When you reach the village green, the street branches into two.
branch offphrasal verb
if a road, passage, railway etc branches off from another road etc, it separates from it and goes in a different direction [= fork off]
branch off from
a passage branching off from the main tunnel
2 British English
to leave a main road [= fork off]
branch off from/into
We branched off from the main road and turned down a country lane.
to start talking about something different from what you were talking about before
branch off into
Then the conversation branched off into a discussion about movies.
branch outphrasal verb
Don't be afraid to branch out and try something new.
branch out into (doing) something
Profits were falling until the bookstore branched out into selling CDs.