ABANDONED HIGHWAY 4 LEVEL STACK
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2019
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Built in 1969 this stack was supposed to merge Interstate I-84 and Interstate 291 but the second Highway never came through. It sat idle until the early 90s when part of it was utilized. Now 50 years later three quarters of this four level stack sits unused to this day. It is a canvas for local graffiti and taggers, but it is fantastic for Urban explorers and photographers alike. Definitely a great explore that is full of our state's local history. Good or bad..
Thank you for watching, get out there and DISCOVER YOUR WORLD you never know what beautiful history you might find right in your backyard.
This brings back memories. Worked for O&G the summer of 1970 on the lower section of I84 pouring concrete among other odd jobs, They had their concrete plant right on the job site. They had open cement dump trucks with a big mixer,fill it up then send it off to the cement spreader on rails to lay the road. The bridges were halted back then and we did some final work to the drainage tunnels in the area. Sad to see it after so many years. Thanks
Thank you for your reply on this. I find that really cool that you actually did some work on that.
It was a beautiful project and from what I understand was the state's first four stack interchange, may even be the only 4 stack interchange in Connecticut?
It would be a hell of an interchange even for today's Connecticut Highway standards.
From what I read, the new highway would have been to close in proximity to the West Hartford Reservoir.
I like anyting old or abandoned, but this place is unique because it's still got the original concrete, guardrails and everything else. Didn't get used and worn out to be repaved with asphalt like everything else. Just a cool little window into yesterday!!
As someone who lives in Connecticut, this and the partially abandoned Route 11 fascinates me. Even though they’ll never do this, and this comment will age like milk, I wish they could find a purpose to use these structures.
They used to try to rush projects through before they were fully approved. They probably still do that LOL. The route 40 connector in Hamden is another one. While it is not abandoned, it was built to connect 91 with what would have been the route 10 Expressway.
Route 10 never became a highway so now there is a couple mile long Highway going from 91 to no where really. I mean it is convenient if you need to go out that way, but it definitely does not require a highway connector.
And yes, Route 11 is another one I want to check out. Watched a few videos on it, the unfinished portion looks mostly unpaved but it has all the rock cuts and bridges. Looks really interesting.
Highway park
I drive under that twice a day. I call it the cluster F bridge. I think dot uses one of the bridges for their trucks. Cool vid.
Thanks man. I have been wanting to explore this for quite some time now, and I finally just said screw it and went up there today. On the way out a big semi dump truck drove past me. I can hear the trucks and the dump bodies banging and the distance when I was there. When looking at it on Google Earth it looks like the state uses it into dump and cut up all the trees that are cutting down on the side of the highway. There was a lot of brush and debris on the back side from that view.
But all that aside I had an excellent time, it was just so cool to finally be walking around that rather than just driving by on the other side in a car LOL
Next to Salem CT there is also a Route 11 highway that cuts off at a intersection. It was suppose to connect to i95 around New London
Yes, thank you for reminding me of that. That's also one I wanted to check out but just haven't yet.
I guess there's a couple of bridges and rock Cuts where the road was going to be? That is something I definitely want to go see soon.
Also I was wondering, do you know why they didn't end up building it?
Maybe I'll dig into it a little bit later and see what I can find out,. Thank you
Very interesting and way cool. So strange seeing the highway unused. Looks very apocalyptic. Ty for all the info on it.
Thank you for watching, yes this place is really awesome to walk around. You really don't see stuff like this too often so I had to check it out. Been wanting to do this one for a few years now
That is seriously cool find! Not too many abandoned overpasses here in the US. Certainly none here in Cali. Thanks for taking us on this exploration. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed it. This place was really cool and I have been wanting to check it out for quite some time now. We have a couple of small sections of abandoned highway and Road here in Connecticut, but nothing like that four level stack. That thing is just incredible to see in person. But it is just an example if politicians rushing things before the provisions are even improved. Either way it's still really cool to walk-on LOL
California doesn't have many abandoned interchanges because roads tend to be finished after being started. The 710 into South Pasadena was never finished, but unused pieces don't remain.
The Embacadero and Cypress Freeways have been removed but the right of way was reused and there are few remnants. However, there are many abandoned pre-Interstate Era highways, and in the deserts, roads paved 100 years ago still exist.
Didn’t expect to see you here Trav.
Lived in Hartford in the late 80's ... never knew about this. Thanks for sharing! Keep 'em coming.
Glad you enjoyed it. This was something I had driven by for a few years and never noticed. I'm usually driving I'm not really looking around too much but one time a friend of mine was driving, just happened to look off towards the woods and noticed some of the guard rails missing. Drove by it again on the way home and it looked abandoned so I checked it out on Google Maps and found a cool little closed section. After that I dug around online a little bit trying to find out its history or why it was not in use and found a lot of good info on it
i watch a lot of abandoned, but to find a local youtuber, and one who does great locations and has a great on camera personality is rare. This channel is going places and quick man, real quick!! Keep it up!!
Thank you man, that means a lot believe me it does. Also there is a lot of great local UA-camrs right here in Connecticut as well. J&M explorations, Hobie Cat, muscle the Russell, the Lost turtle, explore with Ray Nick o mac and Steph oh, any of those channels you hear me talkin about are all great local UA-camrs and are my friends as well. Check them out!!
Where is at in Hartford? Tried looking on map..no luck
yet another great location. One after another you keep bangin them out!! This channel is great man, thanks for bringing us all these abandoned spots!!
No problem brother, that's what the channel is for. I do a lot of these explores, now I can share them with all of you as well. Thank you for watching and commenting
Do you know anything about the stub of I-84 that exits north to Park Road. It suggests bigger plans.
I love this! Thanks for taking us here.
Thank you for watching. I have been wanting to do this one for quite some time so I just left work and did it LOL
Definitely worth it though, was a great explore and pretty cool to be walking around on
I rode my bicycle all over that stack in 1976. (2.5 miles from my home) Yeah, after they built it, they abandoned it for years, then decided to use part of it for route 9.
That's awesome. I go out like riding for - five nights a week and when I saw that I thought it would be absolutely amazing to ride a bike around on that, even as an adult LOL
When did they extend rt9 up to that area? For some reason as a kid I think I remember a portion of Route 9 in the Newington area that was built but not yet in use. Maybe in the early 90s I think I remember seeing it? I've asked a few people and everybody says they have no idea what I'm talking about. But for some reason I could swear that portion of Route 9 was built or partially built and not used
That was a great video, you don't see that to often. You would think they would dismantle it, a get rid of it. But that was pretty neat how you got to film it. It was very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you buddy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have been wanting to see this for a few years and I finally just did it. It definitely was an experience, I really like abandoned roads, highways and bridges. Like you said you really don't see him too often. And yes to be honest with you I'm not sure why it was never dismantled, at least for scrap. Maybe the cost of the labor outweighs the scrap money? Not really sure, but it was a cool experience LOL
cool af 1970s style bridge 👍👍
This place was awesome. I have been wanting to experience this for a few years now. I just decided to punch out from work and go the other day LOL
@@richdiscoveries i feel you !!
This abandoned highway is so amazing. Keep up the really sweet explores. This is def a place we have to check out.
this place is really wild. He does a lot, but this place is one of the best
I'm not sure how I missed this reply, I apologize my friends. I just happened to be looking through this video and reading the comments.
Thank you for the kind words, this one I really enjoyed. This place was my "Eleanor".. I have attempted this place many times over the years, and finally got in to explore. I discovered it around 2008ish but didn't get in until 2019 LOL
Thank you for the kind words, I truly mean that
I used to live not far from there when I was a kid in the early 80's . I would ride my bike up and down those abandoned roads all the time. It was a party spot for local teenagers in the area too. Really cool to see it on UA-cam.
Now that must have been cool riding a bicycle up and down those bridges as a kid. You get the whole road to yourself, and a couple of long Hill's the fly down..
And yes, I can see this being a great party spot back in the day LOL
Interesting Rich! We can hear you fine. Hey! The would be a perfect homeless encampment in LA!
My friend Mike Morrow took me here in the late 70's. It was immaculate back then! Probably maintained because the plan hadn't been totally abandoned yet. I only just learned about I-291 and the fact that part of this interchange was finally being used. That upper tier was also empty. Now I believe Rte 9 is using the former I-291 right of way from the south and the upper tier to connect to I-84. There were no missing pieces of any equipment or guard rails. Anything missing now, has to be vandalism and there was no graffiti.
That's awesome, thank you for sharing that.
When I was young in the early 90s I remember I believe it was the Newington portion of Route 9 that was built but not being used, it ended somewhere in Newington and didn't quite make it to that interchange. Like you said it was all Immaculate that beautiful white concrete our highways used to be built of. Since that one was not used until sometime in the '90s it's still got the concrete, it hasn't completely worn out yet LOL
The only reason I knew about it back then was because we would ride our dirt bikes on the unopened portion of Route 9 and we would just blast down this completely unused portion of highway. Completely irresponsible, I was really young but whatever that's what growing up is all about LOL.
I'm not sure if Route 9 was originally supposed to go to that or what the deal was, I want to read into that a little more, but I found it when heading up to case Mountain I believe it was? I used to go mountain biking there with a few friends and as we took the interchange from 9 to 84 I saw the abandoned portion right next to me. It was beautiful, I was like how have I not known about this. Talked to a few people, found out most of them got in trouble for being up there, waited a few years and then just sent it one day, I had to experience it.
Route 9 is following the path that I-291 was to be. That was to be a 3/4 loop around Hartford. The stack was built during I-84's construction anticipating the full build out of I-291. I haven't been back and don't know the configuration of 9 or whether it is up to "Interstate standards".
i dont know how you find these locations,but holy crap dude!! This is spectacular and this whole channel is one of the best on youtube!! I loined when you only had a few, but now you are on the way to the top. Thank you for all you do and share with us
Thank you so much for your kind words. I enjoy doing this, it truly is a passion. While I am nowhere near the best out there, I put everything I have into my explorations. There is a lot of bigger better channels out there and I absorb all my inspiration from them. But I I want you all to know I truly appreciate all the love and support you guys give me. Thank you
This is awesome! Abandoned highways like this are surreal, especially this one with part of it being used. I get how you feel like you're gonna get hit by a car lol, great video
This was definitely a cool location and I have been wanting to check it out for a few years now. I finally got up there and it was well worth the wait!!
Thanks for the video! That is awesome to see!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I noticed it one time years back when driving over it and was extremely curious.
I started digging arond online and found lots of info on it. Had an interesting story, wistful but interesting.
Politicians rushing projects through before they are fully approved. But i'm pretty sure that still happens today as well
I've watched a number of your videos, but I was on the fence on subscribing or not. This video just sealed the deal for me. You have yourself a new sub with the bell on!!
Thank you very much, I truly appreciate everybody that takes the time to watch and hopefully enjoy my videos. I try to keep a little variety, everything from abandonment, to trains at the station, to project cars at the shop and everything in between that I find enjoyable. I started this channel not realizing just how much fun I would have or the communities I would find. My true passion is history and I find a lot of that in abandoned buildings, houses or areas. They each have their own story to tell and I love trying to decipher that. When I am exploring and filming I feel as if you all are right there with me, I never expected any of this. And I really enjoy the live stream community when I am down at the train station or wherever it may be.
Sorry for the long reply, but thank you, I hope you enjoy watching, have a great weekend my friend.
very cool I-84
This place was definitely cool, I have been wanting check it out for a few years now. Unlike any other abandoned I have done because you really can't find abandoned roads or highways in this part of the country anymore. Was an experience that's for sure
Really cool place. What a great adventure. Found you from your comment on Carlos palooza video. New sub.
Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have been watching these other channels for a few years now and decided to start this channel in order to take people along with my explorations as well. I can only dream of being where they are one day, but I'm slowly growing and even exploring with some local big channels lately. And above all I am having a great time making and sharing these videos with everybody.
Thank you again, we are only going up from here!! 😁
you wont be disappointed!! I have been watching this channel for a while now and he does some great locations and is good on camera. He talks a lot, but thats ok. lol JK
Great video!! I want to get over there and check that out!
I didn't think much of it when I went, I just like to check out abandoned stuff like this. Just a neat piece of History.
After I went I was researching a little more online about it and ended up seeing a lot of stories of people that had been ticketed for being there, apparently it's highly patrolled.
That was great 👍
This was fun. Happened to notice it when I was driving by one day so I made it a point to get out there.
Really cool piece of History but extremely wasteful as well, it's a shame
Very interesting indeed, not too often you see a never used interchange. Great video.
Thanks, I have been wanting to check this out for a few years now. Most of it was completely abandoned from the time it was built until around the mid-90s when they connected a second highway to it and opened a couple of the ramps. But the rest just sits as it was built decades ago
Came across your video, watched and subscribed! Awesome and cool video! Really enjoyed your video! I'm afraid of heights.
Thank you
@@richdiscoveries you're welcome!
Always wanted to go up there. Thanks for the video!
I have been driving by this for years and been wanting to check it out. Ran up quickly did it and got out, but I heard multiple people saying they got caught and ticketed up there. I think I just got lucky, but I probably wouldn't chance it again.
Regardless it was really cool to see all that unused abandoned old roadway. Not sure why there was guardrail pieces missing, I would assume they were taken over the years to repair other Bridges?
Very cool find! Never know what you'll find just driving around.
Absolutely my friend, I've always got the eyes peeled when driving around, even in areas I know pretty well, you still find things hidden just out of sight at times. Thanks for watching, and be safe out there my friend
Took me awhile to find this on Google Maps, but I believe this is where highway 9 and I-84 in Hartford, CT meet, where they did not complete 9 north of I-84.
i love your videos keep up the good work take care :0)
Thank you, this place was massive and I have been wanting to do this for a while now. I finally just said screw it and went there this afternoon. It was definitely very enjoyable to experience. Thank you for watching my friend
@@richdiscoveries I always watch your channel I'm happy that I have subscribed to you...keep up the good work and be safe my friend :0) hugs
Hey Rich great video! While on the topic of abandoned highways, you should check out the abandoned part of CT Rt. 11 in Salem. Looks like it’d make for a cool video. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much, I have been wanting to explore this place for some time now.
As for Route 11, I definitely want to get out and explore that this summer. I have seen a few videos on it and it definitely looks interesting. Thank you
Awesome Rich! Can’t wait to see it!
I pass by their all the time and the one time I try to go to it their was police there... apparently they use radar guns to catch speeders while one cop waits at bottom.....short story they told me never to come back or else they take me to jail lol lucky you
Well I'm glad they just told you to leave and didn't take it any further. I have been wanting to see that for many years myself, so yesterday I took a chance and walked it. I saw one DOT truck go by me as I was walking out. I heard them on the other end of the property, I think they dump storm debris and trees back there. But I got in, explored it, and got out. LOL. One more place off my bucket list of locations to check out.
Thank you for watching and commenting my friend
@@richdiscoveries I am the same way I go in the place or location, get my footage, get out, and the end I don't need to go back to same places again and again no point especially when it could be risky or when you already got footage
Sick highway probably great for raceing
Yeah it would be, except this place is heavily patrolled. Getting in and out of there with a car and not getting caught would be very hard
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Man... that is pretty cool.
This place was awesome man, I have been wanting to see it for years. I just made a last-minute decision and ran over there the other day, glad I did. It definitely was worth it
AWESOME !!!!!!!!
Thanks buddy, this place was definitely cool. I have been wanting to explore it for a few years so I just ran up there last minute the other day. Definitely glad I did
@@richdiscoveries lol,,, I have this place on my bucket list,,, hope to get there one day,,, Thanks for sharing !!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have been wanting check this place out for a few years myself.
When I went I parked on a dead-end road in a small neighborhood right around the corner from the Wendy's. Just kind of strolled in from there
This is really cool. Not too many abandoned type bridges/overpasses so close to and interwoven with working roads and overpasses. I found it on Google earth and looks like the entire second level/bridge is abandoned, but only one each of the 3rd and 4th level with the other still working. And best way to get to the 4th level would be to walk second road back as far as to where the ramp met up and traverse the ramp up to that 4th level. Did you ever go back to do that? That would be a cool perspective to see. Also maybe do a drone of the area. For all that to have lasted 50 years, looks to be in really good shape - testament to the construction work and craftsmanship of the builders - so that guy that posted early in the comments did a great job! As did you, really enjoyed it and thanks for sharing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, that's been something I have been wanting to see for years, finally had the opportunity.
I didn't make it up to the top, the only time I was there it was when I filmed, I didn't go back only because I didn't want to push my luck.
I was going to try to go to the top level, but the DOT uses the back half of the property to cut up and get rid of storm debris, I think you could even see it piled up in the Google map pictures unless they've moved it. But as I was walking to try to get up towards the top a truck can come through so I just left.
Definitely was a shame though, I would have loved to have seen it from the top. And a drone is definitely not a bad idea at all, I could probably fly it right from the mall parking lot. That is something I would like to get for the channel this summer so hopefully I'll be able to capture it from that angle.
Thank you for watching and your comments. Sorry for the delayed reply, but still catching up on them.
This is cool!!!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have been wanting see this for a few years now. I just said Screw it and left work early yesterday LOL
How’d u find itttt??
@@CoranettaWoods I drove by it one day a few years ago and then chased it down on Google Maps. I was able to see exactly how much of it there was and how to get there. Definitely was different than any other abandon I've done so far.
cool video thanks!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I couldnt tell if you liked this place... haha jk. Drone footage would look awesome with all the levels. Glad you got in and out safely. Looking forward to the next one!
Oh yeah, I have been wanting to experience this for a few years now. I was thinking about it the last few days and I just said screw it, left work and went. This place was fun to explore, I like abandoned highways and Roads.
And I was thinking the same thing, Drone footage would look phenomenal with this set up. Even the Google Maps picture looks kind of cool LOL
Graffiti Heaven!🔥
There was endless amounts of room to paint on up here. The only problem is it's pretty heavily patrolled. Just about everybody I know who's been there is run into an issue. I spent about an hour and figured it was time for me to get the hell out, on the way out a state DOT truck came up. Not sure if they cared or not, but let's just say I didn't stick around to ask them🤷♂️. Lol
Been wanting to go there too.
Me too man, I have been wanting to do this one for a few years. I was thinking about it the other day, I just said screw it, punched out and went lol
What a place, just back because it's one of my favorites
Well thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is one I have been wanting myself for many years, and finally got it. This is one of my most satisfying explores yet
Thats pretty cool
Yeah this place was really something to walk around on. The whole area is fairly big and it's just this wide-open completely empty Highway. I've been wanting to get up here for a few years and finally made it.
As a kid I remember that being built along with a few others. There's similar along Rt 95 just south of the Ct border into NY and another one that seriously tall over near Brewster NY. Somewhere along the Merritt Parkway (Trumbull?) there was also a smaller overpass system that was not used for years and I recall noticing there was no exit 49 in one direction because the road was not finished for decades. Along Rt84 just north of Danbury was a section of highway left "half finished" for 20 years. The right of way was cleared in the 70s and some parts were paved while others were dirt. Another great area for street racing / off-roading back in the day because the area was rural enough to have a lack of police patrol. Similar sections of the "Rt 7 Connector" (Norwalk Ct) had many false starts from 1970 forward to about 1990. The road never did make it to Rt 84 in Danbury. As of this time it starts at Rt 95 and goes maybe 3 miles north, almost to the Wilton line.
I apologize that I missed this comment. Thank you for all of this information. I will look into those and see what I can find. The only other one that I know of around here is Route 11, that might be the one you were talking about half paved and half dirt? Never been there but saw videos and pictures of it, I want to go check it out before the end of the year. They got all the rock cuts and a couple of bridges just looks like a cool little forgotten piece of history. Thank you again for all of that
@@richdiscoveries ... that section of road north of Danbury Ct was the (new and improved) route 7. It's now paved and open up through Brookfield for the last 10-15 years. The northern most end of that terminates at the old rt 7 which continues to New Milford. There are no plans to continue Rt 7 extension from the Norwalk / Wilton line, even though the property was purchased in the late 60s. (would have gone up to Danbury)
The original plans for I-291 brought it past within 100 feet of the main water supply for the Hartford area.
Interesting, I didn't realize it was that close. I had read online where they said it would be too close for the water supply, but didn't realize it went right next to it like that. Thank you for that
While driving on 84, I would point those out to passengers and call it the "highways to nowhere". Some of the video, if you stop it at certain points, would make for great framed art. Great job bro.
I used to drive by there almost every weekend to go mountain biking out in Manchester, never noticed it. But then one day we took a friend's car, since he was driving I was looking around and noticed the missing guardrails. Did a Google search on it and was surprised the amount of History I was able to find on it. Definitely interesting
@@richdiscoveries Rich I'd love to hook up with you. Did you see my comment on the Farmington River power stations? Please contact me: hitchcockerich@gmail.com
Cool
Abandoned roads and highways are definitely hard to find in this part of the country. It was an experience to walk around on though that's for sure
Dead highways loved riding go karts back 20 yrs ago.
Way cool I worked for condot for alot of years but never been there, I worked another part of the state
Them ghost cars coming for you!
that would be cool. lol
It will be kind of cool, especially if I caught it on film LOL
Very cool video. I really like abandoned and disused highway information. It seems that you are spot on about Route 9 using the I-291 ROW to connect to the stack, per Wikipedia's Connecticut I-291 entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_291_(Connecticut). By looking at the satellite view of the stack, that is a really cool design; too bad it only ever found partial use.
Couple of questions: 1) Where was I-291 planned north of the stack? You can see the northern part of the interchange end at a tree line near a surface road on the satellite image. North of that, there are either reservoirs or housing developments (granted, the developments probably have popped up in the last 50 years, thus hindering future highway plans).
2) Was the southwest arc of I-291 to follow entirely what is now Route 9, or was it to turn eastward after crossing Route 175? Supposedly where the DOT building is now on Route 5 was where I-291 was to cross Route 5.
Another question related to I-291, but not to this stack: What did the I-291/I-91 interchange look like before reconstruction of I-91 and the interchange in the early '90s? The same Wikipedia entry indicates that ramps originally built at this interchange circa 1970 in anticipation of the northwest arc of I-291 were demolished/removed during the 1990s project.
Oh wow, that is really interesting. I didn't know they had demolished some ramps. I will definitely have to look into that.
As for where the 291 route was supposed to go I'm not completely sure. I know they said it was canceled because it went too close to the West Hartford Reservoir north of that.
I don't know what the interchange look like back in the '90s, but I do remember in the 80s Route 9 going through Newington but not in use. I don't know if they change the original Route 9 plans and decided to run it to the interchange on a different right away or exactly what was supposed to happen. But I remember when I was younger my uncle used to take me up on the unopened portion of Route 9 on his motorcycle, we'd rip down that thing and have a blast. Ahh, the 80s. Lol.
But you definitely have peaked my interest with these comments, I'm going to try to research it a little more when I get some time, I know there's a lot more information out there but I just got to spend little time digging and looking for it. Most of those old records are available, just need to find them. If I find anything else out I will definitely reply back again.
Thank you very much for taking the time to comment all of that information, very interesting
cottage grove road in Bloomfield was part of the proposed I-291. There is a segment of I-291 that is done that goes to Manchester. The Route 9 piece from I-84 to I-91 was finished in 1992....so essentially two segments were never finished.
It is interesting that this was built in 1969. At the time, very few of these 4 level stacks were around. I think the first one was built near downtown Los Angeles and opened in 1953. I am sure there were several in Dallas and Houston at the time, but they were not that common.
I guess I missed a few comments on this post, I apologize for that.
And I believe you're right, California head the first one. Don't know that for a fact but I'm pretty sure I've heard that as well. And some of the old movies and TV shows you can see some of the unfinished Highway at the time because they were still being constructed. . Sometimes they were even used during filming of whatever movie or show it was. That's always cool to see.
Thank you for commenting and again I apologize
@@richdiscoveries
I Think the original "Chips" TV show was filmed on the Semi Valley freeway prior to its opening to traffic. It was under construction when I lived in Ventura County in the Early 1970s.
@@swinde yes, I believe you're right. That's probably what I'm thinking of. I remember it being a'70s TV show with the brand new bright white concrete highways. But now that you mention it, I think I remember it being chips..
I was born in 78 but throughout the early 80s there was still always replays of that show on. Me and my buddy would never miss an episode during summer vacation LOL
I used to like how they was always a big pile up, and at least one car would come into it full speed and somehow get launched into the air over the accident.
Being a stuntman in the 70s and 80s must have been a spectacular job, all they did was fly vehicles on TV back then LOL
You should do the unfinished section of Route 11 in Salem. There are some Bigfoots living there.
Did you ever check out the abandoned train tunnel at steep Rock in Washington Ct
Haven't been to that one yet. Isn't that one of the Rails to Trails areas they redid?
Maybe this summer I will go check that one out. I have found that tunnels are excellent for extremely hot summer days where it's too hot to do anything else, it's always nice and cool inside of them LOL
Hello! I won't be able to do a live stream today. Look out for tomorrow!
That's fine, I hit the Bell so I should get the notification.
Thank you for checking out my video, hope you enjoyed it. I have been wanting to explore this place for years now and I finally just said to hell with it this afternoon and went.
i just learned about this and i really want to go to it and test my cars speed, would going during the night in the spring be good because it will be less populated and better cover with the trees?
I would be cautious. Obviously I can't recommend you to do it. And I can tell you that myself and two of my friends have ever been up there and had no issues that I know of. Everybody else I know got caught and dealt with legal issues.
I walked in,, didn't see any signs and did my thing, but came across a state DOT truck on the way out. I made tracks, I wasn't going to ask him if it was cool to be there.
I obviously can't recommend you trying because I'm sure it's posted at the open gate on the highway.
Also there is houses all along the side of it which you've probably seen on Google Maps if you know where it is. So it's not something you want to take multiple test hits on and also know the state is well aware of that spot, they patrol it multiple times a day. I would hate to see someone get there car taken for just enjoying life.
I've seen a lot of cars making test hits on that stretch of highway between the Berlin Turnpike and the highway portion of Route 15.
I'm not one of them because I would never do something like that, because that would be illegal and extremely dangerous. Just telling you what I see in my travels.
Again nothing I would ever recommend and in fact I would say never do something like that, just telling you to use caution while driving on that road. There may be some speeding cars from time to time
@@richdiscoveries my buddies and i are doing gonna walk in it like you did before anything else, it really depends on if i do end up going with my car but i probably won’t for a while
I am looking on Google Earth and can't find the abandoned 4 stack. Do yo have longitude and latitude? Is this in Hartford?
Edit: Never mind I found it. It seems it is connected to southbound route 9 so all four levels are used but the access to the north and from the north in closed because the pavement stops with no outlets. This is why two of the flyovers are closed.
Where do the ramps that are in use go? In a four level stack like this these ramps were normally used to provide the "left turn" access to the other freeway.
Since there is only one freeway and no second freeway to connect to, are these ramps now tied to surface roads in the area for access? It would make sense that only two of the flyovers would be needed to provide "left turns" onto this freeway.
A major highway interchange only half in use, the other half left empty and never finished.
Originally it only had 84 going over it, I'm pretty sure it was sometime in the 90s that they ended up connecting Route 9 to it and used a little more. So at least it all didn't go to waste.
Now I don't know for sure, but I think Route 9 may have been reconfigured when they started the project back up possibly Following part of the 291 right away? I'm not really sure about that but I think I read something like that
The town should open it for the public enjoyment. Charge the community $5 person to walk on the famous bridge of connecticut.
I feel they should just let us go on it, tax dollars paid for it and most likely maintain it, but I know that would never happen.
Just happy I finally got the chance to experience it, I've been wanting to see this bridge for a long time
Trying to find it on google maps to see the ariel view. Is this near Hartford, Manchester, Glastonbury, Windsor and Britain (wow, as a brit it is weird seeing these place names on the map like that!)?
Actually just found it on the route from Hartford to New Britain
Sorry for the late reply. And yes that's it. I believe it's technically West Hartford, but it's right near Manchester.
As for the names, Connecticut was one of the original 13 colonies. When the people came over and settled the land, they brought a lot of the names over with them.. we have a lot of towns and even roads around here named for European stuff
I hate when roads get abandoned. It's like, can't these municipalities even fathom that, oh, in 5, 10, 15 years traffic is going to increase anyway, and we'll wish we hadn't closed that section of road? It's just like what railroads did in the 1970's and 1980's! They ripped out all the passenger rail lines, and now here we are all these years later, and our highways are choking with traffic because there is no other alternative! I'm sorry, but our archaic transportation system needs to wake up and get with the times!!
Yes, unfortunately we have a few things like this around here. Just a case of push it through before everything else is approved. Completely wasteful and with the highways backing up we can use stuff like now, it's a shame.
As for the rail they ripped up 1 of 2 passenger Rail lines that came through the state. Did it back in the 90s and a few years ago they ended up putting that second rail back in all the way across the state. If they had just left the original one they could have just used it again LOL
I’ve been wanting to go but I don’t wanna get caught
I wouldn't recommend it. I think I just got lucky. Just about everybody I know that tried this got caught. On the way out a DOT truck carrying storm debris drove by me and then I just ran like hell LOL.
But I can promise you it's used quite a bit by the state and heavily monitored
Scrapper crackheads prolly stole those guardrail pieces
I thought about that too but then I was thinking how would get it out. But then I thought, you could probably just cut it up in small sections and who knows how long you'll get away with it before a cop drives through, I'm sure they don't Patrol it every night.
I can tell you just about every building and house I have been in all the copper pipes and wiring are stripped clean from those places.
Now I'm not a crackhead, but it just seems like less work to get a job LOL
I see that they didn't put in side-to-side score lines for traction when they poured the concrete, as I remembered they started doing later in the 70's for the Interstate Highway System.
Hi. Few more years they will have to fix it because we all know time change things.
Looks like there is vehicle access to this by taking the South 9 exit from West I-84, where the ramp to north 9 exists, but not used.
Why are 4-stacks so rare up north but so ubiquitous down south? Texas, for example, is just one ENDLESS 4/5 stack it seems?? Does it have to do with icy/wintry conditions that make all the flyovers especially treacherous for 1/3 of the year?
I don't think it's because of icy conditions, we have plenty of high bridges that freeze and they use this horrendous chemical that works really well but destroys our cars lol.
I think there is a lack of them up here because of the traffic. We don't have a whole lot of new highways, most of our inter-state system was built in the 50s through the 70s when traffic was much less. That becomes a real problem everyday during rush hour, or Interstate systems just can't handle the amount of today's traffic
*Why so many USA Have Highways and Routes and roads Abandoned like this ? Mostly Route 66. Lincoln Highway, I-40 and Etc Mores! Why USA doing this ? Why man?*
There is a lot of different reasons. This particular four level stack was most likely politicians being greedy. The stack was built when the other Highway That was supposed to come through was proposed, it wasn't even approved yet. I'm assuming somebody in office rushed it through to probably give their friends the contract so they make all their money. But then the highway That was supposed to connect to this ended up getting shut down cuz it ran too close to a reservoir. It was connected to one highway, then the second Highway finally came up in the 90s about 20 years or so after this was built. But the third Highway it was supposed to connect to it will never be built.
Older roads like Route 66 and the Lincoln Highway where all built before our interstate system. Those were the only roads to go cross-country. But they weren't built to handle the amount of traffic we have these days. Once the interstate system came through it was bigger, wider and more accepting of today's traffic. Roads like 66 got circumvented, passed and pretty much just unused as traffic went elsewhere.
That's only two examples though, like I said there's many different reasons
I live in NY I wonderer if there anything like this anywhere in New York state probably is
Not really sure but they're probably is something somewhere near you. The more I look into and research these abandoned highways the more I seem to find.
I have to go through my comments again but somebody had mentioned of either an unused Highway that never was completed or maybe just a right away that was cleared out down by the Connecticut New York border?
Can you link a picture of it from Google map I can't find it
I'm sorry I missed this comment. Not quite sure how to link a picture on youtube UA-cam comments. Want me mess with it a little bit and see what I can do.
if this was in cali it would be filled with bums camping out lol
I know a guy that was on a board to open that. Too many issues to open.
Huh, interesting. I know they opened up just a small portion of it when they continued Route 9 up to 84. But I didn't know they tried to open more of it.
But I would assume if they tried to bring it anywhere near that Reservoir like the original route, it probably would have just been shut right down again..
Thank you for that, always trying to learn more history on these places
Where abouts is this? I want to look at it on googlemaps :)
I see where 84 and 291 meet just west of Manchester CT but if looks like everything has cars on it in Google Earth. It would nice if the people posting these videos would list the coordinates for the location to make them easy to find!
I'd call it "unused."
Yeah, I think that sounds better. I think disused is more of a European term.
We will get rid of the abandoned highway and replace with a new highway later.
Hey, Rich. I love what you’re doing and your message of “get out there and explore”. You should check out David Leff’s book about CT: Hidden in Plain Sight. He shares your interest in the things that most people just drive by without boticing. I just started a similar project on UA-cam if you could take a minute to look: ua-cam.com/play/PLSIvflBv1TYOfNdK5yeOhc21MN9qlr5yw.html Mostly hikes so far, but I want to share more of the interesting historical sites I’ve found. I look forward to viewing the rest of your videos. First one I viewed was about the Farmington 84 stack. Thanks!!
Sorry I missed you reply. I will check it out and see what you got. Always looking to learn about more historic or abandoned stuff around us. Good luck and be safe
Maybe somebody stole the guardrails.
I was thinking maybe people took some for scrap, but I think it would be kind of hard drive out with that stuff.
The state probably took a couple of pieces over the years when there was accidents and they needed something quick to replace the damaged guardrails with?
Here's an idea why not incorporate that into a walking trail?
They have done that with a lot are the old Rail lines throughout the state, but not sure if there's anything close enough to this group of bridges. That would be an awesome idea for sure, definitely would be cool to walk along and old highway while watching the other portions still in use
😳 Beautiful?! 🤣
I agree it's just some old concrete going to waste, and it is an eyesore for most people I'm sure, but it's still a cool View into yesterday. Don't see a whole lot of concrete highways around here anymore. They have all been torn up or repaved over the last 20+ years. I seem to find odd Beauty in stuff from the past LOL
Thats is a unused part of the freeway, unused .
LOL yes that seems to fit much better. I watch a lot of abandoned channels from Europe and they say disused a lot. I think that's why I was thinking of it.
Thank you for watching and commenting
Defunct
It definitely is. There is another abandoned highway that never got finished going through the state as well. It's not paved but it's all carved out of the Rock in Hills, and some bridges were put in place. But I think that's about it. I want to find that this summer
I think the word your looking for is unused
Yes I believe you are correct.
What happened was, at the time I filmed this I was watching a ton of abandoned videos from the UK, and, well, after hearing them every day you start to use the same words🤔
They have such beautiful history over there, from Wars hundreds of years ago all the way up to a World War 2. I know it's not the most positive history, but it is still part of our world history and some up their Forts and areas are absolutely beautiful. A lot of it has fallen apart, but just to see stuff built by men that have been long forgotten I always find amazing.
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the video
It’s an abandoned project
They built this before the connecting Highway was approved. That Highway got denied and this has sat desolate since 1970
take a dirt bike an chase it out.id love that
I have seen people riding out there in the past, but there's also a pretty decent state D.O.T presence out there. I think they bring trees and other storm debris out there to store it and cut it up
Taxpayers Money. A lot of it.
I apologize, apparently I missed a handful of comments on this video. And you are exactly right, they dumped tons of our tax dollars into something that wasn't even approved yet. That is something these people are very good at doing. But they never have to pay any consequences when something like this doesn't work out and becomes a very expensive waste
Can someone who actually knows where this is please post the actual coordinates so I can quit wasting my time trying to locate it on Google Earth?
The people that post the videos should have it listed to begin with......
People don't list things like this on purpose! Keeps more vandalism away.
Show the graffiti brother...
I thought about that afterwards, I should have spent a little time coming that as well. I apologize for that. I've got a place I'll be visiting soon that is covered from front to back in graffiti. I will spend a lot of time in there filming the the good stuff.
Thank you for watching and commenting, any suggestions are always welcome
I can't help but think about what a waste of time, labour and money that all represents. Obviously, it was well constructed and could be returned to service with little effort. A big failure of political leadership was likely the culprit.
Steven ... what was happening in that era was a series of false starts where these roads were all on a map dating back to the 30s WPA era when they planned out the interstate system. As funds became available certain parts of the project would get underway.... but in the late 60s environmentalists quite often protested a section of road that was too close to a wet land or other sensitive parcel. (their own yard?) Remember, during the pre WWII time there was no EPA or protected wet lands. This caused many a delay and quite often the money set aside was not enough to do the job after an impact study 10 years later. Here we are 50 years later and the state still has a budget earmarked to do an extension from Rt 84 in Danbury to Rt 95 in Norwalk Ct. (2 lanes each direction) It's less than 20 miles and would take a major portion of traffic away from the small towns, but the dollars available wouldn't build a single lane that distance now days, despite the fact that the state already owns the property.
@@rupe53 Interesting, do you know if that was a project that would have widened Rt 7 or would they have built a completely different highway?
@@researchenthusiast8114 ... going from memory, this *WAS* the "super 7" project. I don't know if the original funds were ever depleted or maybe redirected for widening the original Rt 7. What I can say is the original Rt 7 only has a few sections (and very few miles) that ever made it to 2 lanes in each direction. Some areas are only 3 lanes total, mostly to aid merging and help intersection flow, in the Wilton / Ridgefield area. Going north through Brookfield they did finish 2 lanes each way for the last 10 (?) miles up toward New Milford. As a side note.... I was told there was some political agenda where towns that fought the highway project were going to have the original Rt 7 widened, like it or not. IOW, stick it up yer butt! It took decades but basically we now have a traffic nightmare in town because so many pushed against the super highway 50 years ago.
Please explore the whole path I'm still curious about
The patterns on the guardrail at 7:46 are more from the galvanic zinc coating which tends to form crystalline patterns on the surface during the hot dip process. Some of the horizontal streaks look like they're from abrasion though. Probably a state plow or service vehicle brushing up against it at some point during its life.
Interesting. Thank you for that.
I'm always trying to learn as much as possible about these places.
The state does use it store and cut up storm debris and whatnot, it's very possible plows have gone through there quite a bit
@@richdiscoveries I've been wanting to do a video here for a long time too! From RI about an hour and a half away so I really need to plan for it. Was thinking a bike ride through with the GoPro would be interesting to show what "driving" the unused ramps would look like if 291 had been there.