5 Places The US Needs Interstates

✵5 Places The US Needs Interstates
✵In June 1956, the first portion of the interstate system was opened in Central Missouri. from there Interstates started to be built all around the country. from north to south, east to west, all across the united states. In 1974, Nebraska became the first state to complete all of its interstates, in 1979 I-5 was completed, In 1986, I-80 was completed, becoming the first coast-to-coast interstate in history. And in 1992 the final portion of the original plan was completed in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. And then it just kinda stopped. Every once in a while a new interstate spur route or other smaller ones would be finished, but overall that was the end for major interstate construction in the united states. But I feel like it was before the US was ready for the interstate system to stop building new roads. There were still a lot of routes that hadn't been built, that really needed to be built. So that's why I'm here today to give 5 Places I think there should really be new interstate highways built.
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[@BeaverGeography]

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[@actionsub]

Just did so after watching three of your vids in a row. Good work!

[@thedrewmackattack]

From Montgomery, AL to Tallahassee, FL

[@ugiswrong]

I’ll subscribe I guess

[@Bizcachita]

Subbed

[@ugiswrong]

@zEletrixx Delaware should make poultry illegal

[@MaxPower-11]

You don’t need a bridge over the Chesapeake Bay since there is one already: The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. What is really needed as part of a plan like this is a bridge-tunnel at Cape May. You could then travel from NYC to North Carolina while bypassing all the craziness that is I-95 between NY and Richmond, VA.

[@jakebutler291]

Retweet, my guy. I hate having to use the Del Mem Br and getting stuck in the bottleneck of Northern Delaware.

[@starventure]

NYC: I want to drive to my phony ranch property in NC. DelMarVa: Go find another route.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

My phony ranch is in western Massachusetts. I’ve got 40 head of imaginary cattle and wear an invisible 10-gallon hat.

[@starventure]

@@chasbodaniels1744 If you purchased your cattle in Northhampton, MA, you most likely own lesbian cows.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

@@starventure Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[@gabemorrison9702]

The I-11 needs to extend south to the Phoenix area. Way to much traffic on the extremely dangerous US 93 to get from Phoenix to Vegas

[@bgrimsle]

That's the whole idea of this current first phase of I-11. It's a 2 digit number, it is not intended to be a local Las Vegas road.

[@nwebster84]

Long-range plans are Phoenix to Reno. There's also a very-long-range plan to extend I-82 south to Bend and possibly beyond. I think the endgame would be making that a northern segment of I-11 and eventually connecting the two; I-82 is almost equally north-south anyway, so it could be renumbered without too much of a hassle, freeing up the number for the Northeast (not that that would stop them from doubling up). Then you'd have I-111 in the Tri-Cities, and if I-11 passed east of Bend, a spur could be built; ODOT could then get a corporate sponsorship to number it I-711.

[@TheRealNTM]

I also think Phoenix, and by extension, Albuquerque, could use some bypass or beltway interstates. Strange how few auxiliary interstates there are in New Mexico and Arizona.

[@mysteryman7877]

@@TheRealNTM Phoenix will never get an auxiliary interstate. The state builds highways using public-private partnerships which work fine for it, but that model precludes an interstate designation. Phoenix has bypass and ring roads around it, but Tucson deliberately doesn’t (Phoenix apparently made a mistake when caving to become more like LA).

[@neoskyline2879]

It’s already going south to Phoenix. They want to take it to the Mexican border but they honestly don’t need to we have I-10 going south to Tucson and I-19 south to the Mexican border already

[@megaascension2748]

There needs to be an interstate that goes to Myrtle Beach, SC. It’s one of the fastest growing areas in the country, and the whole metro area has 450,000 people, with millions of people during the summer. Currently to get to the interstate, we have to travel two hours west to I-95 in Florence, two hours south to I-26 in Charleston, or two hours north to I-40 in Wilmington. If there’s a bad hurricane that comes in the summer, not everyone will be able to evacuate. I think just extending I-20 East to Myrtle Beach would be the best option.

[@Jolei33]

I agree.

[@nicholasselke5214]

And the extension of I-74

[@acastemics]

Although it is very needed, I doubt if I-73/74 will get done in our lifetime. Search for the KZbin video, "Why I-73/74 will not be built outside of NC." Good idea on extending I-20 to the beach. I am from that area, I would love to see an interstate completed there.

[@FFGuy-eu7hr]

Why not just extend I-20 by upgrading US-76 and US-501.

[@55hivealive3]

I loathe having to go out of my way on North I-95 when headed to Myrtle via I-20... however, if people would use the Conway bypass the way it was meant, it would alleviate the Aynor/Conway bottleneck

[@chiefwahoo5765]

Honestly a lot of these places don’t really need interstates. Especially the one in the Great Plains. The roads they have now aren’t really an issue.

[@laxmandutt1109]

The Great Plains don't need interstates, they just need some wide connected roads to the interstate.

[@laxmandutt1109]

I forgot to add that tributary roads are more Important than interstates and USA should remove interstates running between cities and make them around.

[@Novusod]

I have driven Delaware North-South and it definitely needs an interstate.

[@laxmandutt1109]

@@Novusod Delaware is a small state. If it has tributary or main roads then is is enough, but I have not been there so can you tell that are there these types of roads?

[@markevanger4791]

Can't afford the upkeep on what interstates we have now! The price of fuel ⛽ will need to rise to accomplish this. Maybe we need to slow down and smell the roses 🌹.

[@snipe125]

Your 5th option I-101 basically exists as US 13 and does have a bridge/tunnel that crosses the Chesapeake. Honestly it doesn't need to be considered an interstate simply because it would most likely upset the locals. It's an enjoyable drive as it is that even has a toll road by-pass in Delaware to spice things up.

[@FatManWalking18]

that section of US-13/US-17 is currently marked "Future I-87" all the way into North Carolina- we drove down it last November, most of the at grade intersections have been or are in the process of being removed

[@snipe125]

@@FatManWalking18 wow oh wow, I guess life does indeed move forward. There goes my childhood smh

[@timr4615]

Actually, most of the area served by Route 13 in Delaware is also served by Delaware Route 1, a limited access highway. Admittedly it stops being limited access north of the beaches, but given state parks in the area, further highway building will be difficult. Probably could use some increased capacity on Rte 13 down to get to Virginia Beach.

[@digitboy100]

That trip along the existing highways is beautiful and efficient. It is clear that the owner of this channel has never driven it. What a shame it would be to blast an Interstate through here. I'm a new viewer to this channel. Not impressed.

[@ShawnGBR]

Agreed that the drive down route 13 or (as this map seems to more closely show) route 113 is pleasant... but oh my word does it get monotonous with the stop and start nature of not having any intersecting roads going under of above you. Having a raised I-101 means drive times from Wilmington, DE to Pocomoke City, MD or Chincoteague Island, VA would have 30 minutes shaved off them. And it would probably spur Level 3 EV charging stations above the Royal Farms ones (that top out at 50kW).

[@sevans7737]

I see a contradiction in this video and the why US suburbs suck video. I don’t quite understand your advocation for more interstates to connect some large and small towns that will inevitably lead to increased development of the same cookie cutter suburbs you are against. Love the channel. Keep up the great work.

[@TheCazyMan]

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[@SonicBoone56]

Should advocate for more trains and high-speed rail!

[@douglasmacarthur702]

You seem to have confused suburbs and isolated towns. Suburbs are a type of urban development, we decide if we want a certain area around a big city to be composed of suburbs. Better connecting isolated towns to the rest of the country would not increase the size of suburbs. The existence of Interstate Highways in New York State connecting NYC to Albany and Buffalo didn’t drive the development of Westchester County.

[@colbymcarthur7871]

As a Kansan, the two highways through Kansas wouldn’t be highly utilized. I70 and the smaller highways between Wichita and Pueblo/Colorado Springs aren’t overcrowded or anything, and if anything adding some bypasses around the medium and large towns in the area would help with the speed and convenience issues

[@michaeljay6349]

Also -- Wichita-pueblo is US50 / rt 400... which, last time I drove it was a very nice highway... and appropriate for traffic volume.

[@MT_Madman]

US-400 is the route from Wichita to Dodge City, US-50 runs down for Kansas City and meets US-400 at Dodge City and then both take the same path west to Pueblo. I agree no interstate is necessary as the traffic is light and in the several times I've been in this area it's rare to see more than 3 cars running together since it's so flat and easy to pass. It's all about money, the country and states have a hard enough time maintaining what's already built why add more to the mix.

[@booboo8706]

I agree that the route doesn't need an interstate. Personally, I would rather see a north-south interstate parallel to US 83 in western Kansas. It would be part of a larger interstate built for the purpose of shipping from Mexico to Canada. It would be a mostly direct route from Laredo to the prairie provences without much extra local traffic. A few added benefits would result as well. One is connecting two of the country's largest oil fields (Baskan and Permian Basin). Another is connecting San Angelo to the intestate system. It's one of the largest cities (if not the largest) in the contiguous US not on the interstate system nor linked to it by a controlled access highway.

[@Mrjumperdude01]

@@booboo8706 all though San Angelo doesn't have an interstate yet, US 87 has got the approval to be turned into I27 and extended from Raton NM to the Mexico border at either Del Rio TX or Laredo TX.

[@pmheart6]

@@booboo8706 how about nafta rail vs truck

[@bradencuttler4806]

I like the idea of an interstate farther east of 95. By the time 95 gets south to DC, it's leaving out all of the eastern shore, the largest city in Virginia (Virginia Beach), the Outer Banks, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, and Charleston. I agree with the other commenter who said it would be nice to have the option to bypass several of the larger midatlantic cities by bridging across the Delaware Bay from Lewes to Cape May to alleviate traffic. But we must remember that the true solution to traffic is mass transit! High speed rail between several larger cities would do a lot of good! (I know about Acela, but it needs to be more affordable too).

[@cyclonic5947]

Agree, 95 gets horrible around here and another interstate would help

[@sunshineimperials1600]

New Jersey wouldn’t be able to handle an entire new interstate, and renovating the Garden State Parkway would cause too many issues. Residents are already tired of heavy traffic along the GSP, and to make it an interstate would worsen the traffic.

[@driverdoug2002]

@@cyclonic5947 Looks like a lot of drivers need that 95 bypass from Wilmington to Baltimore.

[@krim7]

As someone who lives in Reno, I absolutely agree with you that they need to better connect Las Vegas and Reno/Carson That is a looooong, boring drive that could absolutely use some much needed upgrades.

[@jlassie]

My idea - Interstate 98, from Fargo, ND to Sault Ste Marie, MI - traveling through Duluth/Superior, Ashland, WI, and Marquette, MI, along the way. This is an isolated, economically stagnant region that seems like it's been completely forgotten about. Plus, this would allow you to drive from Seattle to Detroit, without having to go down through the Twin Cities, Madison, Chicago and Gary.

[@youngcarboy535]

That sounds like an awesome idea. I believe that i-98 should exist and also connect to the Canadian Border near Sault Ste Marie too. There should also be an expansion of i-35 (or even make an i-31) in Minnesota that would extend to meet with Hwy 12 in Manitoba. As a Canadian. That would help make a more direct and alternative route to get to Sudbury Ontario. Thankfully 400 near Sudbury ON will be completed by the end of the decade, but I cannot see the canadian highways get better anytime soon

[@agrarianyeti8134]

They really need one to connect Boise, Idaho with the Spokane, Washington area. The disconnect between Northern Idaho and Southern Idaho is insane, it's almost like they are separate states

[@davidtosh7200]

It could be I-11, US-395 between Kennewick Washington and I-90 in Ritzville Washington might be I-9, since it is between I-5 near the Pacific Coast, and future I-11 does run on the western edge of Idaho, between Boise Idaho and Spokane Washington, via Couer d’Alene Idaho. Couer d’Alene Idaho is about 28 miles east of Spokane Washington, but it is the Metropolitan of Spokane Washington and both cities are growing fast.

[@highway2heaven91]

There are plans to extend I-11 northward from Las Vegas to Reno and eventually to Boise and Spokane/Coeur d’Alene. My only change to the current plans would be to follow US 2 to US 97 to reach the Canadian border near Kelowna, British Columbia giving it access to the highway.

[@tobincentamore1858]

The terrain there is so mountainous it’s near impossible to build roads there.

[@solomoney99]

I think they should do an I-13 from Las Vegas to Boise to Spokane. I-13 could go through Elko on the way to Boise from Las Vegas (NE NV’s largest city with a metro area of 55,000, surprisingly), and go north towards Spokane and eventually Canada from there. I-11 could go north from Reno through Bend, Oregon, and eventually up to Yakima/possibly Spokane from there

[@DDBurnett1]

Northern and Southern Idaho probably should be separate states, and there have actually been proposals to create a new state from eastern Washington and northern Idaho. There's literally a single road linking northern Idaho to the rest of state (US-95) and the terrain is too mountainous to justify the expense of building a new interstate to connect mid-sized metro areas (if its even possible.) That said, the chances of creating a new state are slim and it would ruin Idaho's unique shape, but there's insurmountable reasons that northern Idaho is so different.

[@ryanalanscott]

I like the logic of the one up the great plains, but I'm not sure the native tribes would really be down what that. I live in Delaware, and I don't think we really need the interstate. DE-1 is limited access from Wilmington to Dover and they've done a good job of adding overpasses to eliminate lights all the way down to Milford. South of that, the roads are remote enough and the traffic light enough, there's never really an issue. You can drive pretty fast all the way to the Chesapeake Bridge/Tunnel. If you could do something about the speed traps in eastern shore, Virginia, though, that would be helpful.

[@joyceneville9214]

I haven’t been through there in 20 years, but what I do know is that if DE-1 were to be turned into an interstate it would probably be a tributary route to I-95 with an odd numbered prefix, IE I-195 or I-395. I’m not sure what they would do about the bridge tunnel, and as you say, it’s been pretty well upgraded. Out west I would want to know about car counts and if there is a highway to meet the one going to the Canadian boarder. Canada does roads primarily on the provincial level, with roads designated as “trans Canada” getting some funding from Ottawa.

[@bearworldwide101]

That ought to be a spur route for 95

[@highway2heaven91]

Great Plains interstate would work well only if it is shifted westward into Montana so it can cross the Canadian Border near Regina, Saskatchewan.

[@brentboswell1294]

US Route 54 was, in the 1990's, the most traveled non-interstate route for commercial traffic in the USA. El Paso, TX to Griggsville, Illinois. It goes through southern Kansas. It's already a freeway in El Paso! It would be an excellent addition to the Interstate Highway system 👍

[@bearworldwide101]

@@highway2heaven91 that's where Ports to Plains comes in place but a center interstate thru these states is good too. Most of the prarielands in Canada are also rich in oil and gas and also fruits and veggies just like the central part of our country. We would have to replace 135 in Kansas and shoot straight up and renumber the interstate.

[@rickmoreno7166]

Of all of these I-11 is probably the most needed. Four of your examples are linking much smaller cities (less than 150k population), but the link from Reno down towards Phoenix is a huge one. The first leghas been completed, but I believe the eventual plan is similar to what you outlined here. I would love to see you do some videos on the US highway system along with the interstates. The two work in tandem pretty well overall, though the US highways tend to go through cities and not around them. Keep up the good work!

[@stuartwilkinson172]

I-11 is actually in the works to bring from the Mexican border, to western Tucson, slightly west of Phoenix, east of Kingman, connecting to current 11, then up to Reno. There are a few surveyed route locations for it currently. I do think an I-13 corridor would be great from Seattle diagonally through to between Reno and Wells Nevada with a spur that would connect to Reno

[@gtv6chuck]

The Colorado Springs/Amarillo interstate would shave at least a couple of hours for me to drive from Colorado Springs to my relatives in Austin. It would certainly save time for Texans to drive to Colorado during ski season as well.

[@javierestrada534]

same, i’m from amarillo and recently went to denver and a highway would’ve been very useful

[@nomaderic]

I dont think it really needs an interstate it just needs a highway from amarillo to Dalhart as that is the weird area. Once you cross into new mexico it's fine and 287 from Dallas to amarillo is basically already a freeway sort of lol. It's just that weird amarillo to the new mexico border that needs to be fixed. I drive to Denver from texas and back often and that's the only bad part. Every other stretch is easy fast driving.

[@texasyojimbo]

Also I-27 should be extended South to I-20. This could be done by re-signing and upgrading U.S. Highway 87.

[@phreshone1]

@@javierestrada534 other than Clayton, that trip is easy as is

[@colormedubious4747]

@@nomaderic It's 75mph pretty much the entire way to NM, and 65/70 to Raton except for those dinky little speed trap towns in NM. That long 60mph stretch west of Clayton makes NO sense!

[@PatricenotPatrick]

Texan here. 69 will connect north or Detroit to Laredo and South Texas. Segments are built already it just isn’t finished. Y’all don’t realize how many freight trucks ride through US 59 which is ONE LANE northbound for miles. Most trucks into USA go through Laredo. This should have been done 40 years ago yall.

[@wadehm63]

I live next to I69 in Michigan. Go to any comedy club in the area and a first time to Michigan standup comedian will always say how we have the greatest name for an interstate in America, I 69, hee hee ha. That joke got stale real fast.

[@demented_cycles]

I69 is finished in Houston and is currently being worked on from Victoria to Nacogdoches along Hwy 59

[@wadehm63]

@@demented_cycles 69 really isn't that old here in Michigan. They were still building it when I was a kid (I'm 58). They built it in sections then hooked it together. Initially it went from a small town called Perry (ended at M-52) to Flint. If we were going to Lansing we had to exit at Perry and take a two lane the rest of the way to Lansing. They eventually finished the Michigan part from the Indiana border to Lansing, Mi and then to Port Huron, which borders Canada. We get a lot of Canadian truck traffic.

[@Jolei33]

Also I think I-69 C should be a spur route

[@wadehm63]

An interesting fact about 69 here in Michigan. From Lansing to Port Huron it runs east and west and traffic signs say east/west 69. At Lansing, the state capitol, it turns into a north/south highway to the Indiana border and the signs say north/south 69. It joins with 96 for a bit, then the two split again.

[@jeffanderson3962]

I was surprised when I drove from St. Louis to Minneapolis and discovered there is no direct interstate route. In fact for a stretch you actually have to drive an unpaved gravel road.

[@calebvalder6855]

55 to 39 to 90 to 94 is pretty direct but you gotta pay attention when going through all those changes. That’s the way ive gone a couple times.

[@bigj200016]

Avenue of the Saints is your most direct route between TC and StL

[@sellsje]

I drove this once and what was suppose to be a 8.5 hr drive took just about 12 because we were rerouted through small towns due to road closures. A new I-37 would cut this trip down to 7 hrs.

[@jamisonkohlberg439]

Bruh I've driven between STL and MSP probably 20 times. There's no gravel roads and if you're afraid of smaller roads in Iowa just take 55-39-94

[@BnaBreaker]

There's no DIRECT point A to point B interstate route, it's true, but if you were driving on gravel roads at any point, then you were just lost. lol

[@steven4315]

" Thanks to the interstate system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything." Charles Kuralt

[@ilikehardplay]

Of course, Ol' Chuckles didn't have to drive a semi-truck either... He just benefited from the fact that goods arrived to market faster and less expensively, without thinking about it.

[@mgd4327]

I once drove on I-95 through Northern Virginia and hit stand still traffic at like 2 AM. Absolutely egregious

[@LeftyStratPlayer]

There's been a proposal since the late 1980s to extend i-135 north from Salina, KS, to York, NE. And since the early 2000s, constant upgrades have been made to US-81 in both states, gradually bringing the route up to Interstate Superhighway specifications. Also, construction is well underway in phases, which will eventually bring Kansas' stretch of U.S. 54/400 from Augusta to Garden City up to an Interstate spec superhighway,

[@supertrooper1367]

I have recently heard that I-27 has got a approved extension and will now extend to Raton New Mexico. I think this will cut down on travel times dramatically between amarillo and colorado springs although this is not a direct route like you suggested. Very exciting development.

[@jeremyjoe714]

I travel the current route pretty frequently, and the only huge changes would be the speed limit would be 75 through New Mexico and you wouldn’t slow down for towns. It’s already 70, so I don’t think it’ll make that big of a difference. From Hartley to Dumas is going to be the biggest change because that’s a two lane road currently, the rest of it is already 4 lane, and the Texas portion is already 75 out of town anyways. It might cut down like 30 minutes between Colorado Springs and Amarillo. A direct route would be more beneficial, but also MUCH more expensive.

[@davidtosh7200]

I’m not too sure about New Mexico will not get I-27. New Mexico is a poverty state and does not have the money to have future I-27. In Santa Fe, they are trying to have I-425 as of auxiliary route of I-25 to go through Downtown Santa Fe New Mexico, but it is unlikely. New Mexico State Route 225 is near Las Cruces, so they can’t use I-225, and it is a violation of AASHTO numbering system to duplicate the same numbers in the same state. 😢 It is better to have I-27 to cut through the Panhandle of Texas, the Panhandle of Oklahoma, and join at I-25 in Pueblo Colorado as of Amarillo-Pueblo Route.

[@supertrooper1367]

@@davidtosh7200 I normally would agree with you but project is being funded federally with some state funding. Biden signed the legislation to give federal funding not too long ago. Another plus is that the future expansion will just upgrade the existing highway 64/87 so price is reduced dramatically.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

To both Beaver and others who have mentioned it, I-11 is definitely going to Kingman AZ, and, indeed, all the way to Phoenix. AZ is already pretty far along in the planning stages with it, and will probably start upgrading US 93 to interstate standards in the not too distant future. The extension to I-11 to northern Nevada is already planned as well, just not as far along.

[@markbarta2369]

And there is tentative planning on how to extend I-11 up into Oregon at some point, with all kinds of options as to how/where it would potentially connect with I-84.

[@Nemofishman]

my guess is along the 395. i know that highway is not too far off of interstate standards between Kennwick and Ritzville.

[@FAKETV96]

We should not be investing more in interstate infrastructure. This will only make the problems worse. We need public transportation infrastructure like trains.

[@bobross3215]

Less interstates more public transportation

[@SonicBoone56]

Finally more of us who agree that private cars are terrible

[@dscott130]

I agree with you. These areas need to be served. I believe our truckers would benefit the most, and therefore the American people overall. Good work!

[@adamn.4615]

I used to live in Midland, TX. There's talk of creating an I-14 starting in Midland, which would make the drive from there to Austin far less tedious! There's been hope for decades that they would extend I-27 south through that area as well. By the way, I totally agree that an Interstate going north of Amarillo is a must-have! I just discovered your channel--and just subbed!

[@davidtosh7200]

Good idea. I-27 will connect at I-25 in Raton New Mexico as of northern terminus to Laredo Texas as of southern terminus for 800 miles, and I-14 does have 3 different options as well as routes. 1). I-14 may connect from I-20 in Midland Texas to Augusta Georgia for 1,300 miles and serving 5 states. 2). I-14 could connect from I-20 in Midland Texas to Wilmington North Carolina for 1,600 miles and serving 7 states. Or 3). I-14 could connect from I-20 in Midland Texas to Brunswick Georgia, via Montgomery Alabama, Dothan Alabama, Albany Georgia, Tifton Georgia, and Waycross Georgia for 1,300 miles, and it is between I-10 in northern Florida, and I-16 between Macon Georgia and Savannah Georgia and the correct grid pattern. It could be the auxiliary route of I-14, known as x14 between Brady Texas and I-10 in Fort Stockton Texas. It could be I-114 or I-314.

[@sayorisione8868]

Rail fans vs interstate fans would be a legendary battle. KZbin algorithm seems to only give you one

[@SebisRandomTech]

There is nowhere in the US that *needs* a new highway. What we need are substantial improvements in intercity passenger rail and intracity public transportation. We can't even keep our existing highways maintained, anything new in that department should be an afterthought.

[@SonicBoone56]

Ding ding ding! Somebody else agrees with me. We should replace interstates and inner country air travel with high speed rail. Oh and I see you're a fellow ThinkPadder owo

[@SebisRandomTech]

@@SonicBoone56 Hello there!

[@mannfan12]

I-22 was recently completed from Birmingham to Memphis

[@owenmalenius8965]

I-22 hasnt gotten all the way to memphis. it ends at i-269 in northern mississippi

[@ian4040]

Completely agree on needing an interstate between Wichita and Pueblo. I'd argue it needs to extend from Pueblo to Paducah, KY, or at least to Springfield, MO. If you're trying to get from the Southeast to Colorado, you pretty much have to go up to I-70 and over through STL/KC or take I-40, which doesn't have a good connection from Amarillo to Colorado. There's a huge void in interstates in northern AR, southern MO, northern OK, and southern KS. That area is growing and really needs to have a good east/west interstate.

[@davidtosh7200]

Interstate 58 (I-58) is a good choice and it should serve 5 states from I-25 in Pueblo Colorado to I-64 & I-75 in Lexington Kentucky. I-58 will serve Wichita Kansas, Springfield Missouri, Cape Girardeau Missouri, Southern Illinois, Paducah Kentucky, Elizabethtown Kentucky, and Lexington Kentucky.

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Wow! I just subscribed because of this video. Why? Because it's the first video I've ever seen that suggests New interstates that need to be built! Most videos on youtube are liberal videos about tearing down interstates. lol. Good Job man!

[@seanharan9521]

We don't need more interstates, we need more public transit and rails. If anything we need to be cutting down and removing some interstates. In fact, we already are

[@SonicBoone56]

Damn right! We should use those spaces for high speed railways instead.

[@leonb2637]

NY-17 is in the long process of becoming an Interstate class road, I-86, running from the NY Thruway (a/k/a/ I-87) at Harrriman, NY through the southern line of the Catskill Mts. and along the southern border of NY to near Erie, PA. 85% of it in that stretch is already or close to Interstate standards, going back to the 1960's. Near Corning, there is a spur Interstate that connects to the Rochester area.

[@johnathin0061892]

I-86 really needs another spur going from Corning to Cortland, the existing highway is clogged with traffic, especially heavy truck traffic and parts are steep. The NIMBYs will never allow it though.

[@elwoodblues9613]

Is this the highway that dips south into PA for six blocks at one point?

[@leonb2637]

@@elwoodblues9613 Yes, it does dip into PA for about 3 miles from milepost 203 to 206.

[@SohamSMore]

If US-219 expressway extends all the way to Salamanca from Springville, NY, it may as well be a three digit interstate I -186 connecting I-90 in Buffalo to I-86.

[@davidtosh7200]

Interstate 27 is extending from Lubbock to Laredo Texas to the south, while Interstate 27 will also extend from Amarillo Texas to Raton New Mexico to the north.

[@davidgriffin9412]

I 74 needs to be completed. I starts in Rock Island, IL, and goes to Cincinnati, OH. Then it starts again at the North Carolina/Virginia border and goes Southeast in sections. It's planned to go through Western West Virginia from Huntington to Bluefield. This really needs to be finished. It's been in the planning stages for a long time.

[@kennethmaynard5046]

over 20 years at last count my parents house would be less than a mile if it every went through and the plans would cut off access to their house leaving a long drive on WV-75 to go anywhere. Also it would connect long gaps on I-74 from Wilmington NC and I-74 from Cincinnati OH to Indianapolis. Also I-73 would run to Columbus OH

[@kennethmaynard5046]

The federal DOT plans are on line be careful there is about 20 years plus dust on it

[@philipgermani1616]

Agreed. I have heard that there is more migration to West Virginia these days.

[@fldon2306]

I-74 in NC goes from I-77, Mount Airy, toward Winston-Salem… One day it will connect to the I-74 around Rockingham… Also, I-74 should continue from Quad-Cities IL, IA north to Dubuque, IA and north to La Crosse, WI…

[@kennethmaynard5046]

Our federal government interstate highways was designed with the assumption that traffic would not increase so all are out of date when completed

[@jackcaam2109]

As far as new designations completely out of left field go, I think a route (I-33?) from Dallas to Amarillo roughly along the US 287 corridor is relatively likely. Large portions are already rural 4-lane divided highways, and this would essentially complete a direct corridor from Houston to Dallas to Denver along with an I-27 extension from Amarillo to Raton (more likely than Colorado Springs because US-87 is already there).

[@ReichX1000]

An interstate from Dallas to Amarillo would be fantastic...... an Extension of I-30 to Memphis would be good too

[@WillLanigan]

I-27 is going to be extended from Amarillo to Raton. Congress and the President approved it.

[@jasonhsu4711]

@@ReichX1000 Interstate 30 already has an extension to Memphis. It's called Interstate 40.

[@barryposner7609]

Yep. I have had to do Dallas to Denver a couple of times, and US87 doesn't really do it for me.

[@frisianmouve]

Ffs, you don't need more subsidized car infrastructure. Gas subsidies, "free parking", minimum parking requirements leading to seas of asphalt, bulldozing neighbourhoods for more lanes and parking. The fuck US, ever heard of trains, buses and bicycles? And it's bankrupting your cities with the inner cities subsidizing the suburbs. And it's baffling to me that you need to own a car to get really anywhere in the US in most places, big cities with metro lines being the exception I guess.

[@SonicBoone56]

The US hates the idea of livable, walkable cities. Check our obesity rates! It'll take future generations to finally get this country to change

[@5688gamble]

Horget highways, the US needs decent railways.

[@maxsonemmons7600]

Great video! I will say I-92 should happen between Glens Falls NY and Portland ME. It was slated in the 60’s but never happened. All of Northern New England has no east-west highway access and you would hit many cities and towns for this.

[@brianmiller1077]

I think that's the way Vermont and New Hampshire like it :)

[@ReallyBadDriving]

I doubt that would ever happen. Too few people live there and it's too mountainous. The only section that makes sense is from Portland to Manchester.

[@rogerlevasseur397]

@@brianmiller1077 Aside from the costs of doing it, whatever the route they pick, in the end its just a more direct route between NY-VT-NH-ME. The quiet small towns and cities along that route will undergo changes. Those that get an interchange will have the typical gas station, food mart, maybe a fast food place. Otherwise I'd expect most traffic will be long haul: Albany-Manchester-seacoast-Portland. Bet many of those towns won't want it coming thru near them.

[@flyinjay18]

As a Delawarean I agree with an “I101” we kinda already have a defecto interstate connecting Newcastle down to Virginia Beach it’s route one and 13 they share parts of each other but it would be nice there was also a massive highway constructed recently connecting to route one going all the way to dc it connects abt middle of Delaware pretty nice.

[@geogamr2493]

As far as this is concerned, I-97 could be renamed to I-995, and your I-101 could be the new I-97.

[@billjohnson3858]

@@geogamr2493 Could just use I-995 for this since it could spur off of I-95

[@Marchant2]

I agree with an interstate connecting Vegas with Reno, but your other proposals are mostly connecting large towns, not cities. The interstate isn't designed for that purpose.

[@lEGOBOT2565]

The Interstates are designed to connect military installations

[@nathanwaldron4259]

Actually the last one has a lot of merit. It would double as the spine on Delaware providing better access to the beaches and would essentially function as a massive bypass of Washington DC by connecting to i95 in Maryland and in North Carolina. It would lesson the traffic (especially truckers) in the dc area and reduce travel times

[@Marchant2]

@@nathanwaldron4259 Agreed, there should be a highway there, but the state should build one and not the federal government.

[@lEGOBOT2565]

@@Marchant2 Interstates are federal jurisdiction only

[@danieldaniels7571]

It’s cute how he thinks towns with only around 50k people are cities, and generate enough traffic between each other to justify connecting freeways.

[@herky1678]

The interstate going from Nebraska through Minot and Bismarck would make sense, if it were to be real. If I designed it, I would make it go along US 83 and US 52 from North of Bismarck to the Saskatchewan border. Right now, Saskatchewan feels disconnected from the states because there's no interstate system going there. It would help support Estevan, Weyburn, and Regina feel closer to the USA. And I 25 should maybe have an extension to the Canadian border too. It should go past Billings and connect to the Saskatchewan border. And Interstate 35 needs a slight extension to the south to connect to Mexico, and it also needs to be extended north to either Thunder Bay or Fort Frances Ontario.

[@mav50]

I’m from Long Island. We have a state route called the 135. (Seaford- Oyster Bay Expressway. Expanding from the south shore to north shore.) Long Island is extremely populated and Connecticut is too. And to get from Long Island to Connecticut or New England, you need to go through the 8.5 million population city which takes forever. State Route 135 is the perfect route to bridge (or tunnel) on the Long Island sound to Connecticut. It would be very expensive, but New York has the money. I think the issue is the housing and stuff this would need to plow through and LI residents DO NOT want that happening. I hope they re-introduce this plan soon though, it would be a life saver for so many people from Long Island, including me as me and my family drive to New England often. And trust me, going through NYC is a NIGHTMARE. This could hypothetically become an interstate and I know it would be a very short extension but considering this would save all of Long Island and Connecticut residents, this is important.

[@natewolfe3585]

Just take the ferry

[@kevinbergin9971]

Problem is you have two of the Toniest neighborhoods on both sides of Long Island Sound. This was talked about during the Governor Nelson Rockefeller years but both sides fought it Greenwich, Stamford/The Land of the Great Gatsby). Oh yes, they also had the resources to make it stick.

[@ErikCB912]

NY-135 was originally supposed to link with I-287 in Westchester.

[@justin423]

Another one that is missing is one that crosses from the Northway north of Albany NY and would go across the north of Vermont and New Hampshire and end at Portland Maine to give an alternate route besides I-95, which has horrendous traffic in the summer.

[@pablonh]

I'd prefer the Sherbrooke - Waterville - New Brunswick route. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Highway_(New_England)

[@Hitherto90]

I'm a truck driver, I spend my life on the intestate. Few things: 1. Why on EARTH does I-70 stop in Utah? 2. I think there should be an interstate that between Winnemucca Nevada and Boise Idaho. 3. I-84 does some really strange things. Is there nothing in Central Oregon?

[@kennethmaynard5046]

Here is another why not do it I-40 ends in Barstow CA why not angle that one toward Los Angeles CA?

[@phreshone1]

@@kennethmaynard5046 it's called I-15... It connects both the I-70 and I-40 to Los Angeles

[@kennethmaynard5046]

I realize that but I-40 built onto CA-99 would have diverted a lot of traffic for trips into the areas north of Los Angeles and Fresno

[@Hitherto90]

@@kennethmaynard5046 And that's bad why again?

[@pnwnative918]

For number 3, honestly yeah. Apart from the Madras - Bend area ~85 - 130 miles south of I-84 on the US97, there really is almost literally nothing in the majority Central Oregon but a couple towns sporadically spread in between.

[@indopasnorte8804]

Yes a country where everyone is forced to use car and slight increase of gas price cause chaos you def need more roads. What USA needs is sustainable public transportation and more passanger rail links

[@SonicBoone56]

Agreed

[@Green4321]

Just a little correction: the capitol of South Dakota is pronounced as "Pier" (one syllable), like the thing where you tie up your boat or go fishing. I'm sure the French pronounce it the way you do, "Pee-yaire", but South Dakotans dont.

[@donrogers4914]

Interstate 11 is complete south of Las Vegas around Hoover Dam. It is planned to extend from there to Phoenix through Kingman, and eventually north to Tonopah and Reno.

[@peterkordziel7047]

We don't need any more damn roads. The roads are not being taken care of that are already here. This kid needs to learn more about the history of the country. We once had a great railroad grid connecting nearly all town's, cities and villages . You could get from just about anywhere to anywhere else. The railroad hauled the mail and in some places, there were as many as three deliveries a day. So what we need are more passenger trains . These trains were used to haul the mail and that's what kept the routes solvent. Roads take up tremendous amount of real estate they cannot be making more of them.

[@rmitch3224]

Nice idea, and really like European rail, but history of interstate creation started in 1950's because rr system was choked by labor, management, and government not finding solutions. Europeans have high densities and penchant for government involvement.

[@TheCazyMan]

How you must of felt after typing that: 👺👺👹👹

[@SonicBoone56]

High speed railway is what we need, not more damn interstates

[@peterroberts4415]

I'd also add an extension of I-97 down US 50, and a spur route that goes to Dover as well. Extending I-85 up to Delaware via the US 301 corridor would help alleviate truck traffic around the Baltimore-Washington area would be good too

[@captain_schnell3105]

Dude, I love the content so far. Keep it up. You’re gonna go far. I see so much potential with your channel.

[@greenmachine5600]

No highways are needed, just better public transportation

[@SonicBoone56]

Yep

[@michigandersea3485]

The reason these haven't been built is that even the existing system is overbuilt compared to demand in many areas. Building these interstates, and then having to maintain them, is just not worth it. The Interstate system was never worth it in many areas. It was a pork-barrel cold war project intended to enable dual use of interstates as runways in the case of nuclear war, while encouraging urban sprawl that would make it harder for the Soviets to destroy all our cities by spreading them out. The cost of all this infrastructure is way more than we can afford.

[@eumorpha876]

urban interstates in general are a fucking joke. cars are an incredibly inefficient and dangerous form of urban transportation, and the money allocated for those things would be better off building functional public transport systems

[@SonicBoone56]

@@eumorpha876 like intercontinental high speed rail, bike paths, walkable roads, trams, busses, and more green space.

[@josephhudson7378]

Makes sense.... I drove from Colorado Springs to Amarillo once. Driving in Texas is a whole different subject.

[@garyrobbins9197]

My comment was cut off. I agree with I-101. I would take away the silly I-99 designation which was done for the vanity of a member of Congress, and give that number to what you call I-101. There already is a bridge-tunnel across the Chesapeake Bay. There needs to be a parallel freeway east of I-95.

[@kjhuang]

I agree with repurposing the I-99 number rather than calling it I-101 which would not follow numbering convention.

[@rickposter3534]

I laughed when he said there needed to be a bridge across the Chesapeake Bay and the map he had up showed its route. While the bridge is four lanes, the tunnel is, unfortunately, only two lanes.

[@joestewart8914]

What is the name of the congressperson who absconded with I-99 and ran it up through Central Pennsylvania? That was a criminal act, almost as bad as renaming the Tappan Zee Bridge after a Cuomo.

[@kesschristopher]

@@rickposter3534 They are adding parallel tunnels to expand to four lanes in each direction. The parallel Thimble Shoals Tunnel *should* be completed next year or the year after. The parallel Chesapeake Channel Tunnel isn’t even supposed to be started until at least 2035 with an estimated completion date of 2040.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

That highway in Pennsylvania can be renumbered I-BS in honor of that member of Congress (Bud Schuster) but in reality will stand for something else! 😆😆😆

[@waterdrinkerrr]

Georgia's biggest problem with interstates is that they all connect in Atlanta. I wouldn't be opposed to some new routes that make it easy to access neighboring states while avoiding Atlanta. It would be great for road trippers (avoid traffic) and for Atlantians (reduced traffic from lack of road trippers).

[@OklahomaMan]

Same with most the interstates in Indiana, Most of them go to Indianapolis.

[@packisbetter90]

Atlanta and Indy are huge transportation and manufacturing areas thats why

[@mocowan6642]

There has been talk of building several interstates in Georgia over the last few years. One is proposed to run from Savannah to Knoxville, TN. The other is extending I-14 from Temple, TX to Augusta. It would be great to have an interstate that went from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.

[@kharimarquette]

I-14 is in the works. They're going to run it between Augusta, GA and Texas, where a segment of it has been already built and it will connect most of the Black Belt communities in the South.

[@triphius]

Technically, I-95 does not go through Atlanta. Although, it barely goes through Georgia. So… 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@cobalt8619]

No more interstates please. Let's build more trains instead

[@SonicBoone56]

Yes

[@SonicBoone56]

We need more trains, not more interstates. This country doesn't even have nationwide high speed rail. Traveling by air is a waste of time and terrible for the environment, just like cars are. We don't need more money put into car infrastructure. It's time for America to stop catering towards cars and make this place more livable.

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

The US can't even afford the roads it already has.....

[@Jprice141788]

1 - agree completely. Not to mention they just added to I-11 a few years ago 2 - I drove from Denver to Dallas once and it sucked! I-70 to back roads until Amarillo. Horrendous experience. Great video. Subbed!

[@georgequinn4092]

Love your channel and Just Subscribed!!!! I agree with all of these new interstates I would add one more. Your I 101 suggestion has been something I think should have been built for long time. And you could very easily modify us 13 in certain sections because it already is a divided highway in most places. I would also add a spur off of I101 that would cross the Delaware Bay and connect Lewes Delaware to the Garden State Parkway in Cape May, NJ. Currently the entire region is dependent on a Ferry to connect these two places and these two counties have a very large population to not have a bridge between. For example Sussex County Delaware has a (year round) population of just shy of 197,000 and Cape May County, NJ has a population of approx 95,000. Not to mention the massive tourist traffic from May to September in these two costal areas. (It’s estimated that Cape May County has a population near 600,000 in the Summer) The Garden state Parkway a completely interstate like highway just magically ends in Cape May on to surface streets. And a Delaware Bay Bridge would be significantly shorter than the current Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel. Just to say I have live in South Jersey my whole live so that May bias me. But growing up outside of Atlantic City (a metro area with over 250,000 people) I live about 60 miles from any interstate Highway. The only interstate like highways are state managed roads like the Garden State Parkway.

[@seaknightvirchow8131]

East of the Mississippi is where it is getting dangerous and slow. St. Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Chattanooga all need relief for through traffic. I 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis is a route I don’t even want to take. The same with I 40 between Memphis and Nashville. I wish there was a way to have parallel separate roads for trucks and cars and I wish we had a high speed rail system. For all the money we have spent on wars, we could have had all of that.

[@fredmckinney8933]

Even an upgrade to 6 lanes all the way across Missouri on I-70 would help -- it needs it DESPERATELY! Back when I lived in St. Louis, I played in a big band / dance band ensemble, I drove that road several times to go play gigs in Kansas City and also once as part of the route to Dodge City, KS. Speaking of I-40, I drove once for a gig in Asheville, NC. Between Nashville and Knoxville, I had my cruise control set on 75 and I swear everyone else had to be doing 85 or 90 or so, driving like it was the German Autobahn.

[@SonicBoone56]

High speed rail would make this country way better

[@129140163]

That is being done now on I-40, at least at Jackson, TN where I live. They’ve been working on it since before the pandemic.

[@iseewood]

I’m going to pitch for I-7 from Northern California through Central Oregon. The freeway would follow US 97 from Northern California and connect Klamath Falls, Bend, Redmound and Madras before cutting West along US 26 to Portland. This is a heavily congested corridor with sections of freeway already built through Klamath Falls and Sunriver, and a limited access expressway through Bend. This would create an alternative to I-5 which is prone to closures in the Winter due to snow/ice and closures in the Summer due to wildfires.

[@aaa54583]

how about instead of interstates, we use ✨ trains ✨

[@TheCazyMan]

What the heck did you just frickin' say about me, you little whiner? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces.

[@TheCazyMan]

Trains Don’t Work

[@gio160]

@@TheCazyMan good idea, let’s add another lane to the highway and fix the traffic problem forever! It’ll for sure work this time

[@SonicBoone56]

Damn right

[@SonicBoone56]

@@gio160 oops more traffic, just add another lane

[@ARandomDonut]

South Dakotan here. I personally like our disconnectedness. I imagine there will be a time where I-31 (It should really be I-27) is necessary, but not now. Also I've been to Pierre, it does NOT deserve an interstate. It is like, the most universally hated town in SD.

[@ARandomDonut]

@Sean Strasser It would be impractical to give Pierre an interstate, the town is 13000 people and the only decent sized other towns are about one thousand. Otherwise it is just a wasteland. US83 and US14 serve Pierre nicely.

[@Drewhink]

"There will have to be a bridge over the Chesapeake Bay" - Virginia is already planning to expand the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel by adding parallel tunnels! The first one is already under construction, and the other one just got its funding secured by the infrastructure bill last year. Also, Delaware has plans to upgrade most of US 113, and DE 1 from Milford to Dover.

[@bradencuttler4806]

Yes! And the bridge-tunnel must remain a tunnel because of the largest US Navy port in the world, Naval Station Norfolk. A bridge could be shot down in wartime and used to block the port. At least that was the concern when the decision was made in the late 1950s.

[@piterz8]

It took em a while, but the entire stretch of US 113 is now up to 2 lanes in each direction.

[@nathanweiss5174]

The road quality of DE 1 and portions of US 13 and US 113 are already Interstate level. A cohesive connection of them and the CBBT not having opposite direction traffic is about all that's really needed. That said I have made this trip from the NJ Turnpike to the CBBT many times and it really doesn't need to change.

[@YTHatesMe-999]

I-97 in the Baltimore area should be renumbered to a three digit route since it is only about 15 miles long.

[@davidtosh7200]

The Upstate of New York and Northern New England States do desperate need of 2 of east west interstate highway that is north of Massachusetts. They are: I-92 and I-98 are two future interstates. This will save driving time of couple of 100 miles that are out of the way, save on gas (now the price of the gas is very high about $5 a gallon). I don’t want to see I-92 and I-98 to be cancelled. 😢 I-92 was supposed to connect from I-87 in Glens Falls New York to I-95 in Portsmouth New Hampshire, via US-4 through Vermont, I-89, and NH-101. I-98 was supposed to connect from I-81 in Watertown New York to Swanton Vermont, via US-11 and US-2. Why so much trouble going through Massachusetts by taking the Mass Pike (I-90) into Boston, so New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire do need one or two future interstates which should been done about 50 years ago. 😢.

[@pablonh]

I'd prefer the Sherbrooke - Waterville - New Brunswick route. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Highway_(New_England)

[@TalenGryphon]

I've got one: Sandpoint ID to Boise ID. Not only is Hiway 95 (which currently connects these points) narrow, winding, and at places outright DANGEROUS (The hill down into Clarkston for example). It's also SO slow and circuitous that it's actually faster to leave Idaho ENTIRELY, drive into WA, head south on SR-395 until you hit I-82 in OR, junction into I-84 and follow THAT to Boise. If you want to go to Pocatello, it's easier to follow I-90 to Butte MT, and head on I-15 :-/. Needless to say Idaho's roads leave something to be desired, and currently hamstring the state's development

[@TheRealNTM]

I believe that splitting Idaho into North and South Idaho would work a bit more realistically, given how the huge mountains that the aforementioned Highway 95 winds through are too narrow to build a proper Interstate. Of course, North Idaho wouldn't be very populated, but of course, combining it with Washington would make that a bit better. Have you ever heard of the proposals for the state of Lincoln in the Northwest? Oh, and Riggins is a sort of resort town that is along the Salmon River, in one of the few spots wide enough to realistically build an Interstate. Are you sure you want to bulldoze much of the city for an Interstate not many even want to use? I think that an Interstate going from Sandpoint down to Lewiston/Clarkston would be good enough, and you could maybe even route that west to the Tri-Cities if you want, with a long spur route going to Grangeville, but the idea of building an Interstate, however compact, through the Salmon River Mountains, would not be very feasible.

[@TalenGryphon]

@@TheRealNTM HARD NO. Washington is run by lunatics and clowns. Realistically you'd be better off trying to kiss a rattlesnake. Also remember this is a Cost-no-object hypothetical. Those areas can just be bypassed with tunnels or viaduct if they are too challenging or actually warrant historical preservation (As precedent see Wallace Idaho and the I-90 viaduct). Inaccessibility is a major reason for the relative underdevelopement of the Panhandle, so an increase in connectivity would absolutely serve an economic benefit in the form of stimulating growth

[@TheRealNTM]

@@TalenGryphon Do you have any idea how wide Interstates are? Wider than the canyons eroded by the Salmon River, that's for sure. Also, tunnels are ridiculously expensive to construct, especially on the interstate. The part of the I-70 that goes through Glenwood Canyon cost about $900 million to construct, and it was the last part of the Interstate to be constructed. In 1992.

[@mattguey-lee4845]

There is a long range plan to extend I87 from Raleigh to the Delmarva peninsula. There also exists a DE route 1 toll road that is built to interstate standards through most of Delaware. They don’t need a new interstate there. There also exists the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel that connects Norfolk to the peninsula.

[@patmanbnl]

For the Wilmington to Norfolk route, you could make it a northern extension of I-87 that is already in the planning from Raleigh to Norfolk

[@brikshoe6259]

I-11 is already planned to be routed "in the vicinity" of Reno. I-11 will eventually be finished, but not in my lifetime. There will never be an interstate from Amarillo to Colorado Springs, nor one from KS to ND or Dodge City to Pueblo. None of the last two routes ("I-31" and "I-52") have cities big enough or have enough industry. Amarillo to Colorado Springs make sense in terms of size but the I-25 routing is close enough for government work. Now what else needs to be finished but will take years: I-44 from Wichita Falls, TX needs completed to Abilene, TX (there's a good 4-lane highway there now). I have my doubts about when that will ever happen. I-69 from Canada to Mexico is the most likely interstate to be finished in the years ahead.

[@davidtosh7200]

I-52 is still possible and my guess will be in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

[@aborsay]

They are currently expanding the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-tunnel to be four lanes all the way. Thus an interstate from VA Beach to Dover is very likely in the future.

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

And then the bucolic beauty of the Delmarva Peninsula will be lost forever. 😥

[@buddyclem7328]

Four lanes yes, but Interstate no. I can't imagine anyone allowing that.

[@boltstrike2787]

Not really. The areas BETWEEN the CBBT and Dover aren't really suitable for an interstate, they're too rural and there's too much residential and commercial development along US 13 and 113 that it would be too disruptive to locals. There would be significant pushback from residents on any interstate running through that area.

[@BnaBreaker]

I'm all for infrastructure investment, but I'm not sure we should be spending hundreds of millions (billions?) of dollars just to connect 50,000 people in the middle of nowhere Kansas to the interstate system. There has to be a line somewhere.

[@benniecastellano5377]

I live in northern Colorado and I recently visited a friend in Lubbock, can confirm that its a commonly travelled route (Denver/Springs to TX Panhandle) and its not an easy one

[@meganizonda]

As someone from the area I'm about to describe: there ought to be at least a freeway between Victorville and Palmdale/Lancaster in California. Both areas have over 1/3 million people and the current route between the two cities is unsafe. (Both areas, in my opinion, could generally use some road upgrades, especially on preexisting freeways.) Additionally, State Route 58 further north between Barstow and Bakersfield (and a bit further west to I-5) should be upgraded to interstate standards and is in the process of doing so. That would be a great candidate for a designation of an extended I-40 and has been supported for years.

[@codewriter3000]

3:48 there was a plan called I-99 that would have done just that, except that it was way too expensive. Their alternative was to make improvements along US-13, US-113, and DE-1 to get traffic to flow more freely and quickly. My personal opinion is that they should instead bring I-87 down from New York and take the path of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey and make a bridge to connect Cape May NJ to Cape Lewes DE and then let it take the southern half of your proposed I-101.

[@philpetrucci5569]

An i-87 extension though DelMarVa would most likely following the NJ Turnpike all the way to Delaware and then travel down existing DE-1 to US 113, then follow and upgraded 113 to US 13 just north of the MD/VA border. Then, follow existing US 13 though VA and over existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Norfolk. It's extremely doubtful that DE will ever pay to build a bridge over to Delaware Bay. The idea has been discussed multiple times, but always shot down immediately. Most people in DE live in the northern part of the State and they don't want to pay for that. Plus, half the people in the southern part of the state fear the traffic it would create. So only a very small part of DE's population is in favor of such an expensive bridge. HOWEVER, the chances of i-87 being connected still isn't very good at this point because (as of 2006) Northampton County, VA (the country on the direct opposite side of the Chesapeake Bay from Norfolk objects to US 13 being upgraded. They don't want an interstate or freeway going through their county. Additionally, Maryland (while not opposed) isn't in a rush to perform any upgrades.

[@TheEatmorDininghall]

Better idea for I-87, haha....instead of ending before the Triboro Bridge, they continue it south to the Rockaways in Queens where it crosses to Sandy Hook NJ via the "Sandy Hook Bay Bridge-Tunnel". Then it parallels the Garden State Parkway continuing south to Cape May. There it crosses to Delaware via the Delaware Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Then it continues south to Virginia Beach where it the existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will be more robust. Then eventually continuing to the the I-87 in North Carolina. So if you travel the whole I-87 you cross a series of bridge-tunnel combos...The Sandy Hook Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Delaware Bay Bridge-Tunnel, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

[@codewriter3000]

@@TheEatmorDininghall monmouth county residents will love that idea

[@sunshineimperials1600]

@@TheEatmorDininghallSandy Hook is too unstable for a large-scale infrastructure projects, and besides nobody wants a highway in their backyards here in New Jersey or New York State.

[@tammylewis2408]

Uh, there's an I-87 running thru NC to Norfolk, VA, better to connect both I-87s thru the Delmarva Peninsula via the CBBT.

[@chefssaltybawlz]

Las Vegas to Phoenix. The short Nevada piece got built. Come on, arizona! We believe in you.

[@lamegaming9835]

america wanting to spend billions of dollers connecting places in the middle of nowhere with a state of the art interstate vs america wanting to invest in high speed rail

[@sylentlight6771]

Hello! Tennessean here. We actually added (half) a new inter/intrastate not that long ago, I-840 that was supposed to make a HUGE circle around Nashville, connecting the surrounding counties. They got the lower half done and said "meh" to the rest. Currently it starts in Dickson, TN on I-40 and travels southeast to my beloved Spring Hill (and Franklin I guess) where it intersects I-65, then back up northeast to Lebanon, TN again at I-40. It was quite an interesting and bold project. It even has a castle, yes a CASTLE you can see from it. Would love to hear your thoughts and maybe some info I don't know about it :)

[@dennisgreen2908]

Interstate 840 northern loop around Nashville still needed to be completed when people on interstate 65 coming from the north of Nashville you can't build one half of a bypass without building the other half you go to others cites they bypass goes around there cities bypass will reduce some of traffic but not for travelers and 🚛 truck drivers who don't have to come to to the city they can go around and bypass it can be less congested traffic state of Tennessee wake up and smell the ☕ coffee times are changing whether y'all like it or not they scared of change they want to live back in the past

[@dennisgreen2908]

My thoughts on they still do need to build the northern loop of interstate 840 they build the southern loop of 840 they can't build northern loop of 840 something wrong somewhere these other cities they bypass is completely around there cities they not gonna build one side of a bypass without building the other half of the bypass there bypass is completely all the way around there cities Tennessee always had been backwards and behind on there interstates and highways Georgia and Kentucky and other states they always step of Tennessee roads and highways that's my thoughts

[@mgellis1971]

My humble thoughts… IH-27 also should be extended south from Lubbock to Midland - Odessa to connect with either IH-20 or the future extension of the proposed IH-14. Extend IH-44 out of Wichita Falls south to Abilene, Texas to bypass D-FW traffic or extend further south to Austin or San Antonio. BTW: IH-37 could also be done going north toward Abilene.

[@WillLanigan]

I-27 is finally going to be extended from Lubbock down to Laredo and from Amarillo up to Raton

[@Jaze327]

I-37 from St Paul to St Louis is a definite gap in the system.

[@ladiesman-ut3tp]

man as russian your interstates is enough right now damn your whole country connected good

[@Heavilymoderated]

It’s not that there aren’t enough interstates. It’s that there are too many people.

[@SonicBoone56]

Not enough alternative transportation, like high speed trains

[@jamesr2888]

The existing interstates need to be widened from 2 to 3 lanes. Example is east/west I-10 between Phoenix & Blythe, CA. Lots of truck traffic.

[@ShonnMorris]

Agree

[@doug814]

I would say ALL of I-40 needs widening

[@croatia0728]

No it doesn’t. It will just induce more demand for the road and bring even more traffic. Instead of spending billions widening highways the city should spend a few hundred million building a decent public transportation system which will actually reduce traffic on roads.

[@cjthompson420]

I’m subbed. Yeah I flew to Denver from Houston and curiously looked at a drive map and even google was like ahh… well… you got a few things you can do lmao. So I’ll just fly until then

[@gjmguy7994]

Good video, but make sure you pronounce cities right: Amarillo is pronounced AM-uh-RILL-o, and Pierre is one syllable.

[@elgeorge437]

Tennessee and some other states really need to finish I-69, I stg

[@TomReichner]

I would LOVE an interstate that's a straight shot from Amarillo to Colorado Springs! I spend a lot of time in Lawton, Oklahoma, and often travel back and forth from there to the Denver, Colorado area. Most of this drive is on dinky little two lane roads with lots of stop and go zones as the little roads go through small towns. It takes forever to drive this route, due to the lame nature of the roads. If I could zip from Lawton up to I-40, take that west for a couple hours, then hop on an interstate that goes to Colorado Springs, then I could just hop on I-25 there in the Springs and be to my destination in Denver quickly and efficiently.

[@iliketrains0pwned]

I drive on US 13 a lot when I'm going from my home in Newport News, VA to my parent's place in North Jersey. Even right now, as a country highway with a 50 mph speed limit and stoplights, it shaves 1-2 hours off the trip compared to taking I-95. An interstate would speed it up even more, especially as a bypass route isolated from DC traffic.

[@Gothrailfan_Crow]

The answer imo is nowhere. Interstates are a byproduct of an auto-centric mindset that produced many of the problems with suburbs. Instead of interstates, we need to build more alternative means of transport like rail. Many of the places mentioned already have an existing Amtrak corridor or are part of future expansions of the network. Others are going to be the sites of private high speed rail developments. Better investments could improve capacity and service reliability, that is if the freight railroads don’t get in the way

[@SonicBoone56]

YESSSSSS! More public transport and more walkable cities

[@TheNumber146]

They need to renumber a few interstates if you want "I-31" to be a reality. They should make all of I-29 and I-49 into I-47, existing I-39 into I-49, I-41 and 43 into 51 and 53, and I-99 should be renumbered to I-73 because it overlays parts of US-220 in NC. And while we're at it, make I-97 in Maryland I-995 to save a 2 digit route number.

[@mr.oblivious1]

Yes. Almost every interstate needs to be renumbered. It’s ridiculous how many inconsistencies there are.

[@njdevilku1340]

I-97 is essentially an branch of I-83 on the Southeast side of baltimore. Rename I-695 to 683 and route I-83 either east or west around Baltimore and rename the stub of I-83 that goes downtown as a spur I-183. This would copy Washington DC with 495, 395, and 95.

[@olympianproduct]

Better yet, just expand I-55 and I-57 north from Chicago, then make that little bit of I-43 between Milwaukee and Beloit into a spur of I-90 or your proposed I-49, saving I-51 and I-53 for some other projects as well as freeing up the I-41 and 43 designations.

[@Jolei33]

They would probably do the same thing as they did with I-99: make exceptions so they won’t have to go through all that hassle.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Or I-45 could run from Dallas to Duluth via I-35 (or new alignment via Tulsa to KC MO then I-35 to Duluth) and I-35 could take over I-29 to Canada. I-39 can become I-51 over existing US 51 and I-41 and 43 can become I-55 and 57 extended from Chicago. I-43 from Beloit to the Milwaukee Beltway can become I-92.

[@ThatLemurInBloxburg]

I’ve driven through Delaware and in my opinion it doesn’t really need a ‘Interstate’. State Route 1 is with interstate standards for most of its length and once you get past the Ocean City Area the population is very sparse, so US 13 and 113 handle it well.

[@rjmcallister1888]

With Interstate service now serving Carson City, NV, there are still two continental state capitals unserved by Interstates; Pierre, SD and Jefferson City, MO. Hawaii has H1; Alaska barely has highways, and none go to Juneau. Don't know about SD, but MoDot really hasn't seen fit to upgrade either US 54 or 63 at this point. All north-south routes from 69-99 are currently allocated. Wisconsin got around it by designating much of US 41 as I-41 between Green Bay and the state line.

[@edsanville]

Interesting... but you need to consider the volume of traffic between locations, in addition to the paucity of interstates. Economic concerns need to come into play here.

[@sk8razer]

I love geography and know the US map very well, but I’ve never *REALLY* registered that Colorado and Kansas are directly next to each other… until now 😂

[@jasonhsu4711]

To be fair, tourists (except storm chasers, of course) have no reason to visit the part of Colorado east of the Interstate 25 corridor. Thus, the popular images of Colorado revolve around Denver and the mountains, which have nothing in common with the eastern part of the state or Kansas.

[@jrm78]

One thing worth considering is whether or not the proposed interstate routes would see enough traffic to justify the massive costs of construction and maintenance. As I see it, the proposed I-11, I-27 extension to Colorado Springs (though going to Pueblo would be a more likely endpoint IMO), and I-101 (as a beltway bypass route) would generate enough traffic to be worth it. Another consideration is that expansion of the interstate system is an implicit endorsement of our car-oriented society with all of the additional impacts it has on our carbon emissions and local planning and development choices. Personally, I believe we should be making large investments in our rail infrastructure and planning for denser urban areas as climate change will become a much more pressing issue in the near future.

[@SonicBoone56]

I'm tired of cars being prioritized. It's ruining the country. This place would be better off with high speed railways and walkable cities

[@evanfunk7335]

We do not need more interstate expansion, we need more alternatives to car transportation. Expanding interstates is a 20th century idea that just kicks the can down the road.

[@kennethmaynard5046]

We do when the interstates was planned it was based that traffic volume would not increase and a 20 foot buffer zone was to be from the shoulder edge of the payment. Also interstates are never widen but they have to add lanes in the medium if it can be done many interstates don't have that option. That was the two design flaws built into every interstate. Ones that are 6 or 8 lanes took the flaws out. Many that need lanes added cannot do so. Also many states toyed with idea to toll interstates was shelved when the Congress said okay but first return all interstate highways funds from day one then you can toll. Pa wanted to toll I-80 and Virginia wanted to toll I-81 both wanted the entire distance thought their states. If Pa and Va did that both would go bankrupt. Those states that toll roads and bridges those states built those projects like Pa, Oh, In, Il, Wv, De,Ny and others.

[@yabbadabba2887]

Yes where are those molecular transporters we were promised!

[@ajduker]

The Amarillo to Colorado Springs route would be huge. I've driven from Utah to Oklahoma (or vise versa) multiple times and ran into this issue lol... It would've saved me a few hours for sure.