diff --git a/samples/RoutingSample/PrefixRoute.cs b/samples/RoutingSample/PrefixRoute.cs
index fe1f4f092a..735cf4f48d 100644
--- a/samples/RoutingSample/PrefixRoute.cs
+++ b/samples/RoutingSample/PrefixRoute.cs
@@ -50,5 +50,10 @@ namespace RoutingSample
 
             return null;
         }
+
+        public RouteBindResult Bind(RouteBindContext context)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/samples/RoutingSample/Startup.cs b/samples/RoutingSample/Startup.cs
index f780ac69b7..d77cc7530b 100644
--- a/samples/RoutingSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/RoutingSample/Startup.cs
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ namespace RoutingSample
             var endpoint1 = new HttpContextRouteEndpoint(async (context) => await context.Response.WriteAsync("match1"));
             var endpoint2 = new HttpContextRouteEndpoint(async (context) => await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello, World!"));
 
-            var rb1 = new RouteBuilder(endpoint1, routes);
+            var rb1 = new RouteBuilder(endpoint1, routes.Routes);
             rb1.AddPrefixRoute("api/store");
             rb1.AddTemplateRoute("api/{controller}/{*extra}", new { controller = "Store" });
 
-            var rb2 = new RouteBuilder(endpoint2, routes);
+            var rb2 = new RouteBuilder(endpoint2, routes.Routes);
             rb2.AddPrefixRoute("hello/world");
             rb2.AddPrefixRoute("");
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/DefaultRouteEngine.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/DefaultRouteEngine.cs
index 2f76d5822c..623a7a4776 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/DefaultRouteEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/DefaultRouteEngine.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
 
@@ -20,13 +21,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
         public async Task<bool> Invoke(HttpContext context)
         {
-            RouteContext routeContext = new RouteContext(context);
+            var routeContext = new RouteContext(context);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < Routes.Count; i++)
+            for (var i = 0; i < Routes.Count; i++)
             {
-                IRoute route = Routes[i];
+                var route = Routes[i];
 
-                RouteMatch match = route.Match(routeContext);
+                var match = route.Match(routeContext);
                 if (match != null)
                 {
                     context.SetFeature<IRouteValues>(new RouteValues(match.Values));
@@ -41,5 +42,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 
             return false;
         }
+
+        public string GetUrl(HttpContext context, IDictionary<string, object> values)
+        {
+            var routeBindContext = new RouteBindContext(context, values);
+
+            for (var i = 0; i < Routes.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var route = Routes[i];
+
+                var result = route.Bind(routeBindContext);
+                if (result != null)
+                {
+                    return result.Url;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRoute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRoute.cs
index 561299ca4e..d503837afc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRoute.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRoute.cs
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
     public interface IRoute
     {
         RouteMatch Match(RouteContext context);
+
+        RouteBindResult Bind(RouteBindContext context);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRouteEngine.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRouteEngine.cs
index d54c7dc581..b2aa0b42af 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRouteEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/IRouteEngine.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
 {
     public interface IRouteEngine
     {
+        IRouteCollection Routes { get; }
+
         Task<bool> Invoke(HttpContext context);
+
+        string GetUrl(HttpContext context, IDictionary<string, object> values);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Owin/BuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Owin/BuilderExtensions.cs
index 999517009b..032f990abf 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Owin/BuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Owin/BuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Owin
 {
     public static class BuilderExtensions
     {
-        public static IRouteCollection UseRouter(this IBuilder builder)
+        public static IRouteEngine UseRouter(this IBuilder builder)
         {
             var routes = new DefaultRouteCollection();
             var engine = new DefaultRouteEngine(routes);
 
             builder.Use((next) => new RouterMiddleware(next, engine).Invoke);
 
-            return routes;
+            return engine;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9677f524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
+{
+    public class RouteBindContext
+    {
+        public RouteBindContext(HttpContext context, IDictionary<string, object> values)
+        {
+            Context = context;
+            Values = values;
+
+            if (Context != null)
+            {
+                var ambientValues = context.GetFeature<IRouteValues>();
+                AmbientValues = ambientValues == null ? null : ambientValues.Values;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public IDictionary<string, object> AmbientValues { get; private set; } 
+
+        public HttpContext Context { get; private set; }
+
+        public IDictionary<string, object> Values { get; private set; } 
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae81820bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/RouteBindResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing
+{
+    public class RouteBindResult
+    {
+        public RouteBindResult(string url)
+        {
+            Url = url;
+        }
+
+        public string Url { get; private set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/Template.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/Template.cs
index 13fb861ded..b1cde36d71 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/Template.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/Template.cs
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
     {
         private const string SeparatorString = "/";
 
-        private readonly TemplateMatcher _matcher;
-        private readonly TemplateBinder _binder;
-
         public Template(List<TemplateSegment> segments)
         {
             if (segments == null)
@@ -37,20 +34,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            _matcher = new TemplateMatcher(this);
-            _binder = new TemplateBinder(this);
         }
 
         public List<TemplatePart> Parameters { get; private set; }
 
         public List<TemplateSegment> Segments { get; private set; }
 
-        public IDictionary<string, object> Match(string requestPath, IDictionary<string, object> defaults)
-        {
-            return _matcher.Match(requestPath, defaults);
-        }
-
         private string DebuggerToString()
         {
             return string.Join(SeparatorString, Segments.Select(s => s.DebuggerToString()));
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateBinder.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateBinder.cs
index 638af9dd8e..b712933cf5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateBinder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateBinder.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
 
         public Template Template { get; private set; }
 
-        public BoundRouteTemplate Bind(IDictionary<string, object> defaults, IDictionary<string, object> ambientValues, IDictionary<string, object> values)
+        public string Bind(IDictionary<string, object> defaults, IDictionary<string, object> ambientValues, IDictionary<string, object> values)
         {
             if (values == null)
             {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
         }
 
         // Step 2: If the route is a match generate the appropriate URI
-        private BoundRouteTemplate BindValues(TemplateBindingContext bindingContext)
+        private string BindValues(TemplateBindingContext bindingContext)
         {
             var context = new UriBuildingContext();
 
@@ -261,10 +261,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
                 encoded.Append(Uri.EscapeDataString(converted));
             }
 
-            return new BoundRouteTemplate()
-            {
-                Path = encoded.ToString(),
-            };
+            return encoded.ToString();
         }
 
         private static string UriEncode(string str)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateMatcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateMatcher.cs
index 05039dd6bb..5be2d50601 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateMatcher.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
                                 {
                                     values.Add(part.Name, defaultValue);
                                 }
+                                else if (part.IsOptional)
+                                {
+                                    // This is optional (with no default value) - there's nothing to capture here, so just move on.
+                                }
                                 else
                                 {
                                     // There's no default for this parameter
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateRoute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateRoute.cs
index e64338d49d..a3a47d98e2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateRoute.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing/Template/TemplateRoute.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
         private readonly IRouteEndpoint _endpoint;
         private readonly Template _parsedTemplate;
         private readonly string _routeTemplate;
+        private readonly TemplateMatcher _matcher;
+        private readonly TemplateBinder _binder;
 
         public TemplateRoute(IRouteEndpoint endpoint, string routeTemplate)
             : this(endpoint, routeTemplate, null)
@@ -25,11 +27,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
             }
 
             _endpoint = endpoint;
-            _routeTemplate = routeTemplate ?? String.Empty;
+            _routeTemplate = routeTemplate ?? string.Empty;
             _defaults = defaults ?? new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             // The parser will throw for invalid routes.
             _parsedTemplate = TemplateParser.Parse(RouteTemplate);
+
+            _matcher = new TemplateMatcher(_parsedTemplate);
+            _binder = new TemplateBinder(_parsedTemplate);
         }
 
         public IDictionary<string, object> Defaults
@@ -55,12 +60,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
             }
 
             var requestPath = context.RequestPath;
-            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(requestPath) && requestPath[0] == '/')
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(requestPath) && requestPath[0] == '/')
             {
                 requestPath = requestPath.Substring(1);
             }
 
-            IDictionary<string, object> values = _parsedTemplate.Match(requestPath, _defaults);
+            var values = _matcher.Match(requestPath, _defaults);
             if (values == null)
             {
                 // If we got back a null value set, that means the URI did not match
@@ -71,5 +76,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template
                 return new RouteMatch(_endpoint, values);
             }
         }
+
+        public RouteBindResult Bind(RouteBindContext context)
+        {
+            var path = _binder.Bind(_defaults, context.AmbientValues, context.Values);
+            return path == null ? null : new RouteBindResult(path);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/RouteValueDictionary.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/RouteValueDictionary.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a9a9a1f6b..0000000000
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/RouteValueDictionary.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reflection;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template.Tests
-{
-    // This is just a placeholder
-    public class RouteValueDictionary : Dictionary<string, object>
-    {
-        public RouteValueDictionary()
-            : base(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public RouteValueDictionary(object obj)
-            : base(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-        {
-            if (obj != null)
-            {
-                foreach (var property in obj.GetType().GetTypeInfo().GetProperties())
-                {
-                    Add(property.Name, property.GetValue(obj));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateBinderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateBinderTests.cs
index 218478d15e..68711bb630 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateBinderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateBinderTests.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template.Tests
             else
             {
                 Assert.NotNull(boundTemplate);
-                Assert.Equal(expected, boundTemplate.Path);
+                Assert.Equal(expected, boundTemplate);
             }
         }
 
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template.Tests
 
                 // We want to chop off the query string and compare that using an unordered comparison
                 var expectedParts = new PathAndQuery(expected);
-                var actualParts = new PathAndQuery(boundTemplate.Path);
+                var actualParts = new PathAndQuery(boundTemplate);
 
                 Assert.Equal(expectedParts.Path, actualParts.Path);
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateMatcherTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateMatcherTests.cs
index b445e31e8c..44b7f9941b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateMatcherTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateMatcherTests.cs
@@ -733,6 +733,37 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template.Tests
             Assert.False(match.ContainsKey("action"));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void MatchDoesNotSetOptionalParameter_EmptyString()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateMatcher("{controller?}");
+            var url = "";
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(url, null);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(match);
+            Assert.Equal(0, match.Values.Count);
+            Assert.False(match.ContainsKey("controller"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Match_EmptyRouteWith_EmptyString()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateMatcher("");
+            var url = "";
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(url, null);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(match);
+            Assert.Equal(0, match.Values.Count);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void MatchMultipleOptionalParameters()
         {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateRouteTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateRouteTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2da4d343d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/Template/TemplateRouteTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Template.Tests
+{
+    public class TemplateRouteTests
+    {
+        #region Route Matching
+
+        // PathString in HttpAbstractions guarantees a leading slash - so no value in testing other cases.
+        [Fact]
+        public void Match_Success_LeadingSlash()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}/{action}");
+            var context = CreateRouteContext("/Home/Index");
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(match);
+            Assert.Equal(2, match.Values.Count);
+            Assert.Equal("Home", match.Values["controller"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Index", match.Values["action"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Match_Success_RootUrl()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("");
+            var context = CreateRouteContext("/");
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(match);
+            Assert.Equal(0, match.Values.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Match_Success_Defaults()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}/{action}", new { action = "Index" });
+            var context = CreateRouteContext("/Home");
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(match);
+            Assert.Equal(2, match.Values.Count);
+            Assert.Equal("Home", match.Values["controller"]);
+            Assert.Equal("Index", match.Values["action"]);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Match_Fails()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}/{action}");
+            var context = CreateRouteContext("/Home");
+
+            // Act
+            var match = route.Match(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Null(match);
+        }
+
+        private static RouteContext CreateRouteContext(string requestPath)
+        {
+            var request = new Mock<HttpRequest>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            request.SetupGet(r => r.Path).Returns(new PathString(requestPath));
+
+            var context = new Mock<HttpContext>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            context.SetupGet(c => c.Request).Returns(request.Object);
+
+            return new RouteContext(context.Object);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Route Binding
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Bind_Success()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}");
+            var context = CreateRouteBindContext(new {controller = "Home"});
+
+            // Act
+            var bind = route.Bind(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(bind);
+            Assert.Equal("Home", bind.Url);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Bind_Fail()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}/{action}");
+            var context = CreateRouteBindContext(new { controller = "Home" });
+
+            // Act
+            var bind = route.Bind(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Null(bind);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Bind_Success_AmbientValues()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var route = CreateRoute("{controller}/{action}");
+            var context = CreateRouteBindContext(new { action = "Index"}, new { controller = "Home" });
+
+            // Act
+            var bind = route.Bind(context);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(bind);
+            Assert.Equal("Home/Index", bind.Url);
+        }
+
+        private static RouteBindContext CreateRouteBindContext(object values)
+        {
+            return CreateRouteBindContext(new RouteValueDictionary(values), null);
+        }
+
+        private static RouteBindContext CreateRouteBindContext(object values, object ambientValues)
+        {
+            return CreateRouteBindContext(new RouteValueDictionary(values), new RouteValueDictionary(ambientValues));
+        }
+
+        private static RouteBindContext CreateRouteBindContext(IDictionary<string, object> values, IDictionary<string, object> ambientValues)
+        {
+            var context = new Mock<HttpContext>(MockBehavior.Strict);
+            context.Setup(c => c.GetFeature<IRouteValues>()).Returns(new RouteValues(ambientValues));
+
+            return new RouteBindContext(context.Object, values);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        private static TemplateRoute CreateRoute(string template)
+        {
+            return new TemplateRoute(CreateEndpoint(), template);
+        }
+
+        private static TemplateRoute CreateRoute(string template, object defaults)
+        {
+            return new TemplateRoute(CreateEndpoint(), template, new RouteValueDictionary(defaults));
+        }
+
+        private static IRouteEndpoint CreateEndpoint()
+        {
+            return new Mock<IRouteEndpoint>(MockBehavior.Strict).Object;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/project.json b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/project.json
index 6261e25ace..44d7a183fe 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/project.json
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Routing.Tests/project.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "configurations": {
     "net45": {
         "dependencies": {
+          "Moq": "4.2.1402.2112",
           "Owin": "1.0",
           "xunit": "1.9.2",
           "xunit.extensions": "1.9.2"