New Google Maps Feature

Has anyone messed with Google Maps lateley? Looks like they've added a new feature that will be incredibly useful to cyclists.

Essentially, they've made it easier to create bike-friendly routes in the "Driving Directions" feature.

If you've ever used the driving directions function, you know that Google Maps normally selects the shortest route (and the fastest roads) between Point A and Point B. But those aren't necessarily the way I want to go. I prefer rural roads when available.

The new feature allows you to "drag and drop" the route onto those smaller roads. Google Maps then automatically redraws the route and recalculates distance.

Here's a Google video about the new feature.

And here's a route I quickly drew based on the Blackbeard Permanent. There must be a way to get the directions a little cleaner looking.

Does anybody have ideas on that?