 Just south of the railroad, the highway turns east onto Clopper Road, which parallels the railroad then veers away southeast and crosses Little Seneca Creek.East of Little Seneca Creek, MD 117 enters the suburban area of Germantown.The highway expands to a four-lane divided highway at Kingsview Middle School and intersects MD 118 (Germantown Road), the main street through Germantown that serves the Germantown MARC station.