Edward W

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@roygoodhand1301 15 күн бұрын

3:45 The Golden Butthole.

@roygoodhand1301 15 күн бұрын

GOLDEN BUTTHOLE ALERT!

@xz1891 3 ай бұрын

Road surface quality way better than michigan

@calvinsmith6681 3 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 3 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 4 ай бұрын

🙌🙌🙌

@Sam-gp4rx 5 ай бұрын

I live in Meadville so I live close to Erie

@joepav326 5 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 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for clarifying that. Never heard of that kind of safety feature before but it sure did get my attention!

@dontgetlost4078 5 ай бұрын

3:20 Certified "What the F is a kilometer!!??" moment

@xlbolt 5 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 5 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 5 ай бұрын

The 401 just east of Windsor is a very nice stretch of six lane highway!

@EdwardW98 5 ай бұрын

Concrete too (I've always liked concrete more than HMA)! Thanks for the comment

@thevultrantransituniverse1487 5 ай бұрын

@@EdwardW98 the road is also very Midwest style!!

@hd365expytb2 5 ай бұрын

Nice job walking around the project! Can't wait to watch your future video of driving on it!!

@EdwardW98 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! September, 2025 hopefully

@KylesDigitalLab 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for including the municipal limits signs here. You do excellent graphics all around!

@EdwardW98 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@timzzz9963 6 ай бұрын

As a canadian driving this road I found the drivers especially aggressive and leaving no safety space between other drivers

@user-um7xe2rw4h 7 ай бұрын

Will have the CITY STATE of INDIA inside TROY. MICHIGAN will connect the CHINESE Consult to DETROIT

@user-um7xe2rw4h 7 ай бұрын

I-75 had to RE built 3 TIMES for this COST MILLION of WASTE D TAX BUCKS

@davidlanger4356 8 ай бұрын

cool video love michigan

@Boogiest 8 ай бұрын

Great vid!!

@EdwardW98 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@mjk3935 8 ай бұрын

Hey Ed! Great video :) I never knew those green slats were glare reducers! -Maggie

@EdwardW98 8 ай 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 8 ай 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 8 ай 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 8 ай 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

@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.

@Nih0n1umDX 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 3 ай бұрын

You forgot I-496 in Lansing. Counting spurs there's also I-196 in Grand Rapids and I-194 in Battle Creek

@Nih0n1umDX 3 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.

@adventureswithstephen5373 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 Жыл бұрын

☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️🚀🚀🚀🚀

@KylesDigitalLab 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 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.

@AsphaltPlanet1 Жыл бұрын

Great work on the video. I always enjoy watching content from the GTA from non residents. You did well not to encounter any congestion on the Parkway or the Gardiner. Too bad you didn't catch a subway train on the Prince Edward Viaduct. I always love catching something like that when I film a road.

@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I feel exactly the same when driving underneath a railroad, especially now that it seems trains are crossing more and more infrequently in my area. I guess I used up all my luck on catching the CN/Maritime-Ontario train instead.

@schwenda3727 Жыл бұрын

Pretty weird that Grand Rapids seems to have more… comprehensive of transit than most of Greater Detroit. No less than two BRT routes (albeit BRT Lite or what I call “half-assed BRT”) as things presently stand with potential for more as the years go on? By way of comparison, Greater Detroit is significantly larger than Greater St. Louis, Cleveland and other places that have pretty sizable transit options (to American standards) while the D just has the People Mover & relatively new Q Line Streetcar only within the core. I reckon a small number of weekend tourists use the Wolverine Amtrak between the burbs & midtown but I certainly wouldn’t call that a commuter rail even though the final miles north of Detroit appears clearly set up for just such a function…

@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын

The People Mover and the Q Line are really more of a gimmick more than anything. Until they extend the Q Line up to Royal Oak or even just Ferndale would make the Q Line 10x more useful. I like to think that Detroit will never have a successful transit system unless GM and Ford has some money to make. The "Cavnue" pilot is supposed to be the latest and greatest form of transportation the city is going to be adopting. Dedicated lanes for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). I can see this succeeding in the city of Detroit due to Ford and GM being major stakeholders in this project. Until the city is able to get funding from other sources, I'm not too sure effective transit will really exist in the city. Thanks for the comment.

@thebabbler8867 Жыл бұрын

GR also has a bigger downtown than Detroit (which is majority parking lots).

@fgjr96way Жыл бұрын

good job on the 496 video GO GREEN-GO WHITE

@EdwardW98 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Go green!

@Direct19681 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I lived my young childhood in St. Claire Shores. Right on the border of Gross Pointe. Jefferson and Lake Shore Dr. Great memories!

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