Which End of I-70 Looks Better?

[theroadwayone]

Which do you think, the west end at I-15 in Cove Fort, UT, or the east end, at a Park and Ride lot in Baltimore, MD?

[theroadwayone]

West:
file:///C:/Users/ianca/OneDrive/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20(4).png

[theroadwayone]

East:
file:///C:/Users/ianca/OneDrive/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20(5).png

[jp the roadgeek]

They both look the same on here.  Just a string of characters for the filename

[davewiecking]

West:
file:///C:/Users/ianca/OneDrive/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20(4).png

Surprisingly, none of us are using YOUR computer to read this forum.

But I'd vote for the west end.

[theroadwayone]

They both look the same on here.  Just a string of characters for the filename

How the hell do I post pictures on here, may I ask?

[7/8]

They both look the same on here.  Just a string of characters for the filename

How the hell do I post pictures on here, may I ask?

Upload your screenshots to imgur or flickr and include share links in your post (they'll be called bbcode links on imgur and flickr)

[oscar]

Actually, the east end is at the four-level stack interchange with I-695. The stub at the park-and-ride was truncated away, with AASHTO approval, for transit improvements.

As partial as I am to rural interchanges, it's hard to top a well-designed urban four-level stack.

Like JP, I can't see the linked images either. They need to be uploaded to a Web server, not theroadwayone's personal OneDrive, for the rest of us to view them. The subject of hosting images for posting on this forum has been extensively (and probably repetitively) discussed in other parts of this forum.

[briantroutman]

Actually, the east end is at the four-level stack interchange with I-695. The stub at the park-and-ride was truncated away, with AASHTO approval, for transit improvements.

Perhaps it has been truncated officially, but I was on the stub end just a few weeks ago, and it was still signed as I-70.

From a roadgeek perspective, I'd vote for the Baltimore end without a question. Even without the four-level interchange, the oddness of the eerily vacant wide right of way, the history behind it, and the thoughts of what might have been easily make it much more interesting, in my opinion.

Beyond the oddball control city (Cove Fort), the west end is a relatively ordinary freeway of the Mountain West–reasonably scenic, but not remarkable.

[theroadwayone]

All right; here are the images, take deux.
Cove Fort:

[theroadwayone]

And Baltimore:

[roadman65]

The west end because of the mountains and the serenity of Utah.  The east end is typical suburban looking cluttered with Baltimore metro area commuters and commerce.

[theroadwayone]

The west end because of the mountains and the serenity of Utah.  The east end is typical suburban looking cluttered with Baltimore metro area commuters and commerce.

I do have to sort of agree; an interchange with a breathtaking, scenic backdrop vs. a parking lot isn't much of a contest.

[Truvelo]

I would like to beg to differ regarding the eastern end. Surely it looks like this

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@39.2708073,-76.6509988,3a,75y,317.89h,79.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCPFvsYOLxjhXFMJQV6Bl6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[roadman65]

This https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.5811158,-112.5962278,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxXxYkDTjayDH6Mh8SLkUPw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DxXxYkDTjayDH6Mh8SLkUPw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D324.24118%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
still looks better than this:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@39.2708073,-76.6509988,3a,75y,317.89h,79.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCPFvsYOLxjhXFMJQV6Bl6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Mergingtraffic]

Baltimore side wins!

[Roadgeekteen]

East is more intresting, west is more senic.

[theroadwayone]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

[theroadwayone]

I read that when that sign first went up, the amount of Baltimoreans calling to ask "Where's Cove Fort?" was INSANE.

[JJBers]

I read that when that sign first went up, the amount of Baltimoreans calling to ask "Where's Cove Fort?" was INSANE.

Well, not everyone knows a random fort 2,200 miles away.

[Flint1979]

The eastern end is more interesting. The western end is more scenic. As a matter of fact the entire stretch from Breezewood to the eastern terminus is pretty interesting.

[Revive 755]

Actually, the east end is at the four-level stack interchange with I-695. The stub at the park-and-ride was truncated away, with AASHTO approval, for transit improvements.

Perhaps it has been truncated officially, but I was on the stub end just a few weeks ago, and it was still signed as I-70.

It looks like the transit improvements that would have deconstructed the stub east of I-695 have been temporarily halted.


I vote for the west end.  From Streetview it appears you do not get much of a view of the stack with I-695 from I-70 since I-70 is on the top level.

[Roadgeekteen]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

Is that the longest distance on a normal mileage sign?

[briantroutman]

Is that the longest distance on a normal mileage sign?

There's a mileage sign at the western end of US 50 in Sacramento where the bottom line reads "Ocean City, MD 3073" .

[signalman]

I could have sworn there was one on either end of I-40 mentioning the other terminus, but I can't find it on GSV.  There is a freestanding sign in CA mentioning the distance to Wilmington, NC via I-40, but not a mileage sign listing other places.