16-26 Seattle #7 of 7: I-5 South with a Twist

Follows I-5 South from Mile 171 through downtown with an excursion under and over the West Seattle Bridge before getting back on I-5 South and leaving the city for good. All music and equipment FAQ's are in the closing credits.

[@michaellane3017]

Amazing to think how much cleaner it all was through downtown on the 5 going back 6 years ago. In your video, I did not see any tents, trash, or graffiti that are all there now. I miss the days of old.

[@Freewayjim]

That is sad to hear, such a beautiful city.

[@torylivingston8368]

That's because Donald Trump was President.

[@VaFreeways]

Great work Jim. Unfortunately the West Seattle Bridge is closed indefinitely due to cracks that have formed that might eventually compromise the structural integrity. They say it will stay closed through at least the end of 2021 while they figure out whether they want to repair or replace it all together.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much and yes, I saw that, I hope it's fixable.

[@VerticalhorizonXL]

It finally opened up recently.

[@carriekay5987]

Excellent video. Their freeway system is comprehensive and good signage makes it easy to configure. I love it EXCEPT for the traffic!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@lupine25]

Nicely done! I love how these videos capture the excitement of roads like I-5 because that road through Seattle doesn't get a whole lot of love.... (Plus, I'll be looking forward to next week for sure... I live in Seattle now, but Tacoma is home for me! :) )

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much, I found Tacoma to be a pretty neat place from a roads perspective.

[@sbcl77]

I stumbled upon your video by accident and found your footage oddly satisfying to watch. My mom played this song off quincy Jones album the dude,track #1... Thanks for the great walk down memory lane!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for sharing that and for watching!

[@breakday13]

This is up there with NYC, Pittsburgh, and Boston (Boston my favorite!). Awesome selection, awesome video!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it!

[@edkollin]

Like I said in an earlier video I was there in '74 when it was a sleepy town nobody talked about. In the last 25 years I have read so much about it and after seeing these 7 videos it is not just hype. As good if not the best city you have driven through. The series also reminded me why the grunge period was one the best in rock music history.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, it's easily one of the coolest cities I've ever explored.

[@RyelSteele]

Edward Kollin I can't possibly "like" this comment enough.

[@edkollin]

R.I.P. Chris Cornell

[@TheMillwallbill]

Great video again, Jim. Thanks for posting

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks for watching!

[@leroyybrown]

Seattle sure has a lot going for it, the lush greenery, water, musicians and oh yeah "The mighty Seahawks"

[@CheeseMasterSports]

leroyybrown Don't forget the Mariners!!!

[@chitownbearsfan34]

Nash wayz What's mighty about the team with the longest active playoff drought in the four major leagues ;)

[@upeedinalamb5297]

This lamb is grateful you made this video. The flock just needs to pick where to graze next summer and find an ovine friendly hotel.

[@Freewayjim]

LOL, thank you for watching!

[@socarboy]

Really enjoyed your Seattle set as my favorite FWJ videos so far this year

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@osamabindrinkin40s]

Seattle is beautiful!! Way more beautiful than Denver! How is the traffic in Seattle?

[@connor9216]

Me to socarboy I really enjoyed it

[@kushantaiidan]

Illegal to cross double white lines! Naughty! Nah mistakes happen, take care on the road everybody!

[@Freewayjim]

Would you rather I sit and film crawling traffic? Under normal circumstances that lane I was in would have taken me to the same place but I had to think of my viewers there :)

[@kushantaiidan]

Hehe! No biggie, Just noticed it, and I do a few naughty things when driving too! But when I started considering doing a similar style of filming for my channel I realized how important traffic flow is for making these videos nice and smooth and aesthetic. I can see how much work you put into these videos for sure. Just be glad you don't have Kangaroos there.

[@daredevilofficial4100]

Ahahahahahah I laughed when that happened! *Puts up sign saying “Illegal to cross doubled white lines”* *Immediately crosses doubled white lines* Best driving channel ever! Him and Barbiepoledancer are tied for best driving channels ever! ;)

[@LC444]

You crossed the white lines

[@veronicagomez4551]

If i knew that road down i would stay on the other lane but if i didi't know i would stay in.lane even with traffic i beleve some of those drivers was going the same way l

[@gootchie]

Another great long-lost tune that I had all but forgotten until watching this video. Thanks for the time warp!

[@Freewayjim]

Glad you liked it, thanks.

[@rsdaddy141]

Smoothest soundtrack ever!! You really did Seattle justice😁Made me definitely want to go

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@mrcondom7591]

Hello from Melbourne, Australia! Loved Seattle! My favourite was number 5 because of the kickass music!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@cjs121675]

Very nice ride! Seattle too has grown on me via your vids- and it makes me want to check it out! I always wanted to see more of I-5 than I did in LA-SD California- and I have always wanted to see the city in general- Seattle reminds me of Pittsburgh in some ways- with bridges, freeway views- awesome!

[@Freewayjim]

Portland is more like Pittsburgh, which you will see soon in upcoming videos, but Seattle is a great city, hope you get to see it in person someday.

[@Meow-ck6hy]

Advice: the fastest lane on these freeway will be the far right lane because everyone is hogging the passing/left lane.

[@tudorjason]

After passing downtown and without the trip to West Seattle is basically my commute home. One that I will be living through in about 24 hours. Yay!

[@buckyohare1638]

Sad that you're leaving Seattle, but I've enjoyed every one you've made! I don't think I've ever heard that song before, but it went real well with the footage! Great job!!

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks you, there's still plenty of good stuff to come :)

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Another great one, and I have enjoyed Seattle very much through your productions, maybe it's a future place for me to live :) . Also, congratulations on 20k subscribers!!!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you Nash, Seattle looks like a great place to live if one can afford it.

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Freewayjim You're welcome! I assume that it is very expensive to live there, because it is one of the highest rated cities in the US to live in

[@Freewayjim]

It's also expensive to live on the coasts (north of Richmond VA on the east).

[@CheeseMasterSports]

Freewayjim Very much so

[@forceinfinity]

yeeeeah... I grew up in the midwest, but live in the Bay Area so I can relate. One house near where I work can buy a whole city block where I grew up

[@rwgrab]

Great set of videos of the Emerald City! Thanks for sharing your videos from around the sound!

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks for watching!

[@KCWanderlust]

I guess all of us (loyal fans) kind of feel like temporary Seattle residents (or vacationers) through your excellent wall-to-wall coverage of the Seattle freeway system, Jim... And of course, SeaTac has been added to my list of other places to explore. There's gotta be a great location to set up for some great plane spotting! My hobbies are many, Wife says I have too many of them. heh heh

[@Freewayjim]

LOL Thanks Dan, glad you enjoyed the videos, plane spotting eh? there are some good places (from what I could tell) around Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta for that.

[@KCWanderlust]

Hopefully we can get out that way soon. We tend to head west every year, and I haven't been east of Chicago in over a decade. There are a lot of things on my bucket list too. KSC, RRHOF, Smithsonian, all of New England, etc.

[@georgiaroadgeek]

Excellent choice of music, indeed, Jim! Went great with the ride. FWJ all the way!!! :)

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@guyname8760]

I-5 was literally built under road intersections, that's why that there are bridges that are intersections on the freeway

[@verabuen7956]

This Really Great Highway Video & Music Thanks!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you

[@nascarfordguy808]

another great video! thanks freewayjim!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@LeonNikkidude]

Its great traveling with you and educational too.Do some more 2 lane roads as well if possible!

[@MikeAW2010]

I loved Seattle. Btw I used to go to South Center alot. Do NOT get caught on I-405 between South Center and I-90 during rush hour. It is absolutely TRAGIC. Only 3 lanes each way and 1 of them is an HOV lane.. Absolute hatred for that section. When I was there, especially when I was those ramps just outside of Downtown Seattle, I often wondered how would those bridges and ramps fair in the major earthquake they're expecting to hit Seattle, if they will survive or not.

[@cardoso112]

And again a great vid and a good song. Keep up the good work

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you much!

[@PelicanGuy]

Way to end your excursion to Seattle...love that song. I'm looking forward to the next video.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@camugs]

I-5 through seattle is congested

[@compdude100]

Yes, it is. But I-405 is worse!

[@TheSolarcatcher]

Nice way to finish up the city! The track definitely works!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you much!

[@FirstHillSeattle]

Great video-- love Seattle, but did you find that I-5 was a super rough ride? That was my experience, just a really poor quality road which was loud and vibrated the whole car.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks I did not find it super rough but I understand that the original 1967 pavement is still in use through downtown. Not as rough as the northeast and not as smooth as the southeast.

[@forceinfinity]

@CaliforniaHuman, from my first hand experience, I felt that the viaduct portion of I-5 south of downtown in general, and the expansion joints along that viaduct in particular felt rough each time I went over them (the joints felt worse than any other expansion joint I've ever driven over in other cities). As to the road noise, it did come off to me as a bit loud

[@compdude100]

I-5 in North Seattle was a lot worse up until a few years ago when WSDOT finally ground down the pavement. It used to go bump-bump-bump-bump when you were driving over it at full speed.

[@sauwahfung9176]

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[@seanh2198]

Jim, I just loved this one, and the music choice😁

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you very much!

[@emadmohammed228]

i lived in seattle from 2012-2015... best time of my life

[@noobyfx]

4:42 ooh you crossed the double white line

[@NikoBell12]

I love how simple the freeway system is there. Down here in San Antonio we have so many access roads and then you have lanes where people are getting off while others are getting on, causes traffic, ugh

[@nomaderic]

In texas we have large feeder roads along the side of the freeways....im in denver now and they dont have those. When you exit you either turn left or right. There is no feeder road lol

[@maureendesquitado3606]

Great video Jim!!!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you Maureen.

[@dave11686]

Awesome video and song!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@juanaz1860]

ive seen a lot of your vids and the last song on this video has been the best. even including that Nirvana song that reintroduced them to me "come as you were"

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you! glad you liked it.

[@dariusbrock2351]

Great video! What song was that? I loved it!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you, the song is posted during the video and in the closing credits.

[@Freewayjim]

Ai No Corrida by Quincy Jones

[@dariusbrock2351]

Freewayjim Thanks! Sorry for not paying attention.

[@1867Phoenix]

Seattle 4 years before it was set on fire.

[@acfhs-xu4ck]

Awesome video FWJ!!!!!!

[@plorsomnia]

Is it just me or is I-5 Northbound always consistently more busier than I-5 Southbound in Seattle?

[@FlamingoPulse]

Be careful Jim, there may be some "people holding signs" along your paths in the Seattle area (won't go into anymore details). Be safe out there!

[@Freewayjim]

You do realize this was filmed in June, it says so in the opening and closing, but thanks for the sentiment.

[@MrJamesgrate]

Great Video, You maneuver around Seattle as if you have lived there prior. Do you study road maps and pre-plan your destinations before you drive and shoot your videos? One thing I know for certain, You are the man!!!! FreewayJim!!!!!!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you, I'd never been to Seattle until these videos, literally (starting with 16-20). I have a natural gift for directions and such but I have studied maps all my life and before a trip I take a crash course with Google Maps and Street View to get a better feel for it and I generally do have a plan of what I want shoot before getting there although sometimes things like traffic and general whims can change those plans on the spur of the moment :) Thank you much!

[@MrJamesgrate]

Wow, I thought something similar to that but you go more extensive into your work. Hate that you had to reveal your secret, but the end result is a video that gives the viewer (Like me) the sensation of riding shotgun with you, and appreciating the various interstates and tourist attractions that you drive by... I love your videos, because they help me to relax and enjoy the thrill of the ride...Can't say it enough, but Thank you for your work!!!!

[@Freewayjim]

No problem James, I'm glad you enjoy them, that's why I make them, ifs for people to enjoy.

[@BennyDigitalNomad51]

2:10 what happend? Why did you not ride that express lane ahead?

[@Freewayjim]

Because I didn't need to.

[@FreewayJay-e2k]

Why did you not ride on the starting of express lanes?

[@Freewayjim]

Because they weren't open in the direction I was heading, go back to the beginning of the video.

[@FreewayJay-e2k]

The expresslane next to I-90 exit

[@AJTLfilms]

Next summer, you should come to the DC area, and come up I 81 instead of 95

[@Freewayjim]

Why? Honestly, I don't know what the plan is for next year.

[@AJTLfilms]

Freewayjim It's just a suggestion, I 81 is a beautiful drive you should make a new video of, your equipment and editing software are much more advanced now than in 2009. You should also do a downtown street tour.

[@Freewayjim]

I've driven I-81 several times, it's nice but so-so compared to what's out west, yeah there's all kinds of things that could be filmed, time, traffic and weather have the final say.

[@BennyDigitalNomad51]

What's wrong with the left lane on 3:48? If You go on that lane You Will get hit🤔

[@Freewayjim]

Look closely at the overhead signs, I wanted to go back to I-5, but that lane would not take me there.

[@AJTLfilms]

It still says copyright 2015, you should change it to 2016

[@Freewayjim]

Yeah, forgot to fix that part of the ending credits, but thanks for watching to the end :)

[@veronicagomez4551]

3:48 the left lane is failed

[@alexantonio5961]

If you like roads highly recommended for you to be a truck driver over the road and making video across the nation at the same time :)

[@Freewayjim]

No thanks, I like how I do it.

[@aymanalfred1498]

very nice and complicated road i dont know how to enter or exit it lol

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@henrybustell1622]

Where will your next video be?

[@Freewayjim]

Tacoma, I mentioned that at the end of the video.

[@forceinfinity]

awesome. Can't wait to see your thoughts on I-705. That seemed to be a really... "unique" freeway

[@Freewayjim]

It is a neat little freeway for sure.

[@jasonsnow269]

100th like :D

[@blancavelasquez9859]

Do st. Louis

[@Freewayjim]

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