"The road is long from the stop."
Translation:A megállótól hosszú az út.
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I do accept it, but I am not Duolingo. :) I cannot speak for them. Such problems need to be reported (Report a problem), and we can hope they will add it as an accepted translation.
There is so much to say about emphasis and word order.
Read these for a little introduction:
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/18806754
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/20169609
You can also check Wikipedia on the Hungaria language.
In this particular sentence though, I do not sense much difference in emphasis in any variation. Probably because there is no verb, which would be a major source of emphasis. So it is more about "topic". The thing you say first will set the "topic" of the sentence (Hungarian is a "topic first" language). That's what people hear first, it grabs their attention first, and the rest of the sentence will add further information to it.
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What exactly is this sentence conveying? That the road goes for a long distance from the stop (its the road the stop is on, but continues for another 20 miles or whatever), or that the road you are talking about is a long way from the stop (the stop is on a different road, 20 miles from the road your talking about, which could be a 100 mile long hw or a 50' alley), or something else im not seeing?