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@ZaynGamingDos Ай бұрын
Second one is Warren C. Evans btw!
@edicus_18moffett57 2 ай бұрын
Kay:remember the little red button?
@williethomas9953 3 ай бұрын
You know I must have gotten off at that State st exit 2,000 times and never turned left. Always right going to either Briarwood Mall, the Football/basketball game or further up to the University of Michigan. Although when I ran the tutoring center at Eastern I used to go across the bridge on the #6 bus. Which went to the Members on Carpenter rd and I could get the #4 or 5 to EMU.
@roygoodhand1301 4 ай бұрын
3:45 The Golden Butthole.
@roygoodhand1301 4 ай бұрын
GOLDEN BUTTHOLE ALERT!
@xz1891 7 ай бұрын
Road surface quality way better than michigan
@calvinsmith6681 8 ай бұрын
Great video! How do you get all the guide signs for your videos? Some of them I see are taken directly from the video feed but others look like you made them yourself
@EdwardW98 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! For the "fake" signs I use a mixture of SignCAD for Michigan signs and Word/Photoshop for everywhere else. MDOT has example SignCAD files for freeway guide signs that are available to the public and are easy to modify. Thanks for watching!
@Jameswormsley319 8 ай бұрын
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@Sam-gp4rx 9 ай бұрын
I live in Meadville so I live close to Erie
@joepav326 9 ай бұрын
That bulldozer track at the 19:43 mark is actually a safety feature to alert a driver they are headed off the road. Very effective on drivers falling asleep. The rumble is sure to get your attention. Great video.
@EdwardW98 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for clarifying that. Never heard of that kind of safety feature before but it sure did get my attention!
@dontgetlost4078 9 ай бұрын
3:20 Certified "What the F is a kilometer!!??" moment
@xlbolt 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the update! I got to see the bridge from both sides back in July, but progress has been quick! Hope to take a ride on it, if it opens by next fall 2025. Also nice seeing a civil highway design perspective on it! I work in a section of transportation engineering, but much more on the urbanism side of things.
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
I too am stoked for the opening of this bridge. It's a once in a life time project! I'm still a pretty new civil engineer yet but it's nice to work in a field of our interests 🙂
@thevultrantransituniverse1487 10 ай бұрын
The 401 just east of Windsor is a very nice stretch of six lane highway!
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
Concrete too (I've always liked concrete more than HMA)! Thanks for the comment
@thevultrantransituniverse1487 10 ай бұрын
@@EdwardW98 the road is also very Midwest style!!
@hd365expytb2 10 ай бұрын
Nice job walking around the project! Can't wait to watch your future video of driving on it!!
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! September, 2025 hopefully
@KylesDigitalLab 10 ай бұрын
My grandfather worked on the freeway south of the bridge on the segment going from Exits 313 to 337. That section opened in November 1960 and allowed motorists to bypass the city of Cheboygan on US-27 (now M-27). I remember he said something about doing sod work? I assume for the roadway. He also has some 2x2 Kodak color slides of the actual Mackinac Bridge under construction taken around 1956 I would guess. They have never been seen before. However, he didn't work on the actual bridge and I'm not sure who took the photos. They were just in his closet and I found the boxes containing family photos and the carousel projector. Also, the bridge at 4:58 (Rondo Road) is a rare example of a bridge with a unique railing that the MSHD (now MDOT) was using on their overpasses from 1960-1962, when I-75 was built between Grayling and Mackinaw City. Most of the bridges that had this type of railing have had the railing replaced by an ugly Jersey barrier, but this is one of the only examples in Michigan/Ontario where it has never been replaced. 11:00 and 11:55 are examples of the famous "R4" railing, which was used in Michigan for many years until the early 1960s. However, these examples have had modern Armco guardrails bolted on for safety purposes, but the original railing is still there. Many of these railings have been replaced with Jersey barriers like I mentioned earlier, which is sad. I think it's because they aren't up to freeway specifications anymore and they aren't "safe" enough.
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the brief history on this section! The section of concrete pavement just north of Exit 326 still looks like the original pavement. I agree with your take on the new bridge railings MDOT is putting up now. The guardrail placed in front of the older R4 and open parapet railing is known as a thrie beam retrofit. I think the concern with the older railings was probably due to the brush block at the base of the railing being a vaulting hazard. I do think the new MDOT bridge railing standard is quite ugly - especially the new Type 6 and Type 7 ones. They look more like a trapezoid now instead of the older jersey barrier look. I also think we should taper the concrete railing down at the ends to match the guardrail bridge anchorage height too like other states do. The aesthetic parapet tube bridge railing is the only bridge railing I like in the current MDOT bridge standards, but these railings are usually only used when there's sidewalk in conjunction with the railing. Anyways, thanks for the comment and I do think MDOT should be preserving more of these older railings.
@KylesDigitalLab 10 ай бұрын
Can't wait to drive on it once it's fully opened. I went down there in November and snapped some photos on my 1999 Sony Mavica camera. I've surprised it's taken so long to build, the Mackinac Bridge was completed quicker back in the 1950s.
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
It appears that the project is a bit behind schedule and over budget but it'll be a good day once we're able to drive directly from I-75 to the 401 over in Ontario. Hopefully the tolls will be cheaper than the tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge.
@AsphaltPlanet1 10 ай бұрын
Great work on the video, it was nice to see such detailed progress on the US side of the Gordie Howe Bridge. I've never seen pre-cast concrete piles used for bridges in Ontario either. Typically bridge pies here are steel H-beams. I suppose it must be a thing somewhere here though.
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
Ah I probably shouldn't have assumed it was an Ontario thing lol. But same here in Michigan though, we usually just see steel H piles or cast in place pipe piles. There were issues with the ends of the precast concrete piles being damaged from the hydraulic hammer and probably won't be used too often in Michigan again. Thanks for the comment!
@Pyeknu 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for including the municipal limits signs here. You do excellent graphics all around!
@EdwardW98 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@timzzz9963 10 ай бұрын
As a canadian driving this road I found the drivers especially aggressive and leaving no safety space between other drivers
@MarvinReinhardt-c9b Жыл бұрын
Will have the CITY STATE of INDIA inside TROY. MICHIGAN will connect the CHINESE Consult to DETROIT
@MarvinReinhardt-c9b Жыл бұрын
I-75 had to RE built 3 TIMES for this COST MILLION of WASTE D TAX BUCKS
@davidlanger4356 Жыл бұрын
cool video love michigan
@Boogiest Жыл бұрын
Great vid!!
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@mjk3935 Жыл бұрын
Hey Ed! Great video :) I never knew those green slats were glare reducers! -Maggie
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Hey Maggie great to hear from you and thanks! I never knew what those were for either prior to working in construction so now I feel like I need to spread the word (always thought those were extra construction decoration myself lol)
@AsphaltPlanet1 Жыл бұрын
Great video. It was nice to see the HOV lane markings finally installed on I-75, and it was great to see an update on both the I-696 resurfacing project, as well as the flex lanes on I-696. I'm happy to see that they actually fully reconstructed I-96 with new concrete pavement as part of their installation. Has the work on I-275 been completed yet?
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Still not used to seeing concrete on I-96 but it's a change I can appreciate. I haven't been out on I-275 in a few months but I think they got traffic switched back to both bounds now with some landscaping work left.
@ttesfay6 Жыл бұрын
As you take Maryland Route 414 towards Oxon Hill, Maryland, which is a city that lies in Southern Prince George's County, Maryland, did you know that there's a Checkers by Rivertowne Commons Shopping Center, which is currently located on Oxon Hill Road in Oxon Hill, Maryland?
@HaydenJ_03 Жыл бұрын
I need to find an excuse to go to Grand Rapids again, its such a cool city, Great video, and the song slaps🔥
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I always feel the same (coming from the east side). They do have a pretty cool freeway network over there
@bearysims5089 Жыл бұрын
What the songs
@AsphaltPlanet1 Жыл бұрын
Nice work on the video. I hadn't seen the reconfigured interchange between I-196 and I-96 at the East Beltline since it was reconstructed. Definitely an improvement, although it kind of still sucks that I-196 is reduced to a single lane before the merge.
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah I do feel like I-96 could use 3 lanes in each direction from where I-196 merges in until at least the M-6 interchange.
@tomy6917 Жыл бұрын
The Country Dairy (at time mark 1:36) I was hooked on their Boston Coolers when I had moved back to St Clair Shores in 1976 living on Trombly at the Jefferson end. The Shish Kabob place at 9 Mile & Harper (time mark 2:08) was a Red Barn fast food restaurant my grandfather back in 1969 would take me & my brother thru their drive thru for milk shakes, I ended up working for Red Barn in Maryland when I was in High School.
@robytherobotwhiteversion Жыл бұрын
Cool! 🎉
@elevatorfan125 Жыл бұрын
Do you pay tolls with cash, card, or I-pass?
@RedCCWLN Жыл бұрын
Hi
@69zenos1 Жыл бұрын
I miss it.
@AsphaltPlanet1 Жыл бұрын
Cool work on the video. I've always really liked the Zilwaukee Bridge, and the improvements to I-675 in Saginaw look like a nice improvement.
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah despite all the construction complications I think it's pretty unique to Michigan. Not many precast segmental bridges in the state I can think of. This bridge is probably one of the reasons why
@InterstateKS Жыл бұрын
Great video! You had commented on my community post a while back about getting summer internships. Well, this summer I'm working with the bridge team at MDOT Metro Region. It's neat to be at the same organization as a fellow road videographer!
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
Congrats on getting the internship! Bridge and construction experience is definitely good to have.
@v01dDX Жыл бұрын
I think I-675 is the only loop highway that goes through a downtown area in Michigan besides 475 in Flint
@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын
I think you're right. Michigan doesn't have a whole lot of loops or spurs compared to other states.
@calvinsmith6681 8 ай бұрын
You forgot I-496 in Lansing. Counting spurs there's also I-196 in Grand Rapids and I-194 in Battle Creek
@v01dDX 8 ай бұрын
@@calvinsmith6681 I know those exist but wasn't counting spurs. Only loops. 675 and 475 do exactly that.
@povertyspec9651 Жыл бұрын
Michigan's traffic signals are obsolete! Old-fashioned design with span wires, signal heads not centered with the lanes, no reflectorized backplates, etc.
@povertyspec9651 Жыл бұрын
They didn't even build a true freeway to freeway interchange at I-94/US 31, LOL.
@johngloboker6514 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. If only MDOT would rebuild 131 between 28th and Ann St.
@adventureswithstephen Жыл бұрын
They are doing studies on this section of highway. It really does need a rebuilt. Too much traffic on it.
@ryanvandy1615 Жыл бұрын
Nice fresh pavement!
@elevatorfan125 Жыл бұрын
2:11 open-says-me
@hedge-h0gs Жыл бұрын
Why did you not cross the border to canada
@robytherobotwhiteversion Жыл бұрын
Michigan
@robytherobotwhiteversion Жыл бұрын
Canada 🇨🇦
@TheArkansanRailfannerOnYT Жыл бұрын
Bro that was epic
@xlbolt Жыл бұрын
Your video and camera quality is really impressive! The DVP is such a nice drive, had the chance to head down during the daylight back in October, smooth sailing until the Gardiner, but it’s very rare to have a smooth journey unless it’s the middle of night.
@dusanholak9560 2 жыл бұрын
☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️🚀🚀🚀🚀
@KylesDigitalLab 2 жыл бұрын
Toronto is such an amazing city, I would love to live there. Too bad Detroit's freeways are all urban depressed unlike Toronto.
@EdwardW98 2 жыл бұрын
Same here, I guess if I can't live there then I'm only 4 hours away to visit frequently. I'm sure Metro Detroit's depressed freeways were a engineering marvel at the time when they were built. Just years of neglect gives the freeways a "ghetto" look in my opinion. Not to mention that MDOT only budgets 2 mowings/year for all the slopes. If the city doesn't step in for some of the landscaping costs then the surrounding freeway ROW really begins to fall apart...
@ryanvandy1615 Жыл бұрын
@@EdwardW98 I heard that the I94 widening and modernization project through Detroit will be replacing the grassy slopes with a concrete retaining wall on that stretch.