I found out that the Chicago skyway, Indiana toll road, Ohio turnpike, PA turnpike, and the NJ turnpike extension (I-95, formerly I-276), are all one long toll road.
@scottstark22866 жыл бұрын
In the 70’s this was an incredible drive through the steel industrial landscape.
@Mchenrygames6 жыл бұрын
brings back memories of my time in Indiana. Maybe I was in Chitown that day
@tperk6 жыл бұрын
Used to drive the Skyway to Chicago often, 20 years ago. Exciting drive for a novice driver just out of high school. Thanks for bringing back memories.
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I think it's a pretty interesting and exciting drive as well.
@eddieabbott370 Жыл бұрын
@@Freewayjim Hello Mr Jim. We tourists coming from WashingtonDC. Driving car..Need your help. Fear of Huge Bridges sir. How can we drive from WashingtonDC to Chicago and miss that huge SKYWAY BRIDGE and more BRIDGES. Should we take 90 from Indiana or should we come in from Michigan. Seems Indiana closer buy may be HUGE BRIDGES there also. WE WANT TO AVOID ALL BRIDGES IF POSSIBLE MR. JIM. PLEASE HELP US IF YOU CAN. THANKS SIR..April 21,2023. Fear of Huge Bridges and can't READ a MAP
@eddieabbott370 Жыл бұрын
@@Freewayjim Mr Jim..This Eddie Abbott. Please read my post I just sent you sir please. April 21,2023. Eddie Abbott
@eddieabbott370 Жыл бұрын
@@Freewayjim MR JIM . PLEASE READ MY POST..EDDIE ABBOTT. THANKS SIR
@Freewayjim Жыл бұрын
@@eddieabbott370 To avoid the skyway, take I-80/90 West from Ohio to I-80/I-94 West in Indiana (Exit 21) , stay on I-94 West and that will take you straight into downtown Chicago without crossing any tall bridges, it's a little longer but not a bad ride, no need to go through Michigan. I would strongly recommend looking at a map to be comfortable with what you are doing before you do it.
@darrenkrock7366 жыл бұрын
The song title Torture perfectly describes I-90 in northwest Indiana. No shoulder. Narrow lanes. Narrow freeway. Congestion. Old signs. I've driven that stretch of road many times. Needs a major upgrade!
@elevatorfan125 Жыл бұрын
My family and I drove this way to and from Chicago 2 weeks ago from this last Wednesday and it costed $10.80 both ways for tolls. All together, tolls costed $21.60
@djmario7913 жыл бұрын
Ahh....you saved the best for last...a McDonalds before the toll plaza! I'm loving it!
@Jesuis-qe8ql4 жыл бұрын
este vídeo es legendario y con su música es muy activa This video is legendary and with its music it is very active
@Freewayjim4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Jesus!
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@kdizzle797 ай бұрын
Awesome video. It makes sense to put The Jacksons' music in this video since they are from Gary
@Freewayjim7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@califgirl10112 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a fun video this is! The Jacksons was just the right ticket to go with this awesome ride along! Thank you so much for this sweet post! :)
@Freewayjim11 жыл бұрын
It is a royalty free loop called "Chelsea Loft" you can hear the full 30+ second version here on You Tube, just type Chelsea Loft in the search bar.
@garagers66678 жыл бұрын
I used love driving this exact route during the week at night. Plenty of open road, city lights and no traffic.
@Fanik1013 жыл бұрын
I-90 Starts from the east in Boston, MA. to west in Seattle, WA. 3,082.5mi, 44hrs., 12min.
@matthew7330ify9 жыл бұрын
Where is the "welcome to Illinois" sign. I don't want to miss it when coming to Chicago!
@chitownbearsfan346 жыл бұрын
Matthew Merritt there isn't one on the Skyway, only a welcome to Chicago sign
@dave1168613 жыл бұрын
I've never been on this stretch of freeway but my sister lives not too far from this area now, not in Gary of course! :-P
@charleskesner13027 жыл бұрын
Took that road many times. Good memories.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@Bryant5493 Thanks, that's from the album where the brothers tried to ride Micheal's coattails after Thriller :)
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
As an added factoid for you Jim, President Obama was a community organizer in the South Chicago neighborhood trying to help those laid off from now closed U.S. Steel South Works as well as the other poor would have replaced people that used to live and work in the neighborhood. You can see the empty area much on fill along the lakefront to the east (to the right of the camera) off of the bridge over the Calumet "River" actually a cut made through to Lake Michigan from Lake Calumet to the west.
@CalQL813 жыл бұрын
Great choice of song. It looks like torture to drive that stretch of road...lol
@jedendwatrzy11 жыл бұрын
the gary/chicago airport is nearby this point of the toll road, and there are several ramps and bridges nearby. there are airport runway guide lights on those street light poles.
@sioul84854 жыл бұрын
Its ironic that you drove through Gary w all that construction and im like last time i drove in that area thats what I remember ......and then i see this video was made in 2011 which is 1 of 3 instances I drove through there........u went through there round the same time i did lol
@georgecrenshaw63093 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Joe Jackson drove his sons on the this very highway to Chicago and back in their VW station wagon in their early days. Imagine what this trek would've been like back in late 60s.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@daRegionRat Thanks for the history lesson on the area, interesting stuff!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@FreewayTitan Thanks & good luck.
@TheSolarcatcher11 жыл бұрын
That's the Cline Ave. exit. The Toll Road passes the Gary/Chicago Airport to the right. That's why you have the low-hanging lights.
@markhowe59912 жыл бұрын
I agree, this section of road just isn’t a lot of fun to drive. It seems to highlight the decay of the area over the last half-century. And I choose this road because it is quick, but it’s also surprisingly expensive: now it’s closer to $6 for a passenger car, plus the tolls on the Indiana side.
@buddyclem73286 жыл бұрын
At 4:59 you managed to capture the McDonald's in the middle of the highway before it was torn down! It reminds me of the McDonald's on both sides of the New York Thruway, also I-90, with a footbridge connecting both sides. That location had a snack bar on one side of the bridge, and a full restaurant complete with semi truck drive thru on the other side. The snack bar had items like McPopcorn, and McFranks (hot dogs). Great video Jim. I hope to make that drive myself.
@Freewayjim6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I felt obligated to use a Jacksons song going through their hometown :)
@MissRobbiOKC3 жыл бұрын
I truly love your videos! Thank you!
@Freewayjim3 жыл бұрын
@@MissRobbiOKC Much appreciated, thank you!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@rickhh1 Thank you :) I might do something with that particular clip down the road (no pun), you never know :)
@viejos100013 жыл бұрын
my fav bridge i live really close by it try going to calumet park and look at it it looks so awsome!
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Yes, lol, I've gotten pretty good at it over the years. You should check some of my newer videos, they are even better.
@Omegasunrise13 жыл бұрын
In Oklahoma there is a McDonalds over the road in Vinita off I-44 (Will Rogers Turnpike) Hey Jim wish you can do Tulsa in future videos..
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
No sir, there is some skill involved with these :)
@Fantech010410 жыл бұрын
This is actually the longest interstate highway in the US AKA I-90.
@Idolmakercat12 жыл бұрын
I drove this just a couple days ago. it cost me $8.00 in toll fees.
@Fanik1012 жыл бұрын
they have those in New Jersey on the Garden State Parkway too.
@cherylfbrown212 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed and to use torture as the song sounds right with the ridiculous price u pay to ride the skyway! Thanks again!!!
@broadhurst0413 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there a much bigger Welcome to Chicago sign at one time, like a billboard sized color photo of the skyline with the welcome message and the name of the current mayor?
@clevelandrocksgirl9 жыл бұрын
thanks for showing this...i am worried about driving that bridge
@Freewayjim9 жыл бұрын
You'll be fine, it's nothing to be worried about, just stay in your lane and follow the road.
@xo945gaming29 жыл бұрын
Hey it's rusty sure nothing will happen of course somthing will its shakes and moves I feared my life crossing it I prayed it wouldn't collapse
@8avexp8 жыл бұрын
+XO945 Gaming The Skyway was completely rebuilt just a few years ago. That section from just past the state line to where the high span begins was originally all elevated above Indianapolis Blvd. The Toll Road was dedicated two months before I was born; I'm from South Bend and we used to take the Toll Road to Chicago A LOT!
@xo945gaming28 жыл бұрын
it rusted rebuilt in 2 years and its back to what it was a mess
@MDCSWildcats8613 жыл бұрын
@Freewayjim The best approach is westbound on Kilpatrick taking the exit to southbound SH-74 (Lake HefnerParkway). It's not 635-E to US-75N, but closely dangerous to it.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@rickhh1 Yes indeed, it does come up on you rather abruptly.
@PrettyToez073 жыл бұрын
Jim, you had a similar video to this where the music was something hip and I can't find it at all. In it, you were cut off in traffic by another vehicle. I think you were driving towards Chicago as well.
@Freewayjim3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I'm drawing a blank there, all the Chicago area videos are in one playlist so that's where it would be if it's still up. kzbin.info/aero/PL036D8D8DE3EBC88D
@LIRR17513 жыл бұрын
That bridge reminds me: you should do the Pulaski Skyway!
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
Great job, Jim! One comment on the statement that Gary's population decline from 175,000 to 80,000 was because of a decline of the steel industry or specifically NAFTA. Neither is true. Specifically the steel industry and the largest and original mill in the City of Gary produces more steel than ever before. Steel production takes less people to manufacture even lower previous tonnage totals.
@EphemeralProductions8 жыл бұрын
Ah!! Some of the eastern end of I-90! I live on the western end, in Spokane WA. :):):)
@Cody-hw3bt8 жыл бұрын
I live on the Dan Ryan Expressway :)
@spicywater59677 жыл бұрын
Baron 1999 So you actually live on the highway? You sleep on the highway? Just kidding. You live in the Chicago area.
@rjmcallister18887 жыл бұрын
Actually, I-90 ends in Boston.
@EphemeralProductions7 жыл бұрын
As I said in the comment, i'm on the WESTERN end of I-90. I realize that 90 ends in Boston. lol
@CAPRICES4LYFE12 жыл бұрын
this the shortcut into chitown less traffic than 94 and worth the toll
@sc4portugal13 жыл бұрын
You drove very near to where a great great aunt or something like that of mine lives
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I use a Sony HDR-HC9, I list my gear in the closing credits.
@ATP2555ify5 жыл бұрын
1:09 to the left the train poles remind me of the Amtrak poles
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@willubhave2 Thanks!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@Omegasunrise Never been to Tulsa before, I'd probably film it and OKC if I'm out that way.
@mgk92013 жыл бұрын
@dave11686 Remember that this is the upper midwest - here, you *NEVER* *EVER* refer to a highway that you must pay a direct toll to use as a 'freeway'. It's a 'tollway' or, if in Indiana, a 'toll road' ('Indiana Toll Road'). :-)
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@dj20k Thanks, it's not the most exciting or interesting stretch of road you'll ever see.
@CowboyBob5319 жыл бұрын
Wow! All that road construction looks just like Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas!
@mbolden269 жыл бұрын
I live in Memphis w.memphis just finnished construction bout a 3wks ago in memphis the i40/ 240 interchange will take another year and 1 half to complete
@rjmcallister18887 жыл бұрын
AHTD has been working on something on I-40/I-55 between the West Memphis interchanges and the Mississippi River since just after the invention of the internal combustion engine. Too bad TennDot never got I-40 done through central Memphis.
@CowboyBob5317 жыл бұрын
Yeah, tell me about it! I've been living in West Memphis all of my life (55 years) and I've never seen the interstate system without barrels, barricades, etc.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@MDCSWildcats86 Cool, I did not know there was a 4-Stack anywhere in Oklahoma.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@prfsnlwannabe Huh, I did not know somebody covered "Torture", just as well, lol.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@eluko79 Oh my, of all places to get lost! thank you!
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
The type of steel made in the U.S. has changed. U.S. Steel Gary Works and the original and still by far largest mill in the City of Gary and the former U.S. Steel South Works in the South Chicago neighborhood on the Far South Side of the City of Chicago made all of the structural steel for the John Hancock Center in the Near North Side neighborhood and Sears Tower in the Loop neighborhood.
@mungojerry31112 жыл бұрын
At highway speed? That's just amazing!
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@LIRR175 I'd like to, hopefully the next time I'm up that way.
@Chalupas4511 жыл бұрын
That area is very prone to dense fog.
@EuropeanRoads13 жыл бұрын
what's up with the street light extravaganza at 2:10 ?
@RicksTravelogue13 жыл бұрын
@djmario79 - I'm hoping that he catches one of the overpass oasis's during this Chicagoland run of videos.
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
I don't make them, the shields are from wikipedia and the big signs are taken from photographs.
@MDCSWildcats8613 жыл бұрын
@Freewayjim If you do OKC, DO try to get the 4-stacker at Lake Hefner Parkway and the Kilpatrick Turnpike.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@eluko79 Is Gary anything like the KC West Bottoms? worth exploring?
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@rickhh1 I did but decided not to use the footage, it was not good enough overall to make in to anything.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@Fanik10 Not that I'm aware of, what you see in the video is what I drove.
@exit32213 жыл бұрын
To respond to your 2:05 or so comment - road ain't much fun to drive east of there, either. Though price-wise, their western 3 service plazas are about as good as you'll get from a toll road service plaza.
@willubhave213 жыл бұрын
Nice Lil Toll, Jim
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@jcrockett001 Thanks for the info, sorry, this is the only Indiana video I did.
@TheLewistownTrainspotter81025 жыл бұрын
4:19 That sign is out of date.
@ashiateve7 жыл бұрын
SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO
@RicksTravelogue13 жыл бұрын
A McDonald's right in the median just before the toll booths? Looks like that could be an accident hazard the way the turnoffs are short.
@oamost13 жыл бұрын
Good! As it always!
@KokoEd3 жыл бұрын
I've done this drive often going to robotics competitions in the area. My friends who live in the Chicago area strongly advise me from ever driving through Chicago via i-90 at ANY time due to traffic. 294 is a better bet.
@filip-i-9156 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@Freewayjim Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@JonnyD466712 жыл бұрын
What kind of camera do you use? I'm from Vermont and we actually went that way a month before you and the roads were AWFUL when it came to construction. Love the song!
@sokalove4213 жыл бұрын
Omg this construction isn't ever going to be done!
@Fanik1013 жыл бұрын
Freeway Jim. Did you drive past the Jackson's house?
@GLOPLUG66611 жыл бұрын
question?...what is the intro flute song the instrumental in the beginning of your video.... i have been looking for it for ever. thank you in advance... bz
@Jesuis-qe8ql3 жыл бұрын
la canción se llama "the Jackson - it torture"
@Freewayjim12 жыл бұрын
I take them along the way.
@atlan6113 жыл бұрын
@FreewayTitan well from what I remember it used to run on stell manufacturing but was declining in the 60's then nafta came in and killed it,or what was left due to it being cheaper to make things in mexico or overseas. However that was just part of it other factors were at play of course "racial diversity", crime, etc, etc.
@Freewayjim13 жыл бұрын
@ScrewdUPClickV2 Thanks bro!
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
The 175,000 population includes a working class white area annexed into the City of Gary in 1976. Otherwise the City would have already shown a decline from 1970 two years after Gary's first black mayor was elected. The largest reason Gary has had so high of a population decline is due to white flight due to the rising black population. Gary has has blacks residing as the mills heavily recruited from the South both black and white. But has never had good race relations.
@edwardmiessner6502 Жыл бұрын
I heard the consortium that bought the toll road went bust and the highway reverted to the state. Is that true?
@jcrockett00113 жыл бұрын
That lease that your referring to is called 'Major Moves'. It accelerated many construction projects around the state. Good vid, are you planning on doing any more from Indiana?
@RicksTravelogue12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but it's a little easier getting in and out of them than it is here. This looks like an accident waiting to happen.
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
Blacks and even Southern whites never integrated into the "melting pot" culture that makes up my native Calumet Region stretching from Far South Side neighborhood like South Chicago and around the southern shores of Lake Michigan. Still these people are in identifiable communities that all other ethic groups in "da Region" avoid. More recently the exodus from Gary had been black as the lower school performance and much higher crime reached a tipping point.
@RicksTravelogue12 жыл бұрын
I thought you just screengrabbed it from your video once you were in post-production.
@Jesuis-qe8ql3 жыл бұрын
este video me gusta mucho y mas la canción de Michael Jackson
@RicksTravelogue13 жыл бұрын
@Freewayjim - A single landmark need not make a whole video. Good directoring skills. ;)
@daRegionRat13 жыл бұрын
Back before another "rat", Frank Sinatra, had a concert in Gary to help smooth relations, blacks have been singled out. First the mill owners Carnegie-Illinois today's United States Steel, hired from many ethic backgrounds to break up solidarity among the workers so that they would not form unions. This tactic was used nearby including the Stockyards and other mills including Republic Steel in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side of Chicago where workers died to unionize.
@mungojerry31112 жыл бұрын
How do u make the highway signs?
@mungojerry31112 жыл бұрын
Just where do u get these photographs?
@johnwauters8576 Жыл бұрын
I put steel in
@thevultrantransituniverse14877 жыл бұрын
Gary is a sad looking town.
@bonk47694 жыл бұрын
It is extremely. Almost half or more of the original buildings in downtown have been demolished.
@KokoEd3 жыл бұрын
Gary is Silent Hill.
@Jesuis-qe8ql5 жыл бұрын
hola que pasa saludos desde mexico
@dave1168613 жыл бұрын
@mgk920 Ok, tollway. This channel though is "Freeway"Jim :-P