Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
US 287 is often sparse and beautiful, particularly in it's northern half. It works as a diagonal shortcut for all kinds of northwest-southeast trips. Today, we're going from Denver to Port Arthur by way of Fort Worth. It's an awesome road!
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
El jefe
Stealthy Noctowl
Colin Boyle
olympianproduct
Andrew DeVore
Interstate 13
Upcoming videos:
12/4 I-10 WB Reboot (requests closed)
12/11 I-10 WB Reboot (Houston to Santa Monica)
12/18 US 41 Southbound Supercut
12/25 I 225 Denver
All images of roads and signs come from Google Street View unless otherwise specified.
The US 287 Shield comes from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_287#/media/File:US_287.svg
Maps used in this video come from Google Maps google.com/maps
Music: Acoustic Sunrise, from the Apple iMovie sounds library
"Cold Day in The Sun" by The Foo Fighters (Taylor is from Fort Worth)
Control City Freak Episodes mentioned in this video:
US 287 Plains Shortcut Part 1
US 24 : Mountains to Motown
US 56: Goin' to Kansas City
TX 360: Middle of the Metroplex
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US 287 is often sparse and beautiful, particularly in it's northern half. It works as a diagonal shortcut for all kinds of northwest-southeast trips. Today, we're going from Denver to Port Arthur by way of Fort Worth. It's an awesome road!
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
El jefe
Stealthy Noctowl
Colin Boyle
olympianproduct
Andrew DeVore
Interstate 13
Upcoming videos:
12/4 I-10 WB Reboot (requests closed)
12/11 I-10 WB Reboot (Houston to Santa Monica)
12/18 US 41 Southbound Supercut
12/25 I 225 Denver
All images of roads and signs come from Google Street View unless otherwise specified.
The US 287 Shield comes from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_287#/media/File:US_287.svg
Maps used in this video come from Google Maps google.com/maps
Music: Acoustic Sunrise, from the Apple iMovie sounds library
"Cold Day in The Sun" by The Foo Fighters (Taylor is from Fort Worth)
Control City Freak Episodes mentioned in this video:
US 287 Plains Shortcut Part 1
US 24 : Mountains to Motown
US 56: Goin' to Kansas City
TX 360: Middle of the Metroplex
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Patreon: patreon.com/ControlCityFreak
Twitter: @contrlcityfrk
Instagram: @controlcityfreak
Website: controlcityfreak.com
Contact: controlcityfreak@gmail.com
Interstates, Interstate Highways, Control Cities, Signs, road signs, highway nerdery, geography, roads, roadgeek, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Helena, Yellowstone National Park, Laramie, Fort Collins, Denver, Limon, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Dallas, Beaumont, Port Arthur
