I was going to wait until we got to I-96 to do this Super Thanks, but since you mentioned I-99 in the beginning of this video, I figured I might as well request my hometown exit! That would be where US 322 splits from the concurrency of I-99 and US 220 at Exit 73 eastbound for Lewistown. Can't wait to get there!

@courtemanche437

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Also, it was cool to see Exit 28A in Rhode Island for 295 going to Woonsocket, my dad's hometown!

@ControlCityFreak

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Thanks, you got it!

Hey Todd, I hope to see you with I 495 in Massachusetts. A nice long interesting INTERSTATE

Orono is Ore-uh-no and Stratham is Strat-um. Also thanks for putting in my request

Mod’s the way it should be: (NORTH): New Haven, Providence, Boston, Portsmouth, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor, Orono, Houlton, Fredericton (SOUTH): Portland, Lewiston (at the 295 jct), Portland, Boston, Providence, New York City

@spellcast1391

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Howard could be used because Houlton isn’t Miami by any size

@spellcast1391

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Bridgeport possibly? I get New Haven and Providence. I wouldn’t sign I-95 for Boston very much.

@mxderate

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@@spellcast1391 Why shouldn’t Boston be signed?

@markwilson4078

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@@spellcast1391LOL As someone who layovers in Bridgeport regularly, I would never sign 95 for Bridgeport in either direction! You could get to Long Island by ferry there, but other than that, it’s insignificant for being a state’s largest city. Even Stamford has more importance in the Greater Bridgeport Area than Bridgeport itself because Amtraks do not skip Stamford nearly as much. But New Haven is and will always be the correct choice going northbound because it is a hub for long-distance travel with not just the Amtrak, but Shoreline East if you want to go to New London, you can get to Hartford from New Haven, and those who don’t want to drive to New York can instead get on the train in New Haven to save on gas.

Newport going south in Maine actually makes sense. It’s a small town, however it has a major intersection with US 2, which runs through the western Maine communities of the state into the White Mountains of New Hampshire and into Vermont. Many would get off I-95 in Newport to go to the state’s ski resorts…also for people going to Quebec City…At the triangle in Newport is also the intersection of state routes 7 and 11 which leads to the northwest lakes region. Newport is small but a key hub in Maine.

7:08 - Here is the approach to MA-128, the bypass-loop through suburbs around Boston. The never-built/planned I-95 (Southwest Corridor) would have been straight ahead from here.

@295g295

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7:27 - I-95 onto a cloverleaf ramp onto MA-128.

@maroon9273

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Southwest expressway would've went stopped at inner belt expressway. Which would've started in mass ave/I-93 interchange and end at Leverett connector/I-93 interchange.

The Thames River in Connecticut is actually pronounced how it looks and not the weird British way Also, the bridge in new London is called the gold star bridge and that’s the bridge that had a massive fire a couple of weeks ago that you might’ve seen

@Micg51

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Is it pronounced THames or Tames?

@calem34

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@@Micg51 usually everyone around here says THames

When you say Gloucester, you say it GLOSTER

I believe I 95 is the only 2 digit interstate thst goes through Delaware,Rhode Island and Maine...

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

It is

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2

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Only Hawaii and Alaska remain and technically Peurto Rico

I have been on the entire length of I-95 (both directions) from Miami, FL to Bangor, ME aside from bits and pieces between Providence and Boston and bits in NY/NJ (never been over the GW bridge). It is most definitely NOT a road tripping road, but an experience nonetheless.

The name of the bridge over the Thames is the Gold Star Bridge. Plus it’s I-395 that is now mileage based. 95 in CT is still sequential, plus there is no 77-78-79 for some reason.

@davidtosh7200

Жыл бұрын

At least Massachusetts and Rhode Island already have their exit numbers to a mileage based system on all interstate highways. Vermont, and some interstates in New York now have their exit numbers to a mileage based system.

The New Hampshire Turnpike(I 95) must be one of the shortest toll roads in the country..

To be fair, the north end of 95 ends at BOTH highways 1 and 2.

19:18 What else is in York County, ME in the Portland, ME area? 19:21 Lyman, ME!?! But hey, at least it's not signed for an interstate and at least we don't talk about Limon.

NH still takes cash for their stretch of 95. Because most from Massachusetts and points SW will have EZ-Pass and crowd into the open-road lanes, on big travel weekends a pro-tip if you have an EZ-Pass is to go through the EZ-Pass booths. You can't go 65 through those, but the traffic on the open road booths means you're not going 65 through those either, and the backup in the left 2 lanes can stretch for miles while the right lanes are free-flowing.

One thing Maine could have done for the northernmost strech of 95 northbound is make Presque Isle a control city in addition to Houlton. It the largest city and the regional commercial hub in far north Maine (along with Caribou) and easily accessible from 95 via US 1

Orono: the first and last O's are long, the one in the middle is a schwa, accent on the first syllable: OR-uh-noh.

EXIT 45 is my home exit thanks for showing it even if I didn’t request it

I 95 in Maine. I 95 was originally put in as a Super two North of Bangor. It stayed that way for longest time. I believe it was made 4 Lane Divided in the 80s..

Much of I-95 uses or used to be on current or former toll roads. In many cases, the toll road took priority in signage and control cities over any individual number.

@mark99k

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Very true. In Connecticut even the directional signs bucked the system. Before about 1990, the onramp signs said eastbound or westbound, not north/south. It made sense locally since the road runs basically east-west throughout the state. Even now many locals don't usually say 95 north or 95 south.

Oh my, Rhode Island lost the sequencial numbering on the exits?! I won't be able to find my way around ; ;

I95 starts in Miami, which has phone area code 305 and the last exit before Canada in Maine is exit 305..... I LOVE IT!

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

Nice!

Shocked to see its 75 mph up in Maine! Most New England states have maximum speed limits of 65 mph. Also, I agree that Kittery shouldn’t be signed and that it should be Boston(Or Portsmouth at least)instead. I haven’t heard of Kittery ever.

@markhb1

Жыл бұрын

Kittery and Augusta are there because those are the official endpoints of the Maine Turnpike, and the Turnpike Authority is a completely separate entity from Maine DOT. In fact, prior to the switch to mileage-based exits in 2004, the Turnpike had its own numbers so coming north from the border the exits went 1-2-3-1 (now Exit 7) -2-3-4-5-6-6A etc., and the mile markers reset to 0 at Spruce Creek in Kittery (then the end of MTA jurisdiction) and jumped from 100 to 103 in Augusta..

@gamer987-jx1li

Жыл бұрын

@@markhb1 I’m fine with Augusta because It’s the capital and I already knew the Maine Turnpike ended there. But thanks for the info on Kittery. I kept on wondering why it was signed.

I-195 does go to Massachusetts. Its function is to connect Cape Cod and SE Massachusetts to I-95. I grew up along I-195 in the Fall River area of Massachusetts. Seeing the 195 sign is a bit of nostalgia for me.

Went to Maine via 495, I saw a sign when going back to 95 in Massachusetts that said Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME lol

At 1:36 I was about to congratulate you on the pronunciation of Greenwich, but you did really well on the others too. You're excused for mangling Gloucester, it being probably the worst of several equally tough names. I believe the "points" thing is peculiar to New England. I can only guess it's a carryover from railroad jargon. The entrance to MA 3 -- the highway from Boston to Cape Cod -- used to be signed simply _Points South_ which I always found weird.

Massachusetts starting to look like north Carolina lol

There's at least one overhead sign on 95 north in the New London area that has "Groton" on it (I think together with Providence, but still...)

That single lane interchange on 95 wanted me to 93 is because 95 was supposed to go into Boston but they canceled the project. Fun fact most of the new the ACELA Corredor or the NEC goes over it the empty space that was cut out in BOSTON

@maroon9273

Жыл бұрын

Had the northeast expressway been completed or rerouted as upgrade to US-1 from Revere to Peabody. I-93 would've stopped at US-1/I-95 interchange in charlestown.

In recent decades, Maine has had quite a youth drain (primarily to Massachusetts): it's long been the oldest state in the country by median age and recently overtook Florida in percent of the population over 65. So a lot of the traffic going into Maine is actually coming home (and Maine off and on again mounts campaigns to get people under 50 to move there). Being a swingy state, every Maine governor changes the slogan on the welcome sign when they come into office.

I 95 unbuilt Boston Canceled 1974. Simular to the pattern of Atlanta I 95 was supposed to come in from the North East and meet I 93 in Central Downtown Boston. Run as a single expressway and separate south of the Downtown area as I 695 and I 95 and end at the current alignment. From the North going US 1 branches of as a divided Highway and enters a Freeway. The US 1 section would have been grandfathered in. The expressway would have gone west of Lynn to Peabody. Funny you see the ghost ramps stubs Near Lynn and I 93 & 95 but not at Peabody at Mass 128 and I 95.

@maroon9273

Жыл бұрын

I wish they rerouted saugus, Lynn to peabody alignment to US-1 route from Revere to Peabody instead. Plus, had the inner belt expressway been built. It will be smart to designate it I-95 and and leave the join US-1 via Tobin bridge. If the east boston expressway been built along with the northeast expressway and later 3rd harbor tunnel (ted williams tunnel with a seperate lane from I-90) with a I-95 designation.

When I drove on I-95 NB Through New Haven about 8 years ago it used to be for Providence until they just switched to New London which to me is not a very great choice. My interstate hero

@ControlCityFreak

Жыл бұрын

Oh really? I only drove that stretch once, back in 2004, and pretty sure it said New London then, but I could just be imagining that.

@jimcoddington4100

Жыл бұрын

@@ControlCityFreak wish they kept the Providence signs in New Haven

7:00 - This is near Foxboro, home of the NFL New England Patriots. Their Gillette Stadium is about 2 miles to the west of I-95, on US-1.

From North to South in the New England portion of 95… Thank you for actually covering NB 95 in New Brunswick! NB 95 is an unofficial 10 mile extension of I-95 but it can’t be signed Interstate 95 since New Brunswick is part of Canada. That’s why it’s NB 95 though. Given the harsh winters Maine has the state has taken very good care of I-95, saw a video of someone driving on 95 up there in winter and the road itself was in great condition imo. When Maine is taking better care of their roads in winter than IDOT does in the Chicago area that’s sad. Thank goodness the states that were using sequential exit numbering finally switched to matching up with the mile markers! It was a pain in the butt to follow everything through there, should be a lot better now! Only ones that have left to switch to it is New York State. It’s really weird how there’s no mileage signs saying how far NYC is, especially once you get to the other side of Providence. NYC is about as major as it gets, I would have thought there’d be at least one around there!

@mark99k

Жыл бұрын

So true about the lack of mileage signs! Back when I-95 in Connecticut had tolls, I worked 2 summers as a toll collector. If working in the New York-bound direction, I was probably asked "How far is New York?" several times an hour (other than at commute peaks). IIRC most of CT's interstate (and similar) highways are devoid of mileage signs, but weirdly, most junctions of smaller numbered roads show mileage to the next communities. It's definitely not a matter of cost -- Connecticut is a wealthy state.

@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand

Жыл бұрын

@@mark99k See that’s why to me it would make more sense to put at least a few mileage signs on the Southbound side! That would have saved you having to answer that over and over. I’d bet a lot of my money with having worked as a toll collector probably 95 percent of the Southbound traffic down through Connecticut is going to either NYC itself or just outside of there. Strangely enough when you’re coming up to NYC from DC there’s plenty of mileage signs saying how far NYC is, you’d have to be 100 percent oblivious to not see any of them! I just figured seeing some for nyc from Providence heading South was a reasonable expectation. The fact there’s none wax a big surprise to say the least.

@mark99k

Жыл бұрын

@@BhChicagoTVStationhistoriesand Fully agree. It was even a bit worse than I described, because, unlike for traffic approaching NYC from New Jersey, traffic from Connecticut first crosses into New York _State_ and then THIRTY MILES LATER finally gets to New York City. (Initially I'd ask "city or state?" but gave up on that pretty quick, since most drivers just gave me a puzzled look!)

@DWNY358

Жыл бұрын

CT has to have the most exits per mile of any state on its interstates, which makes mileage signs less practical with so much going on. When you pass one exit the next one is coming right up. In fact the only mileage sign for Hartford on I-84 eastbound happens to be in New York.

New London is locally significant because it's the last interstate junction in the state -- so it's sort of the same White RIver Junction logic. ;) When the Connecticut Turnpike was still a thing, New London was the only signed control city east of New Haven. (Beyond NL the signs said Rhode Island.)

@mxderate

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Doesn’t matter. WRJ shouldn’t be signed in the first place. Providence ->

@tylermarchand2996

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@mark99k Except WRJ is a small CDP in an immediate urban cluster of 35k along both sides of the Connecticut River. New London is at least 55k without heading inland towards Norwich. It surprised me during my 2022 summer road trip to suddenly have I 95 S go from 4 lanes and 65 MPH to 10 lanes and 50 MPH. That does not spell “insignificant” to me!

Augusta is a control on I-95 in Southern Maine because it is the terminus of the Maine Turnpike.

Fun fact 128 begins at that 9593 interchange

@FLYSLATERYDER

Жыл бұрын

In canton

I'm OK with signing it Waltham between Peabody and I-90. With how 95 functions in Massachusetts, it's shorter mileage to take 93 to get to Providence. Maybe go Waltham/Providence or "Boston Bypass" to signal that you're going to get to Providence eventually, but you're going through the western Boston suburbs to do so.

@RFE812

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I feel that Massachusetts should sign I-95 for Worcester because of the junction with I-90/US Route 20 in Waltham.

I always wonder how the NH prisoners feel when they make the license plates that say "Live Free or Die".

Bridgeport is where you can catch the ferry to Port Jefferson, New York... if you've got the money for it.

There is a sign crossing the river on the bridge that does say welcome to Maine.

pronounced "Glah-ster" You did get Peabody right, so wicked props for that.

20:41WE MEET 495 SOUTH FOR WORCESTER AND 95 is signed south for Boston as it should be

Trust me when I say you do NOT wanna be on that 95/90 interchange during rush hour, ESPECIALLY going NB 95 to WB 90. YIKES!

@markhb1

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That one's a nightmare, and the 93/95 interchange in Woburn is also a nightmare (Todd, look at that one on gmaps... it's a ridiculously tight cloverleaf for an intersection of 2 2DI's.)

@FLYSLATERYDER

Жыл бұрын

The 9593 in a change in Woburn, should be like a turbine INTERCHANGE

About the addition of the -ugh in Foxboro: in MA anyway, the municipalities with that suffix, with one exception, have the -ugh in their official names (City/Town of _____) but dropping the suffix is acceptable unofficially. The one exception is Attleboro. When that town re-incoroporated itself into a city, the -ugh was dropped, thus "Attleborough" is a misspelling. Note that North Attleborough is separate from Attleboro and still appends the -ugh officially. Someone out there can say what the status of the -ugh suffix in other states is. I know that its use/non-use is inconsistent elsewhere.

8:22 That's my exit!! Thanks Todd :)

@jakebutler291

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29:20 That's my exit for Wells where I go often in the summer! 2 for 2 :)

YOU DID A GOOD JOB SAYING PEBODY THANKS ❤❤🎉

Rhode Island and Massachusetts have since gone to mileage based exits fully on I-95 as some of the pics posted here were from the previous sequential exits.

When I was a kid in the 70s, I-95 through Connecticut was the Connecticut Turnpike. It was one of the most annoying toll roads in the country. Just about every town along the road had a toll booth. Because of that, it took forever to get from one end of the state to the other. In later years, they got rid of the individual toll booths, and did the get a ticket when you get on and pay the toll when you get off thing. That wasn't quite as annoying. Just a bit of interstate history for you.

@pablonh

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The Turnpike never had ticketed tolls. It dropped tolls altogether after a terrible crash in 1983 at a toll barrier that killed seven people.

@dmnemaine

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@@pablonh Sorry, you're correct. I was going by memories of being on it, but I apparently remembered wrong. I did find out, though, that CT was already in the process of removing the tolls, but that accident caused the state to expedite the removal. Still, it took until 1985 to get rid of all the tolls on the turnpike.

@pablonh

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@@dmnemaine Yes, the accident hastened the planned removal, but it still took almost 33 months.

@mark99k

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Erm, there were _eight_ toll plazas on the Turnpike's 129-mile route, so it wasn't every town. And if you were using 95 along the coast, you'd skip 2 of them. A ticket system never would've worked anyway, given the huge number of exits (over 90). I'd argue New Jersey's Garden State Parkway was (is) almost as bad: you pay a toll at toll plazas on the highway _and_ another toll at several of the entrances and exits.

@dmnemaine

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@@mark99k Adult memories from childhood. Sometimes not all the great. Sorry.

4:25 - In Connecticut, the exit numbering on I-95 is sequential (sort of). It definitely is not mileage based. It is weird that the lowest exit number is #2 and a few other exit numbers are not used. But the highest exit number on I-95 is #93 at just under 112 miles.

In MA they did a sign change recently and now it’s 495 to Marlboro instead of Worcester. Not a fan. 495 meets 290 in Marlboro (which goes to Worcester) but no one is going to Marlboro!

Thanks! Request for I-96 Exit 43 28Th St in Grand Rapids.

@ControlCityFreak

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Thanks so much. You got it!

29:10 phew thought I was crazy thinking “Todd didn’t just forget SB 95 NY-DC did he?”

Waltham, MA was the headquarters of Raytheon for the longest time.... Also there was a lot of 1960s tech start-ups were in Waltham.... It was small and irrelevant right now but it was quite fair to use the town to sign I-95 towards Boston's western suburbs without saying "Western Suburbs", especially for the locals

@RFE812

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Personally I would sign I-95 for Worcester there because of the Junction with I-90/US Route 20 in Waltham. Signing suburbs on a two digit interstate is never a smart move.

THE MOMENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 🎉🎉🎉

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK

New Haven is also a much more independent metro than Bridgeport, and Bridgeport is arguably not really the more important city in its own metro: Stamford's downtown is more urban than Bridgeport and the Acela and all NE Regionals going through there stop at Stamford (none of the Acelas and many of the NE Regionals skip Bridgeport). So if you weren't going to sign New Haven coming out of NY on 95 north, Stamford is probably a better choice than Bridgeport.

@markwilson4078

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Thank you for mentioning Stamford there! The hub there in the Metro Area for Bridgeport really speaks to how important Stamford is when traveling to New York. Bridgeport may be the largest CT city, but I layover there all the time and it doesn’t feel that way because fewer Amtraks stop there.