Love your vid dude! Great vid and a nice ride! I always did like tunnels- ever since I was a kid I have always loved freeway tunnels. Unfortuantely, Ohio doesn't have any! Great ride, great vid!
Jim, you did an absolutely incredible job with this video!!! The editing on this was top notch, and I LOVED what you did in the tunnel with the music! Radiohead is one of my favorite bands, and this song went perfectly with the video. Without a doubt, this is going straight to the favorites!
Another great video, Jim! Love the effect of looping and reversing the trip through the tunnel, making it seem like 5 miles long, as well as in coordination with the crescendo of the music! It's always nice to have a great song with your hometown video!
The late city councilman Norman Reeves led the opposition in West Baltimore, saving Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks; and in East Baltimore the opposition was led by then councilwoman and now US Senator Barbara Mikulski.
If you are from the area you would see why that is impossible to do, without destroying some of the great neighborhoods of Baltimore such as Fells Point and Canton. The current routing of I-95 is through what was primarily industrial zoned land during the 1970s and early 1980s after years of local neighborhood opposition to the travesties of Wilmington and Philadelphia, where the freeways buried one neighborhood after another.
Great video, as usual! But is it really the widest underwater tunnel in the world? The Elbtunnel in Hamburg in Germany also has 4 tubes with 2 lanes each making 8 lanes in total.
No, the camera is stationery on a tripod, we pop it off so we don't have to potentially answer any questions as to why we have a camera up. Not that we're doing anything wrong of course but why invite the attention? When in San Francisco last month I left the camera up at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza...three times, the northeast tends to be a little more uptight about such things.
Just like in the Harbor Tunnel video, the older maps are fascinating (and they do provide some excellent glimpses into the politics of the area, once you know the whole story.) This map appears to have I-95 routed through Dundalk, Highlandtown, Canton and Fells Point with a connection to I-83 probably somewhere south of Pratt Street and a crossing right across the Inner Harbor. Had that been the final decision, Baltimore Harbor might look something like this today: www.roadstothefuture.com/EW_Expwy_Harbor_Route.html Fortunately, it didn't happen and the Inner Harbor went on to become what it has, with the Camden Yards complex right up Conway Street. And as you show in the video, the current crossing was conceived as a bridge, not a tunnel. This page has a picture of what it would have looked like: www.roadstothefuture.com/Fort_McHenry_Tunnel.html Ralph Corbman points out that Leakin and Gwynns Falls parks were saved, but there's still a gash through parts of West Baltimore that weren't saved. But that's more of a thing for the I-70 video. Former Senator Mikulski did save Fells Point and Canton from having either 83 or 95 routed through there. Good thing for the City, too. Those are the it neighborhoods these days.
That was indeed the plan - and why I-83 ends at President Street, and I-70 at that Park and Ride west of both the Social Security Administration and Health Care Finance Administration buildings in Woodlawn - both were supposed to meet and connect to I-95 east of Caton Avenue (the ghost ramps are still there, in fact).
This is where I lost my "tunnel cherry" - first tunnel I ever drove through. (Oddly enough, I was coming back home from Newark DE; I did not take I-95 out there - instead, I took US 301 via the Chesapeake Bay dual spans - "at night" - and I normally HATE bridges.)
Nice video. Brings back memories of when I did that at close to 2 in the morning, but my internal clock was still on Pacific Time. I take it that folks at the toll booth get irked if you take their pictures, and that's why you skip over that?
About EZ-Pass: I was NOT a fan of it originally - however, two things killed my objections - HOV-3 discounting and open-road tolling - and the 495 Express Lanes were my first exposures to both.
The first time I took this tunnel, I paid cash as well (I was also driving someone else's car). I had my tunnel music pre-planned, though - "Lonely" (Janet Jackson) from the "Rhythm Nation 1814" cassette - which I took along specifically for this drive. Radio reception is crap in tunnels - which I already knew - so I pack tuneage for tunnel drives.
I love the travel plaza, which is really a TA truck stop with hotel near downtown Baltimore. Rare to have a truck stop ao clos to a downtown area. It's a nice place to take a weekend f if you're a driver.
That is pretty strange. I don't think there's anywhere in Maryland that the 95 signs use Wilmington or Philadelphia as a control city. Those don't pop up until you enter Delaware and they start showing signs for where I-95/I-495 diverge from I-295. I wonder if they were expecting DELDOT and PENNDOT to one day give up the I-95 designation in favor of signing I-295 and the Jersey Turnpike as I-95.
That is due to the fact is that I-295 splits off from I-95 south of Wilmington, DE and the NJ Turnpike, even with I-95 now completed using the PA Turnpike, is the main route to NYC.
Can anyone please tell me what are those factories are for before the tunnel going from Dundalk to north, and there are factories on the other side of the tunnel as well. It smells so bad while driving on 95 around that area. And I'm doing a project about clean environment so that's why I need to include that pollution in my project as well
I can't tell you what the first factory, but Dundalk has a large sewage treatment plant that really STINKS during the summer.(Never go to Eastpoint mall when it hot) The second is a waste incenerator.
Dangit you fast forwarded right at the toll pass EZ pass is screwing me trying to get a look at the gate system there for trucks and right as u got to it you blurred right through it.
Joe W. No, it is not a public area, it is run by the Maryland Transit Authority and in the northeast I take the camera down at tolls as to not bring the extra attention to myself as there are police/security people at the toll plaza on most occasions. Watch my SF Videos that feature the Bay Bridge, I left the camera up, it's a different environment in the Northeast as opposed to California.
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Love your vid dude! Great vid and a nice ride! I always did like tunnels- ever since I was a kid I have always loved freeway tunnels. Unfortuantely, Ohio doesn't have any! Great ride, great vid!
Jim, you did an absolutely incredible job with this video!!! The editing on this was top notch, and I LOVED what you did in the tunnel with the music! Radiohead is one of my favorite bands, and this song went perfectly with the video. Without a doubt, this is going straight to the favorites!
Another great video Jim, the Fort McHenry Tunnel will always be an interesting piece of highway landmark history to cross and experience! (GVJ)
Thank you, it's always a thrill to pass throiugh it.
My gosh,how exciting was the drive through the tunnel with this music!Thanks for share!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, that stretch of I-95 is always one of the highlights of my trip when I go that way.
I love your beautiful tunnels Baltimore.
Thanks, I'd been wanting to use that song with this tunnel for a loooooong time.
Another great video, Jim! Love the effect of looping and reversing the trip through the tunnel, making it seem like 5 miles long, as well as in coordination with the crescendo of the music! It's always nice to have a great song with your hometown video!
Your post work and accuracies are not getting enough recognition. Keep up the awesome work. Looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much, I had been wanting to use that song in that tunnel in some way for years.
When u were in the tunnel and u replayed the scene 4-5 times, i was confused. So i kept going back. u got me there. :P
The late city councilman Norman Reeves led the opposition in West Baltimore, saving Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks; and in East Baltimore the opposition was led by then councilwoman and now US Senator Barbara Mikulski.
Thanks, I was messing around and what you saw at 4:25 was a result....I looped that section five times to fit with the music.
The main purpose of the video is to feature the tunnel.
If you are from the area you would see why that is impossible to do, without destroying some of the great neighborhoods of Baltimore such as Fells Point and Canton. The current routing of I-95 is through what was primarily industrial zoned land during the 1970s and early 1980s after years of local neighborhood opposition to the travesties of Wilmington and Philadelphia, where the freeways buried one neighborhood after another.
First time I've seen this video! Love the tunes!
It is a very cool tunnel!
Thanks, the run north was as is, the run south with the transitions and effects is all southbound, I just looped it five times to fit with the music.
Great video, as usual! But is it really the widest underwater tunnel in the world? The Elbtunnel in Hamburg in Germany also has 4 tubes with 2 lanes each making 8 lanes in total.
Damn Jim, that's great music for the tunnel!! Loved it!!
haven't ravl herebefore, but thnks for posting it for the pulic.
Thanks for spending that $6 (if you used cash) for bringing this to us.
Fell in love with that city.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
awesome drive on interstate 95 north and south through the tunnel
No, the camera is stationery on a tripod, we pop it off so we don't have to potentially answer any questions as to why we have a camera up. Not that we're doing anything wrong of course but why invite the attention? When in San Francisco last month I left the camera up at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza...three times, the northeast tends to be a little more uptight about such things.
Thank you!
Great video Jim. You did the tunnel good. Was this one run or one on the way north and one back? Just curious.
Just like in the Harbor Tunnel video, the older maps are fascinating (and they do provide some excellent glimpses into the politics of the area, once you know the whole story.) This map appears to have I-95 routed through Dundalk, Highlandtown, Canton and Fells Point with a connection to I-83 probably somewhere south of Pratt Street and a crossing right across the Inner Harbor. Had that been the final decision, Baltimore Harbor might look something like this today: www.roadstothefuture.com/EW_Expwy_Harbor_Route.html
Fortunately, it didn't happen and the Inner Harbor went on to become what it has, with the Camden Yards complex right up Conway Street.
And as you show in the video, the current crossing was conceived as a bridge, not a tunnel. This page has a picture of what it would have looked like: www.roadstothefuture.com/Fort_McHenry_Tunnel.html
Ralph Corbman points out that Leakin and Gwynns Falls parks were saved, but there's still a gash through parts of West Baltimore that weren't saved. But that's more of a thing for the I-70 video. Former Senator Mikulski did save Fells Point and Canton from having either 83 or 95 routed through there. Good thing for the City, too. Those are the it neighborhoods these days.
That was indeed the plan - and why I-83 ends at President Street, and I-70 at that Park and Ride west of both the Social Security Administration and Health Care Finance Administration buildings in Woodlawn - both were supposed to meet and connect to I-95 east of Caton Avenue (the ghost ramps are still there, in fact).
Thanks, I'm aware for the tolls in the NE corridor.
This is where I lost my "tunnel cherry" - first tunnel I ever drove through. (Oddly enough, I was coming back home from Newark DE; I did not take I-95 out there - instead, I took US 301 via the Chesapeake Bay dual spans - "at night" - and I normally HATE bridges.)
Damn Jim, the ending of this video is PERFECT!!!
I may not be the biggest fan of the overdrive effects but clever use of repeats and mirrors to extend the tunnel for that guitar distortion portion.
Help, get me out of these tunnels. That was a great looking video and Radiohead helped a lot. Thanx for posting this.
Nice video. Brings back memories of when I did that at close to 2 in the morning, but my internal clock was still on Pacific Time.
I take it that folks at the toll booth get irked if you take their pictures, and that's why you skip over that?
About EZ-Pass: I was NOT a fan of it originally - however, two things killed my objections - HOV-3 discounting and open-road tolling - and the 495 Express Lanes were my first exposures to both.
Yes, it's not confusing at all if you read and follow the signs.
Yes I used cash, lol, you're welcome! I always enjoy riding around Baltimore.
The first time I took this tunnel, I paid cash as well (I was also driving someone else's car). I had my tunnel music pre-planned, though - "Lonely" (Janet Jackson) from the "Rhythm Nation 1814" cassette - which I took along specifically for this drive. Radio reception is crap in tunnels - which I already knew - so I pack tuneage for tunnel drives.
Thanks, I had fun with it.
According to the dcroads & roadstothefuture web sites it is.
I love the travel plaza, which is really a TA truck stop with hotel near downtown Baltimore. Rare to have a truck stop ao clos to a downtown area. It's a nice place to take a weekend f if you're a driver.
$3 each way, it's posted on the signs I used leading up to the tunnel.
Thank you, I'll take it :)
Thanks!
I noted it at 2:14 of the video
New York for I-95 north? I would think it would be Wilmington or at least Philadelphia.
That is pretty strange. I don't think there's anywhere in Maryland that the 95 signs use Wilmington or Philadelphia as a control city. Those don't pop up until you enter Delaware and they start showing signs for where I-95/I-495 diverge from I-295. I wonder if they were expecting DELDOT and PENNDOT to one day give up the I-95 designation in favor of signing I-295 and the Jersey Turnpike as I-95.
It could be that u take towards pilly but u could also take the New Jersey turnpike which runs near nyc
NC it will say I-95 Miami going south
No south it will say Washington after that Richmond.
That is due to the fact is that I-295 splits off from I-95 south of Wilmington, DE and the NJ Turnpike, even with I-95 now completed using the PA Turnpike, is the main route to NYC.
yes indeed!
Honestly, when putting that part of the video together I did not even notice the car.
Great video, but E-z pass would made the trip easier since I-95 north has 4 toll plazas from Baltimore to Fort Lee, Nj
I thought exit 57 was Boston Street.
Can anyone please tell me what are those factories are for before the tunnel going from Dundalk to north, and there are factories on the other side of the tunnel as well. It smells so bad while driving on 95 around that area. And I'm doing a project about clean environment so that's why I need to include that pollution in my project as well
I can't tell you what the first factory, but Dundalk has a large sewage treatment plant that really STINKS during the summer.(Never go to Eastpoint mall when it hot) The second is a waste incenerator.
That makes sense. :)
Where did the car on 4:25 go? lol
fort mchenry tunnel in I95 pass east
Not much to talk about except at 4:25: What was that? Is the tunnel actually THAT long, or are you just messing around with us? XDDD
Great video, Jim!
1.5 Miles
You are on 95 MD!
Not from the area, good stuff though, thanks.
Another FreewayJim Hit
oh and I think I-83 should end to i 95
Radiohead! Awesome!!
go jim
Thanks, not that I'm aware of.
Reylyn
Would have worked better if that pesky car didn't come up on you in the left lane. "Don't you know I'm trying to record a video effect here...?!!"
$5 [it you used cash] for toll all thec way
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Dangit you fast forwarded right at the toll pass EZ pass is screwing me trying to get a look at the gate system there for trucks and right as u got to it you blurred right through it.
We took the camera off as not to look conspicuous in the toll area.
LOL why? it's a public area your allowed to record in public.
Joe W. No, it is not a public area, it is run by the Maryland Transit Authority and in the northeast I take the camera down at tolls as to not bring the extra attention to myself as there are police/security people at the toll plaza on most occasions. Watch my SF Videos that feature the Bay Bridge, I left the camera up, it's a different environment in the Northeast as opposed to California.
I do not like that tunnel but its ok on video lol
Thank you very much!
Thank you!