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Metropolitan Branch Trail

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Branch of the B&O, a single-track spur feeding into the Metropolitan Branch from the north, for transportation use including an extension of the Capital Crescent Trail. The remaining disused portions of the Metropolitan Branch spanned the distance parallel to the Red Line between the Georgetown Branch and Union Station, including sizable gaps north of Franklin Street, where the railroad had been widened by WMATA; the only available right-of-way for a trail in these areas was on adjacent parkland, or streets parallel to the railroad tracks.
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Transit Center, and a 0.05-mile section of the trail alongside the Progress Place development that was completed in late 2016, but will not be opened to the public until the county finishes its trail construction work. The first piece built by Montgomery County not as part of some other project was a two-block section along Fenton and King Streets that was completed in June 2018.
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the proposed trail was sometimes called the "Dome to Dome Trail" because it would connect the Capitol Dome and the Catholic University dome. The Metropolitan Branch Trail entered the DC Comprehensive Plan in the early 1990s and as early as 1993, the NPS was planning to build the 0.75 mile section from the Fort Totten Metro Station to South Dakota Ave; in 1997, the
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This was connected to the existing trail in November 2014 by a 572-foot protected bike lane on M Street, and then extended 812 feet south along 1st Street from G Street NE to the stub at Columbus Circle NE on August 12, 2015. The Rhode Island Avenue Pedestrian Bridge over the rail line, which connects the trail on the west side to the
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under a joint-use agreement, made plans to redevelop many of the properties along the right-of-way. The sidings land was left vacant as a staging ground for temporary construction uses. During this period, the wide, grassy strip became a popular short-cut for pedestrians and cyclists trying to access
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opened in November 2004, it included about 2,000 feet (610 m) of trail on a raised structure, but that section would remain inaccessible until 2010. Stairs from the New York Avenue Metro Station section to L Street NE, a trail under the tracks along L Street NE and a one-block portion along 2nd
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Amid this planning, work was underway in the District. After a groundbreaking ceremony on May 29, 1998, the District Department of Transportation built a nearly one-mile segment along John McCormack Road near Catholic University as part of routine road maintenance. It was built with $ 1.9 million of
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In early 2015, the 100 Florida Avenue building opened with a connection between the trail and Florida and New York Avenues. The connection to the trail and to Florida Avenue was closed in 2019 to allow the construction of 200 Florida Avenue. That opened, with a new temporary ramp, in December 2021.
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Initially, WMATA engineered the Red Line to accommodate existing railroad uses in the corridor, bisecting the existing rail line and preserving many of the Metropolitan Branch sidings. In 1988, a decade after WMATA purchased and widened the active tracks, Montgomery County purchased the Georgetown
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to Jessup Blair Park in Silver Spring that opened on July 28, 2004. The half-mile of trail had included a short section topped with water-permeable stone dust to protect nearby tree roots, but after further evaluation indicated the trees would be unaffected, this section was paved in January 2006.
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On December 7, 2019, the section between Q and R Streets NE, closed since August 2019, reopened as part of construction of Alethia Tanner Park. The trail in that block had always hugged the outside of the parcel, but the new design allowed it to cut across the parcel, removing two sharp turns. On
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in 1989, Hare organized 11 cyclists to conduct an exploratory walk/ride. Soon after, motivated by CSX's plans to develop the Eckington Rail Yard needed for the trail, the Coalition for the Metropolitan Branch Trail was formed to explore and promote the potential for a multi-use trail. Before that,
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On July 9, 2013, a 500-foot section between Monroe Street and the CUA Metro station opened as part of the Monroe Street Market development. On May 30, 2014, a roughly 2,000-foot section of the trail opened as a curb-protected, two-way bike lane along 1st Street NE from G Street NE to M Street NE.
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On October 31, 2017, DDOT issued a Notice to Proceed for the design-build construction of the next phase of the Metropolitan Branch Trail: the "Fort Totten section" from John McCormack Drive in Brookland to the Fort Totten Metro Station. That work was to be completed in 2020, but was delayed by
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Sections built as part of larger projects include a 100-foot section of a trail south of Ripley Street that was part of Solaire's 1150 Ripley building in 2012, a section from Colesville Road to Ripley Street in Silver Spring that opened in January and February 2013 as part of the Silver Spring
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contractor problems and the COVID-19 pandemic. The first completed section was an 800-foot replacement of the connector between Gallatin St NE and 1st Place NE; it re-opened on June 17, 2020. The section from the connector to the existing trail on John McCormack opened on April 23, 2022.
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Cost-cutting efforts led planners to alter the planned Metropolitan Branch Trail route, running substantial portions of the proposed trail on streets to reduce the amount of land needed to be acquired. Still, a continuous off-street trail is planned between Franklin Street and the
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to celebrate its designation as a Millennium Legacy Trail. It was attended by Slater; eight members of Congress; and representatives of NHTSA, FHWA, and the DC government. Another short, on-road trail section was built along First Street NE from Union Station in 2000. When the
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In 2022, another small section was completed from the stub behind Solaire's 1150 Ripley building, behind Solaire's 8200 Dixon building to the Progress Place section. This included a new connection to Dixon Avenue, but was not opened to the Progress Place section next door.
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But that ramp wouldn't even last a year, as in August 2021 it was closed to allow for construction of 202 Florida Avenue. The building, which includes a "bike lobby" with a staircase down to Florida Avenue and a connection to New York Avenue opened in 2024.
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The connector trail between the Metropolitan Branch Trail and the Anacostia Tributary Trail System is envisioned as following the linear park under which Metro's Green Line was built and a route that had already been proposed as part of the
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In 2024, work began on Phase 2B of the project in Silver Spring, which would close the remaining gaps between Dixon Avenue and Georgia Avenue (around the train station primarily) and then build a new trail bridge over Georgia Avenue.
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In 2001, the Montgomery County Planning Board approved a CCT/MetBranch Trail Facility Plan, but formal planning for the trail was completed only in 2017. Nonetheless, some work was completed as part of other projects. In 2003,
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From April to June 2021, DC built a 450-foot section of the trail along Eastern Avenue from the Maryland boundary, where it connected to an existing section built by Montgomery County, to Piney Branch Road.
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built a half-mile of mostly-paved trail from the District line along Fenton Street to its Takoma campus expansion. The campus expansion also included a bridge from the Takoma Park section over the
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A substantial segment of the original Metropolitan Branch right-of-way south of Franklin Street NE (in some places, 200 feet wide) was marked as an extension of Delaware Avenue under the
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Meanwhile, the first piece of the Maryland section of the Prince George's County Connector Trail, from Eastern Avenue in DC to Russell Avenue in Maryland, was built in 2009 and 2010.
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Construction on the core of the trail, a 1.5-mile segment from New York Avenue to Franklin Street, began in June 2009; its opening in May 2010 made the whole DC section usable.
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station at New York and Florida Avenues, trail advocates and city staff negotiated for WMATA to build a portion of the trail as a part of the project. Around the same time, the
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March 18, 2020, NoMa Parks Foundation completed a Henry Thomas Way Drive connector as part of the same project. The park itself opened on June 25.
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property. In April 2001, WABA published a study describing the necessary acquisitions for the trail. In 2002, when the city and the
1627: 1586: 1363: 1133:"Metropolitan Branch Trail Eastern Ave project update: new curb extensions, bioretention, streetlights, ramps and flexipave are in" 2165: 1955: 1652: 1276: 1246: 761: 369: 105: 101: 60: 903: 1907: 1818: 1333:"Ripley Street Portion of Metropolitan Branch Trail Opened in Silver Spring; Will Enhance Accessibility Around Transit Center" 2185: 521: 1965: 1201: 1175: 228:(M-NCPPC) completed a Feasibility Study and Concept Plan for one mile of the MBT between DC and Silver Spring. In 2003, the 185: 574: 148: 1222: 1459: 1307: 2130: 2115: 2095: 2065: 349: 189: 181: 129: 1487: 854: 2110: 1617: 381: 156: 1528: 1437: 2100: 2020: 1808: 1745: 1698: 1858: 404: 1950: 530: 133: 1340: 1154: 738: 2025: 1863: 64: 25: 1853: 1787: 2080: 2075: 1990: 1970: 1813: 1688: 1632: 246: 201: 152: 140: 1843: 2070: 1792: 778: 547: 160: 1833: 1665: 298:
Work was also going on in Maryland, where the trail will terminate at the Silver Spring Metro Center.
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allocated $ 8.5 million in demonstration-project funding to the District for the trail through the
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Hare, Patrick (24 September 1989). "eared to Everyone's Interests-A Brookland Bike Trail".
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on the east, opened on December 31, 2014, after more than 15 months of work.
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The Metropolitan Branch Trail was conceived in 1988 by Patrick Hare of the
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Hodge, Paul (14 January 1993). "New Bike Trail Within Va. Riders' Reach".
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New York Ave–Florida Ave–Gallaudet University Metro station
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Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
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NE CYCLE TRACK RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW" 128:tracks along a right-of-way opened in 1873 as the 96:(informally, the Met Branch Trail) is an American 762:"Metropolitan Branch Trail Opening Press Release" 473:"District of Columbia Appropriations Act of 1992" 263:Street NE were completed in the spring of 2008. 241:federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality ( 2176:Protected areas of Montgomery County, Maryland 760:District Department of Transportation (2010). 520:District Department of Transportation (2005). 218:Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 206:Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 2181:Transportation in Montgomery County, Maryland 1915: 1730: 1587: 1460:"Trees going in soon on the Met Branch Trail" 1202:"Public Project: Jesup Blair Park Renovation" 433:"CYCLISTS RACING TO GET RAILBED FOR NE TRAIL" 362:New York Ave–Florida Ave–Gallaudet University 212:along the abandoned, and as yet undeveloped, 8: 112:. It runs for 8 miles (13 km): one in 1485:"A Brief History of the Georgetown Branch." 1416:"Met branch trail section behind the Riple" 606:"Part of Bike Beltway Open in the District" 255:Brookland-Catholic University Metro station 147:. Planned connections include a trail from 1922: 1908: 1900: 1772: 1737: 1723: 1715: 1594: 1580: 1572: 1483:Coalition for the Capital Crescent Trail. 200:Planning of the trail began in 1998 after 1523:Metropolitan Branch Trail - official site 399: 397: 102:transit center in Silver Spring, Maryland 1531:- Montgomery County Department of Parks 977:"METROPOLITAN BRANCH TRAIL FORT TOTTEN" 393: 1046: 1035: 787: 776: 680:"A Bicycle Beltway Within the Beltway" 604:Lenhart, Jennifer (23 November 1998). 556: 545: 406:Metropolitan Branch Trail Concept Plan 15: 704:Pearson, Marietta (24 January 2000). 230:District Department of Transportation 186:Washington Area Bicyclist Association 7: 1438:"Metropolitan Branch Trail Phase 2A" 1111:"ALETHIA TANNER PARK IS NOW OPEN!!" 2111:Torrey C. Brown (Northern Central) 737:. 20 November 2004. Archived from 220:(WMATA) agreed to construct a new 14: 2086:Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail 1525:(DC Department of Transportation) 1020:@@Wash_cycle (April 23, 2022). ( 879:Dan Emerine (12 November 2014). 431:Bell, Thomas (23 November 1989). 352:, which runs along the corridor. 276:Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station 2139: 1414:@@Wash_cycle (August 14, 2022). 1064:@NoMaParksDC (7 December 2019). 575:"Bike Path Groundbreaking Today" 249:and Secretary of Transportation 157:Anacostia Tributary Trail System 24: 2161:Rail trails in Washington, D.C. 1277:"The Metropolitan Branch Trail" 805:@@ByERussell (March 8, 2024). 184:neighborhood. Working with the 1087:@NoMaParksDC (18 March 2020). 997:@@gregbilling (17 June 2020). 678:Levey, Bob (4 November 1999). 581:. May 29, 1998. 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Index


Washington, D.C.
Trailheads
Union Station
Silver Spring
DDOT Project Website
rail trail
transit center in Silver Spring, Maryland
Union Station
District of Columbia
Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Metrorail
CSX
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Metropolitan Branch
Capital Crescent Trail
East Coast Greenway
Fort Totten
Northwest Branch Trail
Anacostia Tributary Trail System
Hyattsville, Maryland
National Mall
Brookland
Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
DC Department of Public Works
Congress
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
greenway

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