Metropolitan Branch Trail

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The Metropolitan Branch Trail is an urban multi-use trail in Washington, D.C., that runs roughly parallel to the Red Line of the Metro, providing a key north–south route for cyclists and pedestrians between Union Station and neighborhoods to the northeast.

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Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Branch Trail canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multi-use trail
rail trail
urban trail
allows bicycles
pedestrians
connectsTo Brookland
Fort Totten
NoMa
Silver Spring (planned)
Takoma
Union Station
country United States
follows Washington Metro Red Line
hasBicycleRouteNumber DC Bicycle Route 6
hasDirection north–south
hasFuturePlan extension into Silver Spring, Maryland
hasGradeCrossings yes
hasLighting yes
hasSeparatedPath yes
hasWayfindingSigns yes
isKeyCorridor north–south bicycle route in Washington, D.C.
isPartOf Capital Trails Network
isUrban true
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
maintainedBy District Department of Transportation
namedAfter Metropolitan Subdivision of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
openedInPart 1998
2010
owner District of Columbia government
parallelTo CSX Metropolitan Subdivision
passesNear Brookland–CUA station
Catholic University of America
Fort Totten station
Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station
passesThrough Northeast Washington, D.C.
planningBegan 1990s
primaryUsers cyclists
pedestrians
prohibits motor vehicles
runsFrom Union Station
supports recreation
transportation
surface asphalt
concrete
usesFor commuting
cycling
running
walking

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Referenced by (6)

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Anacostia Tributary Trail System connectsTo Metropolitan Branch Trail
Edgewood hasAmenity Metropolitan Branch Trail
Edgewood hasRecreation Metropolitan Branch Trail
Edgewood hasBikeway Metropolitan Branch Trail
subject linked to: Edgewood neighborhood
Fort Totten Park hasNearbyInfrastructure Metropolitan Branch Trail
District of Columbia trail system hasPart Metropolitan Branch Trail