{{Short description|State highway in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S., known as Nursery Rd}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=MD |type=MD |route=168 |alternate_name=Nursery Road |map_alt= |map={{maplink-road}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Maryland Route 168 highlighted in red |length_mi=1.28 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="Maryland HLR"/> |established=1929 |direction_a=West |terminus_a=Hammonds Ferry Road in [[Linthicum, Maryland|Linthicum]] |junction={{jct|state=MD|I|695}} in Linthicum |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=MD|MD|648}} in [[Pumphrey, Maryland|Pumphrey]] |counties=[[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel]] |previous_type=MD |previous_route=166 |next_type=MD |next_route=169 |browse= }}
'''Maryland Route 168''' ('''MD 168''') is a [[state highway]] in the U.S. state of [[Maryland]]. Known as '''Nursery Road''', the highway runs {{convert|1.28|mi|km}} from Hammonds Ferry Road in [[Linthicum, Maryland|Linthicum]] east to [[Maryland Route 648|MD 648]] in [[Pumphrey, Maryland|Pumphrey]] in northern [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]]. MD 168 was built in the late 1920s.
==Route description== [[File:2016-08-15 08 54 56 View west along Maryland State Route 168 (Nursery Road) at Maryland State Route 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|left|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 [[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|Interstate 695]] (I-695, Baltimore Beltway) is via the county highway between the state highway and the [[Patapsco River]] to the north. The west leg of the intersection is county-maintained West Nursery Road, which curves to the south, has a [[diamond interchange]] with [[Maryland Route 295|MD 295]] (Baltimore–Washington Parkway), and serves a business district near [[Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport]]. MD 168 heads east as a two-lane undivided road that passes underneath I-695 and intersects Fairview Avenue, which is [[unsigned highway|unsigned]] [[Maryland Route 969|MD 969A]] and provides access to westbound I-695. The state highway enters a residential area after it crosses MD 295. MD 168 reaches its eastern terminus at its junction with MD 648 (Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard) in Pumphrey. Nursery Road continues east into the parking lot for the [[Nursery Road station]] of [[MTA Maryland]]'s [[Baltimore Light RailLink]].<ref name="Maryland HLR"/><ref name="Google Maps MD 168"/> [[File:2020-08-10 12 48 26 View east along Maryland State Route 168 (Nursery Road) from the overpass for Interstate 695 (Baltimore Beltway) in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|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 [[Maryland Route 167|MD 167]]—to the Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard, which was then part of [[Maryland Route 3|MD 3]].<ref name="1930 src report"/><ref name="1930 map"/><ref name="1939 map"/>
==Junction list== {{jcttop|length_ref=<br><ref name="Maryland HLR"/>|state=MD|county=Anne Arundel}} {{MDint |location=Linthicum |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=MD|road|West Nursery Road / Hammonds Ferry Road|to2=to|I|695|dir2=east}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{MDint |mile=0.21 |road={{jct|state=MD|road|Fairview Avenue|to2=to|I|695|dir2=west}} |notes=Fairview Avenue is unsigned [[Maryland Route 969|MD 969A]] }} {{MDint |location=Pumphrey |mile=1.28 |road={{jct|state=MD|MD|648|name1=Baltimore–Annapolis Boulevard|city1=Ferndale|city2=Baltimore Highlands}} |notes=Eastern terminus; officially MD 648E }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|Maryland Roads}}
==References== {{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Maryland HLR">{{Maryland HLR|year=2013|county1=Anne Arundel|accessdate=2012-11-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Google Maps MD 168">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Hammonds+Ferry+Rd&daddr=Nursery+Rd&hl=en&ll=39.222878,-76.653929&spn=0.016257,0.042014&sll=39.222679,-76.645732&sspn=0.016257,0.042014&geocode=Fb-EVgIdfy1u-w%3BFZl3VgIdtodu-w&oq=harlingen&t=h&mra=ls&z=15|title=Maryland Route 168|accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref>
<ref name="1930 src report">{{Maryland SRC report|year=1930|page=196|accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref>
<ref name="1930 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1930}}</ref>
<ref name="1939 map">{{Maryland road map|year=1939}}</ref>
}}
==External links== {{commons category}} {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} *[http://www.mdroads.com/routes/160-179.html#md168 MDRoads: MD 168]
[[Category:State highways in Maryland|168]] [[Category:Roads in Anne Arundel County, Maryland]]