Interstate 85 North - Atlanta Georgia

Drivelapse video of Interstate 85 starting from the southwestern edge of the Atlanta Metro area through Downtown following the Downtown Connector with Interstate 75 and then heading to the northeastern edge of the Atlanta Metro area following Interstate 985.
Footage is from April, 2019.

[@larkt6693]

I Always loved that sharp curve after the airport. When you see only the 4 skyscrapers in the distance.. especially at night.. it was like a premier of what’s next too come up ahead

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Amazing stuff. Your Interstate 75 Atlanta night video remains one of my favourite KZbin vids of all time

[@InterstateRaziTV]

Great Drive thru I-85 in Atlanta!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

I-85 in Gwinnett County, GA is my favorite part of I-85 in Metro Atlanta. It's a busy route for drivers going to Atlanta heading south as a working commute and the Mall of Georgia to the north as a shopping commute.

[@ConnorL-ti9we]

What an absurd waste of space in the middle of downtown. I find it incredible that the transportation planners of the day thought it was a good idea to send 2 interstates and 12 lanes of traffic straight through downtown Atlanta, instead of say, anywhere else in the metro area. Now they're saddled with a massive congested freeway for the rest of time. Good drive though.

[@thebabbler8867]

Right; every city in America with the exception of Manhattan has a freeway "conveniently" slicing through downtown. 🤔

[@donbrundage984]

They might have built it going into downtown so that people could get to work downtown. I spent more than 20 years commuting to downtown Atlanta. Most of the time I took an express bus from the suburbs - I lived in a direction MARTA rail does not go….

[@bobbbobb4663]

There is wiki called “the Atlanta Freeway Revolts” that answers all of your questions. 75/85 was not the only North/South freeway to be constructed inside of 285.

[@WilliamAkins-rw2hv]

If you could move a congested freeway to a different place, one thing is guaranteed: it would still be a congested freeway.

[@alexishoude4449]

It's been a long time since your last video from Georgia. Atlanta indeed does have a few problems with their highways, as they have a very limited transit system which doesn't even serve most of the urban aera & dspide having very wide highways, they never added additionals highways since their original 1950s highway plans. But despite this, traffic flows relatively well outside rush-hours & peak travel periods

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Atlanta is a very sprawling metropolis. Thanks for the comment.

[@Revan_ishh]

Sheesh you drove pass the traffic. I-85/75 has some terrible traffic. I wasn't so lucky to pass it fast ....

[@joacquinlucasatienza8832]

Awesome

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

Great drive! Is there American car manufacturer in Canada including General Motors?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I’m not sure what you’re asking, are you asking if there is automotive manufacturing in Canada? If so, yes. All of the big 3 Detroit automakers manufacture in Canada, and specifically in Ontario. Other European and Asian automakers also manufacture here.

[@TheFreeAgent2024]

Interstates 85 and 285 used to have a concurrency

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

You're talking about the one near the airport. The 85 is now between the sides of the 285 near the airport.

[@thekingof8]

Play Yakety Sax on a loop for the background music in your next video.

[@supersaiyanjack9233]

Only came here for the walking dead locations and the walking dead shop in Woodbury or Senoia

[@thevultrantransituniverse1487]

Is Atlanta a good place to visit?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Atlanta isn't a bad place to visit. I've been a few times, though not since this video was recorded. Thanks for the comment.