Miles from 323 Foothill Ln.
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5.1			Turn onto shortcut.
6.8			Stop, then turn left on W. Reeves Bridge Rd.
10.9			Stop, then straight ahead.
11.9			Stop, then turn right on McNeill Hobbs Rd.
12.1			Stop, then turn left on 401. *The shortcut is 7 miles & takes about 9 minutes & 10 seconds. **Remaining on Hwy 401, it only takes 9 minutes and 1 second. The shortcut is a mile shorter, but takes slightly longer to drive.
17.9			Stop, if 1st light in Lillington is red.
18.4			Light at downtown Lillington.
19			Bridge over the Cape Fear River.
20			Left at light.
25			Kipling
25.8			Turn right.
28			Turn right.
28.6			Turn left
29.8			Stop then straight.
30.6			Stop then straight.
32.5			4 Way Stop, turn left.
33.6			Turn right.
34.7			Fuquay-Varina turn right at light.
38.2			Turn left, just after John Hiester Chevy just over sharp rise & dip.
42			Light at Ten Ten Road
45.6			Yates Mill
47.3			Light at Tryon Rd.
48.5			The Beltline.
49.1			State’s Farmers’ Market
51.1			Light at NCSU, turn left.
53.1			Whole Foods parking lot.

I timed the drive on the shortcut and then the regular route for that same start/end points. To my surprise the regular route, although about a mile longer actually took about 9 seconds less than the shortcut. 9:21.30 for the shortcut and 9:01.20 for the regular route. That’s nine minutes, twenty one and a half seconds.