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Olympiad Geometry · Superchallenge problem

Town AA is at (0,0)(0, 0) and town BB is at (12,10)(12, 10). An east-west river has straight banks along y=2y = 2 and y=4y = 4, and a north-south river has banks along x=6x = 6 and x=7x = 7. A road from AA to BB crosses each river exactly once, on a bridge perpendicular to that river's banks; everywhere else the road may run in any direction. Find the length of the shortest possible road.