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This is pretty cool, but there are definitely routes that pop up quickly that cross closed gates and trails that are not in good repair. I'd consider these to be good "Beta" routes, if you enjoy exploring and don't mind the occasional dead-end, but not super reliable if your time is limited.

Not a complaint, if I ran these are the sort of routes I'd love to explore.

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That's very fair, thanks. In cities I wouldn't consider this to be much of an issue as an occasional dead end (e.g. road works) is easily manually avoided. But in more rural locations it can be frustrating. If you're seeing it in your area, then you could consider submitting a correction to OpenStreetMap. It's surprisingly easy to do. I update Trail Router with the latest OSM data roughly once per month.

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