The phrase "shorter route" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, you could use it in a sentence such as "I chose to take the shorter route to the store."
In 1977, however, RIDOT officially abandoned plans for an extension north to Bellingham, Massachusetts and I-495, instead opting for a shorter route that would extend the freeway north to Route 114 (Diamond Hill Road) in northern Woonsocket.
The shorter route connects Elephant and Castle in south-east inner London to King's Cross, just north of the centre.
Mr. Prabhakar and a half dozen friends from New Delhi took a newer, shorter route to the cave.
Backstory Migrants take this risky 600-mile trip because the shorter route via Morocco has been cut off.
Mr. Orr added that the shorter route might please his fellow pipers, because marching while piping was "quite hard work".
In 1492 Columbus set out to find a shorter route to the silks and spices of India and discovered the New World.
The tents, our luggage, and food and drink supplies were transported on a team of eight mules along a shorter route.
There's no doubt this would have a positive impact: it would be a much shorter route and would substantially reduce the price of essential goods.
The last of those ships crossing Lake Ontario from Rochester traveled a shorter route, to Cobourg, Ontario, before ending service in 1950.
A shorter route begins with a 55-foot-tall platform leading to a 50-foot gap, and the 30-foot quarterpipe.
After eating, they headed back toward the church on a shorter route, which (unknown to them) passed through a tough, white neighborhood.
