find an alternate route to the Patuxent. The first section of the trail, in Prince George's County, a long stretch from MD 450 in Glenn Dale to Race Track Road in Bowie, opened on November 8, 2000. This section was extended 1100 feet northeast from Race Track Road to the Patuxent River in 2005. Once it became clear that the bridge across the Patuxent River would not be located at the point where the old railroad bridge had been, PG County built a 1.3 mile trail spur to the point where the bridge would be built and a little beyond it where it will one day connect with Phase 9 of the Bowie Heritage Trail. This WB&A Trail Spur opened in early 2016. Construction of the Anne Arundel portion of the trail started in 2003 with four phases, later expanded to five. Phase I started with a long section, in Anne Arundel County through Odenton which opened in 2004, linking Waugh Chapel Road to Strawberry Lake Way, both located in Piney Orchard. Phase Ib extended the trail another two miles (3 km) northeast in 2006 to connect Waugh Chapel Road to Odenton Road. Phase II extended the trail 1.3 miles from Strawberry Lake Way to Conway Road and opened in November 2007. It incorporated two bridges, including one passing over the Little Patuxent River. Part of Phase IV, which is not built on the rail right-of-way but as a sidepath along Strawberry Lake Way, was completed by June 2008, the rest to Annapolis Road will be constructed in the future. Phase III took the trail 1.7 miles farther south from Conway Road to the shores of the Patuxent River was completed in 2016 and opened on June 2, 2016. In July 2019, Boy Scout Young Min Miller of Troop 1212 created 6 benches spread out amongst the trail, in order to complete his Eagle Scout project. Each bench serves the Prince George's County portion of the trail, with the first bench near Electric Avenue, and last bench nearing the terminus of the trail at Race Track Road. Meanwhile, the Odenton Bike path, which will partially connect the WB&A Trail to the South Shore Trail, opened in 2003. Future The trail is currently discontinuous due to the gap between the Prince George's side and the Anne Arundel side; there is no bridge over the Patuxent River . Anne Arundel County has