Maryland Route 268

Maryland Route 268
North Street
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length:	0.95 mi[1] (1.53 km)
Major junctions
South end:	MD 7 in Elkton
North end:	MD 279 in Elkton
Location
Counties:	Cecil
Highway system
Maryland highway system Interstate • US • State • Minor • Former • Turnpikes ← MD 267 MD 269 →

Maryland Route 268 (MD 268) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as North Street, the state highway runs 0.95 miles (1.53 km) from MD 7 north to MD 279 within Elkton. MD 268, the old alignment of MD 279 within Elkton, was designated in 1967 after MD 279 bypassed Elkton.

Route description

MD 268 begins an an intersection with MD 7 (Main Street) in downtown Elkton. MD 7 is one-way eastbound; accessing westbound MD 7 requires using High Street or Railroad Avenue west to MD 213 (Bridge Street) to connect with MD 7 west of downtown. MD 268 heads north through a commercial area. At Railroad Avenue, the highway enters a residential area and veers slightly to the left to cross over the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. The old alignment, Old North Road, consists of two stubs on the south and north sides of the tracks with unsigned designations MD 727 and MD 727A, respectively. MD 268 continues north through a residential area, passing between Big Elk Creek and Elkton Middle School before reaching its northern terminus at MD 279 (Elkton Road/Newark Avenue).^[1][2]

History

MD 268 is the old alignment of MD 279 within Elkton. North Street was paved by 1921.^[3] MD 279's overpass of the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Amtrak) was first constructed around 1930.^[4] MD 268 was designated on North Avenue when MD 279 was extended west to U.S. Route 40 to bypass the center of Elkton in 1967.^[5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Elkton in Cecil County.

Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
0.00	MD 7 east (Main Street)	Southern terminus; MD 7 is one-way eastbound
0.30	Old North Road north	Old alignment of MD 268; unsigned MD 727
0.56	Old North Road south	Old alignment of MD 268; unsigned MD 727A
0.95	MD 279 (Elkton Road/Newark Avenue) to I-95 – Newark, DE	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Highway Location Reference: Cecil County" (PDF). Maryland State Highway Administration. 2009. http://www.marylandroads.com/Location/2009_CECIL.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Maryland Route 268 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=North+St&daddr=North+St&hl=en&geocode=FQxeXAIdPO56-w%3BFRSSXAId5u56-w&mra=mrv&mrcr=0&sll=39.637125,-75.818281&sspn=0.01517,0.038581&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
3. ^ Maryland Geological Survey. Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map) (1921 ed.). 
4. ^ Report of the State Roads Commission of Maryland. 1927-1930. Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. 1930-10-01. p. 67. http://www.archive.org/details/reportofstateroa1927mary. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
5. ^ Maryland State Roads Commission. Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map) (1967 ed.). 

External links

• MD 268 @ MDRoads.com