diff --git a/actix-router/CHANGES.md b/actix-router/CHANGES.md
index 8ce805bf..087d67ac 100644
--- a/actix-router/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-router/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+
+
+## 0.5.0-beta.1 - 2021-07-20
 * Fix a bug in multi-patterns where static patterns are interpreted as regex. [#366]
 * Introduce `ResourceDef::pattern_iter` to get an iterator over all patterns in a multi-pattern resource. [#373]
 * Fix segment interpolation leaving `Path` in unintended state after matching. [#368]
-* Fix `ResourceDef` `PartialEq` implementation.
+* Fix `ResourceDef` `PartialEq` implementation. [#373]
 * Re-work `IntoPatterns` trait, adding a `Patterns` enum. [#372]
 * Implement `IntoPatterns` for `bytestring::ByteString`. [#372]
 * Rename `Path::{len => segment_count}` to be more descriptive of it's purpose. [#370]
diff --git a/actix-router/Cargo.toml b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
index b0bcd9da..2a2ce1cc 100644
--- a/actix-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-router"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0-beta.1"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
     "Ali MJ Al-Nasrawy <alimjalnasrawy@gmail.com>",
     "Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>",
 ]
-description = "Resource path matching library"
+description = "Resource path matching and router"
 keywords = ["actix", "router", "routing"]
 repository = "https://github.com/actix/actix-net.git"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/actix-router/src/lib.rs b/actix-router/src/lib.rs
index 6082c1a3..463e59e4 100644
--- a/actix-router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-router/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Resource path matching library.
+//! Resource path matching and router.
 
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms, nonstandard_style)]
 #![doc(html_logo_url = "https://actix.rs/img/logo.png")]
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ pub enum Patterns {
     List(Vec<String>),
 }
 
+impl Patterns {
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Patterns::Single(_) => false,
+            Patterns::List(pats) => pats.is_empty(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Helper trait for type that could be converted to one or more path pattern.
 pub trait IntoPatterns {
     fn patterns(&self) -> Patterns;
@@ -78,6 +87,12 @@ impl IntoPatterns for bytestring::ByteString {
     }
 }
 
+impl IntoPatterns for Patterns {
+    fn patterns(&self) -> Patterns {
+        self.clone()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> IntoPatterns for Vec<T> {
     fn patterns(&self) -> Patterns {
         let mut patterns = self.iter().map(|v| v.as_ref().to_owned());
diff --git a/actix-router/src/router.rs b/actix-router/src/router.rs
index 057f7e17..f5deb858 100644
--- a/actix-router/src/router.rs
+++ b/actix-router/src/router.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ pub struct ResourceInfo {
 }
 
 /// Resource router.
-pub struct Router<T, U = ()>(Vec<(ResourceDef, T, Option<U>)>);
+// T is the resource itself
+// U is any other data needed for routing like method guards
+pub struct Router<T, U = ()> {
+    routes: Vec<(ResourceDef, T, Option<U>)>,
+}
 
 impl<T, U> Router<T, U> {
     pub fn build() -> RouterBuilder<T, U> {
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ impl<T, U> Router<T, U> {
     {
         profile_method!(recognize);
 
-        for item in self.0.iter() {
+        for item in self.routes.iter() {
             if item.0.capture_match_info(resource.resource_path()) {
                 return Some((&item.1, ResourceId(item.0.id())));
             }
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ impl<T, U> Router<T, U> {
     {
         profile_method!(recognize_mut);
 
-        for item in self.0.iter_mut() {
+        for item in self.routes.iter_mut() {
             if item.0.capture_match_info(resource.resource_path()) {
                 return Some((&mut item.1, ResourceId(item.0.id())));
             }
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ impl<T, U> Router<T, U> {
     {
         profile_method!(recognize_checked);
 
-        for item in self.0.iter() {
+        for item in self.routes.iter() {
             if item.0.capture_match_info_fn(resource, &check, &item.2) {
                 return Some((&item.1, ResourceId(item.0.id())));
             }
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ impl<T, U> Router<T, U> {
     {
         profile_method!(recognize_mut_checked);
 
-        for item in self.0.iter_mut() {
+        for item in self.routes.iter_mut() {
             if item.0.capture_match_info_fn(resource, &check, &item.2) {
                 return Some((&mut item.1, ResourceId(item.0.id())));
             }
@@ -129,7 +133,9 @@ impl<T, U> RouterBuilder<T, U> {
 
     /// Finish configuration and create router instance.
     pub fn finish(self) -> Router<T, U> {
-        Router(self.resources)
+        Router {
+            routes: self.resources,
+        }
     }
 }