New York City: I-95 South to I-678 South

Follows I-95 South from New Rochelle to I-678 in Queens at I-495 crossing the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge in the process.

[@omarlakbiri5034]

Ahhh New York city my favorite.

[@DeaconG1959]

You keep making it look easy, Jim... BTW, the same guy who designed the Bronx-Whitestone also designed the Walt Whitman Bridge in Philly, the Verrazano Narrows and a few others...his style lives on!

[@TheSolarcatcher]

Great work again Jim. Love it when you do new routes, at least new to me. But those tolls!!!!!

[@cochrab]

Thanks Jim, great video (as always)!

[@booklover651]

Yes!! Me too. I actually have a road map collection buried in my place somewhere LOL.Most of them are from the 60's and 70's when they were free!!. I appreciate very much your inclusion of old maps in your intros :).

[@BobWehadababyitsaboy69]

I used to live in Queens and my family still lives there. Really cool seeing these videos. My house was right along the LIE.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you, and thanks for watching all those years. I went as far as Littleton, NH on this trip.

[@heathernichols5007]

New York was a great place to live from October 2016-January 2017

[@Dwade8788]

Nice that you're making videos of New York. never been there but hope to go someday. what state do you plan on doing next after you're done with New York? Great video as usual.

[@dave11686]

Great video Jim!

[@highamleescott]

Great vid. I love how the freeway splits into 2 and you either take the Van Wyck to JFK or the Grand Central to LaGuardia.

[@Freewayjim]

I think when you get to the I-87 Interchange if you look left (south) you get a quick glimpse of it.

[@jamesanthonygreen4180]

This was a very enjoyable video.

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you for watching

[@Freewayjim]

You can make whatever you want, no rules, no limits!

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you!

[@Freewayjim]

Check the closing credits, all the music info is there. (Spend Some Time by The Brand New Heavies)

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, yeah and they add up quick!

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks!

[@interstateeddietv8551]

I remember driving through there, so different from our roads in Houston.

[@Freewayjim]

Oh yes, VERY different, mainly because Houston is a newer city and most of the roads in NYC were done by the early-mid 1960s and have not been upgraded since. Also, Houston has a lot of land to sprawl, not the case in NYC.

[@Pookatube]

In the beginning of the video, wasn't there a set of old tollbooths in the northbound lanes?

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, CT is next and up as far north as NH the Boston as I make may way back down the coast.

[@LukasZajicek95]

You have very nice videos! Good job! :) Czech Republic

[@RexiLCS]

At 2:57, the car was speeding up like fast.

[@Pookatube]

That strecth of I-95 in Westchester is known as The New England Thruway. I-287 is called the Cross Westchester Expressway.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks man!

[@anna8099]

Anxiously awaiting instalment 2! Love it

[@Freewayjim]

Thank you...it's been up for two years :) New York City: Blue Sky Morning - LIE to BQE

[@Freewayjim]

Also, I shot this last June with a much better camera. 14-13 New York City Tour Dusk to Dark

[@edelynedorsainval8170]

Freewayjim 042

[@LIRR175]

Anything on Long Island coming up?

[@Freewayjim]

I did not know that, thanks!

[@Fanik10]

Tolls went up a dollar on the Whitestone since I crossed it in Summer, 2010.

[@Freewayjim]

That's Othmar Ammann, who also designed the George Washington, Triboro, Bayonne and Throgs Neck bridges.

[@Freewayjim]

Yes, they are still active, northbound only.

[@metsfreak4life]

4:49 on the right hand side of the screen off in the distance is Citi Field, the home of my beloved New York Mets. I know they are not good at the moment, but I still a fan of them.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, glad you liked and even more, glad you know that song, lol.

[@TessyGamerDog]

That song was from your first video as well, but not a lot of it was used in the first video

[@Freewayjim]

I never heard that term before.

[@EdgeXXI]

"They say no one's ever beaten the Van Wyck, but gentlemen I tell you this....I came as close as anyone ever has..." Sorry, I just had to! Awesome video as always :)

[@dafundoctor123]

THX for the vid but can you go through the Long Island EXpwy next time pls

[@PfctvsPontivsPilatvs]

2:42 What I don't get is how come the link to the 295 Throgs Neck Bridge from the 95 Bruckner Expressway with no exit or entrance between is 695, while in Maryland, the link to the 270 Montgomery County Expressway from the 495 Capital Beltway with one interchange at Democracy Boulevard in between is SPUR-270? Why not SPUR-295 instead?

[@bxdanny]

Originally, what is now I-695 (NY) was signed as I-295, and so was the other link to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Someone eventually realized that didn't make sense, and had it signed as 695 instead. It was an "unofficial" designation for a number of years, but AASHTO (?) eventually accepted it as official.

[@Freewayjim]

I learned about them from reading road maps wayyyyyy before there was an internet.

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks! The Connecticut Turnpike tolls actually disappeared...built in 1957, Tolls gone in 1983. But tolls are too much of a cash cow unfortunately. Thought you might like that song :)

[@cctvcams2257]

One more thing. The closest interstate to me is I-22 (US 78). Do u know what time it will be fully complete?

[@Ja100453]

The other queston is on I-95 from Rt-128 in Canton to the GW bridge carry alot of Comerical traffic and long distence travelers heading to points south like Washington,Miami by i-95 or even west through Pitsburg, St louis Demver and even Los Angelas, I hered rummers that I-95 from Rt-128 to GW bridge is the most heavly travled route from Boston to Holltwood becasue Lots of traffic uses I-95 from Boston to NJ turnpike then to PA turnpike

[@pxl7]

nice music! Top Video :-)

[@Ja100453]

a 3rd queston Do u believe the best route from Boston to Hollywood is I-95 from New England through the GW bridge to NJ turnpike to PA turnpike then to I-70 west to I-44 south

[@Freewayjim]

I don't know about all that, I'd doubt it. Most Boston to NYC traffic uses I-90W to I-84W to I-684S or I-91S to I-95

[@rev4life03]

ughh almost makes me dread driving in NYC. Had to take the big brother to La Guardia airport from up north. Took I-87 South from Newburgh to I-278 and the the Grand Central Parkway. Then the same way back. Beautiful city, dreadful driving.

[@bxdanny]

At the beginning of the trip, there is the caption "New England Thruway Mile 15". That's wrong. The NET runs from around Pelham Parkway to the Connecticut state line, and is 15 miles long all together. Maybe the point the video starts was thought to be about total mile 15 of I-95 in New York, but the road is not signed that way.

[@Freewayjim]

I took the mile marker from Wikipedia so yeah It was for I-95, I was just identifying the road as the New England Thruway but I see how that can be taken differently than intended.

[@cctvcams2257]

FreewayJim Where on the internet did u learn about interstates, freeways, and interchanges at?

[@Freewayjim]

Yes indeed!

[@fromthehaven94]

The Grand Central! The Van Wyck! You destroyed my whole plan!

[@omarlakbiri5034]

Hey FreewayJim I used to LIVE in New York City

[@CarmeloPatterson]

With My Favorite Highway, New York State is 95 and 295

[@Freewayjim]

It's New York City! that's all you need to know.

[@trainluvr]

Welcome to trainluvr world! Now I know what 150 MPH looks like on roads that I drive.

[@Daconthocon78]

We used to use I 95 to go to boston, but we used 84 last year instead which is a better route because of less traffic and cheaper tolls. The best way that I can make these videos is to sit not he font and hold the camera on the dashboard. I have a tripod, but no room.

[@dafundoctor123]

my home state

[@FinlaythePug]

Wow! I don't think I ever saw a bridge with such a high toll! $12 for the Geo. Washington Bridge?! Is it actually worth it?

[@ciel222]

Come visit NEW YORK people , it is a great city to visit.

[@thecoolannishatk.]

Already live there

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks btw :)

[@cctvcams2257]

What about Wikipedia? I can just make a powerpoint on all the 48+ interstates. Right? Great Job on the videos!!

[@gasaholic47]

As a follow up, the Whitestone Bridge had its toll booths removed, and is now totally cashless/electronic tolls. The construction, at least for now, is over as well.

[@slickjunior6178]

the song?

[@dafundoctor123]

thx

[@Daconthocon78]

We statred to use I-84 to go to Boston now instead because of the traffic on I-95 and a lot of expensive tools to pay

[@Freewayjim]

No, I'd say I-90 West to I-80 West to I-76 West to I-70 West to I-15 South to I-10 West. More tolls but less traffic congestion.

[@jhuang230]

Freewayjim I would take I-90 West, I-84 West, I-81 South, I-40 West, I-15 South, I-10 West. Tolls only in small stretch of Mass Turnpike and fewer snow in the winter. Passing through the northern tier is costly because of tolls, big city traffic and expensive hotels if you have to break at Ohio and Chicago. I would steer people to I-81/I-40 combo for people from the northeast to points southwest, since it runs diagonally. It also has less traffic than I-70 east of the Mississippi.

[@Ja100453]

Queston When u drive on I-95 south towereds NY where on I-95 in NY is your 1st chance to see the NY skyline I get confused with the buildings of New Rolskie, 1;10 and the hill after exit 14.

[@benlonghighway]

What is with all these expensive tolls!?

[@RexiLCS]

At 4:46, you could see the cars switching lanes

[@HurricaneCity4000]

4:28 wich way should i go left or right 4:44 ok left

[@Freewayjim]

No, this was as far east as I went in the NYC area.

[@BeckettSong]

Ever since the 1960's I-678 allows commercial truck traffic.

[@WallyPCify]

I-278 is the bruckner he passed I-287 3 towns back 287 starts and exit 21 Portchester/Rye

[@i-Sparki]

Everyone complains about the high tolls but how many actually have to deal with them? (

[@Freewayjim]

The Verrazano Narrows Bridge is $13

[@Freewayjim]

Not really, I-80 passes south of Chicago, it does not go near the city.

[@cparkes92]

Seems like NYC is infamous for charging atrocious tolls.

[@Ja100453]

yea but you might face chicago traffic unless u go through during nignttime like 1 or 2am .

[@WallyPCify]

so thats the way to get to whitestone from I-678. I always take the hutch to whitestone exit 14. cool man really close to where I live in the WILD, well that's what the animals call it in Madagascar. Its Madagascar if you get stuck in the cross bronx.

[@Freewayjim]

I wanted to stay all Interstate :)

[@Fanik10]

take I-287 go over the Tappan Zee and use the Garden State Parkway

[@Freewayjim]

A couple more years I guess.

[@TWiZeR22]

4:48 Citi Field (Home of the Mets and the 2013 All-Star Game)

[@WallyPCify]

No Madagascar when the animals were looking for the wild to escape to becasue they were from Central park zoo. One of the animals asked where is the wild and another said Connecticut. Connecticut always gets that impression like if its country, but Northern New York Is more country

[@BluemontBoy]

wow 12$ that must be the highest toll is the country :P

[@Freewayjim]

I use the LIE to the BQE in the next video, you get what you get, I may not be in NYC again for a few years.

[@Freewayjim]

More like 180-200 MPH but who's counting.

[@Ja100453]

Hmm why they dont take I-95 thorugh Providence and not have to face with the toll plaza on masspike and Hartford traffic

[@dafundoctor123]

WOW I PAID 13 $ ON NJ TUNEPIKE!! WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

[@Freewayjim]

Try $12 on the George Washington Bridge.

[@jaygee7028]

How about the throngs neck bridge

[@BluemontBoy]

6.50$ jeez :P

[@Freewayjim]

Thanks, I've got the LIE coming up in the next video.

[@houston4848]

Yeah Dawg, apply for their easy payment plans, lol

[@Freewayjim]

I-95 in CT is boring as hell too.

[@WallyPCify]

LOL Thats why its called the WILD

[@omarlakbiri5034]

I take the Grand Central Pkwy instead of Van Wyck .

[@xavierruperts7617]

Omar Lakbiri tge Van Wyck is terrible so heard lol

[@AidelinaGarciaSollatina]

I-95 I-A50 NJ I-A109 NEW YORK CITY 2009s

[@mark12011972]

In In Bronx

[@ikura87]

New Rochelle aka Tom Cruise's hometown !!!

[@Freewayjim]

Not from what I understand, I-95 through CT is terrible!

[@isaaclife._.1935]

Freewayjim yea because it's really dark

[@interstate8080]

$6.50 toll? New York City is nice to visit, but not to live. Sounds like you pay out the ass for everything there...

[@raulmorel1872]

now is 8 the toll

[@isaaclife._.1935]

Interstate 80 now is 8.50

[@faizakhalid4796]

Interstate 80 k

[@bxdanny]

Yes, $8.50. If you have E-Z Pass (issued in NY), you get a discount to $5.76. Toll on the Verrazzano is collected one way only for the round trip, so it is $17.00 ($11.52 with NY E-ZPass). To think that when the Triboro Bridge opened in the 1930s (and into the 1960s), the toll was 25 cents.

[@AidelinaGarciaSollatina]

interstate tolls a50 go nyc