Florida Road Sounds Compilation (Jacksonville Area)

This is a collection of road sounds recorded from my drives to Jacksonville over the span of an entire year. This mostly features that iconic metallic droning sound that bridges in Florida make.
The sound is explained by grooves cut into the bridge's pavement surface perpendicular to the direction of travel, with their spacing "scrambled" in a sort of semi-random fashion. This sound can also be heard in other states such as Alabama, South Carolina, Hawaii, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Louisiana, California, and others. This sound is not to be mistaken with the ones common in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Ohio, as they have completely different groove spacing methods, with slightly different harmonic properties to their sounds. These sounds share a common very low missing fundamental frequency (176 Hz, or F3, at 60 MPH), a missing second harmonic/overtone, but a very prominent third and fourth harmonic, creating a prominent perfect fourth interval. There are more partials/overtones to this sound, especially in FL pavement which has pronounced 6th and 8th harmonics, which gives it the distinct metallic sound.
FDOT specification on their groove spacing:
Cut grooves into the hardened concrete using a mechanical saw device which will leave grooves nominally 1/8 inch wide and 3/16 inch deep. Space the grooves apart in random spacing center of grooves in the following sequence: 3/4 inch, 1-1/8 inch, 5/8 inch, 1 inch, 5/8 inch, 1-1/8 inch, 3/4 inch in 6 inch repetitions across the width to be grooved in one pass of the mechanical saw device. One 6 inch sequence may be adjusted by 1/4 sequence increments to accommodate various cutting head widths provided the general pattern is carried out. The tolerance for the width of the grooves is plus 1/16 inch to minus 0 inch and the tolerance for the depth of grooves is plus or minus 1/16 inch. The tolerance for the spacing of the grooves is plus or minus 1/16 inch.
A clear distinction to make is that FDOT uses the (saw) BLADING method of grooving, NOT TINING. TINING IS A SPECIFIC METHOD OF GROOVING, JUST LIKE BLADING!

[@allaboutairtime6548]

I love Florida’s bridge/concrete noises

[@UnknownGamer-qz4xc]

charelston, SC too if u like flordia's birdge/concrete nose then charelston has that

[@matthewtobias6227]

@@UnknownGamer-qz4xc Some of charleston bridges have New Jersey sounds

[@Daniel-ih3qj]

Yeah same

[@thegoosefamily1777]

@@UnknownGamer-qz4xc yep when you go over the wight bridge whatever it is you will here that sound

[@duralate]

Can someone explain to me why states have different sounds? I've always taken the great Florida bridge sounds for granted lol

[@PhonesAndOtherGoods95]

The quicker you're going, the better it sounds 👌

[@chigozieezejiofor977]

The best sound in Florida

[@eloc08]

Hawaii HAS this road sound, it can be heard on H-3 bridges with the tunnels

[@amaledwards]

Oh crap you're right, It sounded identical.

[@JMH702]

That’s cool, I didn’t know Hawaii had round sounds like that

[@declan8546]

@@JMH702 me either

[@WolfrCats]

Ultimate Driving needs those nice line slap sounds.

[@celsojoven3525]

Batangas

[@macart5429]

I agree

[@beamedbyhackervalencia9503]

facts something like this

[@d_xrk36]

Ye

[@mxdridd]

YES

[@swiftapple51]

I love having grooved pavement screaming in my ears while im trying to go somewhere.

[@Daniel-ih3qj]

Those bridge sounds always remind me of Florida too

[@Scarybuster]

That is Florida

[@nooby_noob6960]

why do i like this sound

[@w-josh]

Idk why but same I feel weird because it kinda sounds scary

[@beamedbyhackervalencia9503]

it sounds scary but sounds good

[@macart5429]

Well I know these sounds because I live an hour or so away from Jax.

[@w-josh]

@@macart5429 I don't live in Florida, but I traveled there many times and heard the sounds myself

[@w-josh]

@@beamedbyhackervalencia9503 so true

[@amaledwards]

3:20 Amazing noise, I really wasn't expecting that from jax!

[@tiffanynicholas6376]

I don’t want to be rude but not many good things happen in Jax

[@amaledwards]

@@tiffanynicholas6376 True indeed. But it does have some nice bridge sounds, thats all im pointing out.

[@tiffanynicholas6376]

True the ones in Jax our my fav

[@EUROPA_451.]

You’re not wrong lol

[@jelefx]

*road sounds intensify*

[@mrtraindeveloper475]

This is what I needed

[@ashleywynn1776]

If you want the bridge sound from Roblox buy the audio library and on Roblox like these models Roblox studio get model and get audio and put together

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

yea

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

I'm not sure anyways

[@mxdridd]

the sound is beautiful.

[@reedsgaming3962]

I thought I was the only person that enjoyed the road sounds of Florida! 😅

[@Earth_Number_12]

This is the chefs kiss of Highway bridges

[@neptune2806]

I live in North Carolina and the bridges sound like high pitched screams

[@w-josh]

North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia sound and yes I can confirm this is true they do sound like that. If you go slow they kind of sound like Delaware, New Jersey, or Maryland. Sometimes you can even hear the sound before you get on the bridge.

[@Fedd_ambushiscool4L]

Tullytown’s us-13 sound😍😍

[@jo.frmva1]

Very relaxing lol ik this round sound also

[@Daniel-ih3qj]

The bridge sounds 👌👌👌👌

[@CaydenLudlow]

OMG YOU HAVE A CHANNEL?!!?!

[@aimxdy8680]

We have this here in Indiana and Chicago.

[@palmbeachasmr]

Chicago is more high pitched.

[@reavisjeff]

I55 going north into Chicago between Lagrange Road and the Dan Ryan has bridge sounds similar to Florida’s sounds.

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

California needs to try a transverse texture bridge sound like this, or anything other than longitudinal tining.

[@mortalkombat1712]

New Orleans, Louisiana has some great concrete highway sounds too!

[@eloc08]

California doesn't even have this road sound, as I researched the Google maps. Who wishes CA's bridges sounded like this?

[@hydrolock2307]

Actually, I heard some of it from my road trip to California, I was surprised to hear it there.

[@eloc08]

Anywhere?

[@matthewtobias6227]

And Texas Too

[@w-josh]

@@matthewtobias6227 Texas sounds similar to Georgia's and so does NC and VA

[@RealMatthewMorgan]

@@matthewtobias6227 Only other sounds I know about that sound like this in Texas is I-45 northbound over West Bay in Galveston and TX-66 going eastbound over Squabble Creek.

[@JNTHN-hp9fr]

I remember these sounds

[@RealMatthewMorgan]

0:59/4:35 is my favorite.

[@tiffanynicholas6376]

There both the same

[@ashleywynn1776]

These sounds can be the same like south Carolina

[@UnknownGamer-qz4xc]

yea i been to south carolina before and i heard the similar sounds

[@thelightbuzz8295]

@@itsyourboytrippy6201 No. it didn't.

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

no lol@@thelightbuzz8295

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

neither

[@thelightbuzz8295]

@@itsyourboytrippy6201 huh

[@w-josh]

4:30 - 4:35 should have been put in the "bonus clips"

[@Daniel-ih3qj]

The first bridge sound slap hard tho

[@kalielwebb3774]

Sounds like the ones in Indiana

[@RealMatthewMorgan]

maybe hawaii too

[@palmbeachasmr]

I agree.

[@mathiasanzola]

Florida has New Jersey and New York bridge sounds

[@logantheplaneguy]

put a gopro on the side of the car down by the wheel, maybe you'll get some good sounds. wait, I aught to do that.

[@mrtraindeveloper475]

Løgãn not the best idea because 1. The wind can make it not capture the sound 2. The GoPro could fall off

[@logantheplaneguy]

MrTrainDeveloper 475 that probably would be a bad idea because the roads around my area are kinda bad

[@thatindianafantif5147]

Is their any website that has these sounds?

[@hydrolock2307]

None that I know of, but us road sound fans have been really itching to make one!

[@thatindianafantif5147]

Hydrolock Aww man, someone needs to make one

[@teedahbluedee]

Hydrolock how do i input the bridge sounds into roblox studio

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

how tell me now or I'ma steal ur sunpass

[@peterguzman5749]

when will hydrolock become active again

[@palmbeachasmr]

Sounds exactly like Indiana.

[@w-josh]

0:59 and 4:35 are the same bridge

[@taylens_hvac_channel2688]

What a coincidence

[@Idontlikyou]

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOME😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@cool_mations]

they quite sound like the ones in new york city...

[@w-josh]

Lots of the ones up north sound like this if they're paved with asphalt

[@mattschehr163]

And Indiana

[@w-josh]

@@mattschehr163 Indiana is the first state I've seen that has the sound even when you're not on the bridge

[@tiffanynicholas6376]

My fav sound in this vid 4:58

[@SlingetonYT]

Tennessee also sounds like this

[@FloridaStateChaosYT]

I am planning to do a florida highway sound

[@user-qk6ov5kp5b]

8:18 0:57

[@w-josh]

3:47

[@ashleywynn1776]

Hydrolock I also want you FDOT gantry it is in Puerto Rico

[@itsyourboytrippy6201]

nevermind

[@mattschehr163]

Florida is similar to Indiana

[@AustinnD]

where infiniroads san francisco?

[@roseesquilin4673]

6:15

[@roseesquilin4673]

6:11

[@zapresssfanlightingandmore4775]

I live in Pompano

[@tiffanynicholas6376]

I’ve been there once the beach is nice

[@zapresssfanlightingandmore4775]

Bridge deck

[@roseesquilin4673]

6:21

[@roseesquilin4673]

6:19

[@roseesquilin4673]

6:07