Driving On I-90 East/West In 1987 (Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah)

[@bobscott7440]

I can't believe how many fewer cars were on the freeway then compared to now.

[@jimtalbott9535]

Washington was around 2,500,000 people then. Now we’re past 7,000,000, I think.

[@podunkphunk]

Wow, brings back a lot of memories. I hauled a thousand loads of concrete from Issaquah to Mercer Island on the I-90 project. May have been me in one of the Lakeside Sand & Gravel mixers in the video.

[@derrickswatson4794]

Thanks for sharing. This sure reminds us of what we once had.

[@johnnyrottenwood4935]

Such a great time to be living in the area.

[@bobbylindsey]

Freaking incredible, I drive this everyday and always think "I wonder what it was like with a single floating I-90 bridge."

[@hudsonreed9200]

Wow! Before the Mercer Tunnel. Looks like they were getting it ready though.

[@dmpi483]

Right across the street from Goodwill was mile-post zero for a 3000+ mile highway! They should have has some signage signifying the significance.

[@MrWolfTickets]

That's a great point!! I always thought when I drove up to Aurora at N 125th: turn right for Alaska, left for Baja. IT's really amazing how great our highway system is.

[@SparkeyCox]

I was around watching all that construction as they finished I 90 to connect with 5. Wow - what a change

[@PaulH_Concerts]

Not a tent in sight

[@MrWolfTickets]

What a pain it must have been to have to take surface streets from I5 to I90!! Thank you so much for these videos!!

[@soyounoat]

I had a daily commute that required taking 90 west to 5 south via S. Dearborn and Rainier. I liked the aroma of the Rainier brewery, but it got to be so jammed up I would go over Beacon Hill instead.

[@Skier10]

The ending years of the once wonderful Seattle area. Symbolized here by all the construction of the new I-90 and the mass influx of sprawl and people to come :(

[@000TheZombie000]

The stretch of road from downtown Mercer Island to Dearborn St. in Seattle looks very dangerous.

[@nickw22689]

It was. The curves near Mercer island were the source of many horrible accidents. Really grateful for the improvements that we’ve got today.

[@MrHamlet]

I spy Waterworks Park on the left at 19:45. Still upset they tore it down.

[@MrWolfTickets]

HOLY COW. I only ever knew about it from commercials as a kid and dreamt of going there but never made it. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@OrsonBuggy1958]

Do you have any video that shows the bulge in the I-90 bridge when it used to open?

[@wendybowman5871]

I miss that entrance to 90.

[@MrWolfTickets]

How long was it like that? It seems like this entrance is modified around the construction for the final connection, but do you know if it was actually like this for longer? I see that the bridges over Rainer are not the current ones (like mini west Seattle bridges, cantilevered). So was it like this all the way back to when the original MT Baker tunnels were bored out? THANKS!!!

[@alooga555]

Scary driving on the floating bridge with no center dividers.

[@bobscott7440]

Still like that on the Aurora Ave bridge to this day.

[@drscopeify]

The drive to Los Angeles on I5 for a long time had a very small divider that was freaking wild becasue how steep and bendy it is.

[@jimtalbott9535]

It’s all Dodge Omnis, VW Rabbits, and CVCCs!!

[@geoffgeorges]

I was one of those Rabbits.

[@geoffgeorges]

Before the cute little tank graffiti on the railroad overpass. It was the only graffiti for a long time, now mostly faded. Funny how the only narration is reading signs.

[@sneakerheadswerv7239]

U got any more videos from 1997?

[@highwayvideos3434]

Unfortunately not in the latest batch.