Uploaded January 2026 | 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 Montana to Port Arthur and covering the entire route. It's an awesome road!
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
TheColoradoGeographer
Upcoming videos:
1/29 US 101 Olympia to Golden Gate Bridge (requests closed)
2/5 US 101 GGB to LA (requests closed)
2/12 off
2/12 off
2/19 Italy Autostrada 1
2/26 US 160 (direction TBD) (KU plays AU and ASU that week, to my knowledge 160 is the only road that goes through both states)
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
"In the Aeroplane over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
Control City Freak Episodes mentioned in this video:
US 191: America's Most Scenic?
What's up with the Colorado 470s?
US 24 : Mountains to Motown
US 56: Goin' to Kansas City
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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 Montana to Port Arthur and covering the entire route. It's an awesome road!
Thanks to everyone who made an exit request in this episode:
TheColoradoGeographer
Upcoming videos:
1/29 US 101 Olympia to Golden Gate Bridge (requests closed)
2/5 US 101 GGB to LA (requests closed)
2/12 off
2/12 off
2/19 Italy Autostrada 1
2/26 US 160 (direction TBD) (KU plays AU and ASU that week, to my knowledge 160 is the only road that goes through both states)
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
"In the Aeroplane over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
Control City Freak Episodes mentioned in this video:
US 191: America's Most Scenic?
What's up with the Colorado 470s?
US 24 : Mountains to Motown
US 56: Goin' to Kansas City
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
