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Highways (but not signs) in movies, TV, anime, etc.

Started by kurumi, December 24, 2021, 12:26:42 AM

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kurumi

In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, S1E4 ("The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets"), Miriam encounters a protest in Washington Square Park led by Jane Jacobs. They're protesting the roads and expressways pushed by Robert Moses (called out by name). There was a proposed extension of 5th Avenue that would have bisected the park.

In the show, there was a poster based on the right side of the diagram here: https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/the-1950s-plan-for-a-washington-square-highway/



No sign, though, so it didn't belong in the other thread.
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ErmineNotyours

While I'm thinking about it, here are the remains of the freeway from The Matrix: Reloaded (2003), constructed almost from scratch:

https://www.historicaerials.com/location/37.79259197405775/-122.31978194406133/2002/15

kurumi

"Local 58" is a series of spooky Youtube short videos (~3 minutes) about a fictional small-market TV station.

The episode "You Are On The Fastest Available Route" features a deliberately blurry dashcam and a very suspect GPS.

Features the Merritt Parkway, Route 114 (which apparently now has an interchange with the MP and might be a freeway itself), and more:

Quote
0:16 Proceed to the highlighted route.
0:20 Continue on Holbrook Park drive, then in 500 feet, turn right onto north 38 street.
0:26 You will arrive at your destination in 2 hours and 28 minutes
0:36 turn right onto north 38 street.
0:43 In a quarter mile turn left onto Merritt Parkway.
0:47 You are on the fastest available route
0:58 Turn left onto Merritt Parkway then take the on-ramp to highway 114 north
1:09 Traffic ahead, rerouting
1:13 In 10 miles, take exit 17 then turn right onto quarry utility road south
1:22 You are on the fastest route
1:36 In 2.8 miles, keep right to stay on service causeway h516
1:43 You will arrive at your destination in 14 minutes
2:05 Rerouting, make a U-turn
2:10 Head east for one quarter of the mile then follow the signs for "Do Not Enter"
2:23 Continue on unnamed road, then in 300 feet, turn off your headlights
... and there's more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0&list=PLRE93y-rhbuIS5BSVpqmlymzTTMlzWqRB&index=3
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ClassicHasClass

Local 58 is sometimes derivative but does have some truly chilling sequences. Like Blair Witch but with production values.



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