Puerto Rico Highway 167 Explained

State:PR
Type:PR
Route:167
Length Km:28.4
Established:1953[1]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Doña Elena
Junction:
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Sabana Seca
Municipalities:Comerío, Naranjito, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Cataño, Toa Baja
Previous Type:Sec
Previous Route:166
Next Type:Ter
Next Route:168

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.[2]

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connection for route 167 across the Río La Plata, spanning between Bayamón and Naranjito municipalities.[3] It has been replaced by an adjacent modern bridge that now carries PR-167.

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.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comerío, Memoria Núm. 41 . 1955 . . es . August 4, 2020.
  2. Web site: Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT) . Transit Data (Datos de Transito) . DTOP PR . 88–89 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 . April 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=95000849}} Plata Bridge]. National Park Service. 2016-05-16. Luis Pumarada O'Neill and PRSHPO . July 31, 1994. with
  4. Web site: Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter FARRUKO Drops “LA 167” Album. Audible Treats. October 1, 2021.