County Route 638 (Atlantic County, New Jersey)

Route 87
Highways in the Atlantic City area with NJ 87 in red.
Route information
Maintained by SJTA
Length:	1.70 mi (2.74 km)
Existed:	1953 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 30 in Atlantic City
	Route 187 in Atlantic City Brigantine Connector in Atlantic City
North end:	CR 638 in Brigantine
Location
Counties:	Atlantic
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways ← Route 85 Route 88 → ← CR 637 CR 640 →

New Jersey State Highway Routes

Route 87 is a state highway located in Atlantic County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs 1.70 mi (2.74 km), heading north from Atlantic City at an intersection with U.S. Route 30 (Absecon Boulevard) to Brigantine, where it terminates at the end of the Justice Vincent S. Haneman Memorial Bridge over the Absecon Channel, continuing as County Route 638 (Brigantine Boulevard). In Atlantic City, the route runs through the Marina District, which contains a few casinos, along Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard. Here, Route 87 intersects with Route 187 (Brigantine Boulevard) and the Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector, the latter providing a limited-access route between Route 87 and the Atlantic City Expressway. Route 87 is the only road to and from Brigantine.

What is now Route 87 was initially proposed as Route S4A in 1927, a spur from Route 4 (now U.S. Route 9) in Tuckerton, Ocean County, south through Brigantine to Atlantic City. The portion of this route south of Little Beach was to be built by Atlantic County; however, the state took over plans of building the road in 1938. Despite this, Route S4A was never completed between Brigantine and Little Beach, and the portion of the road that existed in Ocean County was removed from the state highway system by 1941. In 1945, Route S56, a spur of Route 56 (now U.S. Route 30), was proposed to run from Atlantic City to Brigantine along Brigantine Boulevard. Route 87 was created on its current alignment in 1953 as an unsigned route, replacing Route S4A and the proposed Route S56. Previously, Route 87 split into two alignments in Atlantic City along Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard; the Brigantine Boulevard alignment eventually became Route 187.