What is "detour"

Detour \De`tour"\, n. [F. d['e]tour, fr. d['e]tourner to turn aside; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tourner to turn. See Turn.] A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

1738, from French détour, from Old French destor "side road, byway; evasion, excuse," from destorner "turn aside," from des- "aside" + tourner "to turn" (see turn (v.)).

1836 (intransitive); 1905 (transitive), from detour (n.). Related: Detoured; detouring.

n. A diversion or deviation from one's original route. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To make a detour. 2 (context transitive English) To direct or send on a detour.

1. n. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) [syn: roundabout way]

2. v. travel via a detour

A detour is a temporary routing to avoid an obstruction.

Detour or The Detour may also refer to:

Detour is a 2009 Norwegian horror/ thriller film written and directed by Severin Eskeland, starring Marte Christensen and Sondre Krogtoft Larsen. When a Norwegian couple are instructed by a policemen to take a detour through the Swedish forests, a series of strange and horrifying events follow.

Detour is Michael Brodsky's first novel. It is the first person partly autobiographical account of an often bored film devotee going to Cleveland for medical school, making observations on everything in his daily life, either in a philosophical manner, or by comparing any given incident with some classic film scene, or both. Halfway through, the narration is interrupted by Steve's story, also told in first person. The novel eventually resumes with the original first person narrator, who finally decides medical school is not for him.

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Detour (, translit. Otklonenie) is a 1967 Bulgarian drama film directed by Grisha Ostrovski and Todor Stoyanov. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI.

Detour is a 1945 film noir starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage, and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. It was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's eponymous 1939 novel and released by the Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), one of the so-called " poverty row" film studios in mid-twentieth century Hollywood.

Although made on a small budget, with bare sets and straightforward camera work, Detour has gathered much praise through the years and is held in high regard. In 1992, Detour was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The film has fallen into the public domain and is freely available from online sources. There are many DVD editions.

"Detour (There's A Muddy Road Ahead)" is a Western swing ballad written by Paul Westmoreland in 1945. The original version was by Jimmy Walker with Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys, issued around the beginning of November 1945.

The title comes from the repetition of detour in the chorus:

Written in the first person, the song tells of the singer's regrets for the choices made in life.

"Headed down life's crooked road Lots of things I never knowed, And because of me not knowin', I now pine. Trouble got in the trail, Spent the next five years in jail, Should have read that detour sign." (chorus)

Spade Cooley (Columbia 36935), with Tex Williams on vocals, had a big hit with it in 1946, spending 11 weeks on the charts, reaching #2. Other artist scoring big with the song in 1946 included Wesley Tuttle, #3, Elton Britt, #5, and Foy Willing, #6.

A well-known version of the song was the popular recording by Patti Page in 1951. It was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5682, and first entered the Billboard chart on August 4, 1951, staying for 16 weeks and peaking at #5.

Notable cover versions were recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets for Warner Bros. Records (1960; not released as a single), Ella Fitzgerald with Herb Ellis, Dean Martin on his 1965 album Houston and an Instrumental version by Duane Eddy, on his(1958) album "Have 'Twangy Guitar Will Travel".

Detour is a 1939 novel by Martin M. Goldsmith. The author adapted his novel into the noted 1945 film noir of the same name.

The book, subtitled An Extraordinary Tale, was published by the Macaulay Company. Its plot is similar to the movie to which it was later adapted, except that the main character's name was changed from "Alexander Roth" to "Al Roberts," and erotic passages were removed.

The novel ends with much the same fatalistic line used in the movie: "God or Fate or some mysterious force can put the finger on you or on me for no good reason at all." In the film version of the novel, the reference to God is removed.

The film Detour has achieved considerable acclaim as a defining movie of the film noir era, despite its low budget. However, the novel, long out of print, did not have the same fate.

It was reprinted by O'Bryan House Publishers LLC on October 1, 2005; by blackmask.com (October 1, 2006).

"Detour" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It was written by executive producer Frank Spotnitz and directed by Brett Dowler. The episode aired in the United States on November 23, 1997, on the Fox network. The episode is a "Monster-of-the-Week" story, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series' wider mythology. "Detour" received a Nielsen rating of 13.2, being watched by 22.8 million viewers, and received mixed reviews from television critics.

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder and Scully, while traveling to a conference with two other FBI agents, stop at a roadblock and join a nearby investigation of attacks by an unidentified predator.

Executive producer Frank Spotnitz was inspired to write the episode after watching the 1972 American thriller film Deliverance. "Detour" took nineteen days to film, over eleven more than the norm for The X-Files. Shooting was hampered by incessant rain. The episode's villains were created through a mixture of elaborate "bark suits" and digital technology. In addition, the episode contained several cultural references.

"Detour" is the sixteenth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 226th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 26, 2013. The episode is written by Steven D. Binder and directed by Mario Van Peebles, and was seen by 20.69 million viewers.

Detour is a country music album and the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. It was released on May 6, 2016, and is the artist's first for Warner Music Group under its Sire Records label. The album was recorded in Nashville and produced by Tony Brown. In the United States, the album debuted at 29 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums.

__NOTOC__ A detour or ( British English: diversion) is a (normally temporary) route taking traffic around an area of prohibited or reduced access, such as a construction site. Detours must be followed and failure to do so may result in fines. Standard operating procedure for many roads departments is to route any detour over roads within the same jurisdiction as the road with the obstructed area.

On multi-lane highways (e.g. freeways, expressways, city streets, etc.), usually traffic shifts can be utilized in lieu of a detour as turn lanes can often be congested with detours.

Detour is a 2016 British thriller film written and directed by Christopher Smith. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Stephen Moyer, Emory Cohen, Bel Powley, John Lynch and Gbenga Akinnagbe.