Kentucky Route 87

Kentucky Route 87
Kentucky Route 87
Route information
	Maintained by KYTC
Length	28.141 mi (45.289 km)
Section 1
Length	21.954 mi (35.332 km)
North end	US 31E in Lucas
Major intersections	KY 100 at Fountain Run
South end	Akersville Road at the Kentucky-Tennessee state line
Section 2
Length	6.187 mi (9.957 km)
North end	SR 261 at the Kentucky-Tennessee state line
South end	KY 63 / KY 100 in Gamaliel
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Barren, Allen, Monroe
Highway system
	Kentucky State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Parkways;

Kentucky Route 87 (KY 87) is a rural secondary state highway that traverses three counties in south-central Kentucky. It has two disconnected sections, one that goes from the Barren River Lake State Resort Park to the Tennessee state line via Fountain Run, and the other near Gamaliel.

Route description

Section 1

KY 87 starts at a junction with U.S. Route 31E (US 31) opposite the entrance of the Barren River Lake State Resort Park near the Barren County community of Lucas. The highway traverses the two communities of Austin and Tracy and has intersections with KY 921 in Tracy. It enters Monroe County and intersects KY 100, a Kentucky Scenic Byway, at Fountain Run.

After Fountain Run, KY 87 continues south, and runs right on Monroe County's western boundary with Allen County, Kentucky before this county line reaches the Tennessee state line. The connection into Macon County, Tennessee, retaining the alternate name of Akersville Road, is a local-maintenance road connecting the state line at this point to Lafayette. The section from Lucas to the state line is 21.954 miles (35.332 km) long.

Section 2

Tennessee State Route 261 (SR 261) crosses the state line and becomes the second segment of KY 87 southwest of Gamaliel. KY 87 is known as Bugtussle Road, and KY 87 officially ends at an intersection with KY 63 at Gamaliel just south of KY 63's junction with KY 100. This second segment of highway runs for 6.187 miles (9.957 km).^[2]

History

From around 1949 until the 1960s, the current KY 87 from Akersville to the Tennessee state line was originally KY 870.^[3] That designation has since relocated to a route in north-central Monroe County as KY 87 was extended to the state line in that area, along with its other section near Bugtussle and Gamaliel. At one time until the 1980s, KY 87 ran concurrent with KY 63/100 east of Gamaliel and made a right turn onto lClementsville Road to end at a locally maintained county road at the Tennessee border, in this case, into Clay County, hence extending KY 87 by an additional 2.0 miles (3.2 km), plus the mileage in the KY 63/100 concurrency. That section was since turned over to the Monroe County Road Department.^[3]

Major intersections

The following is a list of KY 87's major intersections as of November 2010.

Section B (Gamaliel area)

The entire route is in Monroe County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Gamaliel	0.000	0.000	KY 63 (Red Boiling Springs Road) to KY 100 – Tompkinsville, Red Boiling Springs	Southern terminus
	0.140	0.225	KY 2164 south (Factory Road)	Northern terminus of KY2164 (dead end)
	0.275	0.443	KY 792 north (Stanford Street) to KY 100	Southern terminus of KY 792
	6.187	9.957	SR 261 south (Galen Road) – Lafayette	"Northern" terminus; Continuation into Macon County, Tennessee as SR-261
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Section A

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Allen		6.187	9.957	Akersville Road south to Lafayette	Continuation as a locally-maintained road into Macon County, Tennessee
Monroe		10.626	17.101	KY 678 east (White Oak Ridge Road)	Western terminus of KY-678
	Fountain Run	13.443	21.634	KY 100 (Fountain Run Road) – Scottsville, Tompkinsville
		13.723	22.085	KY 2170 east (College Street)	Southern end of KY 2170 overlap
		13.741	22.114	KY 2170 west (Mill Street)	Northern end of KY 2170 overlap
Barren	Tracy	19.563	31.484	KY 921 north (Thomerson Park Road)	Southern end of KY 921 overlap
	Tracy	19.723	31.741	KY 921 south (Bewleytown Road)	Northern end of KY 921 overlap
		20.302	32.673	KY 3179 north (Oil Well Road)	Southern terminus o fKY-3179
		26.711	42.987	US 31E (Scottsville Road) – Scottsville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake State Resort Park	Northern terminus; Barren River Lake S.R.P. straight ahead
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Division of Planning (September 18, 2012). "Official Milepoint Route Log". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
^ KY-TN Dale Hollow-Frankfort Trip (Millenniumhwy.net)^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1962). Monroe County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved February 14, 2017.

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[ktc-1] Division of Planning (September 18, 2012). "Official Milepoint Route Log". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

[2] KY-TN Dale Hollow-Frankfort Trip (Millenniumhwy.net)^{[self-published source]}

[MonroeCo1962-3] Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1962). Monroe County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved February 14, 2017.

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