In November 1894, the Cypress Street branch was extended slightly to the new Cypress Street carhouse, which housed 36 streetcars. The carhouse was expanded in 1897, with a new capacity around 79 cars. Electrification of the Longwood Avenue branch was after the other Huntington Avenue branches, completed in 1894 or 1895. Only the Boston portion of the branch was electrified (possibly owing to the deteriorated bridge over the Muddy River and the Highland Branch, which was replaced in 1897–98); in September 1894, Brookline directed the West End to remove the Longwood Avenue tracks west of the town line. In 1894–96, the city paved Huntington Avenue as a boulevard, with the streetcar tracks moved into a dedicated median east of Brigham Circle.