U.S. Route 167 in Louisiana

U.S. Highway 167
Route of US 167 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	241.046 mi (387.926 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Tourist routes:	Louisiana Scenic Byways: Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end:	LA 14 Bus. in Abbeville
	I-10 / I-49 / US 90 in Lafayette US 190 in Opelousas I-49 north of Opelousas I-49 west of Cheneyville US 71 southeast of Lecompte I-49 / US 71 in Alexandria US 165 in Pineville US 71 south of Creola US 84 in Winnfield I-20 / US 63 / US 80 in Ruston
North end:	US 63 / US 167 at Arkansas state line in Junction City
Location
Parishes:	Vermilion, Lafayette, St. Landry, Evangeline, Rapides, Grant, Winn, Jackson, Lincoln, Union
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 166 LA 168 →

U.S. Highway 167 Business
Location:	Alexandria
Length:	5.385 mi (8.666 km)
Existed:	1994–present

U.S. Highway 167 (US 167) in Louisiana runs 241.05 miles (387.93 km) in a north–south direction from the national southern terminus at Louisiana Highway 14 Business (LA 14 Bus.) in Abbeville to the Arkansas state line at Junction City.

The route cuts through the center of Louisiana for roughly its entire length and passes through two of the state's metropolitan areas, Lafayette and Alexandria. Between those cities, US 167 ranges in character from an urban freeway to a lightly traveled two-lane collector. During this stretch, it overlaps the southern 23 miles (37 km) of Interstate 49 (I-49) from Lafayette through Opelousas before making a diversion through rural Evangeline Parish to serve the small city of Ville Platte.

US 167 follows a combination of I-49 and the Pineville Expressway through Alexandria and Pineville, crossing the Red River via the twin-span Purple Heart Memorial Bridge. US 167 remains a surface four-lane highway through northern Louisiana and is the primary north–south route through Winnfield, Jonesboro, and Ruston. The northern portion of the route, beginning at the I-20 interchange in Ruston, also carries the first 35 miles (56 km) of US 63.