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North Carolina Highway 87

North Carolina Highway 87 marker

North Carolina Highway 87
Route of NC 87 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length: 236.8 mi (381.1 km)
Existed: 1937 – present
Major junctions
South end: NC 211 in Southport
 
North end: SR 87 at VA line near Eden
Location
Counties: Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Lee, Chatham, Alamance, Caswell, Rockingham
Highway system
NC 86 NC 88

North Carolina Highway 87 Business
Location: Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Length: 6.4 mi (10.3 km)
Existed: 1998–present

North Carolina Highway 87A
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Existed: 1944–1949

North Carolina Highway 87A
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Existed: 1949–1957

North Carolina Highway 87 Bypass
Location: Sanford, North Carolina
Length: 8.0 mi (12.9 km)
Existed: 2013–present

North Carolina Highway 87 marker

North Carolina Highway 87 (NC 87) is a mostly rural highway traversing the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. NC 87 begins in the Atlantic coastal town of Southport and crosses into Virginia at the Virginia state line five miles (8 km) north of Eden in Rockingham County. At 240 miles (390 km) in length, NC 87 is the second longest state highway in North Carolina.

NC 87 is a four-lane, divided highway with at-grade crossings between Elizabethtown and Sanford with the exception of Fayetteville, where NC 87 is a freeway. Other sections that are four-lane, divided highways include concurrencies with US 17 and US 74/US 76 in Brunswick County.

North of Sanford, NC 87 runs concurrent with US 15/US 501 to Pittsboro. It then continues towards Graham as a two-lane highway. It returns to four-lanes in southern Graham, returning to two-lane in downtown Graham. The route makes a left turn one block north of the Alamance County Courthouse, where it follows a two-lane road before making a right turn onto a four-lane street. The highway remains four-lane through downtown Burlington, returning to two-lane for the remainder of its route in North Carolina, save for a small section near its intersection with US 29.


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