Interstate 476
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Interstate 476 is the longest 3 digit Interstate in the game and serves three metro areas. It's signed pretty well control city-wise, but this being PA, goofiness is sure to show up. It's pricey, but beautiful!
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Poor Breezewood...the people who named it probably hoped it'd be known as a pleasant wooded area, not a shorthand for freeway interchange planning gaffes.
Virtually all the exits on the Turnpike existed long before any of the Interstate highways were built which is why there aren't direct exits. It's only recently that they connected the mainline & I-95. The exits all had names. The unusual interchange in Lehigh Valley was created when the original route of 78 was abandoned. It was scheduled to go through the heart of the valley following US 22 straight across from Phillipsburg to Kuhnsville. It was re-routed south of Allentown, Bethlehem & Easton where it followed PA 309 back to US 22 with the triangular shortcut causing it to miss the Turnpike interchange with US 22.
I drive a semi for a living every time I see an interstate sign. I just imagine how you would react to it 😂😂
Keep on truckin!
I am currently in Minnesota
A few notes:
1. The free portion of 476 south of 276 is most commonly referred to as the "Blue Route" by locals. This stems from the planning stages where a map was circulated with many different possible routes for the highway in different colors, and you can tell which colored option they went with.
2. The reason the 903 exit is so "normal" is because it's very, very new, as in less than 10 years, and was built with electronic tolling only.
3. The "New York" signs for 276 are very new, they all used to say "New Jersey".
4. Being able to pay cash for tolls was a casualty of the Covid era. Unlike the NJTP, they never brought it back.
5. In the Lehigh Valley, the US-22 and PA-309 freeways were actually there before either 476 or 78. When they built 78, they had it run along part of the 309 freeway south of town and then the 22 freeway west of town, with a new segment built to connect them. (Which doesn't connect to the turnpike because of weird old rules regarding funding for interstates not connecting to toll roads)
6. The state of Wyoming was (indirectly) named after the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. Amusingly, the Wyoming Valley still has more people than the entire state of Wyoming, or at least did until very recently.
Anyway: Looking forward to Monday's Superbowl rematch! It's going to be a great game no matter whether you're a Eagles or Chiefs fan, or just a football enjoyer in general. But for me: GO BIRDS!!!!
Yeah I know it's a Covid thing, but it's annoying, especially if you're on a road trip and don't have some random obscure transponder like the one they use on E-470, especially in a rental car where you'll get charged a ton extra for toll by plate. Also, since they don't need to hire toll collectors or build and maintain weird toll interchanges, shouldn't the cost of tolls go down on electronic only roads?
@@ControlCityFreak You would think, but the Turnpike Authority is greedy!
I grew up in Delaware County in the 1970s. The portion between I-95 and I-76, as others have pointed out, is known locally as the Blue Route. It took forever to build because of various litigation and other problems. Random portions of the highway were completed but unconnected to any other road. Today it's complete and the best way to get to the Philly airport from most places in Delco and some communities on the Main Line.
Surprised you didn’t mention the Lehigh Tunnel, but still love to see the Pennsylvania videos.
PA: *signs Chester on I-476 South*
Baltimore: what I'm a joke to you?
Thanks! US6 Eastbound-Blue Colony Diner in Newtown CT, had lunch there with my grandmother and great-grandmother years ago.
Laurel Hill Cemetery in Port Jervis, the access to the Tri-States Monument is via driving through the cemetery. You could even deviate to show the monument which is underneath I-84.
Thanks, you got it!
Also avoid the Travel plaza at Allentown just south of I-78. Horrible concessions, far worse than the standard ONroute in Ontario
The use of Plymouth Meeting and Chester on the lower section of I-476 date back to the original route I-476 (the "Blue Route") which ran from I-95 in Chester to I-276 in Plymouth Meeting. When the Mid-Country interchange opened a few years later, connecting the Blue Route to the NE Extension, the entire roadway was renamed to I-476. The control cities on the original Blue Route portion were never changed, however. Fun fact, before the Blue Route opened to traffic, people were allowed to use the roadway for recreational purposes. Only time I have ever ridden a bike on an interstate!
What was the northeast extension called before that?
@@benjaminchandler7919 PA-9
It was PA-9. @@benjaminchandler7919
@@benjaminchandler7919 PA 9
@@benjaminchandler7919 PA Route 9
I’d like to request the Glendale Avenue Interchange in Niagara on the Lake / St Catharines on the QEW. Interesting fact, it’s the home to the first diverging diamond interchange in Ontario.
Thanks, you got it!
The Lehigh Tunnel is neat
I love how northbound is rectangular and southbound is rounded. That's because they were built decades apart (the current northbound being, in the past, the only tunnel and a single lane in both directions). I used to work with one of the engineers who worked on the southbound tunnel and he had a large-ish rock on his desk that was from (or near) the midpoint of the mountain cut.
The longest auxillary interstate is here as an extension of the PA Tpke linking 3 eastern metropolitan areas of the Keystone State which are the Delaware Valley (Metro Philly), the Lehigh Valley (Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton), and the Wyoming Valley (Scranton-Wilkes-Barre). Also, I forgot to mention that its design as a turnpike is similar to a four-lane autobahn, but this ain't the autobahn, it's a turnpike and interstate because you must mind your speed.
Haha!! My record from Exit 115 to the mainline Turnpike was 50 mins and that was with only one tube of the Lehigh Tunnel being open.
The Clark Summit thing was that the Northeast Extension was to go to the New York State line. The extension was only completed to it's current terminus when the interstate highway act was passed and the rest was going to be I-81. That U-turn was meant to be the exit ramp with the turnpike headed north and then following I-81.
In progress at the moment is the "Scranton Bypass". It will go from I-81 to I-476 just north of the Pittston exit with a partial exit of NB 81 to NB 476 and SB 476 to SB 81. At the north end it will make the long missing connection to I-81 with another partial interchange NB 476 to NB 81 and SB 81 to SB 476. These will be high speed ramps with electronic tolling. The reason for this project is that the traffic per day on 81 is around 60,000 per day versus 10,000 per day on 476 between Clark Summit and PIttston. So, during rush hour, 476 will be MUCH faster than 81 on that stretch. (I've seen it first hand.)
I grew up in NE PA not far from I-80. Yeah, PA will always pick a PA borough or city over a more important out of state town. Now, on I-80, it's a conundrum since there is no city over 50,000 within 10 miles of I-80 through the whole state. So, do you do what Ohio does and sign 80 East for New York City around Youngstown and conversely Ohio or Cleveland or sign the local towns like they did. Personally, I'd like something like the mainline turnpike used to use. At say the Morgantown exit, it used to say Philadelphia and east then Harrisburg and west. These were relics from before the turnpike was numbered. I would put on the signs to I-80 at the Pocono exit would be Stroudsburg and NYC to the east and Hazleton and Ohio to the west.
Also, as the NE Ext was finished in 1957 or 58 and 80 wasn't finished until the late 60s or early 70s there was only the trumpet from the turnpike to PA 940. What would become I-80 was going to be another cross-state turnpike but again the interstate highway act was passed before planning could begin. So, when I route was finally decided on, they just plopped another trumpet down there. Yes, I agree that the exit should be reworked with ramps to 940 while the main traffic goes overhead. Before EZ-Pass and AET, you had to stop at the toll booth so stopping at 940 which was once just a flashing light didn't matter as much.
Also, as a Pennsylvanian expat, GO EAGLES!
@mityace I think South Abington is a better choice for the northern terminus. It’s physically in the township, not the borough, and the population is greater (even omitting the CDP of Chinchilla).
I remember when this was PA Route 9.
11:25 Thanks for including the famous us thirty
PA turnpike interchanges are like FL turnpikes of years ago, where you don't have a direct interchange with a major Interstate. Instead, you have a toll booth, then interchange to the interstate. Now there is SunPass, E-ZPass or toll by plate, they will most likely eliminate toll plazas on FL Turnpike. Doing my research, PA has E-ZPass. I know from travelling through MD, DE, PA, NJ, and NY that they have E-ZPass. In fact, 19 states have E-Z-Pass
With this, I should be all caught up on my tradition of dedicating a post on these regional routes to the musical acts from said region. And this one is divided up quite a bit, because of how big the Philadelphia metro is.
Segment one is urbanized Philadelphia itself (city-county, plus Delaware County according to the Census Bureau for some reason):
Will Smith
Toni Basil
Pink
The Roots
Eve
Patti LaBelle
Michael Sembello
Hall and Oates
Kurt Vile
Boyz II Men
Meek Mill
Marshmello
Todd Rundgren
Billy Paul
Lil Uzi Vert
Musiq Soulchild
Jill Scott
The suburbs are defined as Chester, Montgomery and Bucks Counties, and their acts include:
Joan Jett (Montgomery/Delaware border, which again, I don’t know why, are separate metropolitan divisions)
CKY
Bloodhound Gang
Lil Dicky
Christina Perri
Ween
The other two subdivisions only have one artist each, and one of them I didn’t even gather from my usual method (Sporcle quiz by state), but just by previous knowledge. From Camden (Camden, Burlington and Gloucester Counties), I got Patti Smith, and from Wilmington (New Castle County, plus Cecil County MD and Salem County NJ for some reason), I filled in the void with George Thorogood.
As for the other valleys 476 serves, I didn’t see any acts from the Lehigh Valley, but I did get one from the Wyoming Valley: Breaking Benjamin.
Starting the episode with "No Easy Way Out" (in Pennsylvania). Nicely done, Todd!
The whole I 78 thing involves the original exits for the Northeast Extension when it was built. 78 wasn't finished as a southerly bypass of the ABE (Allentown Bethlehem Easton) "metro" area until about the late 80s, so the only ABE exit was/is at U.S. 22, which is the Lehigh Valley Thruway. I know the mainline PA Turnpike has gained newer exits in the last 30 years, but the NE Extension seems to have been left as is with the exception of maintenance repaving and a 2nd tube at the Lehigh Tunnel (really Blue Mountain, but there's already a tunnel on the mainline called that).
@Control City Freak couple of points. The Allentown exit actually did direct to connect to I-78, it was concurrent with US 22 until 1989 when the 78 bypass was completed south of the exit, the "Breezewood" exits with the other Interstates was due to the NE Extension being built with Federal Funds and per the State and Federal regs, cannot have direct connections with Interstates that were built with Federal Interstate Funds. Also it was PA 9 prior to being given I-476 designation for the NE Extension. I-476 was only supposed to connect I-276 and I-95.
I think it's just state regs. There are plenty of legacy toll roads with direct connections to Interstates in other states.
Depends on if they get a waiver or not
Kind of the reason why i99 and i70 are messed up
I'm so stupid
Kudos to you good sir for the correct pronunciation of Wilkes-Barre!
Best way to tell someone isn’t from around here is how they pronounce the Barre part (or putting too much emphasis or a pause on the Barre part).
Same for Olathe for the KC region.
I’m glad i’ve heard it pronounced or I would’ve said Bar.
I'm from the area and I pronounce it Wilkes-Bear.
3:56 9:22 Didn't realize there was a Mahoning Valley in Eastern PA! The one I'm familiar with is around Youngstown and New Castle.
You can actually see my house right after you exit the tunnel.
Which would rather have “Breezewoods All Around” or “Limons All Around”? 😂
I thought it was weird how you mentioned my first name when you showed US 209 but then my username when we got to I-81 but I'm glad that they were in the video. Quite coincidental that someone else had requested both of the same exits that I did lol
But anyway, the video was awesome and it solidified just how much I'd love to be able to drive this road sometime, seeing how I've only ever been on the mainline turnpike from Bedford to Harrisburg. Can't wait for what's coming in the future!
Yeah it looks pretty nice. Just driven Ohio to Breezewoood myself.
The one place where 70 gets a good sign! LOL
By the way, I can confirm that your hunch about why the northern end of the road is so weird and why I-476 doesn't go straight ahead in the image at 6:26 is correct. There is a mountain in between the curve there and the Fine Wine & Good Spirits. If you look at Street View at mile 127 going north, you'll see it.
@courtemanche437 If the 49ers make the playoffs, I suspect we *might* get to see I 880/CA 17 (CA 237 is the closest highway to Levi’s Stadium, but at 12 miles, it isn’t worth a whole video).
The northern end of the highway at the MacArthur Maze in Oakland overshoots quite a bit to the west, but the reason isn’t because of mountains (not that Northern California doesn’t have them!).
@@tylermarchand2996 If? The NFC is pretty meh, I’d be shocked if the 9ers don’t make it
Hey when can you do US 1
476 ends just outside Chester at 95 while anyone going to Philadelphia would take the Schuylkill Expwy.
I’m aware.
Do I-196!
Never been on 476 but always went past it on I-81 going toward or back from my grandparents.
Your right. The end of I-476 (PA turnpike NE extension) at Clark summits does have a mountain in the way. And it is kinda annoying that the turnpike doesn’t direct connect with on 81. And I hate the Hazleton signs too, specially on 80 when you’re about to get on 81 it should be Wilkes-barre or Scranton. The turnpike doesn’t really do control city’s. Oh and I-76 when it’s in Philly it’s pronounced skoo-kill expressway. Love the channel man. Do more PA (pendot does suck with signs)
The northern end of 476 is going to be changing within the next 10 years with development of the “Scranton Beltway”.
High-speed interchanges with 81 & 476 will be at the northern terminus in Clarks Summit (which will finally remove the decades old “temporary” buttonhook) and near Pittston. These are being planned to help with the crazy congestion between Pittston and Scranton on I-81, especially at rush hour. Makes for long, nearly 45-60 minute voyages home from work to drive all of 15 miles.
@Dekkarra Is there a reason why Clark’s Summit is the northern control instead of South Abington?
Interesting!
@@tylermarchand2996Most everyone local here knows Clarks Summit and the off-ramp to 6-11 North leads you right into town.
People driving this far north on the NE Extension are local, and South Abington Twp. is always just called “Clarks Summit” by people here anyway.
I am a local Philly native and the good old 476 (In the Philly area, we call it "The Blue Route")
Exit 87 was built after the turnpike went cashless, therefore no crazy ramps to accommodate toll booths.
Is that the Jim Thorpe exit?
@@Transporter_Not_Statham Yes.
Incorrect. The Hickory Run interchange wasn't built before the entire road went cashless, it was just built in itself as an "EZ PASS ONLY" exit. They removed that when the entire road went cashless, so now anyone can use it.
Fun fact- it doesn't have a "name" on the sign like the rest do because of how new it is. There *should* be a name on it though - as should every interstate exit. They're often more helpful in locating things than random control cities are.
@@patritchie1317 You’re right. I knew the timing was close.
I agree that it is odd that the exit isn’t named like the others on the rest of the turnpike.
Addendum: I think the names go back to when they had tickets so it was easy to find the toll for a particular exit.
@@hawkman917 that's part of it, the other reason is that there are multiple exits with the same number along the whole system. 56 could be the Lehigh Valley Service Station, the Beaver Valley exit (376), or the Pittsburgh exit (76). I'd rather have a name on every exit.
Breezewood is singled out because it's a stoplight on the mainline, not on an exit ramp. Also, all of the ramps are like that because PA state law dictates that PennDOT can't build direct interchanges with toll roads. If the turnpike commission wants to build a connection, they have to find it themselves. Source- I live in PA and one of my parents (the shitty one) did work on/with turnpike roads.
That might be changing soon
They might be getting a waiver approved for a proper routing for 70 there like new Staunton
@@lancehammons5918 Breezewood has lobbied against that for 70 years, I doubt it's gonna change any time soon.
You these interchanges... are actually damn good.
You forgot the Lehigh Tunnel
The Lehigh Valley exit has always been troublesome for local commuters. At the toll plaza, it splits into 10+ lanes and is nearly impossible to access 22 Westbound if you are going south on 476.
@user-ip6rw2ko3y If only there were a cloverleaf nearby where, if you were to miss your exit, two extra movements would get you back on track at the expensive cost of one minute…
May not be one my favorite roads however it has all time favorite designation
I been on most of 476
Oops didnt realize you did this
4:28 It’s useful tho, my parents always stop at the Wawa on the way to Philly from northern Pennsylvania. Hazleton is decently large but 80 goes to NYC
A couple of thoughts from someone who grew up a bit outside Philly and went to school in the Lehigh Valley...
* The reason almost all interchanges from the Turnpike to non-Turnpike interstates are "Breezewooded" is because when they were built, there was a rule that federal funds couldn't be used to build toll roads. Direct interchanges with toll roads were included in that restriction as once you took the exit, you were forced to pay a toll. So to get around that, they built all these interchanges indirectly. Some have been upgraded (I-76/I-176 in Morgantown, I-76/I-79 just north of Pittsburgh, for example), but most have not.
* I believe the reason the only famous Breezewood is, well, Breezewood, is because that's the only case where a 2DI follows "city" streets for a couple of blocks. All the other cases are just intersections between interstates.
* As for why there's no direct interchange with I-78, that's because that stretch of I-78 didn't exist when the NE extension was built. I-78 was supposed to follow what is now US 22 through the Lehigh Valley, so they built the interchange between PA 9 and US 22. But then Philipsburg, NJ decided they didn't want US 22 upgraded to a freeway, so I-78 had to be rerouted south of the Lehigh Valley, and where I-78 & I-476 now "meet" was so close to the existing interchange, they decided it wasn't worth having a second interchange so close to the first.
I think there was some opposition in Easton as well because the freeway would have cut right through the heart of the city.
Also, the only reason I-70 at Breezewood hasn't been rerouted is because the township that Breezewood is in is making a killing with all the businesses on that short stretch of I-70/US 30.
Is it though? I wouldn't mind that much if it were a local business thing, but it's always just a bunch of chains, and business in Breezewood can't be THAT good if the Taco Bell closed.
@@ControlCityFreak "Although laws have been relaxed since then, local businesses, including many traveler services like fast food restaurants, gas stations and motels, have lobbied to keep the gap and not directly connect I-70 to the Turnpike, fearing a loss of business. In order for a bypass to be considered, Breezewood's own Bedford County must propose it, which is "just not an issue that really appears on the radar for us," Donald Schwartz, the Bedford County planning director, said in 2017."
@@ControlCityFreak and this:
"Former Pennsylvania State Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer was not in favor of building a direct interchange between the two interstates."
By the way, both were taken from Wikipedia.
Regarding the Allentown exit, US 22 was originally going to be the routing of I-78 but opposition to it going through Easton/Phillipsburg, NJ essentially killed that idea. Thats why the exit connects directly to US 22 instead of I-78.
If I remember correctly I 476 from I 276 to Scranton was PA 9 until 1995...
Yo Todd! I’ll admit that I’m a February guy myself (being a Pisces), but there’s no need to completely diss two thirds of the Scorpios and one third of the Sagittariuses out there. Total meathead move; it only makes sense you’re such a Rocky fan…
Been here since Interstate 10 vid which was 2 years ago
Thanks, appreciate that!
8:00 I’m with you regarding being able to use cash on turnpikes.
I disagree with KTA making the Kansas Turnpike cashless. I think KTA is making a big mistake with that decision. We shall see how that pans out.
Yeah it's a ripoff for anyone without a transponder or anyone driving a rental car on a long trip.
I live in Scranton, and I just wanna confirm that the northbound terminus so weird because there is, as you guessed correctly, a gigantic mountain surrounding the entirely of the Clarks Summit area. Let me tell you getting off that road there is hell lmao
Since South Abington is bigger than Clark’s Summit and actually has the wonky terminus, I think it should be the final control.
Note: since you’ve said I 81 is a I 95 bypass, I 476 connects the two
Your reactions to PA's poor control city signage is priceless as always. lol Great vid. 👍
Thanks 👍
Do Us 62 and on east and west bound do Louisville east canton exit in ohio please.
I’m glad they changed the I-80 East from blakeslee… it was only there because that’s the exit for pocono raceway for nascar. Mt. Pocono and Stroudsberg are much bigger and have many more things to do.
However, I have no defense of Hazelton. Lmao
Absolutely not. East-New York City, West-Cleveland ALL THE WAY is what needs to be done.
@@thexavier456 I'd even accept I-80 East New Jersey and I-80 West Ohio
@thexavier456 New York all the way eastbound, I agree. However, I’m in favor of Youngstown westbound. Ignoring that it’s very sizable in its own right (550k metro), it’s a crossroads where I imagine just as many people are taking 76 towards Akron, Mansfield and Columbus as continuing on 80 towards Cleveland and Toledo. In other words, it is the crossroads of Ohio (at least headed westbound).
Interstate 476, Yeah!
Pennsylvania? BLEAAHH… 🤣
Another entertaining video as always.
Thanks!
Do I 205 Oregon next
Oh so NOW PADOT signs NYC. But they couldn’t do it on I-80 because reasons.
My list for this route may seem complex, but I think it makes sense with these guidelines: left to right is northbound, and the opposite direction is southbound. As a spur route, some choices may seem odd, so I’ve also included longer distance controls in (), with the one after the “local” control corresponding to its direction.
Chester-Radnor(Allentown)-(Philadelphia)South Whitehall(Scranton)-(Allentown)Taylor-South Abington
In the northeastern states, my definition of largest communities is a bit difficult to explain. Pennsylvania has cities, boroughs, one town, and countless townships, some of which can be broken down into Census Designated Places. Under one possible definition of “community”, Upper Darby Township would be the biggest suburb in the Philadelphia metro (bigger than Camden or Wilmington). However, Upper Darby can be broken down since a third of it is defined as a CDP called Drexel Hill. If I subtract Drexel Hill from Upper Darby’s population, then Wilmington is the biggest Philadelphia suburb (Cherry Hill Township is also bigger than the two aforementioned cities, but is broken down into several smaller CDPs that don’t individually register as major suburbs). So, for the controls here that fall under Township status, I’m only looking at the parts of the township that aren’t further defined by CDPs.
Also, because toll roads seem to have very spaced out exits (I live along an urban freeway stretch with 12 exits in 11 miles, for reference), the only controls I have on my list are among the ones that have actual NE Extension exits. As such, Radnor is the only Philadelphia suburb excluding the terminus near Chester (though honorable mentions go to Springfield and Haverford, since they CAN be conveniently accessed from 476) listed, and South Whitehall is the only Lehigh Valley community listed, by virtue of it being where the interchange with U.S. 22 is located. Lower Macungie, which is one of the biggest Lehigh Valley suburbs, does have an “exit”, but it’s only a service plaza, so I don’t think it’s appropriate to include it. As for the Wyoming Valley, I think the proper northern terminus should be South Abington. Even with the CDP of Chinchilla excluded, it’s still bigger than Clark’s Summit.
I know this may seem unnecessarily complicated, but it’ll make sense if you ask yourself this: is Newark really the biggest suburb of New York when the Town of Hempstead on Long Island has more than double Newark’s population? Considering Hempstead can be broken down into several CDPs or hamlets, the largest ones being 60k big (a fifth the size of Newark), I’m leaning more towards Newark being the more significant suburb.
I 476 is a pretty ride through the Poconos...
At different times the Mid county expressway or blue route (Philadelphia bypass) was an axillary to 80S ,95 and 76. I 476 ran from I 276 to I 95. And later extended on Pa 9. If you look at Google maps it looks like it's avoiding a mountain or hill. Looks like there was a ghost ramp from I 81 south to I 476 south . At one a western bypass was talked about releving I 81 in Scranton.
Been on this road many times from US-22 to I-95 in Chester PA some cases I-80 to US-22 via the Lehigh Tunnel. For the Penndot segment North bound on-ramps should be Plymouth Meeting Allentown Southbound Chester Baltimore, MD. From the Scranton area to Baltimore, MD you use the 81 to 83 toll-free route instead of I-476 95 tolls. What's your team Todd
Chiefs!
Here’s Speedboy14’s the way it should be for I-476
North bound: Allentown, Scranton
South bound: Allentown, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Too early for Baltimore, Wilmington would be the better choice.
@ Baltimore is bigger
Can you do I-485?
I could be wrong, but won’t Interstate 369 in Texas assume the title of longest 3 digit interstate once it is completed, especially if it is extended north of Interstate 30 in order to meet up with Interstate 49?
It will, but I think 476's belt is safe for the next few decades.
@@ControlCityFreak You are right in that it will take a long time to build. It seems that I-69 itself and now especially I-27 north to New Mexico and Colorado as well as south to Laredo will take precedence over I-369, I-2, and I-14.
Well, you can blame the civil engineers who designed the signs for the Turnpike Commission for the crappy signage.
Actually the turnpike commission is who you can thank for all the Allentown and Scranton signage, although the fact that they don't put normal mileage signs listing the distances to those cities sucks, so that balances out I guess.
NB:
Allentown
Scranton
Binghamton
SB:
Allentown/Philadelphia
Philadelphia (until I-276)
Philadelphia/Baltimore (until I-76)
Baltimore
I'd probably start Northbound at Philadelphia, since you're not actually in Philly at the origin of 476.
The North end of I 476 must be the oddest end of an Interstate as well..
Has a large mountain there is why it's weird and some stupid laws about toll roads and freeways not being allowed to direct connect unless a waiver was approved
Why is the video only in 720p?
Storage limitations
Can you Do more 3 digit roads ?
215 in Vegas next week!
Florida's Turnpike (SR 91/SR 821)? 👀
At the risk of repeating something that others might know or have stated, it was illegal for most of its life for a toll road to directly interchange with an Interstate Highway System highway. Explains why there are no direct connections to I-81, I-78, and until just recently, I-95.
Fair, but it's not like it was locked into the US Constitution or something, it was a random state law that could have been changed at any time.
THERE'S NO ESCAPE. SEND HELP. I CAN'T TAKE PENNDOT'S ANTICS ANYMORE
PennDOT is a special kind of…something….
And this is why I am doing a whole series on it…
Oh man, forgot to mention that.Sorry! Was recording 3 at once, lots to keep track of.
@Transporter_Not_Statham I guess this does lay at the feet of PennDOT, but it seems their main issue is in how their interchanges are engineered (a la Breezewood). This is where they stick out like a sore thumb…
@thexavier456 nice to see you here 😂🔥
No fan of Villanova either I'm still not over the 3 they made vs my tar heels
Ah.... The Great State of Pennsylvania
Good to be back
Driven it three times, twice south and once north. The last time the toll went up to $14 almost full length to one of the Wilkes Barre exits. Cash toll then. I can also help you with your Canadian freeways like telling you that the Gardiner and DVP are owned by Toronto.
@rongoesCDN I did recommend the latter to him after joining Patreon, but he says up to downtown is as far as he’s going to go. I also told him there was another freeway continuation for 30 more miles to Lake Simcoe, even though it looks like it could be skipped without missing much.
I take it you are not planning on doing the rest of U.S. 41 anytime soon. I understand as it parallels I-75 all through FL & GA.
Mid-2024 at the earliest.
when it comes to control cities .... PennDOT is gonna PennDOT 😂
Aren't even number 3 digit interstates supposed to be loops?
Even number first digit is either a loop or a bypass.
But to be a bypass it’s supposed to have both ends on the parent route I-76 which it doesn’t.
@@mbdg6810Technically, a 3 digit starting with an even number is supposed to connect an interstate to another interstate. More often than not, it ends up being a loop or bypass connecting to its parent route at both ends.
@@mbdg6810also, 476 originally connected 95 to 76 as a bypass around Philly and because it connected two interstates, the numbering was still within the rules. When it extended to 276, it was still within the rules. And now that it connects to 81 at its north end, it's still technically within the rules.
Yeah it should probably be an odd number, but it did start out as a Philly bypass and acted more like an even-numbered route.
Should be a mainline interstate. Maybe part of the I-99 Delaware wants to build. I know that the number for current 99 is written in the law but we can change that in a new law extending I-83 to State College and beyond
Yeah definitely long enough.
@benjaminchandler7919 And what about the freeway south of State College to Altoona?
@@tylermarchand2996good question. How about calling it I-570?
Alternatively, if this road can be a 3-digit interstate highway, they should turn I-12 in Louisiana into a 3-digit child route of I-10. Seeing how I-476 is 132 mi long, and I-12 is only 86 mi long, I don't see why they couldn't turn I-12 into a 3-digit interstate.
@@drivingbritt9617 regardless of what happens to 476, I-12 should either be I-410 or extended along current I-10 to Lafayette. The second option would allow I-10 to be rerouted along US 90 because it makes little sense that to part of I-49
Please do 376. I'll drop 5 for my exit.
That could potentially happen in January if the Chiefs play the Steelers, although I'll be on a tight window making those so might pick 279 instead, plus it's next to the stadium
I'd do Wilmington instead of Baltimore
I could see that going north since Wilmington represents the split between Philly Traffic and New York traffic, but going southbound Wilmington is just another midsized town wedged between giants.
The only ok Pennsylvania road
Didn't it your Jayhawks get revenge in 2022 in the Final Four en route to winning the National Championshi
They did, it's been a pretty even series actually. I was particularly upset in 2016, I loved that squad, even got to see them play in a pre-season tournament in Korea.
It’s the longest 3-digit interstate in the country! Too bad it’s in a State well known for its TERRIBLE Control Cities.
On another note, when are you going to do a highway from your hometown?
In fairness, the signage on I-476 is good, when it's actually signed by the turnpike commission LOL
Chester and Plymouth Meeting can go, however.
@@courtemanche437 I know that I-476 is well signed. I’m saying that it’s in Pennsylvania, a state that is well known for its bad Control City Signage.
Well yeah, of course. But hey, you can take solace in the fact that it has at least one resident in it that also thinks likewise!
I've done 70 for my true hometown, and have done others for other places I've lived (the 405, 83, 5 for LA and Tacoma, Korea 1, various Chicago roads). I think the Chiefs play the Bucs next year so can add in 275.
@@ControlCityFreak Well for me, I’ve done US 72/I-565 for my true hometown and US 401 for my current home. Hopefully I’ll be doing either US 1, US 17, VA 208 or VA 3 sometime down the road.
The longest 3 digit interstate in the system..
My interstate hero! I was trying to send $500 but I couldn’t get my password to load 😢 not for a request, just to give to u
It should be I-595
Uh no, it's part of the Pennsylvania turnpike network, which the turnpike is i76......it also gets you to upper Pennsylvania and i84 which takes you into New England....
Or I-995!
Could be I 395 or I 795 too..
@@RoadRunnergarage8570 You are right, but there are multiple 395s and 795s. I believe that I-97 should have been I-995 because it is way too short to be a two digit interstate. I-85 in Georgia only had I-185 and I-285 as auxiliary routes in the state but got the spur to Gainesville GA numbered as I-985 despite 385, 585, and 785 being available. Oh well, anyway, the next odd numbered spur for I-95 in Florida, North Carolina, or the Maryland/Washington/Northern Virginia area has to be I-995.
True, the only I-595 rn is in Broward County, FL
I disagree with Baltimore for Southbound I would sign it for the Airport.
That could work, but they could do that by just adding the little airplane logo to the sign. Also, I'm more in favor of that kind of thing when the airport is out in the middle of nowhere like Denver or KC, in Philly it's not too far from town.
Reason why Pittston is signed is due to the amount of dc's and warehouses off that exits
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It would be nice if your videos shame Pennsylvania into changing their control city signs. This is just another reminder how bad it is there
And this is the best signed one!
@ControlCityFreak I thought 83 (Baltimore-York-Harrisburg) and 90 (Cleveland-Erie-Buffalo) we’re the best? Even 86 (
Erie-Jamestown) can be forgiven…
No mention of the Lehigh Tunnel. One tube is circle the other is square. Google map has a dorito truck at the north portal heading southbound.
great video, and lets go CHIEFS
Gonna be a lot different than the SB. I feel like if the Chiefs win this time, it's going to be more like 17-14