diff --git a/app/mbm/static/js/app.js b/app/mbm/static/js/app.js
index 27576e1..c9b7315 100644
--- a/app/mbm/static/js/app.js
+++ b/app/mbm/static/js/app.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import UserLocations from './userlocations.js'
 import autocomplete from './autocomplete.js'
 import Geolocation from './geolocation.js'
 import { getUserPreferences, saveUserPreferences } from './storage.js'
+import { serializeDirections, directionsList } from './turnbyturn.js'
 // The App class holds top level state and map related methods that other modules
 // need to call, for example to update the position of markers.
 export default class App {
@@ -267,6 +268,10 @@ export default class App {
     } else {
       this.map.spin(true)
       $.getJSON(this.routeUrl + '?' + $.param({ source, target, enable_v2: enableV2 })).done((data) => {
+
+        const directions = serializeDirections(directionsList(data.route.features))
+        console.log(directions.join("\n"))
+
         if (this.routeLayer) {
           this.map.removeLayer(this.routeLayer)
         }
diff --git a/app/mbm/static/js/turnbyturn.js b/app/mbm/static/js/turnbyturn.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1243d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/mbm/static/js/turnbyturn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// This should probably all be moved to python but is a first draft of
+// what turn-by-turn directions will look like
+
+const headingToEnglishManeuver = (heading, previousHeading) => {
+  const maneuvers = {
+    0: { maneuver: "Continue", cardinal: "North" },
+    45: { maneuver: "Turn slightly to the right", cardinal: "Northeast" },
+    90: { maneuver: "Turn right", cardinal: "East" },
+    135: { maneuver: "Take a sharp right turn", cardinal: "Southeast" },
+    180: { maneuver: "Turn around", cardinal: "South" },
+    225: { maneuver: "Take a sharp left turn", cardinal: "Southwest" },
+    270: { maneuver: "Turn left", cardinal: "West" },
+    315: { maneuver: "Turn slightly to the left", cardinal: "Northwest" },
+  }
+
+  const nearest45 = (x) => (Math.round(x / 45) * 45) % 360
+
+  const angle = nearest45(((heading - previousHeading) + 360) % 360)
+
+  return { maneuver: maneuvers[angle]?.maneuver, cardinal: maneuvers[nearest45(heading)].cardinal }
+}
+
+const directionsList = (features) => {
+  const directions = []
+  let previousHeading, previousName
+  for (const feature of features) {
+    const name = feature.properties.name
+    const heading = feature.properties.heading
+    const { maneuver, cardinal } = headingToEnglishManeuver(heading, previousHeading)
+    const distance = feature.properties.distance
+    const direction = { name, distance, maneuver, heading, cardinal }
+    console.log({previousHeading, previousName, ...direction})
+
+    // If the street name changed or there's a turn to be made, add a new direction to the list
+    const streetNameChanged = previousName && name !== previousName
+    const turnRequired = (maneuver !== 'Continue' || !previousHeading) // "Continue"
+    if (streetNameChanged || turnRequired) {
+      directions.push(direction)
+    }
+    // Otherwise this is just a quirk of our data and the line segments should be combined
+    else {
+      if (directions.length) {
+        directions[directions.length - 1].distance += distance
+      }
+      // Sometimes only some segments of a street are named, so check if the
+      // previous segment is named and backfill the name if not
+      if (name && directions.length && !directions[directions.length - 1].name) {
+        directions[directions.length - 1].name = name
+      }
+    }
+
+    previousHeading = heading
+    previousName = name
+  }
+  return directions
+}
+
+const serializeDirections = (directions) => {
+  const lines = []
+  const first = directions.shift()
+  lines.push(`Head ${first.cardinal} on ${first.name || 'an unknown street'} for ${Math.round(first.distance)} meters`)
+  for (const direction of directions) {
+    lines.push(`${direction.maneuver} onto ${direction.name || 'an unknown street'} and head ${direction.cardinal} for ${Math.round(direction.distance)} meters`)
+  }
+  // TODO: add which side of the street it's on
+  lines[lines.length - 1] += " until you reach your destination"
+
+  return lines
+}
+
+export { serializeDirections, directionsList }
diff --git a/app/mbm/views.py b/app/mbm/views.py
index c077a07..9d24ca1 100644
--- a/app/mbm/views.py
+++ b/app/mbm/views.py
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ def get_route(self, source_vertex_id, target_vertex_id, enable_v2=False):
                 SELECT
                     way.name,
                     way.length_m,
-                    ST_AsGeoJSON(way.the_geom) AS geometry,
-                    mellow.type
+                    ST_AsGeoJSON(oriented.the_geom) AS geometry,
+                    -- Calculate the angle between each segment of the route so we can generate turn-by-turn directions
+                    DEGREES(ST_AZIMUTH(ST_StartPoint(oriented.the_geom), ST_EndPoint(oriented.the_geom))) AS heading,
+                    mellow.type,
+                    path.seq
                 FROM pgr_dijkstra(
                     'WITH mellow AS (
                         SELECT DISTINCT(UNNEST(ways)) AS osm_id, type
@@ -152,7 +155,16 @@ def get_route(self, source_vertex_id, target_vertex_id, enable_v2=False):
                     SELECT DISTINCT(UNNEST(ways)) AS osm_id, type
                     FROM mbm_mellowroute
                 ) as mellow
-                USING(osm_id)
+                USING(osm_id),
+                -- Make sure each segment of the route is oriented such that the last point of
+                -- each line segment is the same as the first point in the next line segment
+                LATERAL (
+                    SELECT CASE
+                        WHEN path.node = way.source THEN way.the_geom
+                        ELSE ST_Reverse(way.the_geom)
+                    END AS the_geom
+                ) as oriented
+                ORDER BY path.seq
             """, [source_vertex_id, target_vertex_id])
             rows = fetchall(cursor)
 
@@ -173,7 +185,9 @@ def get_route(self, source_vertex_id, target_vertex_id, enable_v2=False):
                     'geometry': json.loads(row['geometry']),
                     'properties': {
                         'name': row['name'],
-                        'type': row['type']
+                        'type': row['type'],
+                        'distance': row['length_m'],
+                        'heading': row['heading'],
                     }
                 }
                 for row in rows
@@ -184,7 +198,7 @@ def format_distance(self, dist_in_meters):
         """
         Given a distance in meters, return a tuple (distance, time)
         where `distance` is a string representing a distance in miles and
-        `time` is a string representing an estimated travelime in minutes.
+        `time` is a string representing an estimated travel time in minutes.
         """
         meters_per_mi = 1609.344
         dist_in_mi = dist_in_meters / meters_per_mi