Great coverage of the double wrong-way concurrency! I am glad they have six lanes with the two interstates. You are usually good about landmarks, so I'd love it if, at exit 70, at 1:34, you mention the northern end of US 21. Some of us still wish it would continue its travel up to Cleveland, Ohio, where it used to end. Also, at 5:55, should not the I-81/US 11 sign read Roanoke, not Charlotte?
I either missed the fact that that was the terminus of US-21, or didn't have enough time to get that info in. I edited this video 3 or 4 weeks ago. And yes, at 5:55, I must've copied and pasted the sign and forgot to change the lettering. I remember now, proofing it and thinking it was odd that both ways pointed to Charlotte. I don't know how I missed the fact that the real sign says Roanoke.
@@504RoadTrips It also should have been noted that US 21 once extended much further north all the way to Cleveland, OH, and has seen a bit of a decline since it was superseded by I-77.
Let's hear it for Wythe County, VA... birthplace of Stephen F Austin...The Father of Texas. When two interstates merge which one is chosen for the continued exit numbers within the merge and why?
I’ve seen a lot of discussion on which interstate’s mileage is used during concurrencies and I’ve never seen a consensus. There doesn’t seem to be any hard and fast rule about that.
@504RoadTrips: Just to let you know, there are three different terms for concurrencies cause I noticed you you used the term “multiplex” upon I-77 joining I-81/US-52, yet prior to US-11 joining, even though between those two interchanges, it was just three concurrent routes. 1) Duplex - Two concurrent routes. 2) Triplex - Three concurrent routes. 3) Multiplex - Four or more concurrent routes.
Michael John Rivera Bustamante JUNIOR yes, “triplex” is what I feel to be an awkward term that I just can’t bring myself to say aloud. So for our purposes, anything with 3 or more is going to be called a multiplex.
@@504RoadTrips There was another triplex (three US routes) near here - in Leesburg, VA - US 15/29/211. US 211 became VA 211, hence the second-longest duplex was killed (US 29/211 were duplexed from Key Bridge to here - separating only when US (now VA) 211 trod its own path to Luray (and eventually Front Royal, VA and US 11). In addition to the strangeness of the 81/77 duplex, there are two other duplexes of Interstates - one of these ALSO involves Interstate 81; this duplex is with Interstate 64. There is the more famous duplex of Interstates 77 and 64; however, this duplex is in West Virginia - not Virginia.
@504RoadTrips: US 52 isn’t the only U.S Highway with this situation. US 41 between it’s southern terminus in Miami, FL and Naples, FL runs and is bannered EAST-WEST in contrast to the standard convention odd-numbered highways being bannered NORTH-SOUTH. Similarly, US 98 (which is not too far from where I live in Polk County, FL) throughout MOST of the Florida Peninsula (specifically the section between Perry, FL and Okeechobee, FL) runs and is bannered NORTH-SOUTH in contrast to the standard convention even-numbered highways being bannered EAST-WEST.
Great coverage of the double wrong-way concurrency! I am glad they have six lanes with the two interstates. You are usually good about landmarks, so I'd love it if, at exit 70, at 1:34, you mention the northern end of US 21. Some of us still wish it would continue its travel up to Cleveland, Ohio, where it used to end. Also, at 5:55, should not the I-81/US 11 sign read Roanoke, not Charlotte?
I either missed the fact that that was the terminus of US-21, or didn't have enough time to get that info in. I edited this video 3 or 4 weeks ago. And yes, at 5:55, I must've copied and pasted the sign and forgot to change the lettering. I remember now, proofing it and thinking it was odd that both ways pointed to Charlotte. I don't know how I missed the fact that the real sign says Roanoke.
@@504RoadTrips It also should have been noted that US 21 once extended much further north all the way to Cleveland, OH, and has seen a bit of a decline since it was superseded by I-77.
Let's hear it for Wythe County, VA... birthplace of Stephen F Austin...The Father of Texas.
When two interstates merge which one is chosen for the continued exit numbers within the merge and why?
I’ve seen a lot of discussion on which interstate’s mileage is used during concurrencies and I’ve never seen a consensus. There doesn’t seem to be any hard and fast rule about that.
One of my favorite areas of the country to road trip is the VA/NC/TN area that you are featuring. Thanks for the ride...
Not surprising to see US 11 "hang around", US 11 will, in fact, hang around for three more states (MD, PA and New York).
Isn't it really nice to be confused for no reason
@504RoadTrips: Just to let you know, there are three different terms for concurrencies cause I noticed you you used the term “multiplex” upon I-77 joining I-81/US-52, yet prior to US-11 joining, even though between those two interchanges, it was just three concurrent routes.
1) Duplex - Two concurrent routes.
2) Triplex - Three concurrent routes.
3) Multiplex - Four or more concurrent routes.
Michael John Rivera Bustamante JUNIOR yes, “triplex” is what I feel to be an awkward term that I just can’t bring myself to say aloud. So for our purposes, anything with 3 or more is going to be called a multiplex.
@@504RoadTrips There was another triplex (three US routes) near here - in Leesburg, VA - US 15/29/211. US 211 became VA 211, hence the second-longest duplex was killed (US 29/211 were duplexed from Key Bridge to here - separating only when US (now VA) 211 trod its own path to Luray (and eventually Front Royal, VA and US 11). In addition to the strangeness of the 81/77 duplex, there are two other duplexes of Interstates - one of these ALSO involves Interstate 81; this duplex is with Interstate 64. There is the more famous duplex of Interstates 77 and 64; however, this duplex is in West Virginia - not Virginia.
It’s US 52 East
Because it’s 2 4 6 8 for East/West US Highways
You’d think so, wouldn’t you? 52 is signed North-South in some places and East-West in others.
@504RoadTrips: US 52 isn’t the only U.S Highway with this situation. US 41 between it’s southern terminus in Miami, FL and Naples, FL runs and is bannered EAST-WEST in contrast to the standard convention odd-numbered highways being bannered NORTH-SOUTH. Similarly, US 98 (which is not too far from where I live in Polk County, FL) throughout MOST of the Florida Peninsula (specifically the section between Perry, FL and Okeechobee, FL) runs and is bannered NORTH-SOUTH in contrast to the standard convention even-numbered highways being bannered EAST-WEST.