PROJECT TRAIL: Metropolitan Branch Trail:
District of Columbia, Maryland

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Project Description:
Following the route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Metropolitan Branch rail line, the Met Branch Trail is a busy urban rail-with-trail that shares a corridor with Metro's Red Line, MARC commuter service, CSX freight trains and Amtrak. Currently, the trail is a mix of on-road and off-road facilities. Beginning at Union Station with a wide sidepath along 2nd Street, NE, the trail becomes an off-road pathway for 1.5 miles between Franklin Street and L Street, NE. By providing grade-separated crossings of Rhode Island, New York and Florida avenues, this section of the trail provides a link between many of Northeast D.C.s neighborhoods, including Brookland, Eckington, Edgewood and NoMa. Continuing north, the trail is routed along a sidepath on John McCormack Road near Catholic University and follows a signed on-street bike route to Takoma Park, where a small section of off-road trail crosses the border between the District and Maryland.

For more information, visit the trail's website at www.metbranchtrail.com.
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Trail Facts
States: District of Columbia, Maryland
Trail End Points: Union Station, DC to Silver Spring, MD
Counties: Montgomery, Washington
Trail Length: 8 miles