Trunk Highway 167 (MN 167) is a

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Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Yellow Medicine County is a county in the State of Minnesota. Its eastern border is formed by the Minnesota River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,528. Its county seat is Granite Falls. The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation, related ...

. It was created in 2022 from a portion of MN 67 that closed after the roadbed began to

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. 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 Granite Falls is a city located mostly in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, of which it is the county seat with a small portion in Chippewa County, Minnesota. The population was 2,737 at the 2020 census. The Andrew John Volstead House, a Nat ...

near a sharp bend in the

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. It heads to the southeast and curves around

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s in the river's course. It passes through the Upper Sioux Community before reaching

Upper Sioux Agency State Park Upper Sioux Agency State Park is a Minnesota state park on the Minnesota River, south of Granite Falls. It preserves the site of the historic Upper Sioux Agency (or Yellow Medicine Agency), which was destroyed in the Dakota War of 1862. The agen ...

. The route ends at the entrance road to the state park. The route is legally defined as Route 340 in the Minnesota Statutes. It is not marked with this number.

History

In April 2019, the

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(MnDOT) closed MN 67 in both directions approximately 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

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. MnDOT permanently rerouted MN 67 along this detour and announced the creation of MN 167 on September 27, 2022.

Major intersections

References

External links

*{{cite web , last1=Riner , first1=Steve , title=Details of Routes 152–218 , url=http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r152-218.htm , website=www.steve-riner.com*

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Transportation in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota