Hey guys, some of you have asked me to post the aerial footage of all my travel videos,
so here is the abandoned highway of the ghost town Centralia. This road is now called graffiti
highway or the Silent Hill Road. As you can see, the entire highway which stretches about
a mile long is covered with graffiti.
This is a very cool sight to view from the air, because the
highway looks like a giant piece of art. You can imagine how a mile long
road surface serves as a great canvas for local artists. Most of them are about sex,
some of them are about aliens and ghosts. These are all understandable because you may
see young lovers hiding in the bushes and Centralia has seen a lot of weird activity,
including UFOs and even alien abduction.
The city of Centralia is a very unique place
to visit with a population of just 10 people. Why? Because a mine fire destroyed the town
in 1962. This abandoned highway was once a very busy route 61.
And now, you can see that
it has bushes and even trees growing all over the median strip and there are large cracks
and sinkholes on the road, making it very, very hard to drive. But some people do take
their vehicles and drive on this road, just for fun. This place has become a popular tourist
destination. You'll see many people walking it on any given day.
Now, my quadcopter is doing about 1000 feet above the ground and you can see the other
highway that was built in 1994 and cars are going by. This graffiti highway was closed
in 1994 when authorities finally gave up on fixing it.
Under this highway and in the surrounding areas, a massive fire is still burning. It
started in 1962, about 50 years ago and experts estimate that it will last for another 250 years
Here is the massive crack on the highway that made authorities construct an alternate highway.
Before this, there were smaller cave-ins and authorities kept fixing it and people were
still using the road.
But this one is not only big, but also very deep so it became
impossible to repair. If you are lucky, you may see smoke coming out of this crack.
People have seen smoke, even flames coming out of the ground from time to time.
Sinkholes have appeared suddenly and almost swallowed a couple of people.
The other popular name for this highway is Silent Hill Road or Silent Hill highway. The movie
Silent Hill released in 2006 is loosely based on Centralia and this highway has been referred
to by these names since 2006.
I hope you enjoyed the aerial view of Graffiti
highway. Please subscribe for more videos like this, I am Praveen Mohan and talk to
you soon.