Indiana State Road 167

{{Infobox road

|state=IN

|type=IN

|route=167

|alternate_name=

| map={{maplink-road|from=Indiana State Road 167.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=SR 167 highlighted in red

|length_mi=10.371

|length_ref={{INDOT ref|title=RPB-2015|access-date=October 20, 2016|link=yes}}

|established=1931{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7109861/september_1931_roads_added_page_3/|title=Maintenance on 391|work=The Franklin Evening Star |date=September 25, 1931 |page=3 |access-date=October 20, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=IN|IN|67}} at Albany

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=IN|IN|26}} near Hartford City

|counties=Blackford, Delaware, Jay

|previous_type=IN

|previous_route=166

|next_type=IN

|next_route=168

}}

State Road 167 (SR 167) is a State Road in the eastern section of the state of Indiana. Running for {{convert| 10.371 |mi|km|3}} in a general north–south direction, connecting the cities of Albany and Dunkirk with SR 26. The entire route is rural two-lane highway that passes through farmland and residential properties. SR 167 was originally introduced in the 1931 routed along its modern routing. The entire was paved by the mid-1960s.

Route description

SR 167 begins at an intersection between Walnut Street (SR 67) and Mississinewa Avenue, in the city of Albany in Delaware County. From there the road continues northeast on Mississinewa Avenue through a mix of residential neighborhoods and farmland for about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} before leaving the city of Albany. After leaving Albany SR 167 enters unincorporated Delaware County, passing through rural farmland as a two-lane highway. The road enters Dunkirk following Main Street, passing through the downtown of the city. The street crosses a Norfolk Southern Railway track, before leaving downtown Dunkirk. North of downtown Main Street curves due north near the West Jay County Middle School and forms the border between Blackford and Jay Counties. The SR 167 designation ends at an intersection with SR 26 east of Hartford City, but the roadway continues north as a county road.{{INDOT map|year=2016|access-date=October 28, 2016|section=F9}}{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N+Mississinewa+Ave&daddr=IN-167+N%2FCo+Rd+875+E&hl=en&sll=40.301769,-85.233564&sspn=0.009622,0.017896&geocode=FW4AZwIdJG7r-g%3BFeI5aQIdkNnr-g&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=0,1&sz=16&z=16|accessdate=October 28, 2016}}

No segment of State Road 167 in Indiana is included in the National Highway System (NHS).{{INDOT ref|title=NHS Map|accessdate=November 16, 2012}} The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.{{INDOT ref|title=NHS|accessdate=November 16, 2012}} The highway is maintained by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) like all other state roads in the state. The department tracks the traffic volumes along all state roads as a part of its maintenance responsibilities using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). This measurement is a calculation of the traffic level along a segment of roadway for any average day of the year. In 2013, the department's traffic surveys showed that on average, 4324 vehicles used the highway daily along Main Street on the south end of Dunkirk and 784 vehicles did so each day near the northern end of SR 167, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.

History

SR 167 was first designated in 1931. The original routing started in Albany and ran north through Dunkirk to SR 26 much as it does today.{{INDOT map|year=1932-1|v-link=yes|access=date=October 27, 2016|link=yes|section=G9}} The entire road was either gravel or stone surface, until 1940 when the state highway commissioned desired to paved the road south of Dunkirk.{{cite news |author= |title=Bids Requested on 58 Miles of State Highway Pavement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7116968/bids_for_paving_roads_in_august_1940/ |newspaper=The Daily Clintonian |location=Clinton |page=6 |date=August 8, 1940 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=October 27, 2016}} {{open access}} This paving was completed by 1942.{{INDOT map|year=1941|access=date=October 27, 2016|section=H5}}{{INDOT map|year=1942|access=date=October 27, 2016|section=F9}} The segment of road north of Dunkirk was paved between 1962 and 1963.{{INDOT map|year=1962|access=date=October 27, 2016|section=F9}}{{INDOT map|year=1963|access=date=October 27, 2016|section=F9}}