U.S. Route 167

U.S. Route 167
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 67
Length:	499 mi (803 km)
Major junctions
South end:	LA 14 in Abbeville, LA
	I-10 in Lafayette, LA US 71, Lecompte, LA I-49 in Alexandria, LA LA 28, Alexandria, LA US 71, Tioga, LA US 84, Winnfield, LA US 80, Ruston, LA I-20, Ruston, LA US 63, Ruston, LA I-30 in Little Rock, AR I-40 in Little Rock, AR
North end:	US 62 / US 412 in Ash Flat, AR
Location
States:	Louisiana, Arkansas
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 167 runs for 499 miles (803 km) from Ash Flat, Arkansas at U.S. Route 62/US Route 412 to Abbeville, Louisiana at Louisiana Highway 14. It goes through the cities of Little Rock, Arkansas, Alexandria, Louisiana, and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Some of the highway's route has been combined with or parallels Interstate 49 in Louisiana. Between Junction City, AR and Ruston, LA, U.S. 167 runs concurrent with U.S. 63.^[1]

Route description

Louisiana

One of the original 1926 U.S. highways through Louisiana, U.S. 167 was much shorter in its original form, spanning from Arkansas to present-day Colfax. It has been extended twice since.

From the south, U.S. 167 begins at an intersection with LA 14 in the small town of Abbeville. It continues north through Lafayette, passing the Mall of Acadiana and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

U.S. 167 then turns to the north, transitioning from a six-lane urban highway to an Interstate, as it crosses under I-10 and becomes I-49, running concurrent with I-49 through Opelousas, where it crosses U.S. 190. U.S. 167 then turns off to the northwest, passing through small towns like Ville Platte and Turkey Creek.

It then crosses under I-49 once more and continues northeast to intersect U.S. 71, which it is paired with through Lecompte and as it passes Louisiana State University at Alexandria. U.S. 167 is paired with U.S. 71 Bypass and I-49 as they bypass Alexandria, with U.S. 167 turning off of I-49 to form the Pineville Expressway.

As U.S. 167 enters the piney woods of North Louisiana, it passes through small cities such as Winnfield (where it intersects U.S. 84), Jonesboro, and Ruston, where it crosses I-20. U.S. 167 is then joined with U.S. 63 for its trek between Ruston and Arkansas.

A highway abutment for State Route 26 in Louisiana, later an extension of U.S. 167

Johnston Street in Lafayette, Louisiana

Johnston street is a seven-mile (11 km) segment of U.S. Route 167 which is the primary roadway from the Central Business District of Lafayette to the southwestern part of the city. Johnston Street's northern terminus is Evangeline Thruway (US 90) where it becomes concurrent with said route. A major interchange is planned at the street when I-49 is routed through downtown Lafayette. Johnston Street's southern terminus is the Lafayette/Vermilion Parish line where it becomes known as Maurice Avenue and then Park Avenue until US 167's terminus at Louisiana State Highway 14 in Abbeville. The road is a five-lane arterial north of its junction with Ambassador Caffery Parkway (Louisiana Highway 3073), where it becomes a four lane divided highway southward to Vermilion Parish.

Original Southern Terminus of US 167

Originally, US 167 turned south at LA 34 in Winnfield and followed the routing of LA 34 to Verda, then to US 71 at the current intersection of Louisiana Highway 471 and US 71. This is evidenced by the fact that US 167 north of Winnfield to Arkansas was coupled with the State Route 5 designation, and State Route 5 followed 34 and 471 to US 71. State Route 5 was the pre-1955 designation of US 167.

Arkansas

US 167 in Sheridan

Highway 167 enters Arkansas at Junction City, a twin city with Junction City, Louisiana. Entering the state, Highway 167 is paired with U.S. Highway 63. The highways runs northeast through rural Union County to a junction with Highway 7 near the historic Joel Smith House. The three highways begin a concurrency intersect U.S. Highway 82 shortly after entering El Dorado. North of this junction is a grade-separated intersection with U.S. Highway 82B and U.S. Highway 167B, leading into downtown El Dorado and the El Dorado Commercial Historic District. The next intersection is with Main Street and is also grade-separated. Highway 63 breaks from the aforementioned concurrency to the east toward Warren. Following an interchange with Champagnolle Road, Highway 167 ends its overlap with Highway 7 by exiting the freeway and heading north toward Calion. This intersection also serves as the northern terminus for Highway 167B, with Highway 7 continuing north toward Smackover.^[2] Highway 167 runs north through sparsely populated parts of southern Calhoun County prior to entering Hampton, the county seat. The highway intersects U.S. Highway 278 (Main Street) and passes by the historic Calhoun County Courthouse and the Hampton Waterworks, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3] In the northern part of the county, Highway 167 meets another of its three business routes in the state, which runs into downtown Thornton. Highway 167 continues northeast to a junction with U.S. Highway 79, and the two routes begin a concurrency toward Fordyce.

Major intersections

State	County/Parish	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Louisiana	Vermilion	Abbeville				LA 14 Bus.
						LA 14 Byp. (Summers Drive) – Kaplan, New Iberia, Louisiana Military Hall of Fame Museum
		​				LA 696 – Meaux
		​				LA 697
		​				LA 699 – Leroy
		Maurice				LA 92 east (Milton Road) – Youngsville	south end of LA 92 overlap
						LA 92 west (East Lafayette Street) – Indian Bayou, Crowley	north end of LA 92 overlap
	Lafayette	​				LA 733 (East Broussard Road)
		Lafayette				LA 724 (Duhon Road)
						LA 3073 (Ambassador Caffery Parkway)
						LA 93 (Ridge Road) – Judice, Ridge, Scott
						LA 3025 Spur (Bertrand Drive)
						LA 3025 (College Road) to I-10 / I-49
						US 90 Bus. / LA 182 (University Avenue) – Crowley
						US 90 east (Southwest Evangeline Thruway) / LA 94 (Louisiana Avenue) – Breaux Bridge, New Iberia, Airport	south end of US 90 overlap;Western Terminus of LA 94;Proposed Interchange with Future I-49
						LA 176 (Jefferson Boulevard)	Proposed Interchange with Future I-49
						US 90 west (Mudd Avenue) – Scott	north end of US 90 overlap;Proposed Interchange with Future I-49
					1	I-10 – Lake Charles, Baton Rouge	south end of I-49 overlap; signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west); I-10 exit 103
	see I-49
	St. Landry	​				I-49 north / LA 744 east – Alexandria	north end of I-49 overlap; US 167 north follows exit 23
		Nuba				LA 10 east / LA 182 – Opelousas, Washington	south end of LA 10 overlap
		​				LA 749
		​				LA 103 west – Prairie Ronde	south end of LA 103 overlap
		​				LA 103 east – Grand Prairie, Washington	north end of LA 103 overlap
	Evangeline	​				LA 748 – Grand Prairie, Washington
		Ville Platte				LA 1168 – Belair Cove
						LA 29 north – Bunkie	south end of LA 29 overlap
						LA 29 south (Chataignier Street)	north end of LA 29 overlap
						LA 3042 (North Dupre Street) – Chicot State Park & Arboretum
						LA 3097
						LA 10 west – Oakdale	north end of LA 10 overlap
		​				LA 376
		Bayou Chicot				LA 106 – Pine Prairie, Chicot State Park
		​				LA 3096 (Junction Road)
		Turkey Creek				LA 13 south – Eunice
	Rapides	​				I-49 – Alexandria, Opelousas	I-49 exit 61
		​				LA 456
		​				US 71 south – Baton Rouge	south end of US 71 overlap
		Lecompte				LA 457
						LA 112 to I-49 – Forest Hill, Leesville
		Lamourie				LA 456 / LA 470
		Chambers				LA 470 – LSU Alexandria
						LA 3170 – Marksville
		Willow Glen				I-49 south / US 71 north / US 167 Bus. north (MacArthur Drive) – Opelousas	north end of US 71 overlap; south end of I-49 / US 71 Byp. overlap; south end of freeway; US 167 north follows exit 63; US 167 south follows exit 80; no direct southbound exit to US 71 north (signed at exit 81)
		Alexandria			81	LA 3250 (Sugarhouse Road)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
					83	Broadway Avenue
						I-49 north / US 71 Byp. north / LA 28 west – Shreveport, Airport	north end of I-49 / US 71 Byp. overlap; south end of LA 28 overlap; US 167 north follows exit 84
						LA 1 (Casson Street) / LA 28 Bus. west – Downtown Alexandria
		​			Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over Red River
		Pineville				LA 1250 (Shamrock Street) – Downtown Pineville	also signed southbound at LA 107
						LA 107 – Marksville
						LA 28 east / LA 3100 west – Pineville, Jonesville	north end of LA 28 overlap
						LA 3144 (Edgewood Drive)
						US 165 – Alexandria, Monroe
		​				US 71 south / LA 3225 north – Tioga	south end of US 71 overlap
		​				US 71 north – Shreveport	north end of US 71 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		​				LA 3225	at-grade intersection; north end of freeway
	Grant	Prospect				LA 1241
		Bentley				LA 8 – Colfax, Pollock
		Dry Prong				LA 123 – Colfax, Breezy Hill
		Williana				LA 472 east
		Packton				LA 500 – Georgetown, Jena
	Winn	​				LA 472
		​				US 84 east / LA 34 east	south end of US 84 / LA 34 overlap
Winnfield					LA 1231-1 / LA 1231-2
					LA 34 west	north end of LA 34 overlap
					US 84 west – Clarence	north end of US 84 overlap
					LA 501 north
​					LA 156 west
​					LA 1231-2
Tannehill					LA 505 north
​					LA 1236
Dodson					LA 126
Jackson	Wyatt				LA 505
	Jonesboro				South Hudson Avenue (LA 1255)
					LA 147 south (Walker Road)	south end of LA 147 overlap
					LA 4 – Caney Lake
					LA 542 east (Beech Springs Road)
	Hodge				LA 813-3 (East Pine Street)
	North Hodge				LA 147 north – Arcadia, Minden	north end of LA 147 overlap
	​				LA 811 (Quitman Highway)
	​				LA 155 east (Quitman Highway)	south end of LA 155 overlap
	Quitman				LA 155 west	north end of LA 155 overlap
	Clay				LA 148 / LA 818 west – Vernon
Lincoln	Ruston				LA 3061 (Tennessee Avenue)
					US 80 west / LA 146 south (California Avenue) – Louisiana Tech	south end of US 80 / LA 146 overlap
					LA 150 west (Alabama Avenue)
					US 80 east (Georgia Avenue)	north end of US 80 overlap
					I-20 – Grambling, Shreveport, Monroe	I-20 exit 85; south end of US 63 overlap
	Vienna				LA 146 west / LA 3072 – Homer, Lake Claiborne State Park	north end of LA 146 overlap
	​				LA 822 west	south end of LA 822 overlap
	Unionville				LA 822 east	north end of LA 822 overlap
	Dubach				LA 151 – Farmerville, Downsville	south end of LA 151 overlap
					LA 151 – Arcadia, Homer	north end of LA 151 overlap
	​				LA 545 – Hico, Downsville
Union	Bernice				LA 2 west (8th Street)	south end of LA 2 overlap
					LA 2 east – Farmerville, Lake D'Arbonne State Park	north end of LA 2 overlap; south end of LA 2 Alt. overlap
					LA 2 Alt. west – Haynesville	north end of LA 2 Alt. overlap
	Lillie				LA 15 – Spearsville, Farmerville
Union–Claiborne parish line	Junction City				LA 9 – Homer, Shreveport
Arkansas	Union	​				AR 7 south – Lockhart, LA	south end of AR 7 overlap
		El Dorado				US 82 / AR 15 south – Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport	interchange; US 82 exit 22
					15	US 82B / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)	interchange; south end of freeway
					16	US 63 north – Warren	north end of US 63 overlap
		​			17	Champagnolle Road
		​				US 167B south / AR 7 north – Camden, El Dorado Business District	interchange; north end of freeway; north end of AR 7 overlap
		​				AR 335 south – Norphlet
	Calhoun	​				AR 172 east to AR 160
		Hampton				US 278 – Camden, Warren
		​				AR 274 west
		​				US 167B north to US 79 south – Thornton, Camden
		​				US 79 south – Camden	interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of US 79 overlap
	Dallas	Fordyce				US 79B north / AR 273 south – Fordyce Business District, Historic District
						AR 8 – Princeton, Fordyce, Tri-County Lake
						US 79 north / US 79B south – Pine Bluff, Fordyce	north end of US 79 overlap
		​				AR 273 north to AR 229
	Cleveland	No major junctions
	Dallas	Farindale				AR 48 west – Carthage
	Grant	Cross Roads				AR 35 south – Rison
		​				US 167B north – Sheridan
		El Dorado				AR 46
						US 270
		​				AR 35
		​				US 167B south – Sheridan
	Saline	​				AR 367 north – East End
		​				I-530 south / US 65 south – Pine Bluff	south end of I-530 / US 65 overlap; no southbound entrance; US 167 south follows exit 10
	see I-530
	Pulaski	Little Rock			1	I-30 west (US 67 south / US 70 west) / I-430 east – Hot Springs, Texarkana, Little Rock National Airport, Little Rock River Port, Memphis	north end of I-530 overlap; south end of I-30 / US 67 / US 70 overlap; US 167 south follows exit 138; signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound
	see I-30 and US 67
	White	Bald Knob				US 64 east / US 67 north – Newport, St. Louis, Augusta, McCrory, Memphis	north end of US 64 / US 67 overlap; US 167 north follows exit 55
						AR 367 north
						AR 258 west
	Jackson	No major junctions
	White	​				AR 87 south – Denmark, Bradford
	Independence	Pleasant Plains				AR 157
		Southside				AR 230 west / AR 14S east – Locust Grove, McHue, Newport
		Dennison Heights				AR 14 / AR 25 south – Mountain View, Heber Springs, Newport	south end of AR 25 overlap
		Batesville				AR 69 south / AR 69B north (East Harrison Street) – Business District	south end of AR 69 overlap
						AR 233 north (East Main Street) – Lyon College, Batesville Business District, Historical District
						AR 69 north (Barnett Drive) – Cushman, Melbourne	north end of AR 69 overlap
						AR 25 north / AR 69S north (White Drive) – Melbourne, Cord, U of A Community College at Batesville	north end of AR 25 overlap
		​				AR 233 south
		​				AR 394 east
	Sharp	Cave City				AR 230 east
						AR 58 east / AR 115 north – Poughkeepsie, Smithville	south end of AR 58 overlap
		​				AR 58 west – Sidney	north end of AR 58 overlap
		Evening Shade				AR 56 east – Poughkeepsie	south end of AR 56 overlap
		Ash Flat				AR 56 west – Calico Rock, Norfork	north end of AR 56 overlap
						AR 354 east to AR 58
						US 62 / US 412 (Ash Flat Drive) – Hardy, Salem, Mountain Home, Harrison
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered and suffixed routes

El Dorado business route

US Highway 167 Business (US 167B and Hwy. 167B) is a 2.97-mile (4.78 km) business route of US Highway 167 in Union County, Arkansas.^[2]

Thornton business route

US Highway 167 Business (US 167B and Hwy. 167B) is a 1.67-mile (2.69 km) business route of US Highway 167 in Calhoun County, Arkansas.^[7] The route was created following the completion of a bypass around Thornton when Highway 167 was rerouted onto the new alignment.^[6]

Sheridan business route

US Highway 167 Business (US 167B and Hwy. 167B) is a business route of US Highway 167 in Grant County, Arkansas.^[9] It was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on September 11, 2013 following the designation of the new Highway 167 Sheridan bypass as mainline Highway 167, leaving the former alignment in the state highway system as a business route.^[8]

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Arkansas portal
• Louisiana portal
• Pineville Expressway

References

External links

• US-167 endpoint photos

Browse numbered routes
← LA 166	LA	LA 168 →
← AR 166	AR	AR 168 →