New Jersey to California: A Complete I-80 West Road Trip

[@u.s.6909]

What a feat of engineering that constantly needs to be repaired yet it has been running successfully since 1956 and is constantly being upgraded. Thank you road workers and engineers.

[@cobyhauser1618]

For reference 1:37 New Jersey 17:17 Pennsylvania 44:03 Ohio 1:09:11 Indiana 1:25:16 Illinois 1:43:42 Iowa 2:12:46 Nebraska 3:02:14 Wyoming 3:40:21 Utah 4:04:30 Nevada 4:51:17 California

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks 😀

[@adamvincent5023]

Oregon

[@HealthyLife4Me]

I drove from Indiana to California, but ended up going through Arizona…I drove a Uhaul truck.

[@socalguy97]

Shocking but true-I’ve done this exact drive on this precise route 26 times in 22 years. I’m not a truck driver, but live on both coasts and love this drive so much. I’m glad to see the whole thing in a time-lapse.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks for comment. I love this route too and can't wait to drive it again.

[@Saa42808]

I am jealous of you. Lol

[@socalguy97]

@@Saa42808 I just love it. Full of memories and how I see old familiar things as well as new things since the first time I did it in 2000.

[@Derictab]

How come it never turns night

[@cardboardcapeii4286]

@@futuretraveldronehow come at 19:34 you changed from car to truck

[@Sarnum-ez2sd]

WOw! Thank you for this video! Even though it took a lot to do this trip I’m sure, I’m very thankful that it was taped!! I have a little boy and we crossed from Illinois to Fontana California, through Colorado in the most scariest road trip ever!!! I was crying while driving. My car is not the newest and it was so scary crossing the Rockies. Cliff after cliff after cliff and mean drivers with trucks on my bumper trying to push me... I had to slow down and let all pass put on my emergency lights and it seemed never ending. Now I have to go back and this angelic video has given me a path u can’t even imagine for my son and I to cross another way and safely. Without this video I would be with knots in my stomach until the day, and with so much heat in Fontana, Ca. I’m so greatful 🙏🎀🧸🙏

[@Nothinghere5]

Me too!!! I cried. I was so scared. Can't do that again lol.

[@alexiscaceres4034]

Very Nice....LOVE Road trip !!

[@pamelarondon672]

@@Nothinghere5peanut butter

[@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529]

@Sara Hi Sara, it's been a year since your post -- did you come back using Route 80? Was it scary? I'm 75 years old and I have to drive that Route to Montana all by myself, so scared!!!

[@Eye-it-azz]

She’s a female, of course she would be crying, for driving. What would she do if she was on the war front ? This is why female soldiers should be deployed to war fronts

[@kazuromazi185]

That stretch from New Jersey to Ohio is brutal.

[@toyoscio]

and dull

[@ezrapotter4631]

PA is decent though

[@Eye-it-azz]

Wait till you drive the Texas stretch, Texas is the size of a country, awful. Ohio is just cornfields.

[@johnr9528]

Driven I-80 from I-476 (eastern PA) to Clarion (65 miles to Ohio) and it is pretty scenic most of the way.

[@MarkL0360]

Enough so that going east on 80, once it leaves the Ohio Turnpike and heads towards Youngstown, the signs for the highway going eastbound shows New York City as the control city.

[@genghisfimpley3516]

I drive on i80 east and west alot as it is near my house in NJ. It's weird to think there's people driving the same road but in california.

[@LoveKayWad]

It's funny, the day of upload (jan 16,2020) was the day I moved to Fernley, NV, where you stopped at the Love's. Small world! That was my first day in our new home.

[@KaranPatel111]

What a coincidence that is!!

[@ezrapotter4631]

0:00-1:18:46 Eastern time 1:18:46-2:46:08 Central time 2:46:08-4:07:16 mountain time 4:07:16- Pacific time

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks

[@jahiramaury]

Nice with me

[@mrmoore1972]

I love that quick change of weather at the Indiana line! Those storm fronts move FAST in the Midwest! ;)

[@futuretraveldrone]

🤣👍

[@thealternativefactor6694]

Thank you for sharing this EPIC JOURNEY. I hope to do it someday ..

[@futuretraveldrone]

You can do it! Good luck.

[@johnlester3385]

Made that trip many times, thanks for reminding me of the scenery.

[@jesusislord899]

Can you tell me how safe it is pulling me 5x8 trailer with a GMC Sierra truck through the mountains with my children as a single mom

[@blackwolf3414]

​@@jesusislord899 I hope your trip was safe . Happy Mothers Day. ✝️✝️✝️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💖🕊🕊🕊

[@Kaedemoon267]

I'm driving i80 end of the month from Chicago to San Francisco. solo!! Thanks for this I know what to expect!

[@futuretraveldrone]

U R welcome.

[@toyoscio]

Expect to be bored.

[@andreaphillian3947]

@@toyoscio Nothing boring about driving. I love driving, i could drive 12 hour straight non stop just listening to Howard Stern old show or police interrogation

[@BCentury200054]

Where did all the snow go when you crossed from Wyoming into Utah? It suddenly went from cloudy, dark and snowy, to bright sun and no snow.

[@futuretraveldrone]

I was creating this video 6 months. It’s not one shot

[@CountyLineFilms]

Driving from Philly to Lincoln Nebraska next week. That stretch out in Iowa and Nebraska is beautiful

[@futuretraveldrone]

Enjoy !!!

[@Ryan-on5on]

I live in central Nebraska and find that stretch of I-80, at least in winter, to be the exact opposite! Nothing but flat corn and wheat fields interspersed with the occasional 25' "hill." I need a little variety in the topography of the route to keep myself from dying of boredom!

[@dreamlifetravel5764]

Wow...we also drove from Jersey City to Denver in March just before pandemic was declared...it was a wonderful, memorable, lifetime journey...I recorded in my camera too...

[@futuretraveldrone]

DreamLifeTravel oh yes, trip is quite cool.

[@dodgeram250]

You really pick the right music going on this road trip👏👏👏❤️💯

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks for watching !!!

[@markmartin5817]

I’ve been looking for a video of how to get out west. Thanks! I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Rockies this time of year.

[@futuretraveldrone]

👍

[@EricSPizarro]

I have in only nearly 60% of the interstate, from NYC to near Chicago and from SLC to SF. When I did the cross country trip I got off I-80 in Ohio to take I-70 to go through the Rockies in Colorado and the Swell in Utah. So I haven't been in I-80 in Wyoming, Nebraska or Iowa

[@caellumwoodward]

US 6 also goes through the Rockies in Colorado with I-70 because I've been on Google Maps a lot.

[@marytellez1974]

Disculpe hay revisión de migración? Y si se paga cuota y cuáles freeway?

[@knucklehoagies]

Doing this drive in May. Moving from Chicago back to Sacramento via I-80.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Good luck and enjoy 👍

[@corntastrophy]

kinda weird how des moines is signed in indiana at 1:23:15

[@futuretraveldrone]

You have seen such a small detail, good 👁️

[@africkinamerican]

1:25:52 to the left, I'm sure you saw it while driving but your camera missed a vast stone quarry, called Thornton Quarry. You catch a little bit of the right side but there's a larger part to the left. I grew up around there and when we used to pass by there in the car, I thought it was like the Grand Canyon or something. There are a bunch of videos, some have drone footage. Check em out, it's ginormous.

[@futuretraveldrone]

It's amazing place. Thanks.

[@arthureverett8220]

The Thornton Quarry is known as the Grand Canyon of Chicago The second largest quarry in the world

[@africkinamerican]

@@arthureverett8220 I lived approximately 7 miles away so I was 14 years old when I finally got a chance to bike over there and look in. This was 1990 or so. , I also snuck into the Gallagher asphalt outdoor facility located nearby via a back way (a rail spur), to check out the several-stories-high sorting towers, or whatever they were, and the conveyor belts. That was pretty cool. It was after hours on a Saturday so the place was closed. There's actually another couple of smaller quarries located to the South of TQ as well.

[@rezaramx07]

Wow, this is amazing.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks

[@sidneybell9327]

I can't quite recall if I been on interstate 80, I probably have since I been to New Jersey which is where it starts and I've been to San Francisco which is where it ends. Not sure about I 90, I 40 or I 70 either but I do remember driving twice on I 10.

[@Sully_2345]

1:45:13 Takes the exit to Iowa 80: The World’s Largest Truckstop

[@futuretraveldrone]

YES :)))

[@arthureverett8220]

The million dollar highway in Colorado is supposed to be the scariest road in the US. There are few guard rails and drivers lost their lives plunging hundreds of feet into deep ravines on that route There are many sharp curves along that route

[@futuretraveldrone]

Interesting , I never been there. Need to check out. 👍

[@Eye-it-azz]

Only a moron would crash a car in that environment. Slow down, no reckless driving and tailgating

[@jaydowling213]

There aren't guard rails because if there were there'd be no place to shove the snow to clear the road. As it is they can just push it over the edge.

[@thelonelywolf88]

17:55 I've been on I 80 through Stroudsburg, PA (near the NJ border) several times and it's a little scary. The exits and entrances are so close together with almost no time to merge

[@brucetelfeyan]

Pennsylvania really needs to reconstruct the eastern most part of I-80 through the state. It is clearly not built to current interstate standards and it is not a safe road there. Not at all!

[@thelonelywolf88]

@@brucetelfeyan the speed limit is down to 50 going through Stroudsburg. It's a dangerous area

[@brucetelfeyan]

@@thelonelywolf88 I hope there are plans to reconstruct that portion of I-80.

[@thelonelywolf88]

@@brucetelfeyan maybe if they get too many accidents or complaints, maybe

[@mikehoncho9792]

I live there so I know the struggle it’s a pain in the ass

[@msnoonan]

It took me a while to figure out why you were driving your truck over the Bay Bridge, a slow slog through downtown San Francisco, and then north on the Golden Gate Bridge. That route made no sense if you were delivering your load north of the GGB. Then I saw at 5:18:49 that you were no longer in your truck. I'm guessing you dropped your load at the port of Oakland and switched vehicles for a scenic ride through SF.

[@caellumwoodward]

I've been on I-80 before pretty much in New Jersey but definitely in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

[@scottmiller1531]

Thank you. I did 2/3 of this drive last month with. Some boring stretches(looking at you Iowa and Nebraska), but this is truly a beautiful country.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Oh yes, it is.

[@Mephilis78]

You don't like the rolling hills of east Nebraska or watching the fertile plains slowly turn into an arid desert? Yeah so much more boring than the cookie cutter cities people think are so "unique" on the coasts. I'll take my grains and vegetables back now. You can get yours from New Jersey. Edit: Also going to take all that beef, pork, and chicken back too.

[@scottmiller1531]

@@Mephilis78 I have nothing in the world against Nebraska or Iowa, and I have no doubt that they have a beauty all their own. Unfortunately, I've never seen other parts of those states. My comment was just that the portions of I-80 that go through that part of the country are bland. I grew up in the farm country of SW Michigan and am not a fan of cities either.

[@rodneystanger1651]

@@Mephilis78 I love Iowa and Nebraska. Long, sure, but gorgeous as well.

[@qineonmorame]

Itza crazy extended drive 2 find a gas station on I80 East & West. 😰 How did u refuel????

[@futuretraveldrone]

There is a lot of them. Trust me. You just need to take an exit.

[@winterbrookgaming8927]

I am trying to plan a very expedited trip from Maine-Wyoming via I-95 south and I-80 west. This gives me a good idea for what I’m up against if I am to drive. Thank you!!

[@futuretraveldrone]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@rodneystanger1651]

No need for 95, take the thruway thru upstate NY. Go thru Mass to get there. I just did Bangor to Sacramento, great trip. 95 sucks.

[@joshoooooawwwww]

how come you went from a car to a semi and back to a car

[@damonkevr111]

I remember the good old 8 hour drives weve done every year.. from Toronto to NJ.. good times lol

[@futuretraveldrone]

💪👊

[@andreaphillian3947]

8 hours is nothing, we drive that from Upstate New York to Manhattan

[@damonkevr111]

@@andreaphillian3947 thank you for commenting on this comment just now, i realize that this comment is almost two years old.

[@RamandeepSingh101]

Song used in video? Great road trip vid. Do one from California to NJ.

[@budbx90]

What camera was used for this trip? And how big was the memory card to get all that footage? I plan on taking this trip from the Bronx to CA, would a go pro be good enough? Or a mirrorless?

[@robertparmar2883]

I 80 is a nice route I follow an American trucker called Steve from big rig travels And he sometimes takes this route

[@joemccullar3149]

Can you please tell what time in the video when you stared to drive through cites?

[@armsofdemon4529]

Is the longest straight stretch of road in America just outside of Salt Lake City?🤔

[@patrickmcdermott06]

so funny, you passed right by my house on my birthday. im on the indiana side of 80/94 2 miles away from illinois. This is a very dangerous part of 80/94 and everyone who lives near me doesnt take 80/94 unless they really need to

[@futuretraveldrone]

Cool

[@josealcantara452]

Any típ for long trip like that for us who want to get on the road!!!

[@robertbaratheon2193]

Joe Rogan. Download every podcast you can of anyone. I did the trip solo from St Louis to California I was on I-80 for like 800 miles but a total of 2,065 miles. I would have traded all those podcasts for anyone to talk to. Also, if you have Verizon Wyoming isn’t your friend. Underrated state though I like its rough demeanor.

[@schwenda3727]

@@robertbaratheon2193 would recommend in the summer months when passing through Wyoming to take WY 130 between Laramie & just east of what? Rawlins up & down that mountain. Also the Scottsbluff, Nebraska area if one still has the time... it's the first or last major hoorah of the west depending which direction tou take

[@robertbaratheon2193]

@@schwenda3727 I definitely want to go back. Thanks for the info!

[@snazzysportstacker]

fun fact, 1:11:48 is the closest point on I-80 to Michigan, less than 1,000ft away. In fact, most of I-80 runs very much parallel to the rest of the Michigan - Indiana line.

[@jaydowling213]

I did this drive a dozen times, I think this is the first time I've seen Ohio when it wasn't an endless construction zone, cut down to one lane, with 50 miles of orange construction barrels.

[@futuretraveldrone]

👏👊✌️

[@AlternityGM]

What time of year did you do this trip? What part of this trip was the most difficult?

[@lancestephens8351]

Driving from nyc to Oakland in camper in June 2023. I see i80 is the most common route. Allow me to ask a dumb question, but how can I avoid dangerous roads. Is there another route anyone aware of far south than i80 that’s less intimidating?

[@johnr9528]

Can anyone Compare I-70 From Pennsylvania to Denver versus I-80 from Pennsylvania to Denver (using I-76 into Colorado)? Thanks. Nice video / wonderful soundtrack.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thank you

[@joesphbalint5023]

I’ve been on I-70/76 from NJ to Colorado, and I-80. Both are relatively similar with the exception of I-70 stays in the Appalachians of Ohio until just east of Columbus where as I-80 comes out of them in NW PA. Also I-70 just seems to be a more scenic route in general, especially through Ohio. After that they’re both pretty boring until you get to the Rockies.

[@sundaysantiago4660]

What motorcycles are allowed to use at I-80?

[@futuretraveldrone]

I think any can drive over 45 mph.

[@sundaysantiago4660]

@@futuretraveldrone ok. Sir... Except Mopeds?

[@sundaysantiago4660]

@@futuretraveldrone except mopeds and scooters? Sir

[@VENUEATHENS]

what's the cost in fuel, food, and hotels for round trip

[@ronnyondasticks9379]

How much did this route pay?

[@futuretraveldrone]

My employer paid me 2100$ 6 days there and back

[@DarwinCruz-o7t]

5:26:36 Golden Gate Bridge . question : Who watched it the whole 5 + hours?

[@wendollymaldonado9246]

How much do you spend on gaso

[@futuretraveldrone]

I was driving a truck. I spend $1300 for diesel.

[@wendollymaldonado9246]

Thanks

[@ezrapotter4631]

2:32:32 what is that?

[@futuretraveldrone]

Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. Unique architectural landmark above I-80 containing a museum on 19th-century Western migration.

[@us-unclesam6566]

I am going to do a video next weeks, same trip but driving backwards.

[@felmin809]

Please don't drive backwards on.

[@us-unclesam6566]

@@felmin809 Don't worry, I got a rear camera.

[@lazifocker]

beautiful country

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks 😊

[@ragefilled]

What kind of camera

[@futuretraveldrone]

GoPro

[@samculbertson1584]

I am viewing 2 years later, as an Ohioan, you never know what kind of weather going to get.

[@futuretraveldrone]

That’s true 😆

[@milo_lira0538]

Hey I was wondering what kind of camera you used for this trip? and what settings did you use? and what memory card did you use I'm surprised everything fit inside the card! I would be very thankful for this information as I am going to do something very similar soon. Thanks and fantastic vid!

[@tenzindrake6165]

Hey m sorry he didn’t reply

[@bethsaidahernandez502]

5:17:01 exit number?

[@futuretraveldrone]

Exit number 16

[@ant.m55]

I know I’m so late commenting on this video. I hope you see this though. I just drove on I-80 from NJ all the way to Chicago. But I would love if you could separate this video in to real time parts. Maybe one for each state?

[@futuretraveldrone]

I will try to do it. Thanks for watching.

[@ant.m55]

Thanks. Let me know when you post them. It’s not that hard to make all you gotta do is slow it down to normal speed and just make a video for each state that it goes through. (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio etc.)

[@JohnDoe-cd6ro]

How long does it take?

[@josealcantara452]

2 days

[@primetime1028]

i always go from the i476 junction to rt 15 what time marks are they

[@futuretraveldrone]

Which State ?

[@primetime1028]

@@futuretraveldrone already saw the thing but its the state of pa.

[@Saa42808]

Baseball is American favorite pastime and driving long distances is their favorite passion.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Oh yes 👏

[@sidneybell9327]

This is nice but it looks like you didn't take a straight shot on interstate 80 from New Jersey to California, it looks like you got off the interstate a couple times and took other freeways and highways then got back on interstate 80, correct me if I'm wrong, also next time could you leave the city names, state names and interstate names on the screen so we'll know what state and city we're in in case we miss it, that'd be much appreciated.

[@Mephilis78]

I was on I-80 almost everyday of my life. I grew up in a small town in between Lincoln and Omaha. I never preferred taking the interstate to town when I started driving, but my grandpa often did. I'm pretty sure the first time he took me to Virginia we took I-80 almost the whole way.

[@shoopdahoop2221]

What town was it? Cause I also grew up in a small town between Lincoln and Omaha

[@bradthehighwayman9956]

What camera did you shoot this with? How do you keep the camera steady on the dash to keep it from moving or falling off? I am thinking of doing the same trip and want to know how to do it right.

[@futuretraveldrone]

That time I was using GoPro 6 and 7. California State I was recording on GoPro 8 and 9 you can notice better quality. For windshield mount I was using GoPro suction cup.

[@markstokes2809]

when is it best time of year to travel this route

[@futuretraveldrone]

@@markstokes2809 I think May, June, July, August.

[@chickennoodlesoup347]

You (accidentally) diverted from I-80 through part of Salt Lake County!

[@futuretraveldrone]

I took it to buy fuel.

[@jamesmartin1406]

does EZ pass works go west coast?

[@futuretraveldrone]

Should Work.

[@jamesmartin1406]

last time i checked work southeast to northwest and midwest.

[@kevins7065]

What are the name of the songs playing?

[@andar_k1194]

This is def multiple trips stitched together

[@futuretraveldrone]

Yes, because some of the states I was passing at night at every time.

[@V01t2]

Thanks for the lift, Hand.

[@futuretraveldrone]

✌️

[@PhntmStudios]

how long was the ride in total? did you make any stops?

[@hamida.1054]

Which times of the year was it recorded?

[@futuretraveldrone]

December to June

[@JoeTichy]

I'm gonna get an old school Mack truck for my first Rig and do cross country runs like this.

[@futuretraveldrone]

@@JoeTichy great idea!!! I wish I could go again.

[@MS-kp7pb]

Wait one damn minute do you see how close he is to them cloud 😳

[@ctkatz]

slight criticism: you're changing the playback speed up and down randomly and it's giving me a slight headache.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Sorry 🤷

[@Guest2024roblox]

0:54 damn that’s a long drive r u rich bc u must’ve had so much gas money 😀🙂

[@futuretraveldrone]

This is my job. I drive every week to Cali and back. My boss pays for gas. 😀I’m lucky.

[@Guest2024roblox]

@@futuretraveldrone cool

[@RIZLANSKI750]

How many tickets did you accumulate

[@futuretraveldrone]

Only 1 in California, so watch out!

[@jahiramaury]

Reuploaded in June 3 2021 at 0:16 to 5:29:35

[@jahiramaury]

5:26:41 Golden Gate Bridge

[@jahiramaury]

1:26:13 Your scars don’t hurt

[@miguelitohernandez5758]

Que hermosa es América.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Mucio 👍👊🤩😍🫶

[@kylenarine7746]

1:28:28 to 1:29:22

[@cardboardcapeii4286]

It’s so over for Nebraska bros

[@futuretraveldrone]

👋

[@danwang5491]

Or 4665.5 km

[@markamarka2204]

The Big Apple To San Fran

[@takenoshit8456]

24:20, damn

[@andyperez9958]

Bruh, I didn't see the West End of I-80.

[@ultimatedriving2901]

Nice.

[@bethsaidahernandez502]

So many exits

[@blackwolf3414]

👍👍💯💯💯⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@futuretraveldrone]

✌️😎

[@fable3rules12]

Isn't this the road you're not suppose to take

[@lukeskywalker6338]

54:23

[@futuretraveldrone]

👍

[@davidelkins3229]

turn his sound down and listen to Krafwerk`s Autobahn

[@djvcreations9568]

goong this route mañana wish me luck

[@futuretraveldrone]

Good luck, it's amazing!

[@adventurefishing3190]

So basically everyone speeds.

[@leoncorbett4553]

Tom Morello and Slash brought me here

[@futuretraveldrone]

That's interesting. :)

[@_deweyblack_]

4:53:00

[@andyperez9958]

Dude next time don't exit. Like wait til you reach US-101 on I-80.

[@futuretraveldrone]

Yes, I exit for downtown and Golden Gate.

[@andyperez9958]

@@futuretraveldrone Yeah, but I didn't see the west bound end of I-80

[@patricktaylor6569]

I driving my Tesla from Me and going to drive on I 80

[@futuretraveldrone]

Cool 😎👍

[@Leevotee]

Nice

[@futuretraveldrone]

Thanks

[@jimm2404]

This highway is the most irritating and annoying drive in the entire nation. Many parts are 75 mph. Semi trucks traveling 65 mph have no problem cutting you off while you are traveling at 80 mph. They will camp in the fast lane for 10 plus miles traveling at 10 mph under the speed limit. In 16 hours on this highway, this occurred 42 times! Truck drivers used to be considerate and respectful……not any more! Don’t expect to use your cruise control for more than ten minutes.