diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 229dbb262..253986fba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Read the v2 [migration guide](https://github.com/gboeing/osmnx/issues/1123)
 - make which_result function parameter consistently able to accept a list throughout package (#1113)
 - make utils_geo.bbox_from_point function return a tuple of floats for consistency with rest of package (#1113)
 - change add_node_elevations_google default batch_size to 512 to match Google's limit (#1115)
+- support analysis of directional edge bearings on MultiDiGraph input (#1137 #1139)
 - fix bug in \_downloader.\_save_to_cache function usage (#1107)
 - fix bug in handling requests ConnectionError when querying Overpass status endpoint (#1113)
 - fix minor bugs throughout to address inconsistencies revealed by type enforcement (#1107 #1114)
diff --git a/osmnx/bearing.py b/osmnx/bearing.py
index 0dbc2211b..ab482a22a 100644
--- a/osmnx/bearing.py
+++ b/osmnx/bearing.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import overload
+from warnings import warn
 
 import networkx as nx
 import numpy as np
@@ -122,27 +123,30 @@ def add_edge_bearings(G: nx.MultiDiGraph) -> nx.MultiDiGraph:
 
 
 def orientation_entropy(
-    Gu: nx.MultiGraph,
+    G: nx.MultiGraph,
     *,
     num_bins: int = 36,
     min_length: float = 0,
     weight: str | None = None,
 ) -> float:
     """
-    Calculate undirected graph's orientation entropy.
+    Calculate graph's orientation entropy.
 
     Orientation entropy is the Shannon entropy of the graphs' edges'
-    bidirectional bearings across evenly spaced bins. Ignores self-loop edges
+    bearings across evenly spaced bins. Ignores self-loop edges
     as their bearings are undefined.
 
+    For MultiGraph input, calculates entropy of bidirectional bearings.
+    For MultiDiGraph input, calculates entropy of directional bearings.
+
     For more info see: Boeing, G. 2019. "Urban Spatial Order: Street Network
     Orientation, Configuration, and Entropy." Applied Network Science, 4 (1),
     67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-019-0189-1
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    Gu
-        Undirected, unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
+    G
+        Unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
     num_bins
         Number of bins. For example, if `num_bins=36` is provided, then each
         bin will represent 10 degrees around the compass.
@@ -157,32 +161,34 @@ def orientation_entropy(
     Returns
     -------
     entropy
-        The orientation entropy of `Gu`.
+        The orientation entropy of `G`.
     """
     # check if we were able to import scipy
     if scipy is None:  # pragma: no cover
         msg = "scipy must be installed as an optional dependency to calculate entropy."
         raise ImportError(msg)
-    bin_counts, _ = _bearings_distribution(Gu, num_bins, min_length, weight)
+    bin_counts, _ = _bearings_distribution(G, num_bins, min_length, weight)
     entropy: float = scipy.stats.entropy(bin_counts)
     return entropy
 
 
 def _extract_edge_bearings(
-    Gu: nx.MultiGraph,
+    G: nx.MultiGraph,
     min_length: float,
     weight: str | None,
 ) -> npt.NDArray[np.float64]:
     """
-    Extract undirected graph's bidirectional edge bearings.
+    Extract graph's edge bearings.
 
-    For example, if an edge has a bearing of 90 degrees then we will record
+    A MultiGraph input receives bidirectional bearings.
+    For example, if an undirected edge has a bearing of 90 degrees then we will record
     bearings of both 90 degrees and 270 degrees for this edge.
+    For MultiDiGraph input, record only one bearing per edge.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    Gu
-        Undirected, unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
+    G
+        Unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
     min_length
         Ignore edges with `length` attributes less than `min_length`. Useful
         to ignore the noise of many very short edges.
@@ -195,13 +201,13 @@ def _extract_edge_bearings(
     Returns
     -------
     bearings
-        The bidirectional edge bearings of `Gu`.
+        The edge bearings of `Gu`.
     """
-    if nx.is_directed(Gu) or projection.is_projected(Gu.graph["crs"]):  # pragma: no cover
-        msg = "Graph must be undirected and unprojected to analyze edge bearings."
+    if projection.is_projected(G.graph["crs"]):  # pragma: no cover
+        msg = "Graph must be unprojected to analyze edge bearings."
         raise ValueError(msg)
     bearings = []
-    for u, v, data in Gu.edges(data=True):
+    for u, v, data in G.edges(data=True):
         # ignore self-loops and any edges below min_length
         if u != v and data["length"] >= min_length:
             if weight:
@@ -211,15 +217,25 @@ def _extract_edge_bearings(
                 # don't weight bearings, just take one value per edge
                 bearings.append(data["bearing"])
 
-    # drop any nulls, calculate reverse bearings, concatenate and return
+    # drop any nulls
     bearings_array = np.array(bearings)
     bearings_array = bearings_array[~np.isnan(bearings_array)]
+    if nx.is_directed(G):
+        # https://github.com/gboeing/osmnx/issues/1137
+        msg = (
+            "Extracting directional bearings (one bearing per edge) due to MultiDiGraph input. "
+            "To extract bidirectional bearings (two bearings per edge, including the reverse bearing), "
+            "supply an undirected graph instead via `osmnx.get_undirected(G)`."
+        )
+        warn(msg, category=UserWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return bearings_array
+    # for undirected graphs, add reverse bearings and return
     bearings_array_r = (bearings_array - 180) % 360
     return np.concatenate([bearings_array, bearings_array_r])
 
 
 def _bearings_distribution(
-    Gu: nx.MultiGraph,
+    G: nx.MultiGraph,
     num_bins: int,
     min_length: float,
     weight: str | None,
@@ -235,8 +251,8 @@ def _bearings_distribution(
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    Gu
-        Undirected, unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
+    G
+        Unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
     num_bins
         Number of bins for the bearing histogram.
     min_length
@@ -256,7 +272,7 @@ def _bearings_distribution(
     n = num_bins * 2
     bins = np.arange(n + 1) * 360 / n
 
-    bearings = _extract_edge_bearings(Gu, min_length, weight)
+    bearings = _extract_edge_bearings(G, min_length, weight)
     count, bin_edges = np.histogram(bearings, bins=bins)
 
     # move last bin to front, so eg 0.01 degrees and 359.99 degrees will be
diff --git a/osmnx/plot.py b/osmnx/plot.py
index e4be2fd6a..2e2316ce8 100644
--- a/osmnx/plot.py
+++ b/osmnx/plot.py
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def plot_footprints(  # noqa: PLR0913
 
 
 def plot_orientation(  # noqa: PLR0913
-    Gu: nx.MultiGraph,
+    G: nx.MultiGraph,
     *,
     num_bins: int = 36,
     min_length: float = 0,
@@ -682,7 +682,10 @@ def plot_orientation(  # noqa: PLR0913
     xtick_font: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
 ) -> tuple[Figure, PolarAxes]:
     """
-    Plot a polar histogram of a spatial network's bidirectional edge bearings.
+    Plot a polar histogram of a spatial network's edge bearings.
+
+    A MultiGraph input receives bidirectional bearings, while a MultiDiGraph
+    input receives directional bearings (one bearing per edge).
 
     Ignores self-loop edges as their bearings are undefined. See also the
     `bearings` module.
@@ -693,8 +696,8 @@ def plot_orientation(  # noqa: PLR0913
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    Gu
-        Undirected, unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
+    G
+        Unprojected graph with `bearing` attributes on each edge.
     num_bins
         Number of bins. For example, if `num_bins=36` is provided, then each
         bin will represent 10 degrees around the compass.
@@ -747,7 +750,7 @@ def plot_orientation(  # noqa: PLR0913
 
     # get the bearings' distribution's bin counts and edges
     bin_counts, bin_edges = bearing._bearings_distribution(
-        Gu,
+        G,
         num_bins,
         min_length=min_length,
         weight=weight,
diff --git a/tests/test_osmnx.py b/tests/test_osmnx.py
index 9c71cbd7f..43f292c2f 100644
--- a/tests/test_osmnx.py
+++ b/tests/test_osmnx.py
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ def test_stats() -> None:
     G_clean = ox.consolidate_intersections(G, rebuild_graph=False)
 
 
+def test_extract_edge_bearings_directionality() -> None:
+    """Test support of edge bearings for directed and undirected graphs."""
+    G = nx.MultiDiGraph(crs="epsg:4326")
+    G.add_node("point_1", x=0.0, y=0.0)
+    G.add_node("point_2", x=0.0, y=1.0)  # latitude increases northward
+    G.add_edge("point_1", "point_2")
+    G = ox.distance.add_edge_lengths(G)
+    G = ox.add_edge_bearings(G)
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="Extracting directional bearings"):
+        bearings = ox.bearing._extract_edge_bearings(G, min_length=0.0, weight=None)
+    assert list(bearings) == [0.0]  # north
+    bearings = ox.bearing._extract_edge_bearings(G.to_undirected(), min_length=0.0, weight=None)
+    assert list(bearings) == [0.0, 180.0]  # north and south
+
+
 def test_osm_xml() -> None:
     """Test working with .osm XML data."""
     # test loading a graph from a local .osm xml file