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the longer way that somehow knows the city better than the map
means A roundabout route taken to avoid an obstruction or blocked road, or any deviation from the direct path you meant to take.
from Straight from French détour, 'a turning aside,' from détourner, 'to turn away' — built from the prefix dé- ('away') and tourner ('to turn'), which itself winds back to Latin tornare, 'to turn on a lathe.' So a detour is, quite literally, a place where the road turns away from where you were headed.
- origin
- From French detourner, to turn away or divert
- scenic upgrade
- Many famous routes began as forced detours
- brain effect
- Unfamiliar paths sharpen memory and attention
- road sign
- Standard detour signs are orange to signal temporary
route 66 bypasses — historic detours around towns like seligman, arizona that preserved old highway culture when i-40 was built
hoover dam bypass bridge — mike o'callaghan–pat tillman memorial bridge opened 2010 to detour around the dam's congested checkpoint