I used to drive/work the dock at FedEx Freight in Cincinnati. One night I was unloading a trailer from Louisville Kentucky. On it was a shipment that was picked up in Frankfort Kentucky, going to Lexington Kentucky.
To recap, picked up in Frankfort, traveled to Louisville, then Cincinnati, then Lexington. Or, most of the way around a triangle. Shipping routes are engineered by people who’ve never driven trucks.....or owned a map.