History
An initial 0.89-mile (1.43 km) piece north from State Route 126 (now US 460 Business) in Richlands was added to the state highway system in 1931 as State Route 138, and a further 4.11 miles (6.61 km) was added in 1932. The road was renumbered State Route 83 in the 1933 renumbering, and the rest of current SR 67 was numbered State Route 619. In 1937, the road north to Jewell Ridge was transferred to the primary system.
On the other side, the road from State Route 111 (now State Route 80) east for 5.52 miles (8.88 km) was added in 1932, and in the 1933 renumbering it was also numbered SR 83. An extension to the east for 3.76 miles (6.05 km) was added in 1934, and the rest of the road east to State Route 84 (now U.S. Route 460) was numbered State Route 617. The gap in SR 83 was filled in 1938, transferring some of SR 617 to the primary system. (A short piece of SR 617 from SR 83 to State Route 632 still remains, as does a much larger piece of Tazewell County's State Route 617.)
In the 1940 renumbering, SR 83 was renumbered State Route 67, as the number 83 was needed for its current alignment, matching West Virginia Route 83.
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