[tcar]

I looked at mapquest to check out a route from near San Jose, CA to Denver, CO.

MQ takes you way South to, I think about Barstow then all the way back North again through Vegas and over to I70 - about 1300 miles.

It looks like I could shave 300-500 miles off by doing another more direct route, although it would be on lesser roads. Speed would be slower, but distance a lot less, and I think time would be less.

Is there any way to direct MQ or some other service to use a route that I assign?

Anyone know?

Thanks.