When completed, the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) will be an 8-mile mostly off-road trail running from Union Station to Silver Spring, MD. Click for posts on this topic.

Brookland to Fort Totten Extension

Riggs Road NE Cycletrack

Fort Totten to Takoma Extension

Blair Road to Piney Branch Extension

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Brookland to Fort Totten Extension

The Brookland to Fort Totten extension of the MBT opened in April 2022. The project website is https://mbt-forttotten.ddot.dc.gov. (Note, the old website https://www.metbranchtrail-forttotten.com redirects to this new site).

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Riggs Road NE Cycletrack

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) reissued a Notice of Intent for a two-way cycletrack on the south side of Riggs Road from 1st Place NE to South Dakota Avenue NE. DDOT will use part of the dedicated right-turn lane for the cycletrack. A shorter right-turn lane will remain. DDOT completed installation of the cycletrack in March 2025.

View DDOT’s Final (100%) Design Plan (December 2024)

View DDOT’s presentation to ANC 5A (May 2024).

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Fort Totten to Takoma Extension

For info on the Fort Totten to Takoma phase, visit the project website at https://mbt-forttotten-takoma.ddot.dc.gov.

Construction began summer 2023 and will be completed around 2025. Construction will be done in five phases.

As of November 2024, a new traffic light is now functional at McDonald Place and South Dakota Avenue NE.

Phase 1: Summer 2023 to Fall 2025
Construction Begins Fort Totten Metro Station Parking Area to South Dakota Avenue NE

Phase 2: Winter 2023 to Winter 2024

Construction on South Dakota Avenue NE to McDonald Place NE to Blair Road NW

Construction on East side of roadway

Phase 3: Winter 2024 to Spring 2025

Construction on Blair Road – Oglethorpe Street NW to Aspen Street NW

Construction on East side of roadway

Phase 4: Spring 2025 to Summer 2025

Construction on Blair Road NW – Oglethorpe Street NW to Aspen Street NW

Construction on West side of roadway and Sandy Spring Road NW

Phase 5: Summer 2025

Construction on Blair Road NW – Oglethorpe Street NW to Aspen Street NW and Sandy Spring Road NW

Construction on roadway medians

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Blair Road to Piney Branch Road Extension

Design for the final phase, from Blair Road to Piney Branch Road, is just getting started. View materials related to concept and design at https://mbt-pineybranch-blairrd.ddot.dc.gov/.

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