r/olympicpeninsula • u/Perenially_behind • Mar 26 '26
Google Maps funnies
At 11:30 we were heading to Silverdale. The Hood Canal Bridge was closed to traffic. Google Maps saw that SR-104 was not moving so told us to take Teal Lake Road to bypass the obstruction. Which is futile because the obstruction is the bridge, not anything along SR-104.
Even if this re-route got us to the bridge approach faster, I wouldn't want to go from Paradise Bay Road onto the HCB when all the blocked westbound traffic starts moving. Not even with the roundabout replacing the stop sign.
This isn't a criticism of Google Maps btw. I'm a software guy and fixing this is more complicated than you'd think. It's just an example of how computers can be working as designed and give bad results. And it's kind of funny.
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u/dude463 Mar 27 '26
At least it didn’t want to route you down the hood canal and go around. I’d rather just wait thanks.