Illinois Route 167
State highway in Knox County, Illinois, US
Illinois Route 167 (IL 167) is a 12.24-mile-long (19.70 km) east–west state road entirely located in Knox County in western Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) northeast of Wataga to IL 180 east of Victoria. The route is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Route description
Route 167 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 34 just north of the Wataga city limits. The route dips southeast into Wataga, crossing the BNSF Railroad before following the northern border of the city eastward. Route 167 runs east through rural Sparta Township. The route continues east into Copley Township, passing through more farmland. It passes to the south of a group of small lakes near a junction with County Route 12. The highway continues east into Victoria, where it is locally known as Main Street. It passes through a mixed residential and business area in the village.
The public source identifies “Illinois Route 167” as state highway in Knox County, Illinois, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Illinois, Route and State.
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This entry incorporates text from “Illinois Route 167” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.