Minnesota State Highway 167

Trunk Highway 167
Trunk Highway 167
	MN 167 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	7.304 mi[1] (11.755 km)
Existed	September, 27 2022–present
Tourist; routes	Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	MN 23 / MN 67 at Granite Falls
East end	Upper Sioux Agency State Park
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Yellow Medicine
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Trunk Highway 167 (MN 167) is a state highway in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was created in 2022 from a portion of MN 67 that closed after the roadbed began to collapse. MN 67 was rerouted around the closure at the same time MN 167 was established.

Route description

MN 167 begins at an intersection with MN 23 and MN 67 in Granite Falls, Minnesota near a sharp bend in the Minnesota River. It heads to the southeast and curves around meanders in the river's course. It passes through the Upper Sioux Community before reaching Upper Sioux Agency State Park. The route ends at the entrance road to the state park.[2]

The route is legally defined as Route 340 in the Minnesota Statutes. It is not marked with this number.[3]

History

In April 2019, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) closed MN 67 in both directions approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the intersection of MN 67 and MN 23 in Granite Falls. The closure was necessary due to unstable ground deep underneath the roadbed, causing large cracks to appear in the road surface and rendering it impassable for traffic. A detour was put into place that followed State Highway 274 and County Road 2 and between Granite Falls and Echo. MnDOT permanently rerouted MN 67 along this detour and announced the creation of MN 167 on September 27, 2022.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Yellow Medicine County.

Location	mi[1][lower-alpha 1]	km	Destinations
Granite Falls	0.000	0.000	MN 23 / MN 67 – Granite Falls, Echo, Marshall
Sioux Agency Township	7.304	11.755	Upper Sioux Agency State Park entrance road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

Mileposts calculated from the former routing of MN 67.

References

Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 167

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Minnesota Department of Transportation (December 31, 2020). 2020 Trunk Route Keypoint Report (PDF) (Report). p. 1431. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
Google (November 24, 2022). "Minnesota State Highway 167" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/68/laws.5.4.0#laws.5.4.0. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Minnesota Department of Transportation (September 27, 2022). "New signs going up as part of Hwy 67 rerouting project between Granite Falls and Echo" (Press release). Retrieved November 24, 2022.

External links

Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 152–218". www.steve-riner.com.*

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[5] Mileposts calculated from the former routing of MN 67.

[mndot-1] Minnesota Department of Transportation (December 31, 2020). 2020 Trunk Route Keypoint Report (PDF) (Report). p. 1431. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

[2] Google (November 24, 2022). "Minnesota State Highway 167" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

[3] ttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/68/laws.5.4.0#laws.5.4.0. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] Minnesota Department of Transportation (September 27, 2022). "New signs going up as part of Hwy 67 rerouting project between Granite Falls and Echo" (Press release). Retrieved November 24, 2022.