Full Length Interstates

[yand]

Hey everyone 
I make the "Full Length Interstates" series on Youtube - real time videos of the full length of interstates recorded without commentary.
Here's an example of my work:

Since I live in Massachusetts, my recordings are Interstates I can access in a day trip. Interstates filmed include, I-89, I-91, I-93, portions of I-95, and the local I-84, I-190, I-290, I-195, I-295, I-395, and I-495.
Additional videos include driving videos from various computer games.
For the past year I've been posting these videos on my personal channel. Recently I've decided to start a dedicated channel for Full Length Interstates, to create a degree of separation between my other activity on youtube and this hobby. I've migrated most of my videos over to the new channel, so the old videos are now unlisted.
I've also posted some new content for the FLI channel:
Reshoots: I-495 retake, I-93 retake, I-93 night
New Interstates: I-787
The I-787 is the result of branching out into non-interstates. My most recent video is of the State Route 2's from Boston to Albany. A new thing I'm trying in the upload process is to upscale to 4k to increase quality. Youtube compresses the crap out of high motion and high detail footage, so upscaling is one way to achieve higher bitrate. Unfortunately the Route 2 video seems to be stuck at 1080p, it's something I'm trying to resolve with Youtube Support.
Another thing I'm trying is head mounted go-pro style POV footage. I've already posted a short 4K/60fps POV video I recorded driving through Providence as a way to test my new action camera. I am currently processing POV video of a large portion of a certain US highway.
I have a few more ideas planned for the channel, a week trip planned for when the days get longer again, and maybe something that involves my other license.
The Full Length Interstate twitter account is @FLItweets. My channel is available at the link youtube.com/channel/UCL_SonaQeGtH0Mp1ri9zHHQ, I also bought the domain name FullLengthInterstates.com to redirect to the youtube page. My current goal with the channel is to get to 100 subscribers so I can customize the channel URL on youtube, so I would appreciate a follow
If you've seen my videos before, thank you for your support! The roads are mainly why I do this, but it doesn't hurt knowing there are people who watch this stuff (I too, often use my own product)

[yand]

My new video just finished processing! It's the full length of US 6 in New England, eastbound from the NY border to Cape Cod. What's special is that the entire video is POV filmed on a head-mounted camera, just something different I'm trying out.

Thanks for watching!

[MikeSantNY78]

Nice video of the 93.
Perhaps a full length of the Mass Pike from 1A/Logan to the NY line could be the next big vid (unless the tolls would be too much)?

[yand]

Happy Thanksgiving! New videos on my channel:

NY I-88 POV in 1440p/60 (Westbound only)

NY I-88 Dashcam in 1080p/30 (both ways)

I-90 From Boston to the NY I-88 Exit (You're welcome Mike   )

More videos from this trip on the way

[TheGrassGuy]

Do you do requests? RI-MA 146?

[yand]

Do you do requests? RI-MA 146?

146 is, along with the 4 lane section of MA 24/ 79, not a good highway, but I guess that's what makes it interesting.

I don't like the idea of going out of my way for a short non-interstate, especially if it isn't a freeway. Someone on youtube suggested MA 3A, an example of something I am unlikely to do. I think 146 could be worth doing, considering both my proximity to it and its importance as part of the I-190+I-195 "beltway".

In terms of day trip options, I've pretty much run out of interstates in New England. Commuting to NYC opens up a whole new range of day trip possibilities but... 2x3 hour commute + NYC traffic and tolls will either make me stronger or destroy me The other option is to redo some of my existing videos, both incorporating general quality improvements and winter scenery.

[TheGrassGuy]

"9 seconds ago"
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new record. I-291 and 391 next?

[yand]

I prefer to leave short 3dis to locals (I don't live near springfield) although I'm not above getting low hanging fruit. I have a route planned that would string together the 3dis in western MA/CT nicely but I don't have immediate plans for recording it yet
New videos on my channel since my last post:

4K50:
Interstate 293
https://youtu.be/qn9wjfmfHo0

Interstate 393
https://youtu.be/c30UQNXgLyc

Maine I-195
https://youtu.be/fV12nXoEU0s

1080p:

DC I-495 Capital Beltway Outer Loop
https://youtu.be/16Y1bP30kAA

NY/MA Route 2 Eastbound w/GPS readout
https://youtu.be/utebwxl3ZT0

I-90 eastbound east of the I-88 interchange/ NY Exit 25A 1080p:
https://youtu.be/SKNMFs5JgQQ

[yand]

My last video of 2019: Maine I-295 in 4K50!
https://youtu.be/wBSKlUpkfpY

Now on to 2020 and the logistical nightmare of making even longer 4K videos!
Happy 2020! 

[yand]

New videos on the channel  ! A few from my most recent route finishing up auxiliary interstates in New England (except I-189), also clearing out some backlog footage

4K60:
Massachusetts I-291 and I-391
https://youtu.be/RXf0ainTXSo

Connecticut I-291 and I-384
https://youtu.be/RN-Gwy-Ryp0

Connecticut I-691
https://youtu.be/NDEI9fRgeTI

CT/NY I-684
https://youtu.be/pu8WsUpqYMM

Rhode Island/MA Route 146 (scheduled to publish tomorrow)
https://youtu.be/QxzACbmKoJY

Capital Beltway Inner Loop (dawn, mostly 4K*)
https://youtu.be/83tnMN9ft9w

US 6 in New England, westbound, 1080p dashcam
https://youtu.be/BjSO4V5qNBc

[yand]

Uploads since my last post:

I-95 Baltimore to Providence 4K60
This is a composite of the I-95 trip I did in December and a reshoot of everything east of NY
https://youtu.be/cJjfmEgKmHo

POV:
I recorded the GSP and I-287 in NY/NJ in the same session. White balance isn't very good and idk how to tweak it. These videos were recorded in "4K super" mode which is a taller aspect ratio. I assume that the actual aspect ratio is 1:1 (I haven't found actual documentation to confirm this. The footage comes in 3840x2160 with no aspect ratio defined in the metadata), but I changed it to 6:5 because 1:1 looks way too narrow.

Garden State Parkway
https://youtu.be/gDjVwr1svCA
I-287 (sunrise/set on the north/east portion in both directions due to time management issues)
https://youtu.be/VfF58V11LDs

I also rendered the POV shots of I-90 between Boston and Albany
Westbound:
https://youtu.be/AR2N_4T1Lkk
Eastbound:
https://youtu.be/JpGFCx7N0B8

More videos in the pipeline!

[yand]

Uploads since my last post:

Interstate 87:
Northbound (I uploaded it in 4k but its still only showing 1080p after a month

4K Southbound

Finishing up my New England US 6 files from way back:

Dashcam Eastbound:

POV Westbound:

And a bunch of truck sim videos including American Truck Simulator's depiction of I-5, I-8, US 101, US 395 in high settings @ 4K60 on the video game roads playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVM6PmkA7zHjZgbA1HBLrSyzvtqwqQrp-

[yand]

A few freeways in the NYC area filmed prior to April:

I-678 & CT Route 15 & Hutchinson River Parkway
https://youtu.be/ywt5gXDuFLA

NJ/NY 495 & Long Island Expressway (I-495)
https://youtu.be/iURYPapt0ZU

NY NJ I-278 & NY I-295
https://youtu.be/9T65FiEEozE

Interstate 78 and FDR Drive
https://youtu.be/gU8bl0LP-CA

[yand]

I've published quite a few videos since my last post here, and I am posting a 4K60 recording of MA I-495 today! I am trying out a driving style where I maintain access to the left lane when approaching an on-ramp by speeding up. This also has the effect of reducing the chance I will need a break (and risk covid exposure) due to faster, uh, transit times. Still not sure if I wanna use this technique out of state yet!

MA I-495/Route 25 4K60 (queued for 9AM ET on 6/3)
https://youtu.be/3N7zjBbvNjs

MA Route 106 (short state route where I test out my then new gopro, seen in the bottom. The stabilized video from the gopro didn't turn out so well as I guess all the shaking from my less-secure dashboard mount kept it from figuring out which way was up, so I ended up using footage from my alternate camera)
https://youtu.be/RYT-pwGzY3o

I tried to record MA-140 and a route consisting of MA-128, Pilgrims Highway, and the freeway portion of the mid cape highway in one go. Only problem was I accidentally set the sharpness setting on my 4K camera to "soft" so it turned out not so good, I ended up posting both the soft footage and sharper but lower res footage from my dash cam as well:
https://youtu.be/N2FKdL14p0g
https://youtu.be/QN01gP5dRfQ

https://youtu.be/yVpfPycGMd8
https://youtu.be/MIdYdnksuUk

Reuploads:
I finally got around to reuploading these videos after youtube failed to process the 4K version of my 1st upload. Youtube does not allow duplicates and I did not want to delete the original upload so I had to modify the video in some way - I decided that changing the aspect ratio slightly in the metadata would preserve the most quality.

NY I-87 4K60
https://youtu.be/voROGNjMyDI

I also did the same thing for my video of NY NJ I-278/NY I-295, a 2 hour video which also failed to process 4k on 1st attempt
https://youtu.be/SZ8taHMhut8

[yand]

New videos on the channel!

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Route 24:
https://youtu.be/77EKNripEpE

Roads along the Charles River in Boston including Storrow Drive, Soldier's Field Road and Memorial Drive:
https://youtu.be/MtKWBI8GcU8

4K60 reshoots of Massachusetts I-190 and I-290
https://youtu.be/uoU8rR9hNGo
https://youtu.be/5QlrDOpQtTU

More videos in the pipeline 

[yand]

My latest videos are of US-1 in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire:

4K60 Northbound
The most enjoyable part of US-1 for me has got to be the freeway-like portion with the a full median turnaround complete with acceleration/deceleration lanes (I forget what this kind of interchange is called but basically a michigan left without the direct side road crossing)
https://youtu.be/cjD-JiA_8Sc

The southbound video is a composite video of afternoon then morning, there's also some 4K30 footage from my alternate camera due to some equipment issues, plus I make a few more driving mistakes than usual (one caused by a merge sign where there should be an add-lane sign) but nevertheless I think it's also worth a watch 
https://youtu.be/3b75hrt8fsc

[yand]

I've posted a few more videos in the past 3 months

I-90 From the I-88 interchange in NY to the east end of the I-80/I-90 concurrency in OH
Westbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7NugETbLOY
Eastbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Z_Dpk3Ubo

US-20 in Massachusetts
Westbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGsk6eCnFsg
Eastbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u38Ls37M7dk

For newer videos I repositioned the camera:

RI & MA I-295 and RI Route 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TeYqELvtRg

Bronx River Parkway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOF50-Y1AoM

I also recorded some videos in the game Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) flying at low altitude

Full length of I-5 (!!!) in an A320
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2wjFn8KUWY

I-93 in a Cessna 152
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FleV07WXM4

Window view of I-95 from Baltimore to Providence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xxFnzv-Hns

And a circumnavigation video of American Truck Simulator in busy traffic with 3.5 hours of nonstop freeway driving and zero repeated sections (235 miles of "unique" scenery)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99lGxp3OlxA

[Crash_It]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but I'll share one of mine too. Here's interstate 294 in Illinois that I filmed back in September of 2017. I do need to reshoot this given the area has changed quite a bit.

[yand]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but I'll share one of mine too. Here's interstate 294 in Illinois that I filmed back in September of 2017. I do need to reshoot this given the area has changed quite a bit.

I suppose it is only fair for you to post video of the full length of an interstate in a thread titled Full Length Interstates
I for one have more videos, non of them interstates  :

Taconic State Parkway
https://youtu.be/llJODbE5IJI

US 4 Eastbound. Only the 1st half of the video is in daylight, but the whole video is in 4K and the night portion has its own charm
https://youtu.be/ELZ6vORmaIU

US 4 Westbound. Available in 1080p only due to youtube being youtube. I've started the reupload process.
https://youtu.be/faDNn3Y2WeU

Connecticut Route 9, a major highway across the state
https://youtu.be/6TV1zgzqnsE

Massachusetts Route 105, a peaceful drive across rural parts of southeastern Mass.
https://youtu.be/vGehQMR_ps0

US 550 in the game American Truck Simulator, completed following the release of Colorado DLC. I hoped to do I-76 as well but the DLC does not include the trumpet at the east end of I-76 in Nebraska
https://youtu.be/dOe5Ma0MbFU

More to come!

[yand]

Some new videos!

Massachusetts State Route 88 and Horseneck Road (2 versions)
4K60
https://youtu.be/4NDXLG4lKKc
4K25 with GPS readout
https://youtu.be/olSt1jof2LM

These videos near Philadelphia have a bit of rain:

PA/NJ Interstate 676, Atlantic City Expressway, North South Freeway and Brigantine
https://youtu.be/H5PhE5pOM4E

PA Interstate 476
https://youtu.be/x3PS6HguUgQ

[thspfc]

I would be highly impressed by a full length I-90 video. Bonus points if it's only at 4x speed 

[yand]

I would be highly impressed by a full length I-90 video. Bonus points if it's only at 4x speed 

I don't plan on doing time lapses or sped up video at all, and youtube limits the length and size of uploaded videos to 1X hours and 1XX GB.
What I do plan on is releasing more videos right now:

Interstate 79 Southbound:
4K60 Version:
https://youtu.be/f0nDXOo3RTI
32:9 cropped version which looks better to me:
https://youtu.be/4W2k_HGi1ZM

There's a bit of cleaner residue that I forgot to squeegee, but I use the wipers less than an hour in.
During the last 30 minutes the low fuel light comes on so I slow down to conserve fuel out of an abundance of caution.
I have more videos from this trip coming soon!


MA-104, just a short state route:
https://youtu.be/5yiKUqi-bVE

[yand]

I recently adopted a biweekly (twice a week) upload schedule so here are the videos I've uploaded since my last post:
US-20 Pennsylvania Eastbound
https://youtu.be/wWRQ2NfW2JI
Erie, PA Bayfront Parkway and Bayfront Connector (PA Route 4034)
https://youtu.be/ZvJOF0WUVuc
PA I-279
https://youtu.be/ccZ4_xTSOMA
PA I-376
https://youtu.be/l39nIQHnbto
Ohio I-680
https://youtu.be/SP2ea9RgUis
MA Route 79 at the tail end of a snowstorm. These are combo videos that include front and side view. I try 2 ways to combine, one where I crop the side view to minimize repeated scenery so it looks better, and the other where both 4K60 videos are combined side-by-side in their full size as my first upload with "8k" horizontal resolution. The front and side view videos are also available separately from links in the video descriptions.
https://youtu.be/w-xcMX0UhPY
https://youtu.be/ZpdRQyS01KQ
Interstate 79 Northbound
https://youtu.be/ggSRgKzyDJ0
And, my next video Ohio State Route 11. This is the cropped version because the uncropped version doesn't publish today until 9AM EST
https://youtu.be/Ir8lCJLp4tI

This is a metric **** ton of content in the span of a month and there is more to come! 

[yand]

More videos!
The full length of NY/PA Interstate 86 and NY-17:
https://youtu.be/5YYWnNkvf6M

I-189 means the channel now has every interstate in New England:
https://youtu.be/owPCi0OhDnQ

US 20  westbound:
https://youtu.be/iI8BhHPrEeI

A small park near the north terminus of OH-11:
https://youtu.be/-iUIv1Pcpnk

[snowc]

@yand Do you allow anyone to upload interstate photos?
If yes, here are my pictures of I-87 (NC variant), US 1, and US 421 BP

US 1 - Chatham County - near exit 81

US 421 BP - Near exit 149 - Sanford

I-87 - Near exit 4 - KDale BP