Get to Know Your State Roads In North-Central Connecticut

The latest installment of our new periodic series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features Route 167, which begins at Route 4 in the Unionville section of Farmington and ends at Routes 10 and 202 in Simsbury Center.

• Designated: 1932
• Length: 10.41 miles
• Towns: Farmington, Avon, Simsbury
• Other names: West Avon Rd. (Farmington/Avon); Bushy Hill Rd., West St. (Simsbury)
• Junctions: Farmington - Route 4; Simsbury - U.S. 44/U.S. 202, Route 309, U.S. 202/Route 10
• Landmarks: Lions Memorial Park (Farmington); Memorial United Methodist Church, Pine Grove Schoolhouse, Valley Community Baptist Church, Avon High School, Avon Middle School, Church of Saint Ann, Horse Guard State Park (Avon); Ethel Walker School, Cobb School-Montessori, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Millwright's Restaurant and Tavern (Simsbury)

The Pine Grove Schoolhouse, built in 1865 at the junction of Route 167 and Harris Road in Avon. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

The Ethel Walker School on Route 167 in Simsbury. (Tim Jensen/Patch Media Corp.)

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Other columns in this series:

• Route 74
• Route 83
• Route 190