North Carolina Highway 87

NC 87
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	240 mi (386 km)
Existed:	1939 – 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 / US 158 in Reidsville
North end:	SR 87 at Virginia
Location
Counties:	Brunswick, Columbus, 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].

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.

Major intersections

In Fayetteville, N.C. 87 has a limited-access portion north of I-95, the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway. According to NCDOT.

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Brunswick	Southport	NC 211 (Howe Street) – Supply	Southern terminus
		NC 133 south (Dosher Cutoff) – Caswell Beach	South end of concurrency with NC 133
	Boiling Spring Lakes	NC 133 north (River Road) – Belville	North end of concurrency with NC 133
	Winnabow	US 17 south (Ocean Highway) – Bolivia	South end of concurrency with US 17
	Bishop	US 17 south (Ocean Highway) – Leland, Wilmington	North end of concurrency with US 17
	Maco	US 74 / US 76 east (Andrew Jackson Highway) – Leland, Wilmington	South end of concurrency with US 74/76
Columbus	Delco	US 74 / US 76 west (Andrew Jackson Highway) – Bolton, Whiteville	North end of concurrency with US 74/76
	Sandyfield	NC 11 (General Howe Highway) – Bolton, Long View
Bladen	Elizabethtown	NC 87 Bus. north (Broad Street)	Southern terminus of Business NC 87
		US 701 / NC 242 – Clarkton, Bladenboro, White Lake, Roseboro
		NC 41 north / NC 87 Bus. south – White Lake, Harrells	South end of concurrency with NC 41; Northern terminus of Business NC 87
	Dublin	NC 41 south – Lumberton, Fairmont	North end of concurrency with NC 41
		NC 410 south (3rd Street) – Bladenboro	Northern terminus of NC 410
	Tar Heel	NC 131 south – Bladenboro	Northern terminus of NC 131
		NC 20 west – St. Pauls	Eastern terminus of NC 20
Cumberland	Fayetteville	I-95 – Lumberton, Benson, Dunn	Full cloverleaf interchange; Exit 46
		I-95 Bus. / US 301 (Eastern Boulevard) – St. Pauls, Eastover	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		US 401 Bus. south (Robeson Street) – Raeford	South end of concurrency with Business US 401; Partial cloverleaf interchange
		US 401 Bus. north (Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway) / NC 24 east (Rowan Street) – Raleigh, Stedman	North end of concurrency with Business US 401; South end of concurrency with NC 24; Diamond interchange
		US 401 (Skibo Road/Pamalee Drive) – Lumberton, Lillington
	Spring Lake	NC 210 south (Murchison Road) – Fayetteville	South end of concurrency with NC 210
		NC 210 north (Lillington Highway) – Lillington	North end of concurrency with NC 210
		NC 690 west (Vass Road) – Vass	Eastern terminus of NC 690
Harnett	Spout Springs	NC 24 west – Johnsonville, Cameron	North end of concurrency with NC 24; Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Pineview	NC 27 – Carthage, Lillington	Diamond interchange
Lee	Sanford	US 421 south – Lillington	South end of concurrency with US 421
		NC 42 east / NC 78 west (Main Street) – Fuquay-Varina	South end of concurrency with NC 42; Eastern terminus of NC 78
		US 1 Bus. / NC 42 west (Carthage Street) – Carbonton	North end of concurrency with NC 42
		US 1 south / US 15 south / US 501 south (Jefferson Davis Highway) / US 421 north (Horner Boulevard) – Cameron, Carthage, Goldston	South end of concurrency with US 1/15/501; North end of concurrency with US 421; Partial cloverleaf interchange
		Oscar Keller Jr. Highway	Trumpet interchange
		US 1 north / US 1 Bus. south (Hawkins Avenue) – Moncure, Raleigh	North end of concurrency with US 1; Northern terminus of Business US 1; Partial cloverleaf interchange
Chatham	Pittsboro	US 15 north / US 501 north (Sanford Road) – Fearrington, Chapel Hill	North end of concurrency with US 15/501
		NC 902 west – Bear Creek	South end of concurrency with NC 902
		US 64 Bus. / NC 902 (West Street)	Eastern terminus of NC 902
		US 64 – Siler City, Cary	Diamond interchange
Alamance	Graham	I-40 / I-85 – Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Hillsborough, Durham	Diamond interchange; Exit 147
		NC 49 north / NC 54 east (Harden Street) – Haw River, Durham	South end of concurrency with NC 49/54
		NC 49 south / NC 54 west (Harden Street) – Liberty, Burlington	North end of concurrency with NC 49/54
	Burlington	NC 100 east (Anthony Avenue)	South end of concurrency with NC 100
		US 70 / NC 62 (Fisher and Church Streets) – Greensboro, Haw River, Julian, Pleasant Grove	One-way pair streets
		NC 100 west (Haggard Avenue) – Whitsett	North end of concurrency with NC 100
Caswell	No major intersections
Rockingham		NC 150 east – Yanceyville	South end of concurrency with NC 150
	Williamsburg	NC 150 west – Browns Summit, Summerfield	North end of concurrency with NC 150
	Reidsville	US 29 – Greensboro, Danville, VA	Diamond interchange
		US 29 Bus. south	South end of concurrency with Business US 29
		US 158 west (Richardson Drive) – Monroeton	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		US 29 Bus. north / US 158 east (Freeway Drive) / NC 65 east (Harrison Street) – Yanceyville, Roxboro	North end of concurrency with Business US 29 and US 158; South end of concurrency with NC 65; Diamond interchange
	Wentworth	NC 65 west – Stokesdale	North end of concurrency with NC 65
	Eden	NC 14 south – Reidsville	South end of concurrency with NC 14
		NC 700 / NC 770 (Meadow Road) – Stoneville, Pelham	Partial cloverleaf interchange
Virginia state line		NC 14	North end of concurrency with NC 14; Northern terminus of NC 14
		SR 87 south (Morehead Avenue) – Ridgeway	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business route

NC 87 Business
Location:	Elizabethtown, North Carolina

External links

• NC 87 @ The Expressway Site