Westbound Interstate 90 In Spokane, Washington

This video follows Westbound Interstate 90, from Liberty Lake to Downtown Spokane.

[@aflutes1706]

Great video Brent! Spokane is a nice area! I live south west about 150 miles in the desert. Sometimes it's nice to drive up and see some trees!

[@FreewayBrent]

Trees are definitely nice and always welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@jameswormsley460]

welcome back,been a while since you did a road video, let another one based in America--great work!!!

[@FreewayBrent]

Yeah, it had been about 1 1/2 months since my last release, showcasing the Monash Freeway in Melbourne. Next video to be released in 2-3 weeks from now, featuring a slow, melodic pop song. Thanks again for checking in and watching!

[@Vahlee-A]

A new overpass above Interstate 90 is being built in Liberty Lake The entire section from Argonne Road to Trent/Hamilton has been turned into asphalt now. The ramp to Freya Street was removed and rebuilt farther back, which in why that section was under construction

[@Freewayjim]

Nice work with the video, I drove that both ways, it's a good ride for sure and Spokane looks like an interesting area. Definitely some mid 60's Caltrans influences in the older downtown section of the freeway.

[@FreewayBrent]

Thanks man! Definitely some Caltrans influences (more like *a lot* of Caltrans influences). You were probably wondering why I didn't feature the most interesting parts of I-90...that's to be saved for another video. I have a quirky title for the video, too.

[@Freewayjim]

Yes the thought did cross my mind of that :) looking forward to seeing it.

[@teamextremepk]

what is caltran influence? I live in spokane and now i'm very interested to know what this is.

[@yomamastacos2123]

It's funny I was just on the 90 recently... strange to see you made a video of it, and for once in your videos I recognize the street names :)

[@reoswedewagon1651]

Great video as always, Brent! I'd love it if it'd gone on a few seconds longer so that we could all see the glorious bridge just west of the CBD, but whatever. At least I got to hear another good tune. :)

[@EphemeralProductions]

ah! The town I live in! I have seen this stretch more times over the 20+ years than I could shake a stick at ! LOL By the way, you mentioned the hectic or whatever that it is. Well, it's gotten twice that bad if not more, since then. Often the traffic reminds me of the big city, or LA, or something. It's ridiculous. one small incident or thing causes HUGE backups. The drivers are crazy too! There's a lot of Angelenos that have been moving here for some years; that's probably why. LOL

[@FreewayBrent]

I didn't know you were from there. In hindsight, I would have picked a completely different song for this...maybe I'll remix the video some day!

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@FreewayBrent Good! do it! i'll be one of the first to watch! :-D

[@AUTOVIAJOSAN]

Another cool video , keep up the good work

[@FreewayBrent]

Thanks man! I haven't seen you around in ages. Are you still on Facebook?

[@AUTOVIAJOSAN]

I had little time because of work , now I will be more present in Facebook ..... Thank you for your interest and it's always good to hear from you.

[@spredelectric]

Awesome video! But why'd you end it in downtown? You end right at some of the best scenery - dropping down to Latah Creek (and the impressive BNSF viaduct just beside the freeway), the long uphill climb from US 195 up to US 2...and then you're in the vast openness of Eastern Washington. You should have kept going to SR 904 (Four Lakes/Cheney)!!!

[@FreewayBrent]

Oh, that's all part of another video I have in store for later on. :-)

[@mahorosan1]

Earlier you mentioned that Spokane consisted of 3 citites, but it's more than that, and Cour d'elene is more of a sister city than part of Spokane itself. That being said, the first part of your ride cuts trhough the Valley from Green Acres, and goes on till Cheney. I kinda wish that you'd include the rest of the ride through the city, cause you're just getting to the best part of it.

[@FreewayBrent]

I actually do have all of the ride filmed past US 2 where it splits off into its own separate freeway, and a couple of miles beyond that interchange. Come to think of it, I'd like to re-edit this entire video from scratch and swap it out for a completely different song...I wasn't really big on it to begin with, but after sitting on the footage for a month without finding anything I liked, I more or less settled on this song, which still left out the rest of the ride out to US 2. That train overpass by US 195 is some really fascinating stuff, and that grade heading up the hill is a lot of fun.

[@mahorosan1]

@@FreewayBrent Ah, that's the Sunset Hills area, probably the nicest looking while going over the bridge. And that really steep grade is a car killer lmao. My folks used to live out that way but I always had a hard time visiting cause I could never get up that road.

[@rileysutton633]

4:16 My favorite part of Spokane, downtown.

[@EphemeralProductions]

my LEAST favorite part of the city! LOL If you have seen it at all lately, especially after dark, you'd probably feel the same way! Homeless everywhere, garbage left by them, encampments, "high" people, etc.

[@gregdiatelevi3677]

Thank u awesome

[@explorespokane6786]

Awesome video!

[@Smallpox04]

I love it !

[@TransCanadaPhil]

groovy! A big Thumbs up!

[@FreewayBrent]

Thanks man. The next video will feature a somewhat slow, melodic pop song...you can take a guess as to what type of scenery will be featured in the next video.

[@luisMartinez-ur4ns]

a cool video makes nothing worse

[@GalenlevyPhoto]

Been through the area few times. It's funny how Spokane only has one major highway and a incomplete highway running north and south. Des Moines metro area in Iowa has more highways and has similar population.

[@FreewayBrent]

Yes...it does seem a bit strange that WSDOT isn't actively planning for another east-to-west freeway in the region. I don't know if you've driven through there lately, but I was a bit shocked at just how severe peak rush hour delays are through Spokane (I'm talking about spending 30 minutes to drive about 5-6 miles), with stop-and-go to slow-and-go traffic conditions continuing out towards Liberty Lake. A far cry from when I last went through there in 1999. Granted, WSDOT has enough ROW along most of this corridor to expand it to 10 or even 12 lanes and eliminate the delays for the next decade, but it would seem short-sighted to not begin planning for another freeway corridor at this point to reduce the burden on I-90.

[@schwenda3727]

+FreewayBrent Speaking of the incomplete freeway, when's that U.S. 395/north-south freeway supposed to hook up with I-90? Was that little bit of construction just before Downtown part of that build?

[@FreewayBrent]

Schwenda : Great news. It was just announced this month that the Washington state legislature just allocated the remaining $879 million needed to link the existing US 395 freeway to I-90. Construction will probably start in the coming months, and will include flyover ramps at I-90. We could see the new freeway extension opening up by the end of the decade.

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@FreewayBrent and you made this comment 4 years ago; traffic is MULTIPLE times worse now. people continue to move here, mostly from California, and it is driving house and rental prices sky-high. Well for spokane anyway. The city thoroughfares are CONSTANTLY crowded with lines of cars pretty much all the time with the exception of early weekday and weekend mornings, and after 10 on weeknights (sans Fridays)

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@FreewayBrent 4 years later, the freeways has gone no more than 3 or 4 miles from where it started, like close to 10 years ago.

[@trickyfoxyt8831]

Cool video dude!

[@FreewayBrent]

Thanks! I actually saved the more interesting parts of this freeway for another video, to be released at a future date. Thanks for checking in and commenting.

[@TJDawgs72]

Traffic through Spokane is getting worse and worse.

[@FreewayBrent]

So true. I was last there in 2018, and the backups heading east out of downtown were pretty intense...even out towards Liberty Lake, there was still some recurring slow-and-go traffic.

[@EphemeralProductions]

everyone's moving here. that's why . the population is burgeoning and the city's resources are getting more and more strained.

[@d4njz]

Hi brent nice video!

[@FreewayBrent]

Thanks!

[@rogercapot3000]

What's next? Seattle?

[@FreewayBrent]

Maybe. I'm considering a quick Labor Day getaway to the Pacific Northwest to record some stuff, before my 2nd trip to Australia in the middle of September!

[@stodi4594]

3:00 that guy is dangerously tailgating the RV

[@zaf__]

lmao i hope you're joking.. the RV is dragging the car along. That setup is quite common actually

[@fasthighwaydriver59732]

😂🤣🤣

[@fasthighwaydriver59732]

@@zaf__ hes tailgating him lol 😂😂😅

[@EphemeralProductions]

people do that here ALL the time. They don't give a flying rat's ass. But the other guy is correct: it is a car owned by the RV owner, towing it behind, to their destination. :)

[@IntuneGames]

Cool you did one here too Brent nice. check out our video if you haven't already

[@FreewayBrent]

I'll do that. Thanks for watching!

[@aquashock0689]

:D

[@jasonshirk8510]

You should have done that video going the other way. Much better views of the valley going into Idaho.

[@FreewayBrent]

I actually have footage going eastbound, from before US 2, all the way to Liberty Lake. Some of it is going to be featured in a later video...as well as the westbound ride from where this video ended, underneath the massive train overpasses and out towards the airport.

[@jasonshirk8510]

+FreewayBrent nice!!!