High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NC 268 begins in the west at an intersetction with US 321 a few miles north of Lenoir in Caldwell County. From its western terminus, the route heads on a curvy northeasterly path roughly following the Yadkin River. Entering Wilkes County, it follows the southern shoreline of the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir and continues into the county seat of Wilkesboro. Before entering downtown Wilkesboro, the route has an interchange with US 421/NC 16 and meets NC 18. NC 268 joins NC 18 for a short concurrency through downtown North Wilkesboro, joining the business route of US 421 across a bridge over the Yadkin River into North Wilkesboro. NC 18 and NC 268 split from US 421 Business in central North Wilkesboro, pass by the western terminus of NC 115 and continue north one mile (1.6 km) before separating. NC 268 continues independently east roughly paralleling the Yadkin River through the town of Ronda on its way to the Surry County line.