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There are options within mapsonus.switchboard.com (not my favorite mapping
service by a long shot, but at least it offers options) to avoid major
highways (not just freeways).

By the way, my preferred mapping/directions service is maps.msn.com.
Zooming and map moving are done more quickly than on the others, without
re-displaying the entire web page -- try it.

When I gave mapsonus the same problem (Anaheim to Murietta <it didn't know
where Murietta was so I had to use Temecula>), it suggested a route down
Harbor Blvd but then it took I-5 for 5.5 miles to 4th St in Santa Ana.  From
there, it went L 4th St, C (continue on) Irvine Blvd, C Trabuco Rd, R
Marguerite Pkwy, L Oso Pkwy, R Antonio Pkwy (which it misspelled as Antoinio
in the directions but not on the accompanying map), L Ortega Hwy, R Grand
Ave, Bryant St, R Palomar Rd., C Washington St.

Just for kicks, I gave it the task of going from Sherman Oaks (where I live)
to Murietta.  The route was surface streets to San Dimas (along US 101,
CA-134, I-210, and CA-57 <which was still identified as I-210> and then it
took freeways to Corona (I-210/CA-57, CA-71 and CA-91), took streets through
Corona, hopped onto I-15 for 5.5 miles before getting off to take Temescal
Canyon and then streets through Lake Elsinore.

So, it's far from perfect, but at least it's a resource.  One annoyance is
that you must supply an address, not just the city/state for the start and
end points.  Another is that there is no reset button; the next time you
plan a trip, you must clear out the previous start and end points (each of
which is entered on a separate screen) and then enter the new start/end
points.  And, of course, there always seems to be a touch of freeway thrown
in -- even when a non-freeway route is available.  It seems that the
priority for saving miles often supersedes the priority for avoiding major
highways; that would explain why it took I-5 (the southeast slant of I-5
beat all the surface street alternatives by a lot); likewise for the
southeast slant of CA-71 on my route.

"Bootstrap Bill" wrote:
> btw... Do you (or anyone else) know if there is a service similar to
> maps.yahoo.com that will map out routes that don't involve freeways?