bifurquer

to bifurcate (split in two); to change direction (without necessarily splitting)

“Quittant la vallée de Chuy, la route bifurque vers les Kirghiz Alaa-Tau et se faufile comme un serpent entre les pans d'une muraille déchiquetée.” — As it leaves the Chüy Valley, the road turns toward the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains, wriggling through like a snake between the remnants of a ruined wall.

A verb based on Latin bifurcus (“two-pronged”).