ASP MVC default route is not applying for root site url - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I'm having trouble getting ASP.net MVC to serve up the default controllers index view for the root site url http://mysite:8080/. All I get back is a 404 with The resource cannot be found. It works fine if I specify the full route path in the url : http://mysite:8080/Default/Index, however, I want the default route to apply even if the user doesn't specify the route path though. It seems that this should just work out of the gate. This is a fresh project from the VS2013 MVC 4 template.
I've tried both route mappings below and neither seems to work. How can this be achieved?
routes.MapRoute(
"Root",
"",
new { controller = "DefaultController", action = "Index" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "DefaultController", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Answer 1

Here is a solution to this problem. It's disappointing that the default route's defaults do not apply for the root site url though.
routes.Add(new Route("", new SiteRootRouteHandler("~/Default/Index")));
public class SiteRootRouteHandler : IRouteHandler
{
private readonly string _redirectUrl;
public SiteRootRouteHandler(string redirectUrl)
{
_redirectUrl = redirectUrl;
}
public IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext)
{
return new SiteRootHandler(_redirectUrl);
}
}
public class SiteRootHandler: IHttpHandler
{
private readonly string _redirectUrl;
public SiteRootHandler(string redirectUrl)
{
_redirectUrl = redirectUrl;
}
public bool IsReusable
{
get { return true; }
}
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
context.Response.RedirectPermanent(_redirectUrl);
}
}