 In the 1930s, SR 168 was extended northwest to State Route 53 (now State Route 30) near Barhamsville.It used Jefferson Avenue and 35th Street in Newport News and Shell Road, Newport News Avenue, Back River Road, Rip Rap Road, King Street, and Pembroke Avenue in Hampton; see State Route 143 (Barhamsville to Hampton) and State Route 351 (Hampton to Buckroe Beach) for more history.It intersected U.S. Route 60 at Anderson's Corner, near Toano in James City County.