14-08 Norfolk, VA: Streets & Highways

[@acdude5266]

Norman Brown "Take Me There". Great choice for driving music.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@deadlyraver4454]

maybe off topic, but this is the BEST song I've ever heard put with one of these touring type videos. i'm subscribing for that alone.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@y_uwannaknowmynamehuh741]

That Waterside area has changed so much since this video. It's amazing!

[@will31]

Freewayjim, outstanding job as usual. Smooth Jazz Music is the perfect music to cruise around a city to.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@MattosGPM]

Beautiful streets, and the cloudy sky, that I love, makes it look prettier. Great video as always.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@blnmadisonbm]

My HOMETOWN is NORFOLK. I now live in VIRGINIA BEACH. Personally with all the traveling I do, and with the AMAZING PEOPLE, and PLACES I go. I LOVE the 757, and will most likely always live in one of the 7 CITIES OF HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.🇺🇸

[@laurencegray4720]

Watching this video brought back some memories. When I was an enlisted man in the Navy, I was stationed in Norfolk from January 1979 to July 1982. I was at the Naval Base for eighteen months of shore duty from January 1979 to July 1980 and then I was re-assigned to a ship (a frigate) which almost never went anywhere because they couldn't get the engines to work properly. As a result, I spent three-and-a-half years of my four year enlistment in one place.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for your service and for watching!

[@laurencegray4720]

You're welcome Jim.

[@bigz91784]

Good video. I like how you annotate your videos and the accompanying music. Thanks for sharing.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@remixedv]

Nice... I always love your music choices. Smooth! Great vid as always.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@MrJamesgrate]

Sensational Jim, didn't realize Norfolk had so much tourist attractions within it. I'd normally drive straight through on main street, heading to my favorite fishing spot, (James River Pier). I need to make more pit stops and little diversions to check out what I'm driving pass. Thanks Jim, another great video..

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@benlonghighway]

2:12 I figured there was a light rail or something like that; you were parallel to those tracks earlier. Can't wait to see your remake of the Bridge Tunnel video! :D

[@writer125]

Excellent looking video. Great fun ride. The music was great. Added a lot to the video. Thanx for posting this.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you, glad you liked the tune, I thought it worked :)

[@TheRogueFeline]

ahhhhhhhh, i am so happy and excited that you did this video, its nice to see more of Norfolk get to be seen in the video. and i travel on the route quite often. so thank you so much for capturing this video. i can't wait to see the video for the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel you do next. :-)

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@cjs121675]

Nice ride through Norfolk- been through there once back in 1989 with my grandparents- brings back memories! Nice ride and always good to see places I've been to before!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@GertLadefoged]

Once again a very nice video from your hand Jim. Greetings from Denmark.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you Gert!

[@GainButLearn-in8me]

Excellent video road tour, great music, good information, perfect!

[@Freewayjim]

+Gabriel Rodriguez Thank you very much!

[@garygee34]

We do have a nice little downtown. Moved here over 9 years ago, some of the interchanges took a bit of getting used to. LOL

[@RicksTravelogue]

The one I keep forgetting is that there are technically TWO exits for I-264 EAST from I-64 East. One's marked as the main exit, and puts you onto the inner lanes, and the other is marked only for Newtown Road, but puts you on the outer lanes so you can stay on 264 East if you so desire. Got stuck in traffic due to an accident in the inner lanes, after taking the wrong ramp following a trip to the Botanical Gardens when I saw the backup coming the opposite the other way.

[@garygee34]

Yes thats eastbound. Westbound there's also two, one puts you in the main lanes of 64, the other into the odd HOV system. Odd because you get on then can't get off til 564 for the Naval Base, not even for the airport, and has a concrete moveable barricade system with gates. Then from 264 East, there's two exits for 64 West, one on the right and one on the left, both of which dump traffic into the main lanes of 64, but tthe left one is easier for traffic from the unprotected HOV lane on 264E to access the 64W HOV.

[@EpicThe112]

Nice video Jim and I-64 at the naval base has heavy pm rush traffic going towards Williamsburg and Richmond. Also US-13 from Dover,De down to Cape Charles is a slow drive with a short freeway section at Salisbury, MD and US-13 has a rest stop at the VA/MD border fmr Union-Confederacy border

[@simonbit933]

The beast beautiful city of america .I hope to live in it.

[@TheSolarcatcher]

Nice ride through. I haven't been there in years. Come to think of it, about 20.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, it's a pretty interesting place when traffic is moving.

[@justinhundley2456]

Hi Solarcatcher!

[@CCK1972]

Things have changed a lot. Please do another video when they finish the 264 64 interchange.

[@Freewayjim]

I live in Atlanta, don't get to the Norfolk area very often.

[@jmvfrva]

Nice ride Jim - I rarely get down there. Good to see a part of my state featured.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, there's more coming.

[@justinhundley2456]

At least you're the 2nd person who got here...

[@GoJoGeoff]

Some parts of this looked so much like driving around the streets of Melbourne. Loved the soundtrack

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, that's pretty interesting.

[@jacobtimmons2170]

Sorry I keep asking you that. I just tend to get curious on what is next in the trip. I will see what happens every Monday. Thanks!

[@RicksTravelogue]

Norfolk, Virginia. Was there this past December. Traffic, especially east of that complex cloverleaf, can be brutal nightly between 4PM and 7PM. How many videos are coming from the Hampton Roads area? Any of the Downtown/Midtown Tunnels now that they've slapped up electronic tolling on them?

[@Freewayjim]

I have three total (two more) coming from the area and I did not film the tunnels you mentioned.

[@RicksTravelogue]

I assume the third involves the HRBT?

[@Freewayjim]

Rick's Travelogue You got it!

[@codfish1113]

My dad used to be stationed here in his short time in the navy.

[@DarkSideMaceWindu]

Fantastic video. I'm just wondering if you'll ever make your way to Virginia Beach?

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you...doubt it, that's just not somewhere I'm interested in going.

[@VaRockerDude]

You should check out Virginia Beach i think you would like it. I-264 is a nice ride and the oceanfront is lined with attractions and palm trees. Better than Norfolk !

[@kazeryu17]

If you ever return to the area, you should check out the MLK expressway. It connects the downtown, and midtown tunnels, and has what is probably the best view of the combined downtown Norfolk/Portsmouth skyline.

[@01Rossanezi]

Belíssimo passeio. Sempre acompanho e espero ansiosamente seus vídeos. São os melhores!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much Renato!

[@jasminefreeman1471]

Thanks for the video very helpful.

[@Freewayjim]

You are welcome, thanks for watching!

[@foun10head]

Love the Norman Brown soundtrack! Very Norfolk!

[@Freewayjim]

+Andrew Wolchko Thank you!

[@edkollin]

Rare rainy day video for you. Did not ruin video. What was the stadium to your right at 3:18?

[@Freewayjim]

That's Harbor Park, home of the AAA (Orioles) Norfolk Tides. Got a few more rainy ones coming.

[@mattyl2413]

Great video and quality on the video!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@pizzasubs]

For the 1st time ever since I first discoverd your videos, you became, Road Jim, uh City Jim, or is it, Town Jim, LOL, first time I have ever seen you do a video not out there on the freeways of america,you were talking about that train that passed in front of you sorta at the beginning of the trip, I am sure alot of people at the stations, have said something like, The Tide is coming in, look out,,,LOL..... Thank you so very much.....

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks.

[@countenanceblog]

As someone who lives near the western terminus of I-64, I'm going to be paying close attention to this and all your vids that show the general area of the eastern terminus. Come to think of it, last summer, you did get all the way to the actual western terminus of I-64 on your way west.

[@Freewayjim]

Yes we did! We didn't film the eastern terminus of I-64 but there is another I-64 video coming from this area.

[@dave11686]

Very cool video and music!

[@karenbaker8990]

can you do a series on hampton roads bridges and tunnels

[@Freewayjim]

If I ever get back there, and it's not someplace I usually have a reason to go.

[@MrHampton2007]

I love it here! 🖖🏽 Proud to be a local!

[@johnhancock1989]

Will you be making videos of I-664 or I-264 or 1-64 around the Hampton Roads area?

[@Freewayjim]

I have one of I-64 and the HRBT coming after the CBBT video.

[@johnhancock1989]

Greetings Freewayjim! I'm joining you from the Hampton Roads Area! Very close to the Norfolk area! Could you add this video to mobile devices?

[@Freewayjim]

Sorry, I have no control over that, it's a music company issue.

[@jacobtimmons2170]

What's after Norfolk besides Richmond (even though you didn't film it) & how many vids from that area?

[@Freewayjim]

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is next and then the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. After that it's the DC area and up the east coast.

[@justinity]

Nice Videos. I just subscribed 757 here

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@justinhundley2456]

1ST AGAIN!!!! Wow, OMG , OMG ,OMG! Can't you believe that Freewayjim? I like the music and the video. The music REALLY is kind of jazzy... Is Norfolk, VA the Capitol of Virginia or Hampton? I can't wait for you to go to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel! They say it's the LONGEST bridge here on the USA. I'm joining with you. Have a blessed day Freewayjim. And I HOPE you don't fall in the Chesapeake Bay and drown. Just saying. LOL.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you! Richmond is the Capitol of Virginia, yes that is indeed a jazzy tune, worked will with the weather IMO..

[@justinhundley2456]

Freewayjim Please don't drown and die. The bay is REALLY deep. Ok?

[@justinhundley2456]

Freewayjim Are you scared a little bit that you have to go to the Chesapeake Bay and go over a long tunnel, and a long bridge?

[@Freewayjim]

Justin Hundley Guess what! I lived or I would not be making these videos now would I :)

[@Freewayjim]

Justin Hundley I didn't "have to" go over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, I wanted to, have done it several times, no big deal as far as being scared of it, there's nothing to be scared of.

[@kirkrobinson5605]

What is the title of the beginning song

[@Freewayjim]

It's an Apple Loop called Chelsea Loft, the full 37-second version is here on KZbin.

[@JejblessAnointed]

Is it possible to see on mobile devices

[@Freewayjim]

No, that's a music company/KZbin issue, nothing I can do about it.

[@JejblessAnointed]

Thanks, Like watching your videos guess I have to go on my laptop or desktop

[@Freewayjim]

Jeremiah Jackson Thank you! It's hard enough to find a song that's safe that works well with the footage, the mobile device is just one more hurdle I'd prefer not to add to the mix so it's safe to say that there will probably be some more videos coming up that won't play on mobile :(

[@em2729]

enjoyed your vid very much

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@jacobtimmons2170]

How many vids from DC?

[@Freewayjim]

One...please don't ask me about every location along the way, just enjoy what comes out every monday :)

[@Freewayjim]

If you are interested in what's coming up I suggest you join the FreewayJim group on facebook. I post "what I'm working on" as I'm working on it with photos and maps of the route, just finished #14-14 tonight.

[@danbright1476]

Nice

[@jamesconklin120]

Blew past Harbor Park , home of the Norfolk Tides , it should have gotten a mention

[@Freewayjim]

To the main audience of these videos the sign graphic at 3:21 is more important as was the interesting on ramp getting there, mentioning the park after the fact would not have made sense, can't note everything or else the video would be too busy. This is a road video, not a chamber of commerce video.

[@jamesconklin120]

@@Freewayjim you mentioned waterside and the Wisconsin

[@Freewayjim]

@@jamesconklin120 Yes, because it made sense to do that there, there was nothing else to mention and it was on city streets with the time and space to do so...why are you nitpicking a 7 year old video, smh.

[@jamesconklin120]

@@Freewayjim Maybe , all the videos I’ve seen about driving through Norfolk goes shows Downtown and mentions Ghent a lot , there’s more to Norfolk than Downtown

[@Freewayjim]

@@jamesconklin120 There's a lot more to my channel than just Norfolk, I'm not from there or even overly familiar with it, I was just passing through and had time to capture some footage. If you compared this to other videos on the channel you'd see that, this channel is mostly about freeways and such, every once in a while I'll take a city street excusrion but it's not the main focus, so of course "Locals" will think that I missed things that are important to them.

[@kaleen21ify]

I live there in pormsouth next to noroflk.Vrigina beach resort city population.450.000. Right next to Norfolk. Virginia Beach is the most populated city in vrigina next to Norfolk and Chesapeake.

[@liamh1015]

Ah, Good Old Norfolk. Brings back memories. If you're wondering the interchange of 264@64 is the way it is because 64 Has HOV lanes in the median, so they have exit ramps to 264 from the HOV lanes.

[@leonation89]

Is Norfolk bigger than Raleigh?

[@757CitiesReppa]

Where's Raleigh?

[@kazeryu17]

City population, no. Metro population, yes.

[@stevenforman3044]

Thanks a lot.

[@shirleyanthony9581]

I go this way work every day

[@nhs1736]

I swear my grandma listens to this when we ride through the city

[@MazdaStrider]

7 feet above the sea level? I didn't know that. That doesn't sound like a lot...

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

To the people who know about the Hampton Roads, some say Norfolk is the very center of the metro area as a core city. For me, I'd say I can't define what is the core city of the entire MSA. The entire metro area have 10 independent cities of Virginia, 6 counties of Virginia and 3 counties of North Carolina. However, I can define which are the core cities of the north and south sides of the Hampton Roads. •North Hampton Roads division core city: Newport News, VA •South Hampton Roads division core cities: Norfolk, VA and Virginia Beach, VA Lastly, I realized that Virginia Beach VA, Chesapeake VA and Suffolk VA are as big as counties since they're the largest independent cities of Virginia by area. Can you believe that?

[@tylergrouplud8636]

My predictions for the next few videos: 14-09: Chesapeake Bridge-Tunnel 14-10: Richmond, VA 14-11: Capital Beltway 14-12: Baltimore 14-13: NJ Turnpike 14-14: New York City 14-15: Somewhere in CT If I got it right, you can PM me.

[@Freewayjim]

No Richmond, HRBT instead, and you've been paying attention in the FWJ facebook group obviously.

[@dvferyance]

Freewayjim You already did the CBBT in 2008.

[@Freewayjim]

dvferyance With a pre-HD camera in hazy conditions, you'll see it again next Monday in a different way, I can assure you..

[@dvferyance]

I was watching it the other day somebody else did it recently too though I don't remember who it was.

[@Freewayjim]

dvferyance Brian Cochran, The Highway Man is who you are thinking of.

[@maureenjohnson5151]

Wow.😮

[@CheeseMasterSports]

I just got back from my trip. Sadly, the tripod broke. So, I couldn't get any footage. :(

[@Freewayjim]

Equipment failure is tough, would not wish it on anyone :(

[@corvusglaive3805]

Norfolk seems kinda small.

[@kazeryu17]

It's a midsized city, not anything like New York, or Chicago, but its big enough to not be boring. The metro is the 37th largest in the US. Norfolk itself is very compact,( you can walk across in about 3 hours). with the exception of the outer fringes, most of the city is somewhat urban. It is also surrounded by 6 other cities that make up its suburbs (all with there own mini downtowns).

[@lowens793]

I like to imagine that you only keep your windshield clean and the whole rest of your car covered in dust and mud XDD

[@Freewayjim]

LOL, if need be, yes I am OCD about the windshield.

[@JD-kf2ki]

Seems to be quieter than the Bay Area, CA. :D

[@danacantu6714]

Hate Norfolk

[@kazeryu17]

Yah. It's one of those places you either love, or hate. There's no middle ground.