State Route 167 | ||||
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Valley Freeway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of SR 410 | ||||
Defined by RCW 47.17.330 | ||||
Maintained by WSDOT | ||||
Length: | 28.60 mi (46.03 km) | |||
Existed: | 1964 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | I-5 in Tacoma | |||
SR 161/SR 512 near Puyallup SR 18 in Auburn SR 516 in Kent I-405 in Renton |
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North end: | SR 900 in Renton | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 167, commonly known as the Valley Freeway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Interstate 5 in Tacoma with Interstate 405 in Renton, and is 28.60 miles (46.03 km) long.
SR 167 runs east as a four-lane divided (only by a left-turn lane) highway from Interstate 5 in Tacoma along the Puyallup River's south bank into Puyallup. SR 167 crosses the Puyallup River. Just north of the river, SR 167 turns east onto a freeway at a partial interchange. SR 167 begins a brief concurrency with SR 161 at this interchange. The freeway continues east towards Sumner. SR 161 leaves SR 167 at an interchange with State Route 512, which goes south. SR 167 continues east and meets State Route 410 at an interchange. The highway then turns north, and has a large interchange with State Route 18 in Auburn near the Outlet Collection mall. North of Auburn, the freeway has high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. These HOV lanes were converted to high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on May 3, 2008 as a pilot project.