The road heads northwest as it forms the western border of Raccoon Creek State Park, turning more to the north.

PA 168 passes through Kendall and heads past the state park, running through farmland and woodland with some residences.

PA 168 turns east onto Pine Street and continues through more residential areas before crossing back into Greene Township.

The route makes a sharp turn northwest onto Fairview Road and heads into wooded areas, crossing into the borough of Ohioville.

The route heads east on 2nd Street, passing homes and crossing back into Darlington Township, where it curves northeast as Elmwood Boulevard.

PA 168 curves north and northeast through more rural areas, crossing Norfolk Southern's Fort Wayne Line into the borough of New Galilee and becoming Centennial Avenue.

Past this, the route passes more residences before crossing back into Big Beaver and running through wooded areas.

[1][2] PA 168 enters the borough of New Beaver in Lawrence County and becomes an unnamed road that heads through farmland and woodland with some homes, curving north-northeast and passing over I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike).

At this point, the route briefly turns south onto PA 18 before heading east on Wampum Road, crossing under Norfolk Southern's Youngstown Line.

PA 168 curves southeast and turns northeast onto Galilee Road in Moravia, passing through fields and woods with some homes.

The road crosses the Beaver River into Taylor Township and runs through woodland with some residences as it passes through East Moravia.

The route heads farther east from the railroad tracks and becomes West Pittsburg Road, widening into a four-lane divided highway as it comes to an interchange with the US 422 freeway.

This left an uneven "gap" with the southern route until 1951 when PA 168 was moved out of Georgetown and rerouted along Pine Street in Hookstown to Cooks Ferry in Shippingport.