15-09 Houston #2 of 2: The World's Widest Freeway

Follows I-610 West to I-10 West and the Katy Freeway through the Metro Houston area from Mile 761 to 730

[@stevenkirby6967]

World biggest parking lot at 5pm.

[@olliepayne5545]

+Steven Kirby jump in the katy lanes :) its faster than the msinlains by a far shot!

[@saurabhchc]

How about TOKYO's Mechanical parking system ? You must check it out

[@lesliemiros6743]

Honolulu

[@JohnTaylor-wv3si]

Steven Kirbyville

[@Iceify_]

yeah honolulu is busy like heck and traffic sucsk

[@whatsreal7506]

Moved to Houston in 89. Left in 2003. Came back and saw this in 2014... What a massive change!!! Even with massive freeways, Houston rush hour traffic is a cluster*.... For many reasons... A tribute to the fact that in the absence of Master planned commuting and zoning, these projects tends to not solve the greater problem... Houston is a world class city and the epicenter of a lot of good things not only for Texas, but the US and the world

[@ov_.17]

During hurricane Rita world largest evacuation of people look it up. Took us 18 hours to get form the south side of Houston to the north side of Houston. True story

[@doitperfect9420]

2:56 the Katy freeway BOTTLE NECK

[@CPWindsorsub]

Cool video! I always thought the 401 in Toronto was the widest freeway in the world. I know it's the busiest.

[@buddyclem7328]

CPWindsorsub I thought that too, but evidently 26 lanes beats out 21 lanes. I'm sure both are very impressive.

[@njam101]

The 401 does have more traffic for sure. It also has at least 12 lanes for quite a long distance.

[@paulburley7993]

@@njam101 401 in Toronto is not only the largest and busiest freeway in the world it is the widest at 18 lanes. Without the addition of frontage and service roads the Katy is 13 lanes. Feder al highway standards in the U.S. confirm this. There are probably at least 8 other freeways in the U.S. that are as wide or wider than the Katy. There are no super-sized freeways in China either. The biggest widest and busiest badass freeway in the world is the 401 in Canada.

[@mfl8276]

@@paulburley7993 widest freeway in the world is in San Diego. 805/5 merger. With 26 lanes of actual freeway (no side streets) at its widest point.

[@paulburley7993]

@@mfl8276 What is the name of this freeway? I've had a quick look but can't find anything definitive. How long is this section? When current construction is finished in Toronto, the 401 will be a minimum of 12 lanes expanding to 18 lanes at its widest on four separate carriageways. This configuration will be 63 miles in length carrying 500,000 plus vehicles daily. Nothing in the world comes even close to this magnitude. Check out Politifact Texas " Worlds widest freeway isn't where Sylvester Turner thinks it is." Also Conde nast and Buzzfeed have some interesting information.

[@HectorDiabolucus]

Houston has been in steady growth for 80+ years. The Gulf Freeway was the longest freeway project in history, took 75 years to build. Back in the 1960’s they used to decorate the entire city for Christmas. It was a lot smaller then. When I was a teenager we raced up and down those freeways late at night.

[@CrazySD1993]

"Building more lanes to fix congestion, is like getting a bigger belt to fix obesity."

[@bhud1972]

This is in the morning. Look at the eastbound lanes after the driver passes under Beltway 8. It’s a parking lot. Is Katy worth that commute?

[@bhud1972]

Texas_Raised_ Texas _Made oh no! Well, if you work in Katy, then perfect. If you work in the Galleria or downtown...well....oh no!

[@DigitalConspirator19]

Cool. WHat are you using? GoPro?

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, no I use a Sony Camcorder, my gear is shown in the closing credits.

[@onyxxxyno]

I've driven I-10 several times when it's been deserted (curfews after Harvey, during Covid-19) and it's so eery with no other cars on it.

[@Freewayjim]

I'd love to experience it in that setting.

[@alexburgos4326]

It's got to be Saturday or Sunday cause no traffic at all. Mon thru Fri at rush hour is parking lot.....lol

[@Freewayjim]

It was filmed on a Wednesday.

[@newland546]

what music?

[@omargaminghd1730]

I live in Houston and didn't know we had the world's widest freeway😂 and it seems pretty normal to me😂

[@fvckyourcharade894]

Yeah I didn't realize either 😅 we should get a sign or something lol

[@paulburley7993]

Houston doesn't have the world's widest freeway. You have to go to Toronto to see the world's biggest widest and busiest freeway. Please see Politifact Texas. It explains the origin of this false claim. You will find it by entering "World's widest freeway isn't where Sylvester Turner thinks it it."

[@utopia2134]

Paul Burley really dang well I’m never going to Toronto I hate the highway it’s makes me scared

[@skidmark9863]

Paul Burley Toronto has 24 this has 26.

[@josephlopez5404]

OmarGaming HD tbh I live in channview and I think it’s normal 😂

[@robinsweet1827]

That MUST'VE been a Sat or Sun because as a native Houstonian, I can honestly say there's almost always traffic. And THAT wasn't much traffic at all.

[@1Guason3]

Indeed. I'm more from the northeast area, but I do occasionally go by.

[@johnwright7850]

Had to be early Sunday morning

[@natskivna]

Nah, if you look at 610 to the left after he's exited to go on I 10 west, you can see wall to wall cars heading south.

[@RealTimeFun]

It was actually filmed on a Wednesday morning at 8. At the end, it says June 10, 2015 @ 8:00AM.

[@johnjohnson3457]

I didnt see a single person swerve across six lanes to hit an exit 1000 feet away with no signal. This video is fake news.

[@rayofsunxolove]

John Johnson lmao

[@fretworkband3204]

John Johnson Aka Texas Lane Change.

[@FireboltPrime]

Nice bait

[@alexburgos4326]

Advance signing for lane exit is the answer.

[@spongebob4926]

Xius PhoneyBros he skipped 3 lanes and had turn signals

[@handler0000]

Houston roads=anxiety like a mf lol

[@cadenrobl473]

Especially with all this construction

[@kendalbridges897]

Houston freeways are fine until people with anxiety are driving on them

[@nowanloka4302]

@@kendalbridges897 exactly...you get idiots merging into freeway traffic at 40 miles a friggen hour...when everyone is zipping down the freeway between 65 and 80....

[@handler0000]

@@kendalbridges897 bout it i know some people who dont have it and there blood pressure shoots up bad driving on h town roads

[@jasonkraus7442]

the video calls it the worlds widest freeway... Really??? I've seen wider freeways in Russia and India. The only difference, in those places it is a free-for-all and most of them don't believe in lanes and blinkers. BUT I do agree with you. Houston freeways are a anxiety nightmare ANYTIME of day and I don't think anything can fix it. lol

[@caprisoda]

I live in Houston i thought this bridge was normal. I guess it is true we do like things big in Texas here it just seems so normal here i never would've thought otherwise

[@Freewayjim]

No sir, only California has things on this scale but they don't look quite the same.

[@cloroxbleach885]

PTGamer I thought all freeways lanes were that big everywhere else lol

[@Tempe401]

Same, until i found out today it was the widest freeway in the world LOL

[@1Guason3]

@@Tempe401 no wonder family members from out of the city or state always say it is incredibly wide lol

[@fnihp30]

Also, your highways are so highly elevated than in most U.S. cities.

[@babahobo4112]

As a resident of Houston, you've somehow made the bane of our existence an experience to remember. Glad to see someone finding such joy in (and on) our freeways. Much props!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much! I always enjoy driving around Houston when I get the chance (Been 3 times), it's a great city in that sense and as a roadgeek, a great "freeway experience".

[@jaxon-t9983]

@@Freewayjim Have you done the Grand Parkway Yet?

[@Freewayjim]

@@jaxon-t9983 No, I have not.

[@MrCole-hu9lj]

I actually live right there. I 10 west (katy) and Gessner exit. William brothers construction company widened I 10 to what it is today. As big as it is, the traffic is still horrible.

[@demondsimien9786]

That's because so many people has moved to the area, with the expansion of new development in Cypress, Katy & now Fulshear is even growing like crazy. I live in the Katy area & I feel that it's time to widen Grand Parkway 99 only two lanes on each side of the highway get a little crowded during rush hours as well on the weekends.

[@olivevideogames]

Ha, that's cool. I live right behind the HEB off Bunker Hill

[@demondsimien9786]

@@olivevideogames Oh yeah that's in the Memorial City area. I use to work for Memorial Hermann Hospital right there on Gessner.

[@irishpanic]

I10 and Hwy 6 here

[@proudtexan7226]

I live on mason road and I’ve lived in Katy since 2005 and personally I’m not a fan of how things have changed I remember when it was all fields but since 99 got built it’s been expanding quickly and destroying what I’ve lived with for so long and it’s unfortunate

[@salgarcia8021]

The greater Houston area is the size of the state of Connecticut. Car is a must. Which makes us describe distance in time frames. "Where is your house?"..."10mins that way."(rather than blocks)

[@onyxxxyno]

And it's considered bad manners not to visit a friend if you're driving within 100 miles of them 😅

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

I've never used blocks in my life

[@ryankhja2646]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations same I think that's an East coast thing, never used blocks in the west coast or in the south

[@josecedillos1432]

DUDE Thats CRAZY!!!

[@josecedillos1432]

Also Houston Is The Largest City Im Tx

[@JumboMutumbo]

727 MILES BETWEEN TWO CITIES IN ONE STATE? ITS 730 MILES FROM MY HOMETOWN IN SC TO NYC........................

[@azulaquaza4916]

El Paso, TX and Orange, TX are 858 Miles apart on the fastest highway

[@exit4509]

144

[@exit4509]

1443

[@exit4509]

613

[@exit4509]

EXIT 726↗️ 45MPH

[@jerrybates5791]

When I graduated High School in 1967 Houston had a total population of about 400,000+. Boy that seems like a long time ago.

[@leximakaveli]

Did the Katy freeway exist back then.?

[@candysmith8724]

I read somewhere that the population of Katy is projected to hit 500K by 2027...let that sink in.

[@mrwest09]

@@candysmith8724 katy "area" perhaps

[@trulylondon1]

@@leximakaveli Well maybe not but Katy Freeway and Beltway 8 interchange back then was the first 5-level interchange EVER I think

[@mrwest09]

@Jacktown Dee sounds about right probly a little more than that

[@MTobias]

In Texas, everything is supersized! Or so it seems at least. It's also amazing how quickly it turned form such a monstrosity into a rural 4-lane freeway.

[@kwt2000trucker]

Everything is supersized except the freeways inside the cities, freeways are a lot wider in L.A., San Francisco, San Diego areas

[@kwt2000trucker]

@@nowanloka4302 30 lanes across??? What the hell are you talking about?? You must take too much hallucinogens or some crap like that! Pay close attention, thats only 4 toll free lanes plus the 2 toll lanes making a total of 6 lanes on each side, and thats only on that area, the west side, the California's cities freeways are mostly 6 lanes on each side, oh, but if you want to see a wider freeway, go to Atlanta GA, both I-75 and I-85 north of loop I-285 are 8 lanes on each side each freeway, a lot wider than Houstons freeways!!

[@sergioh2015]

@@kwt2000trucker i believe its including the feeder roads too

[@KJ-qc3qd]

TobiasM so are a lot of the people lol

[@KJ-qc3qd]

Fernando Ubarr better check your facts bud. I drive in Texas and California, and Tx roads are much bigger and better. A lot of CS is a shithole

[@elmaster6207]

And still have huge traffic jam

[@BroadwayLTDProductions]

Because traffic jams are caused by idiots who cannot stay off their brake pedals rather than the width of the road.

[@manuelcastro8404]

The ramp from Beltway 8 to I-10 W..........roller coaster ride.

[@nicolasblume1046]

Remember: More Lanes induce more traffic (induced demand). Building more Lanes does help in the short term, but after a while the additional cars make it same or worse than before

[@CrazySD1993]

"Building more lanes to fix congestion, is like getting a bigger belt to fix obesity."

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Well, it's mostly the case for car dependant places, which USA and Canada outrageously are. In the Netherlands, the A2 Amsterdam Utrecht was expanded from 2×3 to superhighway 2×5 a year (2010 vs 2011) before the Katy freeway. Still not jammed to this day. Probably even only dummy traffic using it. Trains act like countrywide metro system. Also, having better drivers makes wideking more effective too :p

[@rodrigohackos9119]

Actually you are wrong, places with the most public ridership have the longest commute times. Look it up

[@1986-e3s]

love it , living in Houston it's hard to appreciate the views since it's familiarity I guess, you've made me see the city different, which is a good thing haha

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much for the insightful comment.

[@abcdxyz4055]

م.

[@jvinclarence3977]

To many houstonians the camera speed is exactly what you see when you're driving

[@joseluisvillalba1375]

I am from Madrid Spain, We have the A-2 freeway (Madrid-French Border). The road section Madrid center-Airport was built by the americans in the sixties, there are american style overpasses as well as a nice interchange... do you know its name??, The "Nudo Eisenhower" or Eisenhower Interchange!!.. Regards and great videos!!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you and I'm not familiar with that.

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

Based on screen time (467 sec), distance (34 mi), travel time (30 min), and average speed of 68 mph, this shows what driving at an average speed of 267 mph would look like.

[@blueberrysavers3547]

Not really because some parts of the video are slowed down then sped up as you can see at 1:45

[@asamcclellan2721]

@@blueberrysavers3547 averaging accounts for any slow downs. If you drive 10mph 30 minutes and 20mph 30 minutes your average is 15. If there weren't any slow downs in the video the average would be higher.

[@ndmz903]

That's crazy, doesnt look like 400+ kmh

[@cchmlfa]

Great observation Frank. Friends from out of state ask me Why do you need an 8 cylinder twin turbo ( BMW X5M ). This explains it very simply. You need power to break away from the packs of bad drivers Most people in Houston would have no clue how to get from Houston to Katy without I-10

[@cazedit8439]

@@cchmlfa I stay in the kingwood area in Houston and I use 99 to get to Katy

[@azulaquaza4916]

There's like 20 skylines wtf

[@mil3sperhour]

Spooder man Yeah its pretty crazy over here

[@Harold81]

Spooder man Yes, and the actual Downtown Houston skyline was never shown in this video.

[@lowkeydave7636]

Spooder man yes! I live here and the greater Houston area is very widely spread apart.

[@anguisantiago2354]

Harold81 I am in Houston i went to downtown houston

[@ghostfox2473]

Yeah Houston is probably the largest city land wise in the country so we don't really have to build up to much. We can just build out.

[@superpeachydraws]

I drive on 1-10 daily and I don’t know why i still chose to watch this 😂

[@brittanywilliams9091]

I am from Chicago and recently visited Houston Texas...the highways are wayyyy bigger than ours ..they are in the process of building more in Chicago..Texas is huge

[@luvvideos07]

I have driven on this freeway many, many, many times. There is no traffic on this video. We are aggressive drivers here, we have no mercy. So you better move it or loose it. Lol

[@Freewayjim]

Truth! lol.

[@applepi4599]

So terrible huge climate impacts and makes this urban environment completely inhospitable for anybody not in a massive car

[@eddiegreene7334]

I have lived in many cities and Houston has the best freeways hands down!

[@williamshinn1319]

Just not I10 west. But we still have 610, 45 and 59 sooooooo

[@jonblake9163]

??????? YOu gotta be kidding. 59, 288, 610 are shits

[@steve-O1]

Eddie Greene 66 and 95 in the DMV area are pretty great as well

[@mdtafshiruddin8063]

Eddie Greene Lucky people only driving on this freeway.... After i watched this video.. Now i have another new dream.. That is driving on this freeway.. Currently driving in middle East.. I want a driving job in USA....

[@user-qo4sn1dq4v]

U have to be kidding!... It is one of the worst! Try getting to Houston from the Woodlands when I45 has an accident ... Few options exist to get out of the Woodlands other than 45. Houston has some of the worst transportation and urban planning I have ever seen

[@aris_mendez]

This just became one of my favorite videos. I love driving on I-10 at night to music like this. Thanks for showing how beautiful Texas can be! Heading towards Austin is such a good feeling lol

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for the comment and for watching!

[@Wine-N-Steak]

I was listening to this music driving from El Paso TX to Memphis TN. That was a peaceful drive😊

[@zackbrumis7831]

So, freeway enthusiasts are a thing...?

[@Freewayjim]

Yes, very much so, over 36K subscribe to this channel

[@axlh.1827]

As a Texan these huge freeways have always seemed normal my entire life... Texas rivals Los Angeles when it comes to freeways

[@irishpanic]

Houston rivals nobody when it comes to freeways

[@gioisreal_17]

@@sharkboyjuan says the person who likes clickbait youtubers

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

ryen mcdonald troll

[@paulburley7993]

But Houston and Los Angeles have to give way to the world's widest, biggest and busiest freeway. That's the 401 through greater Toronto. Katy freeway is not nor has it ever been world's widest freeway.Check out Politifact Texas. World's widest freeway isn't where Sylvester Turner thinks it is.

[@helenboula3538]

In the seventies it was nice snd simple.no more.

[@jtn2002]

Everything IS bigger in Texas! Reminds me of my nightmare drive through there last year. I remember saying, "And I thought the Atlanta Connector was wide; geez!" Just got myself in the left lane and waited for lanes to vanish.

[@derekmaresca7934]

Crazy, I live in South East Houston, never thought about how wide and large everything is here until now. Thank you for this new perspective

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for watching!

[@oofsaid1304]

Northside Houston

[@piggy5861]

"Just one more lane, bro."

[@kevinhoward9593]

I would get total anxiety from driving on this the first time.

[@melodyrose8123]

I live in Houston and the way some of these people drive - I def still get anxiety 😹😅

[@trulylondon1]

Kevin Howard FR LIKE YOU WANTED TO DRIVE ON A FREEWAY LIKE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU KNOW I COULD BE SO ANXIOUS I WOULD JUST STAY ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD?

[@dandan3521]

lol... I get anxiety just watching this video

[@elchapo9537]

@@melodyrose8123 i love everything about texas except for the drivers, we drive extremely aggressive for no reason lol

[@Beanrock124]

The Katy Freeway is the literal definition of “Everything is bigger in Texas!”.

[@ohitslit]

I love this stuff and if people would just really open their eyes they would see the beauty in it! I live in San Antonio and Everytime we visit htx just as we enter we're like wow! now this is a city. Thanks to all for their hard work.

[@Freewayjim]

100% agree! These sorts of things are so taken for granted.

[@ActuallyRocatex]

It's odd living in such a big city cause I see San Antonio and think "well that's not that big, only a million" and then I remember it's one of the biggest cities in america

[@robloxvids2233]

I always thought SA was similar to Houston then I spent a few weeks there for work and couldn't believe how small the city felt. I think Houston is like 2.5-3x the population.

[@michielvdvlies3315]

what beauty?? concrete jungle who wants to life there! you americans should get out of your cars and start walking or cycling would be far better for your heatlh and reduce air polution

[@max_kl]

@@michielvdvlies3315 it's weird, all these people in the comments praising how great it is to have 26 lane roads...

[@dotz7616]

Wow, this seems like a horrible driving experience to me.

[@Freewayjim]

It's not when traffic is flowing at or above the speed limit.

[@greatestsawes9712]

Video: Perfect👌 Sound track: Perfect👌 Remark: America truely needs mad quantities of oil. God bless America (from Africa).

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much, lol!

[@74ryanwolf]

The Katy Freeway truly is the best freeway I know of

[@cobalt._.27]

KATY PERRY

[@tysquare3193]

Correct

[@thewhat8279]

I swear

[@mauricemotors8207]

@Александр Дорохов 99 is only 2 Lanes in both directions

[@DK-tv6rk]

That freeway has the worse traffic

[@dxx033]

I've never been to Houston, I'm not from the states, and I'm not even in to road design; why did I find this video amusing

[@Freewayjim]

I don't know but I'm glad you did!

[@vw2592]

Widening freeways don't alleviate traffic, they only invite more traffic. Take it from me, a LA resident who knows that story quite well. Nevertheless, impressive, but it's still that thing you're speeding on...

[@WayToManyAssassins]

I thought Dubai has the worlds widest freeway i guess i was wrong

[@blueberrysavers3547]

That's without other lanes (frontage road, HOV lane).

[@radm.pesoskrew]

2019 Update: At FM 359, they're now widening it to 3 lanes (10 lanes total) until you reach Hwy. 36 in Sealy. Growth Mode!

[@jasonroberts8585]

Radm. Peso Skrew also the bucees in katy is the largest gas station in the world with over 110 pumps and was built since this video was made

[@josephwatts8022]

That's true from Sealy to brookshire I had to stop driving that way last year because when they got into accidents at the Brazos river there were a lot of traffic there

[@ILoveQazaqstan]

@@jasonroberts8585 I’m around the area, not sure about largest gas station. But we do have the longest car wash

[@kertamo6721]

When I first came to Houston I thought I could make it without a car. Today I am laughing about that idea. Houston is HUUUUGE.

[@christiancontreras327]

Houston has the most frustrating traffic

[@guitarsANDcars39]

Have you been to the Philippines? Traffic is like LA x5

[@citrusblast4372]

@@guitarsANDcars39 shit i've seen a 50? lane highway in china that still blocks up it was massive

[@vasue9803]

Nice video with bgm music! May i know this bgm track? Subscribed to this channel.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, the music is listed during the video and in the closing credits.

[@IRUKANJI]

Once I-10 is finally back down to 4 lanes and splits with a grass median you are officially "Out of Houston"

[@true-fiction]

Half a million people have watched this for fun? I'll never understand this generation...

[@another90daystochangethis34]

Yes gramps travel is fun. Perhaps the bingo game will be on a coach bus with large windows so you can appreciate it too.

[@mm-vs1zt]

@@another90daystochangethis34 lol

[@hagencarter8834]

@@another90daystochangethis34 Don't be a dick

[@kennethc9996]

😂😭

[@josephwatts8022]

Well it's at a million now

[@razorramon8326]

Oh hell yeah!!! That's my town!!! H-Town!!! I absolutely love the driving although you do have to put up with people who are wreckles driving and excessive speeding. I know you got to go with the flow with a traffic and there are times when we are doing 85 or 90 in a formation and then Here Comes fancy sports cars motorcycles and so on probably doing twice as fast. It's no different then a person walking down the highway where the speed limit is 80 miles per hour and traffic going by passing you up. I just mind my own business watch my surroundings and anticipate anything and always have a contingency plan. I've seen too many accidents.

[@hectorreynaga4796]

Razor Ramon shut up bitch . springbranch

[@johnjohnson3457]

Try 90 south between 610 and Stafford around 2 pm. Limit is 55, but if you are going under 75, you're begging to get rear ended. I've been trying to keep with the flow at about 90-100, and people are still passing me like I'm standing still. And people still walk across 8 lanes like it's some little back alley. This city crazy af.

[@bl6797]

I was born there. Glad I left.....the ugliest, hottest, most miserable place I’ve ever lived.

[@helenboula3538]

People here in Houston ste killed all day long.just on the roads.not counting the robberies and all the stealing.lm ftom ga ive been here i moved to Houston in1974. Have i ever seen changes.im moving to fla as soon ad i can.ive out grown houston or it has me It doesn't matter im out of here.

[@dark12ain]

We live for speed, but sometimes all that space screams speed speed speed

[@maryjarrell5824]

KATY FREEWAY HAS 26 LANES! THE WIDEST IN THE WORLD! I JUST LOOKED IT UP!

[@Freewayjim]

Yes indeed!

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

Houston has better highways than Toronto.

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

OceanBlue Yeah. Texas highways are amazingly built!

[@Iceify_]

TOTransitGuy7755 yeah true

[@lemondude6174]

TOTransitGuy7755 This entire thing used to be a 6 lane road (3 lanes each way)

[@buddyclem7328]

TOTransitGuy7755 I thought Toronto had the world's widest highway at 21 lanes including feeder and collector lanes. Maybe my source is out of date. (Wikipedia)

[@chrislewis615]

Buddy Clem Yes this is Ontario's Highway 401 that we are speaking of. At one time the portion running through Toronto at up to 22 lanes was probably the widest but now Katy takes the cake.

[@kilgame2824]

0:52 Thats Me in the black car in the left!

[@chuanatia90]

Cool car!

[@BennyDigitalNomad51]

2010 Chevrolet camero?

[@gambit_toys6554]

Ya'll stay in this concrete HELL. I'm moving out!

[@teriterrytarryttt537]

Distances in Texas are vast, and not just east-west. While it's 856 miles from El Paso to Orange, it's 872 miles north-south between Stratford (in the Panhandle) and Brownsville (in the Valley). It's further from El Paso to Texarkana (814mi) than from Texarkana to Chicago (784mi)!

[@arcaderadio5438]

how could hell be any worse?

[@TNCMAD]

Very Impressive ! Couldn't they make a heavy subway system to replace some of the lanes? For a city this big, it is surprising to not see a decent Public Transportation system : American Style .

[@angelmuniz5005]

I think it's because houston is too spread out

[@1991RubenV]

Standard of living over is higher compare to other states so many low income people are able to afford used cheap cars and not be reliant on a train schedule.

[@spilledgrits06]

We are too spread out for a subway system to be effective. Houston isn't just Houston it's the woodlands, Katy, Cypress, king wood, Pearland, south Houston, downtown, galleria area, sharpstown area, greenspoint, spring, humble, etc. the list is long. It can take at least 1.5 to get from point a to point b at any given time.

[@cloroxbleach885]

spilledgrits06 aye cypress was in your list 👌🏾

[@TheGargalon]

Just open Google Maps and look at how far the suburbs spread around american cities. All of this traffic is people from the suburbs going on/off work to the city. A subway can never service an area this big. Plus, it's freedom land, cheap gas, cheap cars, bla bla.

[@TheJosephy0021]

I grew up in SoCal and we use the 101 to go North or South. When I moved to Houston I was amazed at the number of freeways and the amazing feeder roads in the city. Hands down way better than California’s set up. I’ll take Houston traffic over Los Angeles any day of the week.

[@Shumetra]

Houstonian here! Houston is great but I have been here all my life! Time for a change!

[@joonkwon9303]

Metra J Move somewhere like Eastern Tennessee. It's beautiful up there.

[@indelaxiom]

I moved from Houston to Vancouver about 14 years ago and now I wanna go back!!! I'll trade places with you!!!

[@irishpanic]

L

[@youraveragejoe2]

@@irishpanic M

[@irishpanic]

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[@dg321_]

Reminder that this isn't a good thing.

[@bundesautobahn7]

It is true, everything IS bigger in Texas. That segment of the I-10 looks really like a piece of beauty and a delight to drive in (outside of rush hour). I haven't seen so many lanes even near a toll plaza or one of those former big border complexes on European motorways before the Schengen treaty (including the old border checkpoints on the transit roads between West and East Germany). Not even in Germany do we have that many lanes, the most we have are like eight lanes, four in each direction, max maybe 10 in front of the Elbtunnel on the A7 in Hamburg.

[@brianobrien4900]

please "get a life"

[@AverageLaur]

American highways are so wide becouse they dont know how do use it efficently like europeans where the middle of the road is for passing

[@tysquare3193]

Yeah...rush hour..but it is big really it is.

[@MrPland1992]

Laur Oras I was about to say. All those damn lanes and I drive on the far right at 2 am because idiots camp in the left lane. The right lane is the only one open. People get onto the freeway and then immediately merge left across all 12 lanes into the speed lane.

[@nowanloka4302]

@@AverageLaur It's not that we don't know how to use them, it's that we have people that are too fucking ignorant to stay out of the left lane and keep it for passing. However...with that said even if they were just 2 or 3 lanes each way ....with a city of 6 million people...3 lanes in one direction is just not enough when over 80% or so of the population commutes to work. London is the only city in Europe that actually has more people....and of course they have a great public transport system...and most people don't work very far from home. Most of Houston works at least 10 miles from where their house, and that's probably an understatement. .

[@FreewayBrent]

Awesome work on this! TxDOT blows my mind away, with some of the freeways they're able to "get away with" building, lol. Love the Dinka song you chose, and the way you synchronized everything together. I can only imagine what that reconstruction project will look like through downtown Houston, when it's all said and done. Fantastic video; I'm putting this on my "favorites" playlist.

[@Freewayjim]

FreewayBrent Thanks, yes what TxDOT does/gets away with is amazing! and there's all that stuff in Dallas too. Thank you for introducing me to that song many moons ago, I liked it enough to buy it and I'm glad I did.

[@HHoef]

Texas knows how to build their stacks! Besides im from the NL, I once must travel to Houston because this road is absolutely incredible

[@Polschinski]

H Hoef Yeah im from Germany and this just looks like a freeway paradise!

[@yeezy2136]

From Los Angeles n we don't have such good freeways like in Houston.

[@jasonjohnson2775]

+H Hoef That's my home. I travel that freeway 2-3 times per week!

[@kellenvargas3667]

+HTown713 rivas TO BAD ISN'T Los Angeles Bigger than Houston

[@edwardjohnson4153]

+Kellen Vargas as far as population Los Angeles have more people as far as city size no. Los Angeles is 503 square miles and Houston is 627 square miles.

[@BenHaMiqra]

Being a native Houstonian, I never considered the shear size of the city. Whenever someone visits and says "it's boring in Houston", I always think to myself "they only saw one small parcel of Houston's expanse."

[@BenHaMiqra]

@2013 Dodge Grand Caravan I guess you're right. I've never lived anywhere where you didn't need a car(i.e., New York).

[@melodyrose8123]

Not sure how this popped up in my feed. But it’s crazy watching someone else drive the streets I drive though daily. But on KZbin lol 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for watching!

[@razorramon8326]

I absolutely love the music 🎶 It reminds me of Kascade from BPM Sirius XM channel 51

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@aris_mendez]

The music is amazing. Kaskade’s new album is 🔥

[@Freewayjim]

@@aris_mendez Thank you!

[@michielvdvlies3315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6ncnHxpZcuGa5Y Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston)

[@Freewayjim]

Hate is a strong world, not interested.

[@michielvdvlies3315]

@@Freewayjim its the title of the video not my own words.

[@TimothySchulting]

I have lived here for just over 4 years now. I drove this very route today. Yes, at 5 PM this is a parking lot. But if traffic opens just a little its full Mad Max. Do not under any circumstances honk you horn or get too demonstrative in response. Everyone is armed. Other than that it's nice to take a ride.

[@Freewayjim]

Good advice!

[@kingzepeda3165]

always passing by here when heading back from S.A., TX its a joyride when there is no traffic...

[@Vicious5id]

Almost everything wrong with the world in a 8 minute video. Cool music though.

[@rubenp8750]

The new 610 to I10 west configuration is really nice now.

[@swinde]

I am not sure if it really counts, but back 20 years or so, it was stated that the widest highway in the US was the approach to the toll plaza in Oakland to the San Francisco Bay Bridge. It was 33 lanes including the five Eastbound lanes. I drove on it back in the 70s. There were no electronic passes at the time, but there were a few "exact change" lanes. This huge number of lanes meant there were no delays in the normal five lane westbound road. The other neat thing about it is that the toll is collected only for westbound traffic. It was fifty cents at the time.

[@CheeseMasterSports]

In my opinion, there is a intensity, of power and momentum, found on the Katy Freeway. I think its because of the stacks and how wide it is lol.

[@candysmith8724]

Or the street racers every Saturday night on there. pfft

[@iFanominul]

After going to Los Angeles for vacation, I can honestly say houston traffic is nothing compared to LA traffic. Makes me appreciate houston freeways way more.

[@Freewayjim]

I agree with you, LA is much worse.

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

And it STILL gets gridlocked...

[@tweston315]

Jim, it's nice to see that I'm not weird. I found someone who loves freeways and bridges as much as I do! ! lol.....All of your videos are awesome! ! I can watch them for hours. I would be honored if you used the following song for one of your videos: "Let's Wax a Fatty" by the group Loose Ends. I'm sure you would love the song. Thanks again!

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, if you want to meet more people who love this stuff you should join the FreewayJim facebook group. I don't take song requests due to the nature of how I go about finding music to fit certain footage, it is rarely something that is pre-determined.

[@tweston315]

Thanks

[@AdamHemi]

this video makes me want to re-visit Houston

[@lesliemiros6743]

We going to have a new theme park in 2018.

[@AdamHemi]

Willie Seals III Definitively gonna check it out

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

Willie Seals III is Houston safe...I wanna buy a house there....how's sugar Land??

[@7GRenaissance]

Emeka Iheanacho Sugar land is decently safe. I've been there before and so far, no Amber alert or anything. Trains drive through Sugarland too.

[@renedelgado1979]

Adam Ye go back to houston

[@eluko79]

Nice work! The architecture matches so well with the highway here.

[@Freewayjim]

***** Thanks, it really does.

[@Cody-hw3bt]

Hey eluko I have seen your videos. They were awesome!

[@melissaallison4810]

Baron 1999

[@rafaelzamora3357]

Freewayjim I don’t think any of you really notices it, and I really don’t like being negative, but the “architecture” of the very few low-rise buildings along the way is absolutely HORRIBLE. And the very reason is the highway itself. It’s the worst urban model possible, ever. One of the main reasons for climate change in the world is these highways’ fault, i.e., the US having built its urban development during the second half of the XX century based on this spread out model of low density and wide highways. It’s also impersonal, the main reason for deaths in the US (road accidents), it doesn’t allow for social cohesion of the inhabitants, it’s classist (vs. poor people who can’t and shouldn’t have to be able to afford a car), it makes people lose too much valuable time of their lives commuting, it makes them waste money on cars and their maintenance when they could and should use mass public transit and use that money for something else, and many, MANY more negative things. There’s no beauty here. This video is gross to anyone who has the slightest idea about urban planning. All I see is one of the worst errors ever made, even negatively impacting us people living in other countries in the rest of the world, all because of the greed of a few big companies (car companies), as with almost everything US-related. Absolute trash. ❌🗑

[@AmbientMorality]

@@rafaelzamora3357 Yeah, I'm truly amazed at how everyone is talking about how great these freeways are. I'm happy my city finally tore down a monstrosity and earthquake hazard, though unfortunately they aren't doing anything particularly useful with the right of way under it (just more car space...).

[@ankitsaggi2039]

as someone who moved to houston and has driven around the u.s., i can 100000% confirm houston is a crazy ass place to drive.

[@aticomunistantyfachist8323]

You should take beltway 8 and exit on i 10 from it it would give you amazing view of the freeway from high above over pass exit

[@raygonzalez8850]

i love ur videos i live in houston myself the katy freeway is a monster during the rush hour just like interstate 69 going to rosenburg tx it pretty bad ass driving here it like ur going on a roller coaster

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@heythere3780]

Hate the traffic, love the city. Tacos are life!

[@truthseeker9688]

I remember my first few times driving in Houston...takes some getting used to the “shared” exit/ entrance lanes...and the height of those interchanges/overpasses!!! You feel like you are on a tall roller coaster. I used to plan my trips in order to pass through Houston very early on Sat or Sun. Lol. Now, I live in Houston and realize that Tx has the best Interstate system in the US. IMO.

[@Freewayjim]

It's a great network for sure, nice perspective on your part.

[@jaxon-t9983]

As a Marylander, it feels weird that the entire city of Houston would take up so much of our state if it was in Maryland lmao.

[@ILoveQazaqstan]

Yeehaw!!!

[@santiagoe1129]

They can't even afford sidewalks but look at these billion dollar roads...

[@mimireuser5383]

Ahhhhh this brings back memories of trying to avoid stray mattresses and those huge wire things.... also the random hunks of tire and car material... and the “drivers”.

[@firstlast-pq1tx]

I remember my dad getting so fucking mad at that sight. Hilarious memories

[@freddoyle1211]

Just missed a washing machine driving home one night back in 1977 when the Katy freeway was not as big.

[@SunnyFLBoy]

why the fuck is this fascinating me? It's just cars driving on a freeway. I don't know. -.-

[@buddyclem7328]

Chris Keller Nothing wrong with being a roadfan. Embrace it!

[@rideunderncr2698]

Music is aussome plz tell me what is the music name

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you, the music is "Out of Bounds" by Dinka, it's posted in the closing credits.

[@Justin9Justin]

Funnies part was when it said construction should be finished by 2017 😂😂😂

[@jamesmartin9401]

Maybe it's being a native Houstonian all these years, but I still say nothing in Houston is remotely as terrifying as getting on the D.C. Beltway with a bunch of government-owned, frustrated type-A's at rush hour. I went to visit my brother and mis-timed my jump as they say. That will NEVER happen again.

[@PfctvsPontivsPilatvs]

22 miles from a madhouse to a *normal* expressway!

[@lesliemiros6743]

Welcome to the new third largest city in America with a metro area that will swallow both Dallas and Fort Worth together, all of the State of Alabama, swallow almost all of Lake Pontchartrain, and finally bye Chicago.

[@lesliemiros6743]

1/3 of Texas

[@Been_offical_0417]

@@lesliemiros6743 c'mon bro the whole state Alabama 😂🤣😂😂😂🤣 I drove cross bama today on i20 it's over 225 miles across

[@Been_offical_0417]

@@lesliemiros6743 and 1/3 of Texas in what ????? People must be not area 😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣 houston cant be that BIG!!!!!!!!

[@t.trevino5272]

Jason Williams lol to say Houston is massive would be an understatement...

[@denoairfilms7044]

have fam in Houston and I always know I'm close when I start seeing furniture in the road.. LOOK A COUCH!... about 15 more miles...