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Title: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: SteveG1988 on April 26, 2015, 07:00:50 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Di-O5i1zeXXQ&hash=2252bc84050b2706021cad4d20aa0ea8ece76668)

Looks like they were using a finished road for their test track/slalom course.
Title: Re: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: hotdogPi on April 26, 2015, 07:16:25 PM
I'm getting a question mark box.
Title: Re: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: SteveG1988 on April 26, 2015, 07:18:20 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 26, 2015, 07:16:25 PM
I'm getting a question mark box.

Youtube link failure

Title: Re: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: Takumi on April 26, 2015, 07:20:07 PM
Doesn't look familiar to me. It could be in Georgia, particularly the Savannah area, where MotorWeek typically does its testing during the winter. The trees in the Hyundai segment of the video also look like they may be from that part of the country.

As another MotorWeek fan, I've always wondered what roads they use for their 100-mile fuel economy test loops.
Title: Re: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: cpzilliacus on April 26, 2015, 07:24:55 PM
Quote from: Takumi on April 26, 2015, 07:20:07 PM
As another MotorWeek fan, I've always wondered what roads they use for their 100-mile fuel economy test loops.

I have not watched MotorWeek for a long time, but I think it was in the suburbs and exurbs of Baltimore, Maryland.

Baltimore, Howard  and Carroll Counties, I believe.

Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 26, 2015, 07:00:50 PM
Looks like they were using a finished road for their test track/slalom course.

Wondering if this might be uncompleted I-795 in Baltimore County, Maryland or maybe Md. 32 in Anne Arundel County.
Title: Re: What freeway was this filmed on, Motorweek 1986
Post by: TheOneKEA on April 26, 2015, 09:21:56 PM
It's I-795, approximately 1/4 mile south of the Franklin Blvd. interchange at Exit 7. The quarter-mile test was run on the southbound carriage way with the vehicle going north, against the future flow of traffic.