Today, I asked Google Maps for directions to Chantilly, VA. It told me:
- Head north from N Vermont St – go 0.1 mi
- Turn left at Wilson Blvd – go 2.2 mi
- Turn right at Arlington Blvd – go 0.3 mi
- Bear left onto the US-50 W ramp to Fairfax – go 3.0 mi
- Take the I-495 ramp to Richmond/Rockville (I-66) – go 0.1 mi
- Take the I-495 N ramp to Rockville (I-66) – go 1.0 mi
- Take the I-66 W exit 49C to Vienna/Front Royal – go 6.7 mi
- Take the US-50 W exit 57B to Fair Oaks/Winchester – go 0.9 mi
- Continue – go 0.2 mi
- Continue on Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy – go 7.0 mi
- Continue on US-50 W – go 1.9 mi
- Chantilly-specific directions
As far as I can tell, I didn’t ask for the longest, and most convoluted, route to get to US 50 past the Beltway possible.
Even better, if I ask for directions from the intersection of Wilson Blvd & Glebe Rd (less than two blocks from my house), it tells me to drive up Glebe, hang a left on Washington Blvd, and then get on I-66W when they intersect.
My house is less than half of a mile from the Fairfax Drive on-ramp to I-66W. The Wilson & Glebe intersection is even closer to said on-ramp. I ask you, what does Google Maps have against Fairfax Drive in Arlington?!