diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
index 47320883acfe0608885f974c4fe34563e85bb493..6bc4303be37f96e73f43a3892955cc22fa45cb71 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ def #{selector}(*args)
 
                 url_for(options)
               end
-              protected :#{selector}
             END_EVAL
             helpers << selector
           end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/integration.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/integration.rb
index 88667d3570a3d5c855a7017d6aba2b9bb6b43738..0aff4250c1c7d6809a3b238dcc8f68f10ccf768d 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/integration.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/testing/integration.rb
@@ -162,12 +162,31 @@ def cookies
       # A running counter of the number of requests processed.
       attr_accessor :request_count
 
+      include ActionDispatch::Routing::UrlFor
+
       # Create and initialize a new Session instance.
       def initialize(app)
         @app = app
+
+        # If the app is a Rails app, make url_helpers available on the session
+        # This makes app.url_for and app.foo_path available in the console
+        if app.respond_to?(:routes) && app.routes.respond_to?(:url_helpers)
+          singleton_class.class_eval { include app.routes.url_helpers }
+        end
+
         reset!
       end
 
+      def url_options
+        opts = super.reverse_merge(
+          :host => host,
+          :protocol => https? ? "https" : "http"
+        )
+
+        opts.merge!(:port => 443) if !opts.key?(:port) && https?
+        opts
+      end
+
       # Resets the instance. This can be used to reset the state information
       # in an existing session instance, so it can be used from a clean-slate
       # condition.
@@ -346,13 +365,8 @@ def copy_session_variables! #:nodoc:
       include ActionDispatch::Routing::UrlFor
 
       def url_options
-        opts = super.reverse_merge(
-          :host => host,
-          :protocol => https? ? "https" : "http"
-        )
-
-        opts.merge!(:port => 443) if !opts.key?(:port) && https?
-        opts
+        reset! unless @integration_session
+        @integration_session.url_options
       end
 
       # Delegate unhandled messages to the current session instance.
diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
index c95673d97e95b566cad0d0d070c6300815a835c2..c178dc481c342a7b40ddbc0e4acac52f6307f528 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class TestCase
 
 class RoutedRackApp
   attr_reader :router
+  alias routes router
 
   def initialize(router, &blk)
     @router = router
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
index 67b6a1d85816523c542bc2962191f4d8f835d826..80c968cc0470ca45e32b384a83febfe84ac90f9c 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/caching_test.rb
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ def reset!
       @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
       @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
       @controller = ActionCachingTestController.new
-      # ROUTES TODO: It seems bad to explicitly remix in the class
       @controller.singleton_class.send(:include, @router.url_helpers)
       @request.host = 'hostname.com'
     end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
index 5352243734a4e58fc39c186a0f997a229a247d49..c38348fa68a07b403ae105dcbc8f180ae62e0613 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ def test_opens_new_session
     session1 = @test.open_session { |sess| }
     session2 = @test.open_session # implicit session
 
-    assert_equal ::ActionController::Integration::Session, session1.class
-    assert_equal ::ActionController::Integration::Session, session2.class
+    assert_kind_of ::ActionController::Integration::Session, session1
+    assert_kind_of ::ActionController::Integration::Session, session2
     assert_not_equal session1, session2
   end
 
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ def test_integration_methods_called
 end
 
 class IntegrationProcessTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
-  include SharedTestRoutes.url_helpers
-
   class IntegrationController < ActionController::Base
     def get
       respond_to do |format|
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/resources_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/resources_test.rb
index cf0cab3690df44bc4ca6a7e1467d2ff6a506b309..f60045bba6086010393b0244694b008e147682e3 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/resources_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/resources_test.rb
@@ -1230,7 +1230,6 @@ def assert_restful_named_routes_for(controller_name, singular_name = nil, option
       end
 
       @controller = "#{options[:options][:controller].camelize}Controller".constantize.new
-      # ROUTES TODO: Figure out a way to not extend the routing helpers here
       @controller.singleton_class.send(:include, @router.url_helpers)
       @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
       @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new