text: new york state route 167 new york state route 167 ( ny 167 ) is a north – south state highway in the mohawk valley region of new york in the united states . it extends for 26 . 17 miles ( 42 . 12 km ) from an intersection with u.s. route 20 ( us 20 ) in the otsego county village of richfield springs to a junction with ny 29 in the herkimer county village of dolgeville . midway between the two endpoints , ny 167 passes through the city of little falls , where it meets ny 5 and indirectly connects to the new york state thruway by way of ny 169 . most of ny 167 is a two - lane rural highway ; however , in little falls , ny 167 ranges in width from two to four lanes as it serves commercial and industrial sections of the city . the piece of ny 167 between richfield springs and paines hollow , a small hamlet southwest of little falls , was originally part of an unsigned legislative route in the early 20th century . farther north , the segment between little falls and dolgeville was added to the legislative route system in 1910 . in 1924 , the richfield springs – paines hollow route became part of ny 28 ; however , that route was altered as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in new york to follow a new alignment to the west . ny 28 's former routing between richfield springs and paines hollow became part of the new ny 167 , which continued north through little falls to dolgeville as it does today . route description richfield springs to little falls ny 167 begins at an intersection with us 20 ( west main street ) near the northern tip of lake in the village of richfield springs . the route proceeds north as a two - lane highway along church street , passing through the village 's residential northern portion before leaving richfield springs and crossing the otsego – herkimer county line just a half - mile ( 0 . 8 km ) from the junction with us 20 . the residential surroundings follow ny 167 into the town of warren ; however , they give way to more open , undeveloped areas as the route intersects millstone road ( county route 78 or cr 78 , an unsigned number ) about a half - mile ( 0 . 8 km ) from the county line . from millstone road , the route winds northeast through warren , traveling through increasingly rural areas as it serves the hamlet of cullen and intersects cullen and hogsback roads ( cr 183 ) in the center of the small community . past cullen , ny 167 makes a gradual bend to the northeast , passing by a series of farms on its way to the hamlet of jordanville . here , the highway intersects with jordanville road ( cr 18 ) , an east – west two - lane road that ny 167 briefly follows as it runs through the community . a short distance east of jordanville , ny 167 splits from jordanville road to head northeast as a two - lane rural road . it intersects with country roads , such as rock hill road ( cr 135 ) and robinson road ( cr 46 ) for the next 4 miles ( 6 . 4 km ) , the route meanders across warren , following an erratic northeasterly course across largely undeveloped areas to reach the rural hamlet of paines hollow , located at the junction of ny 167 and ny 168 . after leaving paines hollow , ny 167 continues northeast into the town of little falls . the route remains rural through the town , intersecting with johnny cake and oregon roads ( cr 136 and cr 120 , respectively ) as it winds to the northeast . just under 2 miles ( 3 . 2 km ) from paines hollow , the highway briefly curves to the southeast ahead of a hairpin turn that leads northward to a junction with newville road ( cr 45 ) . little falls to dolgeville ny 167 heads generally northward through little falls , veering to the east and west at various points as it traverses the town . about 3 miles ( 4 . 8 km ) south of the city of little falls , the highway passes under the new york state thruway ( interstate 90 or i - 90 ) with no connection to the road . after the thruway overpass , ny 167 heads into a residential area surrounding its junction with ny 5s . the two routes briefly overlap before ny 167 turns north into a less populated , mostly wooded area along the southern bank of the mohawk river ( here part of the erie canal ) . ny 167 follows the river into an industrial section of the city of little falls , where it becomes overhead street and soon crosses the mohawk via the overhead street bridge . north of the river , the highway passes over ny 5 before intersecting albany street just west of downtown little falls . albany street is the eastbound half of a one - way couplet with nearby main street ; as a result , the two directions of ny 167 split to follow different alignments through western little falls . from overhead street , northbound ny 167 turns east to follow albany street for two blocks to little falls ' commercial center , where it intersects with southbound ny 169 at south ann street . ny 169 turns east here to follow albany street while ny 167 heads south along the two - way south ann street for one block to reach ny 5 , a four - lane divided highway on the north bank of the mohawk river . at this point , ny 167 northbound reconnects to the southbound route , which follows ny 5 west from south ann street to ny 5 's junction with the west end of albany street . east of south ann street , both directions of ny 167 overlap with ny 5 , following the four - lane road along the southern edge of downtown to a junction with east main street on the city 's east side . ny 167 reconnects with ny 169 here , which leaves east main street to briefly follow ny 5 and ny 167 along the riverside arterial . the resulting overlap between ny 167 and ny 169 is a wrong - way concurrency , with ny 169 southbound overlapping ny 167 northbound and vice versa . ny 169 splits from the highway after just one block to proceed south across the mohawk river while ny 5 and ny 167 remain concurrent to the eastern edge of the city . here , ny 167 forks from ny 5 , running east as a two - lane street through the undeveloped eastern fringe of little falls . the highway rises in elevation as it heads out of the mohawk river valley and passes into the adjacent town of manheim . now known as dolgeville road , ny 167 heads northeastward through dense forests to the hamlet of manheim center , a small residential community 3 miles ( 4 . 8 km ) from little falls . here , the route connects to road ( cr 42 ) . after leaving manheim center , the route becomes rural again , heading northward for several miles past farms , power lines , and the terminus of bush road ( cr 23 ) . north of bush road , ny 167 trends to the northeast , loosely paralleling east canada creek as it heads toward the village of dolgeville as south main street . the rural areas along the route gradually give way to homes , which in turn lead to dolgeville 's central business district . in the center of dolgeville , ny 167 runs alongside the creek for several blocks before ending at an intersection with ny 29 ( state street ) . history two sections of what is now ny 167 were included as part of legislative routes when the new york state legislature created a statewide legislative route system in 1908 . from richfield springs to paines hollow , it was designated as part of route 5 , which continued southeast to kingston via oneonta and northwest to mohawk . the section of what is now ny 167 north of little falls became part of route 26 , which ran from little falls to remsen via dolgeville . in 1910 , route 26 was realigned to follow a more direct routing between little falls and remsen via middleville and poland . the former alignment of route 26 between little falls and dolgeville went unnumbered until march 1 , 1921 , when it became part of route 37 , which was extended southwestward from dolgeville to little falls . the alignment of ny 167 follows the paine 's hollow road , constructed between little falls and paines hollow . this new road would shorten time between the two communities through herkimer county . the paine 's hollow road opened on october 4 , 1921 , opening a new road through the dairy country of the mohawk valley . the new road had branch alignments toward oneonta , cooperstown and richfield springs . at 1 p.m. ( 1800 utc ) that day , a convoy of vehicles drove the route south from little falls , with a band on a large truck and a coach with six horses . when the group reached paines hollow , a ceremony was held , led by the president of the little falls chamber of commerce and h.p. snyder , the local legislator for herkimer county . the new section between paines hollow and jordanville cost $ 123 , 136 . 25 ( 1921 usd ) and was designated as state highway 1363 . when the first set of posted routes in new york were assigned in 1924 , most of legislative route 5 north of oneonta — including the section between richfield springs and mohawk — became part of ny 28 , which originally began in oneonta and headed north through richfield springs and mohawk before ending in utica . in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in new york , the section of ny 28 between richfield springs and mohawk was moved onto a new highway to the west that went directly between the two locations . the portion of its former routing between richfield springs and paines hollow became part of the new ny 167 , which continued north from paines hollow to dolgeville via little falls and old legislative route 37 . major intersections