Take the Slauson Cutoff...

Not to far from where I live is Bluff Road. But, it's not on the bluff, it runs along the bottom of the bluff. Shouldn't it have been called 'Just-Over-The-Bluff Road' or 'If-You-Fall-Off-The Bluff-You-Will-End-Up-In-The Middle-Of-It Road?' Both 'Parallel-To-The-Bluff Road' and 'Parallel-To-The-Mississippi Road' would have made sense. Bluff Road ends at New Poag Road, which oddly enough does not go to Poag. So, the road that is not on the bluff takes you to a road that does not go to Poag. New Poag Road ends at the site where the Lewis & Clark Expedition began, except that the actual site is now lost someplace out in the middle of the Mississippi River. So, the road that is not on the bluff takes you to the road that does not go to Poag that takes you to a historic site that is not really there. That's pretty much all you need to know.