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The shortcut that adds twenty minutes and zero regrets.
means A minor, often unpaved or lightly traveled road that runs away from main highways, usually through rural country.
from A plain English compound of "back" (in the sense of "away from the front, out of the way") and "road," the same "back" that gives us backwoods, backwater, and backcountry — all marking places set apart from the main thoroughfare. "Road" itself traces to Old English rad, "a riding," once meaning the act of journeying on horseback before it settled into the path you ride along.
- GPS hates it
- Rerouting algorithms avoid them, locals swear by them
- Speed limit
- Whatever your nerve and the gravel allow
- Wildlife crossing
- Deer outnumber stoplights here, by a lot
- Phone signal
- One bar, pure freedom, occasional terror
route 61 — legendary pennsylvania highway immortalized in bob dylan's 'highway 61 revisited' (1965)
transfagarasan highway — remote mountain road through romania's carpathians, featured in top gear season 13 (2009)
ca route 299 — scenic northern california backroad through trinity county known for isolated beauty and curves