M-168, previously one of the shortest state highways in Michigan, extended from a junction with M-22 in downtown Elberta to the former Ann Arbor Railroad ferry docks in Elberta.

M-168 was one of the shortest state trunkline highways in the US state of Michigan, extending from a junction with M-22 in downtown Elberta to the former Ann Arbor Railroad ferry docks.

M-168 began at a junction with M-22 just west of where M-22 crosses over Lake Betsie.

Known as Frankfort Avenue, M-168 then traveled to the northwest near the shore of the lake through a mixed residential and commercial area before turning slightly westward onto Furnace Avenue.

An MDOT document indicated that in 2010, a $ 2. 1 million project would reconstruct M-168.

Upon completion of the project, the route wouldbe jurisdictionally transferred to the Village of Elberta, thereby removing M-168 from the state trunkline system.

This transfer was finalized on April 24, 2012, and afterwards, the former M-168 was reclassified a village street.

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