Puerto Rico Highway 167

Highway 167
Highway 167
Ruta 167
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	28.4 km (17.6 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-156 / PR-7167 in Doña Elena
	PR-148 / PR-164 in Nuevo; PR-816 in Dajaos; PR-812 in Dajaos; PR-829 in Buena Vista; PR-830 in Buena Vista; PR-199 in Pájaros; PR-2 in Bayamón barrio-pueblo; PR-29 in Hato Tejas; PR-22 in Hato Tejas; PR-866 in Sabana Seca;
North end	PR-165 in Sabana Seca
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Comerío, Naranjito, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Cataño, Toa Baja
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 167 (PR-167) is one of the main highways in the San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area of Puerto Rico. Highway 167 starts at Puerto Rico Highway 165 in Levittown and goes until Puerto Rico Highway 156 in Comerío.

Route description

It is two-lane per direction all through Cataño and a vast area of Bayamón, and becomes rural a couple of kilometers before entering Naranjito. During the rainy season this road is risky as there is chance of rock fall and debris onto the road. This occurs mainly due to an increase in the moisture content of the soil, which loosens the suspended rocks adjacent to the highway. It has been proposed to make this road fully parallel to the future tollway PR-5, which will be extended until Comerío. The future tollway will pass through the only cable-suspended bridge in the island in Bayamón near the border with Naranjito.^[3]

The Plata Bridge, a Parker truss bridge built in 1908, was the original connection for route 167 across the Río La Plata, spanning between Bayamón and Naranjito municipalities.^[4] It has been replaced by an adjacent modern bridge that now carries PR-167.

Comerío Road (circa 1900–1917)
Plata Bridge from PR-167

Major intersections

PR-167 south approaching PR-29 junction in Hato Tejas, Bayamón
PR-167 south at PR-22 junction in Río Hondo, Bayamón
Signs for PR-22 and PR-167 in Levittown, Toa Baja

Municipality	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Comerío	Doña Elena	0.0	0.0	PR-156 / PR-7167 – Comerío, Aguas Buenas	Southern terminus of PR-167
Comerío	Doña Elena	1.9	1.2	PR-780 – Doña Elena
Naranjito	Nuevo	5.3– 5.4	3.3– 3.4	PR-167 Spur – Los Martínez
Naranjito	Nuevo	8.5	5.3	PR-148 north / PR-164 to PR-5 (Desvío Mariano Cotto) / PR-826 / PR-8126 – Naranjito, Bayamón, Guadiana
Río de la Plata		8.5– 8.6	5.3– 5.3	Puente Plata^[5]
Bayamón	Dajaos	8.9	5.5	PR-816 – Nuevo
Bayamón	Dajaos	10.1	6.3	PR-812 – Dajaos
Toa Alta	Ortíz	12.5	7.8	PR-827 – Ortíz
Bayamón	Buena Vista	13.5	8.4	PR-828 (Avenida Los Palacios) to PR-5 (Desvío Mariano Cotto) – Naranjito, Ortíz
		14.3	8.9	PR-829 (Carretera Luis Mercado Cotto) – Ortíz	Western terminus of PR-829 concurrency
		14.4	8.9	PR-829 (Carretera Luis Mercado Cotto) – Buena Vista	Eastern terminus of PR-829 concurrency
		15.4	9.6	PR-830 (Avenida Doctor John William Harris) – Cerro Gordo
	Pájaros	17.3	10.7	PR-199 (Avenida Las Cumbres) – Toa Alta, San Juan
	Pájaros	19.2	11.9	PR-840 (Camino Aldea) – Aldea
	Cerro Gordo	20.1	12.5	PR-Avenida Magnolia – Bayamón
	Cerro Gordo	21.6	13.4	PR-Avenida Doctor Ramón Luis Rodríguez – Bayamón
	Bayamón barrio-pueblo	22.2	13.8	PR-2 – Guaynabo, Arecibo
	Bayamón barrio-pueblo	22.4– 22.5	13.9– 14.0	PR-855 (Calle Doctor Santiago Veve) – Bayamón	One-way street; westbound access via Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances
	Hato Tejas	22.8	14.2	PR-8855 (Avenida Bobby Capó) – Bayamón
		23.2	14.4	PR-29 (Avenida Main Oeste) – Bayamón
		25.1	15.6	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Cataño, Guaynabo, San Juan, Dorado, Arecibo, Mayagüez	PR-22 exit 13; diamond interchange
Cataño	No major junctions
Toa Baja	Sabana Seca	26.9– 27.0	16.7– 16.8	PR-Avenida Juan "Picolino" Hernández Ferrer – Toa Baja
		27.8– 27.9	17.3– 17.3	PR-866 (Avenida Boulevard) – Levittown
		28.4	17.6	PR-165 (Avenida El Caño) – Cataño, Dorado	Northern terminus of PR-167
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

In popular culture

Puerto Rican rapper and singer Farruko's seventh studio album, La 167, is named after PR-167. Puerto Rico Highway 167 runs near Bayamón, where Farruko grew up.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-167" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "Comerío, Memoria Núm. 41" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 88–89. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
^ Luis Pumarada O'Neill and PRSHPO (31 July 1994). "Plata Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 16 May 2016. with 3 photos from 1993
^ Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 101–102. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ "Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter FARRUKO Drops "LA 167" Album". Audible Treats. 1 October 2021.