I-73 to I-85 to US 220 Urban Loop Greensboro, NC (Exits 3 to 77)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2010
- This video begins at Bryan Boulevard (Exit 3) in northwestern Greensboro, NC near the Piedmont Triad International Airport and concludes at Old Randleman Road in southern Guilford County. In the beginning of the video, the exit numbers are I-840's which is planned to run on the northern half of the Greensboro Urban Loop. In this video, you'll see the most confusing of stretch of road in the Eisenhower Interstate System. When the southern portion of the Urban Loop was completed, NCDOT had planned to move I-40 off of its routing through central Greensboro onto the new loop. This was to ensure that traffic heading to the Triangle, Wilmington, D.C., and New York would not have to go through the infamous "Death Valley" in Greensboro. I-40 was moved off its old routing and placed onto the Urban Loop in early 2008. The old road was renamed Business 40. However, many travelers and area residents complained to NCDOT for the confusion the new routing caused. In early 2009, NCDOT began to move I-40 back onto its original road. However, some shields, mile markers, and signs still indicate that I-40 is on the Urban Loop. Basically, the Urban Loop is one large mess (or... clusterf***) that is a pain to analyze if you don't live in the Triad. I hope you enjoy! Read on further for a brief history from Wikipedia:
In 1991, as Congress worked on reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act, the Bluefield-to-Huntington Highway Association wanted an interstate highway, which would be called Interstate 73, to run from Detroit to Charleston, South Carolina. In West Virginia, the highway would run alongside U.S. Highway 52, which was only two lanes but was still being used to transport coal from mines to barges on the Ohio River. The influential Robert Byrd, at the time West Virginia's senior senator, chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, but even Byrd said funding for such a highway would be hard to find. In North Carolina, Marc Bush of the Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce admitted the plan would benefit his area, but said it was not a priority.
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) defined High Priority Corridor 5, the "I-73/74 north--south Corridor" from Charleston, South Carolina, through Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan." This would provide for a single corridor from Charleston, splitting at Portsmouth, with I-74 turning west to its current east end in Cincinnati, and I-73 continuing north to Detroit.
In North Carolina, any new construction would require more money than the state had available, but Walter C. Sprouse Jr., executive director of the Randolph County Economic Development Corporation pointed out that most of the route of I-73 included roads already scheduled for improvements which would make them good enough for interstate designation. A connector between Interstate 77 and U.S. 52 at Mt. Airy was planned, and U.S. 52 from Mt. Airy to Winston-Salem and U.S. 311 from Winston-Salem to High Point were four-lane divided highways. A U.S. 311 bypass of High Point was planned, which would eventually connect to U.S. 220 at Randleman. I-73 would follow U.S. 220 to Rockingham. Another possibility was following Interstate 40 from Winston-Salem to Greensboro. In Winston-Salem, congestion on U.S. 52 was expected to be a problem. The route through High Point was approved in May 1993.
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I loved watching this video.
@aswchris Thanks! Atlanta built it's own beltway, I-285, in the late '60s. This encouraged businesses and residents to further relocate from the city center as they had a non congested route to travel to and from on. Two examples in my state, I-485 and I-540, have led to low density, badly planned sprawl that was once pristine farmland and countryside. I agree with you that sprawl will happen no matter what, but I think beltways encourage and further speed up the inevitable.
@FreewayTitan Thanks! I have to walk a fine line between not making the videos boring and making them *too* informative to the point where you're not even focusing on the road. This was actually shot at around 7:30pm.
@Cyrus992 As much crap as I give NC for a lot of things, it is certainly a beautiful state. I have the mountains an hour away and the beach 4 hours away from where I live. Thanks for watching!
I'm very impressed by your editing skills and excellent footage.. What is your editing software of choice?
I can remember Raleigh in early 90s before the beltline was designated I-440 could be very confusing if you weren't good at map reading, navigating as section of road would be US1, US 64,US70, US401 and can't forget NC50... it would say north south east and west.. all going same direction..basically in circles 😂😂 Used to run out to Greensboro to deliver to the 4 winn dixie stores there..it seems north Carolina went on a road building binge which for me as a route driver kept it interesting.
Excellent video, I'm always impressed at the fact you get great looking footage like that from a DSLR! I agree that will be one confusing road when finished, what are they thinking? Nice text bar too ;) Thumbs up!
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@VaFreeways Only with NCDOT... This road is a complete mess. The overhead directional signs are some of the largest I've ever seen as they have so many numbered roads that are on this new road and on the old one through town that replaced the relocated ones. It would have been easier to just sign the beltway as I-840 and upgrade the older interstates inside the city and call it a day, but that would have been too easy :P Thank you!
@quatlen Thank you! I really appreciate that! I use Apple's Final Cut Express 4 but am looking to upgrade to Final Cut Pro sometime in the next year.
Love the videos
What a mess. Re-re-locating an interstate. That's a new one. Anyway, nice job.
I dont think the beltway is a waste of money. It is good for future developments. They are building this one for a reason... it has been in the plans (and already approved) for over 20 years, so thats why we have a beltway in Greensboro. I can argue that Winston Salem does not need a beltway- US 52 should just be widened and all that.
Nice video.
I don't think not building beltways prevent sprawl though, look at Atlanta for example. Population grows no matter what.
@Freewayjim Thanks, man! You should see the videos this baby puts out when I have a Canon L-glass lens in use. ;-) The only negative with this camera is, of course, the 12-min HD recording time. That road is one big clusterf***, to say the very least.
Wow, what an empty highway. I'm guessing this was filmed on a sunday.
@dnhug Thanks!
@FreewayAndrew Actually, it's a hardware issue. I use a Canon 7D DSLR camera to film and it will ONLY do 12 mins (4GB) of HD recording time. If I was using a 32GB card, the clips would still cut out at 12 mins and I'd have to start a new one. It's a way for Canon to avoid paying European tariffs for camcorders and a limitation of the FAT32 system used. It's bearable, but it would give me much more flexibility if Canon allowed longer clips.
@haljackey hahaha I know, but I'm trying to make these videos an educational and informative source. I-73 is also a new interstate and I thought it would be helpful to throw in some info on it for viewers who may not have heard of it.
Your telling me, jesus this highway was so empty back in 2010...it's so hard to believe this is the same highway i take to work, now it's just jam packed with traffic, though relatively safe, only 1 accident reported on it, impressive considering people normally travel 30 miles over the posted speed limit -_-.
also cosmo lovely video, very nice great! little update though, the population is now 304.049, Greensboro is moving on up!
cheers!
Yes, it's confusing, alright. As I just learned this morning. Wish I had seen this video beforehand. Would have saved me some time.
2:09 Indianapolis' beltway might have that one beat.
@CosmoPhotography
Damn friday afternoon, I never would have guessed. The traffic is so light, it's almost creepy.
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i am interested in i-73. hope every thing pans out for this project.
...and since u shot this footage in the morning, the traffic's light :) try shooting it during the rush hour.
@MazdaStrider If it encouraged high density, responsible developments that will last generations, I'd be all for it. But, unfortunately, they don't. Winston has had its proposed since the '50s and I'm completely against it. I wish NCDOT had decided to give Death Valley the treatment it gave I-85 in Durham. I believe in maintaining our current infrastructure and not just building new when something gets old. Winston doesn't need a beltway, just a well done widening to 52 and parts of Business 40
I wonder what kind of an interstate 73 will be?
I envision Buffalo/Niagara Falls might be the northern terminus, with its southern terminus possibly Myrtle Beach.
US 219 here is pretty much interstate quality. Maybe 219 can be decommissioned in favor of I-73.
@CosmoPhotography I bet the 12-Minute recording time per video is because of the memory card you use. I use a 32GB Memory Card, and I can film up to 2 1/2 hours per video.
@adogg619 Friday afternoon, actually haha
Never mind I found it
@gotthkid2 I'm not in that social circle, but, yes, there are. How do I know? I have a couple friends in Charlotte who are "emo and goth".
@gotthkid2 FYI, almost all of my family is from NY/NJ and I spent many of my younger years growing up there. I only create these driving videos to show people my travels and teach them a thing or two on geography and urban areas. I'm sorry you hate this state, but there's nothing I can do about that. Only you can try and make it positive. If you just sit around bitching about this and that then you'll just continue to be miserable. I encourage you to definitely check out Charlotte and Raleigh.