I-5 North - Portland - Oregon - 4K Highway Drive

[@richh650]

Mike, you picked a real, chamber of commerce day, to video Portland. Sort of surprising to see much of I-5 in the center city with only 2 lanes in each direction, but suppose it was built that way due to the many overpasses and possibly already developed land. Absolutely beautiful video of that area sir!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Yeah getting a sunny day is rare in these parts. I definitely got lucky here.

[@rjmcallister1888]

I-5 is one of the older routes on the system, started in the mid-1950's, before the Eisenhower bill was passed. In Portland, there just isn't much flat space to build roads; kind of like Pittsburgh. So, it's rather compact; lots of bridges, overpasses and underpasses, many built long ago and struggling to handle both capacity and local environmentalists. It gets worse up the road in Seattle-Tacoma. The views are great, but you have to pay more attention to your driving there.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

True. The infrastructure out here needs a major update.