- North Carolina Highway 87
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NC 87 Route information Maintained by NCDOT Length: 240 mi (386 km) Existed: 1939[1] – present Major junctions South end: NC 211 in Southport, NC
NC 133 near Southport
US 17 near Bolivia
US 74 / US 76 in Sandy Creek
US 701 in Elizabethtown
I-95 / US 301 / I-95 Bus. in Fayetteville
US 1 / US 15 / US 501 / US 421 in Sanford
US 64 in Pittsboro
I-40 / I-85 in Burlington
US 70 / NC 54 in Burlington
US 29 in Reidsville
North end: SR 87 at Virginia
Location Counties: Brunswick, Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Chatham, Alamance, Caswell, Rockingham Highway system ← NC 86
NC 88 →
North Carolina Highway 87 is a mostly rural highway traversing the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. N.C. 87 begins in the Atlantic coastal town of Southport and ends at the Virginia state line five miles (8 km) north of Eden in Rockingham County. At 240 miles (390 km) in length, N.C. 87 is the second longest state highway in North Carolina (longer than Interstate 85 by about 10 miles)[1].
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Route description
N.C. 87 is a four-lane, divided highway with at-grade crossings between Tar Heel and Sanford. The section east of Tar Heel to N.C. 41 near Elizabethtown is currently being upgraded to four lanes. There is already a by-pass route for Elizabethtown. Other sections that are four-lane, divided highways include concurrencies with U.S. 17 and U.S. 74-76 in Brunswick County.
North of Sanford, N.C. 87 runs concurrent with U.S. 15-501 to Pittsboro. It then continues towards Graham as a two-lane highway. It returns to 4 lanes in southern Graham, returning to 2 lanes in downtown Graham. The route makes a left turn one block north of the Alamance County Courthouse, where it follows a 2-lane road before making a right turn onto a 4 lane street. The highway remains 4 lanes through downtown Burlington, returning to 2 lanes for the remainder of its route in North Carolina, save for a small section near its intersection with US Highway 29.
Exit List
In Fayetteville, N.C. 87 has a limited-access portion north of I-95, the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway. According to NCDOT, the exits are listed as follows:
County Location Destinations Notes Cumberland Fayetteville NC 24 east (Bragg Blvd.) – Fayetteville
East of NC 24 overlap Hay Street
US 401 Bus. south
The freeway continues Gillespie Street I-95 Bus. / US 301 (Owen Dr.)
East Mountain Drive I-95 – Lumberton, Dunn, Benson
Full interchange Bladen Elizabethtown
NC 87 Bus. south – Elizabethtown
US 701 / NC 242 – Bladenboro, White Lake
NC 87 Bus. north – Elizabethtown
Columbus Sandyfield NC 11 – Freeman, Atkinson
Delco US 74 / US 76 west – Bolton, Whiteville
East end of US 74/76 overlap Brunswick Maco US 74 / US 76 east – Wilmington
East end of US 74/76 overlap Navassa US 17 north – Leland, Wilmington
North end of US 17 overlap Winnabow US 17 south – Bolivia, Supply
South end of US 17 overlap References
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Categories:- State highways in North Carolina
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