Maryland Route 168

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Maryland Route 168 marker

Maryland Route 168

Nursery Road
Map
Maryland Route 168 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length1.28 mi[1] (2.06 km)
Existed1929–present
Major junctions
West endHammonds Ferry Road in Linthicum
Major intersections I-695 in Linthicum
East end MD 648 in Pumphrey
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesAnne Arundel
Highway system
MD 169

Maryland Route 168 (MD 168) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Nursery Road, the highway runs 1.28 miles (2.06 km) from Hammonds Ferry Road in Linthicum east to MD 648 in Pumphrey in northern Anne Arundel County. MD 168 was built in the late 1920s.

Route description

View west along MD 168 at MD 648 in Linthicum

MD 168 begins at an intersection with Hammonds Ferry Road in a mixed commercial and industrial area at the northern end of the unincorporated community of Linthicum. Access between MD 168 and eastbound

View east along MD 168 from I-695 in Linthicum

History

MD 168 was paved in concrete in 1929 from Hammonds Ferry Road—which was built contemporaneously and was designated

MD 167—to the Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard, which was then part of MD 3.[3][4][5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Anne Arundel County.

Locationmi
[1]
kmDestinationsNotes
Linthicum0.000.00

West Nursery Road / Hammonds Ferry Road to I-695 east
Western terminus
0.210.34

Fairview Avenue to
MD 969A
Pumphrey1.282.06 MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard) – Ferndale, Baltimore HighlandsEastern terminus; officially MD 648E
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Maryland Roads portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  2. ^ Google (2012-11-29). "Maryland Route 168" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  3. ^ Uhl, G. Clinton; Bruce, Howard; Shaw, John K. (October 1, 1930). Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland (1927–1930 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 196. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  4. ^ Maryland Geological Survey (1930). Map of Maryland Showing State Road System: State Aid Roads and Improved County Road Connections (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission (1939). General Highway Map: State of Maryland (PDF) (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.

External links

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