Hey all. I started a YouTube channel a few months ago that some of you may dig. It's called Control City Freak and it's about, well, control cities. Working my way through the 2dis right now, just got to 25.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SFHyADqDvsooRYPuGVmUQ
New update, I-27.https://youtu.be/EQmeUrR4-5M
Like your channel and agree :cool: with most of your choices of what cities to post on signs, and for sure using Limon CO is a joke! :banghead: :spin:
Like I've said: Discussions about control cities make me reach for my revolver.
Good videos; however, I am going to forewarn you about Illinois control cities. IDOT uses two tiers of control cities very consistently. One is a primary control, used at interstate to interstate junctions; and the other is a secondary control, used everywhere else outside the City of Chicago. As an example, I-55 has primary controls of St Louis and Chicago, with secondary controls of Joliet, Bloomington, Springfield, and East St Louis.
As for worst control cities, I'm surprised "Interstate 57" on I-24 isn't above Limon.
Can't wait for the I-70 video, and its long list of interesting control cities, starting off with Baltimore :D
I just watched your I-27 video. I like your voice-over style, and the idea is interesting, but I'd like to suggest some ideas!
As it is now, the video doesn't offer much more information than looking up the list of AASHTO control cities and hunting around for signs on GSV. Which is fine, some people might rather watch a video than do that themselves. But I think it might be interesting if each of the control cities had a brief discussion of the city that explains why you might be traveling here on this road, maybe mention a few geography facts like the population, major industries here, or some historical facts. With that as background, you could also discuss why you think the choice was made to make it a control city if it's not an obvious choice. At the end of the I-27 video, you mention Dumas and Pampa and say not many people will have heard of them. That would have been a great time to spend a few minutes educating about those towns and theorizing why they may have ended up on the sign.
For the photography, instead of GSV, why not use roadgeek-taken photos or videos? It would be a great way to showcase some of the photography talent in the hobby, and would both be nicer to look at and would expose those photos to a wider audience. Obviously, for ethical reasons you need to get permission to use from the original author and credit them in the video, but I think most roadgeeks would be quite happy to have their photos appear in another roadgeek's video.
I think this would make your channel likely to appeal to a wider audience outside of just roadgeeks!
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2021, 01:52:08 AM
I just watched your I-27 video. I like your voice-over style, and the idea is interesting, but I'd like to suggest some ideas!
As it is now, the video doesn't offer much more information than looking up the list of AASHTO control cities and hunting around for signs on GSV. Which is fine, some people might rather watch a video than do that themselves. But I think it might be interesting if each of the control cities had a brief discussion of the city that explains why you might be traveling here on this road, maybe mention a few geography facts like the population, major industries here, or some historical facts. With that as background, you could also discuss why you think the choice was made to make it a control city if it's not an obvious choice. At the end of the I-27 video, you mention Dumas and Pampa and say not many people will have heard of them. That would have been a great time to spend a few minutes educating about those towns and theorizing why they may have ended up on the sign.
For the photography, instead of GSV, why not use roadgeek-taken photos or videos? It would be a great way to showcase some of the photography talent in the hobby, and would both be nicer to look at and would expose those photos to a wider audience. Obviously, for ethical reasons you need to get permission to use from the original author and credit them in the video, but I think most roadgeeks would be quite happy to have their photos appear in another roadgeek's video.
I think this would make your channel likely to appeal to a wider audience outside of just roadgeeks!
I have seen and subscribed to this channel and like it, but this person has a very GOOD idea...if you did this it would increase views substantially I would imagine. I would love to see this
Quote from: Brandon on October 03, 2021, 04:20:25 PM
Good videos; however, I am going to forewarn you about Illinois control cities. IDOT uses two tiers of control cities very consistently. One is a primary control, used at interstate to interstate junctions; and the other is a secondary control, used everywhere else outside the City of Chicago. As an example, I-55 has primary controls of St Louis and Chicago, with secondary controls of Joliet, Bloomington, Springfield, and East St Louis.
As for worst control cities, I'm surprised "Interstate 57" on I-24 isn't above Limon.
Oh, I'm prepared for that. I grew up in Kansas but my whole extended family is from Chicago and I spent a few years there myself, so I've spent lots of time on Illinois interstates. Thanks for watching!
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 03, 2021, 09:00:05 PM
Can't wait for the I-70 video, and its long list of interesting control cities, starting off with Baltimore :D
Ha! I'm actually most excited for 70. It's my hometown road and probably my favorite. It may be a 10-parter.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 04, 2021, 01:52:08 AM
I just watched your I-27 video. I like your voice-over style, and the idea is interesting, but I'd like to suggest some ideas!
As it is now, the video doesn't offer much more information than looking up the list of AASHTO control cities and hunting around for signs on GSV. Which is fine, some people might rather watch a video than do that themselves. But I think it might be interesting if each of the control cities had a brief discussion of the city that explains why you might be traveling here on this road, maybe mention a few geography facts like the population, major industries here, or some historical facts. With that as background, you could also discuss why you think the choice was made to make it a control city if it's not an obvious choice. At the end of the I-27 video, you mention Dumas and Pampa and say not many people will have heard of them. That would have been a great time to spend a few minutes educating about those towns and theorizing why they may have ended up on the sign.
For the photography, instead of GSV, why not use roadgeek-taken photos or videos? It would be a great way to showcase some of the photography talent in the hobby, and would both be nicer to look at and would expose those photos to a wider audience. Obviously, for ethical reasons you need to get permission to use from the original author and credit them in the video, but I think most roadgeeks would be quite happy to have their photos appear in another roadgeek's video.
I think this would make your channel likely to appeal to a wider audience outside of just roadgeeks!
Thanks for the suggestions, great ideas here. I do try to get into the weeds on the reasoning for some of the signs here and there and I'm trying to do more of that, along with some personal anecdotes. I'm also starting a new segment on the next video where I breakdown the list for what I think the control cities should be. I like the photos idea, definitely something I'll look into in the future. I do throw on my own here and there and definitely agree with crediting the photographer (which is why I use GSV or Apple flyovers for nearly everything, I don't wanna get flagged for any copyright issues so I've erred on the side of caution so far).
Appreciate the ideas!
Quote from: jaehak on October 05, 2021, 01:52:36 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 03, 2021, 09:00:05 PM
Can't wait for the I-70 video, and its long list of interesting control cities, starting off with Baltimore :D
Ha! I'm actually most excited for 70. It's my hometown road and probably my favorite. It may be a 10-parter.
I grew up on 2 cities served by I-70, and a third that's 50 miles due south of it, and I-70 as an interstate have some interesting quirks, including the control cities:
- Baltimore (shoutout to HighwayStar here :sombrero:)
- DC used to be signed in some places, including at Breezewood. I think the signage for it was removed recently.
- Breezewood
- Actually most of the control cities between St Louis and Breezewood are relatively normal, and what you would expect (Indianapolis, Dayton, Columbus, Wheeling, Washington PA, Pittsburgh)
- Wentzville being used for WB in the St Louis suburbs more and more
- And the general habit of MoDOT switching control cities at every other interchange. Columbia is a common one because of this
- Not sure about Kansas
- In Colorado, there's Limon, a big debate point here. Imo if a city doesn't have a hospital, it's not worth control city status.
- Then in Utah, the various small towns on the route, and the one-off "Las Vegas" sign.
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 05, 2021, 02:11:33 PM
Quote from: jaehak on October 05, 2021, 01:52:36 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 03, 2021, 09:00:05 PM
Can't wait for the I-70 video, and its long list of interesting control cities, starting off with Baltimore :D
Ha! I'm actually most excited for 70. It's my hometown road and probably my favorite. It may be a 10-parter.
I grew up on 2 cities served by I-70, and a third that's 50 miles due south of it, and I-70 as an interstate have some interesting quirks, including the control cities:
- Baltimore (shoutout to HighwayStar here :sombrero:)
- DC used to be signed in some places, including at Breezewood. I think the signage for it was removed recently.
- Breezewood
- Actually most of the control cities between St Louis and Breezewood are relatively normal, and what you would expect (Indianapolis, Dayton, Columbus, Wheeling, Washington PA, Pittsburgh)
- Wentzville being used for WB in the St Louis suburbs more and more
- And the general habit of MoDOT switching control cities at every other interchange. Columbia is a common one because of this
- Not sure about Kansas
- In Colorado, there's Limon, a big debate point here. Imo if a city doesn't have a hospital, it's not worth control city status.
- Then in Utah, the various small towns on the route, and the one-off "Las Vegas" sign.
I'll look more carefully when I make the vid, but 70 in Kansas was pretty sensible last time I drove it. Ignoring secondaries: west - Topeka, Salina, Hays, Denver. East - Salina (was usually on the 3rd line with Hays as secondary from what I remember), Topeka, Kansas City. I remember Denver being signed on an overhead at the turnpike split in Topeka when I was a kid (always as Denver Colo for whatever reason) but that's long gone, although it still shows up on a random mileage sign in Lawrence
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 05, 2021, 02:11:33 PM
- Then in Utah, the various small towns on the route, and the one-off "Las Vegas" sign.
It's not even a one-off - Las Vegas is the westbound control city at most exits west of Richfield.
Interested to see your takes on Illinois' control cities. And of course, Limon. Ick.
Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2021, 09:33:22 PM
Interested to see your takes on Illinois' control cities. And of course, Limon. Ick.
I'm guessing I'll make it to my first real look at Illinois in early November with 39. I've just done 29 so just 2 short roads and one monster to go before 39.
Channel would be more valuable if:
You actually drove these roads and through a couple of the cities and provide the same facts rather than use stock Google maps images. Otherwise, this is just something that anyone can do on Google maps or look up on Wikipedia. This is my honest opinion imo
Quote from: Crash_It on October 07, 2021, 11:35:59 PM
Channel would be more valuable if:
You actually drove your car purposely into dangerous situations so you can capture shock footage of your road rage. You probably ought to get on trying to convince the world that Indiana isn't flat (sorry, Illinois is my domain). Most importantly, you need to talk ghouls that one might encounter on any given roadway. Amazed (well not really) you haven't followed my masterpiece template to YouTube success.
FIFY
When doing Chicago area, interested to see what you think of "control states" on our BGS's.
I think Indiana is fine for control, since Gary has shrunken. NW Indiana is a commonly used term for the "east suburbs".
Cant wait to see his take on I-95 and "All Maine Points"
Quote from: US20IL64 on October 08, 2021, 10:51:26 AM
When doing Chicago area, interested to see what you think of "control states" on our BGS's.
I think Indiana is fine for control, since Gary has shrunken. NW Indiana is a commonly used term for the "east suburbs".
IDOT and ISTHA are right for just putting Indiana as a control. No one would want to go to Gary or Hammond for that matter. Within Indiana, none of the BGS say Gary either.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 08, 2021, 12:53:08 PM
Cant wait to see his take on I-95 and "All Maine Points"
I've driven that. Kinda dig that one. Sure it should probably be Portland but definitely some style points there.
Quote from: US20IL64 on October 08, 2021, 10:51:26 AM
When doing Chicago area, interested to see what you think of "control states" on our BGS's.
I think Indiana is fine for control, since Gary has shrunken. NW Indiana is a commonly used term for the "east suburbs".
Agreed. I'm also fine with Wisconsin between the Loop and the Edens split. Iowa is the only one that should go imo
Quote from: jaehak on October 08, 2021, 02:44:37 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 08, 2021, 12:53:08 PM
Cant wait to see his take on I-95 and "All Maine Points"
I've driven that. Kinda dig that one. Sure it should probably be Portland but definitely some style points there.
It's not a good choice. Some points in Maine are better reached via NH 16.
How the heck did you spend 7 1/2 minutes talking about I-27? Wouldn't that need about 7 1/2 seconds? :bigass:
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 08, 2021, 11:28:07 PM
How the heck did you spend 7 1/2 minutes talking about I-27? Wouldn't that need about 7 1/2 seconds? :bigass:
Great idea! I added a new playlist where I'm doing just that, more or less.
Well I'm up too I-41 on the channel. Also made my first list video today ranking the southwestern state's DOTs in signing control cities.
https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0 (https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0)
Just watched your I-39 video. That distance sign near Portage with Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago on it is one of my favorite road signs. It's my home city, the largest city in my home state, and the nearest BIG city, all on one sign. It also has to be the highest combined mileage on a distance sign in WI, at 314.
Quote from: jaehak on December 09, 2021, 11:43:08 AM
Well I'm up too I-41 on the channel. Also made my first list video today ranking the southwestern state's DOTs in signing control cities.
https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0 (https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0)
Also agree about I-41 through Green Bay. Very good-looking and well-built freeway, especially for a city of Green Bay's size.
Quote from: thspfc on December 13, 2021, 08:14:47 PM
Quote from: jaehak on December 09, 2021, 11:43:08 AM
Well I'm up too I-41 on the channel. Also made my first list video today ranking the southwestern state's DOTs in signing control cities.
https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0 (https://youtu.be/1htMue7ygm0)
Also agree about I-41 through Green Bay. Very good-looking and well-built freeway, especially for a city of Green Bay's size.
I'm working on 43 atm, and 41 definitely looks a lot better than 43 does in Green Bay. Nice bridge on 43 tho
Newest episode, roadgeek review of National Lampoon's Vacation. https://youtu.be/zXb82RGlMyo
Thanks for making these, they are fun.
I watched the two I-5 videos and noticed a common theme where you don't seem to like when the "secondary" control city is too minor. Notably at 7:00 of the I-5 South video (https://youtu.be/_NByWABJEgY?t=420) you say that the 5 South sign should say Sacramento / Los Angeles, and the 505 sign would be better as Oakland / San Francisco.
I don't agree in these cases because the secondary control city is nearby, so it could still be helpful for people who aren't sure which road goes there. For example if you know that Winters is generally south of that interchange but aren't sure which highway is a more direct route, there's value in stating that on the sign. I think having 1 nearby city and 1 far away city is a good mix that conveys more information. Having "Oakland / San Francisco" is redundant because they're both far away along the same direction and if you know how to get to one you'll know how to get to the other.
Todd,
Do you have an idea yet of which of the remaining interstates will get the 2-part treatment? I think I can guess that 80, 90, 94, and 95 will need at least that many, heck maybe 4 parts for some of them, but which others?
Quote from: invincor on August 30, 2022, 02:00:35 PM
Todd,
Do you have an idea yet of which of the remaining interstates will get the 2-part treatment? I think I can guess that 80, 90, 94, and 95 will need at least that many, heck maybe 4 parts for some of them, but which others?
Taking my guesses, 84, 86 and 88 would most likely be 2 parts by default as they're 2 disjointed segments.
Could see an I-87 and "I-87" 2-parter like what he did for 74.
Since I-77 was a 2-parter, I'm guessing that I-81 and I-85 would be so as well, along with I-80, 90, 94 and 95 you mentioned.
Quote from: SkyPesos on August 30, 2022, 02:33:20 PM
Quote from: invincor on August 30, 2022, 02:00:35 PM
Todd,
Do you have an idea yet of which of the remaining interstates will get the 2-part treatment? I think I can guess that 80, 90, 94, and 95 will need at least that many, heck maybe 4 parts for some of them, but which others?
Taking my guesses, 84, 86 and 88 would most likely be 2 parts by default as they're 2 disjointed segments.
Could see an I-87 and "I-87" 2-parter like what he did for 74.
Since I-77 was a 2-parter, I'm guessing that I-81 and I-85 would be so as well, along with I-80, 90, 94 and 95 you mentioned.
Offhand I'm thinking it will be all of those. 95 will probably be 3-4 parts.
Quote from: thspfc on December 13, 2021, 08:05:02 PM
Just watched your I-39 video. That distance sign near Portage with Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago on it is one of my favorite road signs. It's my home city, the largest city in my home state, and the nearest BIG city, all on one sign. It also has to be the highest combined mileage on a distance sign in WI, at 314.
Close. This is just being pedantic, but 320 miles (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8949843,-91.6998688,3a,15y,68.52h,90.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slRnH4l5ZwKIAq7DBMFbnuw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) going to where my favorite brew in college was made and ultimately to my home town.
Todd's clearly doing I-80 in just two parts (albeit with a break in between them), so I guess the other long ones will only be two parts as well.
Title of recent video, "Which is I-180 is worst I-180 is worst?"
Should be either "... is worse?" or "...is the worst?" :poke:
After which interstate would you anticipate the Northeast ranking state DOTs video to be released?
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 08, 2022, 07:47:51 PM
After which interstate would you anticipate the Northeast ranking state DOTs video to be released?
95, which will probably be 4 parts, so somewhere in the mix of those
Can't wait to see your thoughts on New England cities used liked Waltham, Portsmouth, and Peabody.
I of course watched the one on Interstate 82 since that's in my home state. I can't comment on the control cities themselves and whether or not they make sense as I'm not experienced enough nor do I understand enough on being able to tell if X control city makes more sense than Y control city or vice-versa. I look forward to ones on Interstate 90, also in my home state, and Interstate 84.
Whenever you finally do the I-99 video (which will probably be early next spring), you should just play as much of "There's No Easy Way Out" as you can get away with. Since you know the controls aren't going to be NYC for northbound or Pittsburgh for southbound. And you might have to start playing it for whenever you enter North Carolina as well, which it looks like you will have at least 3 more opportunities to do, though I'm assuming it will be 4 more times since I-95 should be two episodes (both of which will of course feature Benson: the Limon of the East!).
I love your rants about Limon in Colorado, and your overall sense of humor. You are a must watch for me every Thursday. BTW, while the Ukrainian army was surrounding Lymon in eastern Ukraine in the last two weeks and eventually captured it, I kept thinking about your YouTube channel, since both cities are pronounced the same way.
Quote from: wriddle082 on October 14, 2022, 05:48:28 AM
Whenever you finally do the I-99 video (which will probably be early next spring), you should just play as much of "There's No Easy Way Out" as you can get away with. Since you know the controls aren't going to be NYC for northbound or Pittsburgh for southbound. And you might have to start playing it for whenever you enter North Carolina as well, which it looks like you will have at least 3 more opportunities to do, though I'm assuming it will be 4 more times since I-95 should be two episodes (both of which will of course feature Benson: the Limon of the East!).
Turns out it's about 8.9 seconds. I had something like 9.3 originally and I got a demonetization ding for the vid. I deleted, cut maybe 4 tenths of a second, and reuploaded and it worked.
Quote from: RoadWarrior56 on October 14, 2022, 06:23:30 AM
I love your rants about Limon in Colorado, and your overall sense of humor. You are a must watch for me every Thursday. BTW, while the Ukrainian army was surrounding Lymon in eastern Ukraine in the last two weeks and eventually captured it, I kept thinking about your YouTube channel, since both cities are pronounced the same way.
Thanks! And yeah that was weird, I was totally shocked by all that.
How far ahead do you work on these videos? Are we seeing them pretty much as they are finished, or are you working a few weeks ahead? And how long does one take to make on average?
I look forward to the next video every Thursday, so I was surprised to see the one for I-83 come out today. Any particular reason why it was posted a day early?
Also: because Thanksgiving is a Thursday, here's a question I have regarding that week: will you be posting a video that day, doing it the day before or the day after, or just skipping that week entirely?
Quote from: invincor on October 18, 2022, 12:44:43 PM
How far ahead do you work on these videos? Are we seeing them pretty much as they are finished, or are you working a few weeks ahead? And how long does one take to make on average?
It all depends. I've been as far as 4 weeks ahead but right now way less, just recorded the next one today in fact. Finding GSV images can take a while, sometimes even on shorter roads because I have to dig a little deeper to find enough interesting stuff to talk about. Soup to nuts probably around 30 minutes work per minute of length in the vid, although that guess could e way off
Quote from: KCRoadFan on October 19, 2022, 04:24:31 PM
I look forward to the next video every Thursday, so I was surprised to see the one for I-83 come out today. Any particular reason why it was posted a day early?
Also: because Thanksgiving is a Thursday, here's a question I have regarding that week: will you be posting a video that day, doing it the day before or the day after, or just skipping that week entirely?
Just a brain fart on my part, I scheduled it to release on the wrong day lol. I'll Most likely post on Thanksgiving.
Looking at the list of highways and the upcoming calendar and assuming you treat each I-84 to one video each and split I-85 into two parts that will bring you to I-86 for Thanksgiving. Since that highway also has two parts I'm wondering if we'd get the Pennsylvania-New York one or the very exciting I-86 in Idaho!
Quote from: Amaury on October 14, 2022, 05:21:14 AM
I can't comment on the control cities themselves and whether or not they make sense as I'm not experienced enough nor do I understand enough on being able to tell if X control city makes more sense than Y control city or vice-versa.
Part of the thing that makes arguing over control cities so appealing to so many roadgeeks is because it's all subjective. As long as you don't argue ludicrous positions like not posting Pittsburgh because it is "gross" or not posting Baltimore because a freeway got canceled there, you should be fine.
Quote from: jaehak on October 16, 2022, 12:13:21 PM
Quote from: RoadWarrior56 on October 14, 2022, 06:23:30 AM
I love your rants about Limon in Colorado, and your overall sense of humor. You are a must watch for me every Thursday. BTW, while the Ukrainian army was surrounding Lymon in eastern Ukraine in the last two weeks and eventually captured it, I kept thinking about your YouTube channel, since both cities are pronounced the same way.
Thanks! And yeah that was weird, I was totally shocked by all that.
I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who was like "Geez, what it is with people fighting over towns named Limon/Lyman?"
Quote from: jaehak on October 13, 2022, 12:42:05 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 08, 2022, 07:47:51 PM
After which interstate would you anticipate the Northeast ranking state DOTs video to be released?
95, which will probably be 4 parts, so somewhere in the mix of those
Looking forward to more PA shade in the Northeast DOTs video then (and I'm guessing PA will either be last or 2nd last there) :-D
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 20, 2022, 07:58:17 PMPart of the thing that makes arguing over control cities so appealing to so many roadgeeks is because it's all subjective. As long as you don't argue ludicrous positions like not posting Pittsburgh because it is "gross" or not posting Baltimore because a freeway got canceled there, you should be fine.
I'm meaning more along the lines of I can't look at these (https://goo.gl/maps/VbhXuMUFV4VqGhPs6), for example, and say Vantage and Selah, respectively, should be there instead.
Quote from: jaehak on October 20, 2022, 02:33:12 PM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on October 19, 2022, 04:24:31 PM
I look forward to the next video every Thursday, so I was surprised to see the one for I-83 come out today. Any particular reason why it was posted a day early?
Also: because Thanksgiving is a Thursday, here's a question I have regarding that week: will you be posting a video that day, doing it the day before or the day after, or just skipping that week entirely?
Just a brain fart on my part, I scheduled it to release on the wrong day lol. I'll Most likely post on Thanksgiving.
Hey, just a question. (btw im subscribed on both my accounts) When you finish the 2dis, are you gonna do the 3dis, or just parkways and other highways? Ive been wondering that for a while now. Thanks.
Quote from: TMETSJETSYT on November 15, 2022, 10:20:48 AM
Quote from: jaehak on October 20, 2022, 02:33:12 PM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on October 19, 2022, 04:24:31 PM
I look forward to the next video every Thursday, so I was surprised to see the one for I-83 come out today. Any particular reason why it was posted a day early?
Also: because Thanksgiving is a Thursday, here's a question I have regarding that week: will you be posting a video that day, doing it the day before or the day after, or just skipping that week entirely?
Just a brain fart on my part, I scheduled it to release on the wrong day lol. I'll Most likely post on Thanksgiving.
Hey, just a question. (btw im subscribed on both my accounts) When you finish the 2dis, are you gonna do the 3dis, or just parkways and other highways? Ive been wondering that for a while now. Thanks.
I'll do some 3dis but probably not all of them. Will definitely hit the bigger ones.
Thanks for responding man. Maybe you also could do some turnpikes/toll roads too. That would be cool.
If you just want to skip piddly little 13-mile North Carolina I-87, or just give it a one-minute prologue in the "real" New York I-87 video, I for one wouldn't mind.
alright but imo i think for I-80 in PA the mileage sign should be this
Bloomsburg
I-81
New York City
why bloomsburg because it has pretty much a travel center that is close to I-80 such as the walmart and mcdonalds and stuff
Hey Todd, it looks like someone started another thread about their opinion on what all 2di control cities should be:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32850.0
Might need to go over there and school them a bit!
Quote from: wriddle082 on February 08, 2023, 05:52:05 PM
Hey Todd, it looks like someone started another thread about their opinion on what all 2di control cities should be:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=32850.0
Might need to go over there and school them a bit!
I was inspired by Todd (Controlcityfreak) to make the list. My only big disagreement with Todd is that Springfield should be signed on I-49 south in Kansas City. That's uh not a very good choice IMO for various reasons. We have other disagreements but they are all minor.
I tried to add this comment to today's I-90 Central video, but YouTube deletes any comments that have links within them.
When it comes to "Wisconsin Welcomes You" signage on the interstates and US highways, they're usually positioned further to the right of the highway than many other states do, and sometimes even in the first in-state rest area. Google Street View might not always pick them up. This website link has a picture of the I-90 one heading into Wisconsin from Illinois (scroll down just a tad when you get there): https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/welcome-to-wisconsin-wi/
Lesser highways get a smaller blue sign like this: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/welcome-to-wisconsin-gm453035617-25668705
On another topic: the Janesville control signage in the far southern part of the state was done recently when I-90 was widened there, and I've little doubt it was all part of the infamous Foxconn manufacturing plant boondoggle that former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was behind.
Quote from: invincor on February 09, 2023, 01:22:16 PM
I tried to add this comment to today's I-90 Central video, but YouTube deletes any comments that have links within them.
When it comes to "Wisconsin Welcomes You" signage on the interstates and US highways, they're usually positioned further to the right of the highway than many other states do, and sometimes even in the first in-state rest area. Google Street View might not always pick them up. This website link has a picture of the I-90 one heading into Wisconsin from Illinois (scroll down just a tad when you get there): https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/wisconsin/welcome-to-wisconsin-wi/
Lesser highways get a smaller blue sign like this: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/welcome-to-wisconsin-gm453035617-25668705
On another topic: the Janesville control signage in the far southern part of the state was done recently when I-90 was widened there, and I've little doubt it was all part of the infamous Foxconn manufacturing plant boondoggle that former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was behind.
I'm glad that you hate Albert Lea as much as I do!
At some point would you consider doing the Trans Canada Highway (mainline) between Victoria, BC and St John's, NF?
Quote from: dmuzika on February 11, 2023, 10:57:49 AM
At some point would you consider doing the Trans Canada Highway (mainline) between Victoria, BC and St John's, NF?
Yes!
Here is something interesting to mention in the I-94 video.
For some reason, WisDOT decided that the control city for I-94 EB is Chicago as the primary control city while Madison is the secondary control city. What is weirder that the only place I-94 EB control city being Chicago/Madison is SB 53 at I-94 in Eau Claire with all other signs along both I-94 and along US 53 relating to I-94 EB only having Madison however, can't confirm if signs alone I-94 said either Madison or Chicago/Madison since WisDOT probably replaced the signs around 2006 when the US 53 bypass opened up. Thankfully, WisDOT removed Chicago from this sign sometime between 2011 and 2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7733665,-91.4298001,3a,75y,135.33h,88.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMmJw0mGG42ukFY031tDhzA!2e0!5s20110901T000000!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7733665,-91.4298001,3a,75y,135.33h,88.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMmJw0mGG42ukFY031tDhzA!2e0!5s20110901T000000!7i13312!8i6656)
(https://imgur.com/gallery/5GsRvJu.jpg)
I posted this as a comment on one of your videos, but I'll post it here as well.
I think it would be nice if you were to also do US highways, such as US 97 and others, and local state highways, such as WA 14, OR 35, and others. While not exactly like interstates, they still have signs saying X points are in Y miles and the like. I would love to see your thoughts on those as well.
Quote from: jaehak on February 17, 2023, 03:40:21 PM
Quote from: dmuzika on February 11, 2023, 10:57:49 AM
At some point would you consider doing the Trans Canada Highway (mainline) between Victoria, BC and St John's, NF?
Yes!
That's great! If you need any help with research for the route, feel free to PM me.
Quote from: chrismarion100 on February 17, 2023, 05:07:52 PM
Here is something interesting to mention in the I-94 video.
For some reason, WisDOT decided that the control city for I-94 EB is Chicago as the primary control city while Madison is the secondary control city. What is weirder that the only place I-94 EB control city being Chicago/Madison is SB 53 at I-94 in Eau Claire with all other signs along both I-94 and along US 53 relating to I-94 EB only having Madison however, can't confirm if signs alone I-94 said either Madison or Chicago/Madison since WisDOT probably replaced the signs around 2006 when the US 53 bypass opened up. Thankfully, WisDOT removed Chicago from this sign sometime between 2011 and 2018.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7733665,-91.4298001,3a,75y,135.33h,88.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMmJw0mGG42ukFY031tDhzA!2e0!5s20110901T000000!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7733665,-91.4298001,3a,75y,135.33h,88.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMmJw0mGG42ukFY031tDhzA!2e0!5s20110901T000000!7i13312!8i6656)
(https://imgur.com/gallery/5GsRvJu.jpg)
Oh, interesting! Glad I saw this now while I'm in the preliminary phases of 94. Thanks!
Quote from: Amaury on February 17, 2023, 05:33:53 PM
I posted this as a comment on one of your videos, but I'll post it here as well.
I think it would be nice if you were to also do US highways, such as US 97 and others, and local state highways, such as WA 14, OR 35, and others. While not exactly like interstates, they still have signs saying X points are in Y miles and the like. I would love to see your thoughts on those as well.
Will definitely do some US routes in the future
Quote from: dmuzika on February 20, 2023, 03:37:21 PM
Quote from: jaehak on February 17, 2023, 03:40:21 PM
Quote from: dmuzika on February 11, 2023, 10:57:49 AM
At some point would you consider doing the Trans Canada Highway (mainline) between Victoria, BC and St John's, NF?
Yes!
That's great! If you need any help with research for the route, feel free to PM me.
Thanks!
Quote from: invincor on February 09, 2023, 01:22:16 PM
On another topic: the Janesville control signage in the far southern part of the state was done recently when I-90 was widened there, and I've little doubt it was all part of the infamous Foxconn manufacturing plant boondoggle that former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was behind.
Foxconn is over in Racine off I-94. I-90 has nothing to do with Foxconn.
I've got a March Madness style tournament of State DOTs going. Will post here, might move it to the main page later. https://youtu.be/KvYmdHwGk3Y