North Carolina Highway 87

North Carolina Highway 87

NC 87 marker

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

North Carolina 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

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