Route 87 (Missouri)
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| Length: | 77 mi (124 km) | |||
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  US 54 / Route M in Eldon
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 US 50 in California US 50 Bus. in California  I-70 / BL I-70 in Windsor Place  US 40 / Route 5 Boonville-Franklin
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 Route 5 / Route 240 in Glasgow
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Route 87 is a highway in central Missouri. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 54 in Eldon, and its northern terminus is at Route 5/240 in Glasgow. Parts of the road are overlapped by the Lewis and Clark Trail and Santa Fe Trail.
Missouri Route 87 begins at an interchange along U.S. Route 54 which is also shared by "Highway M." The route runs northwest and then curve west just before an abandoned Rock Island railroad crossing. The route continues west until it encounters the intersection with U.S. Business Route 54, where it makes a right turn an runs northeast in an overlap. At the intersection with Manor Drive, MO 87 leaves the concurrency with US BUS 54 and runs straight north, running along the east side of Eldon Model Airpark. The northern trajectory ends at the intersection of Boulder Road where MO 87 makes a right curve and resumes later at the blinker-light intersection with "Highway P," which leads east to Olean. Further north, it crosses a bridge over South Moreau Creek, and later the Miller-Moniteau County Line. Within Moniteau County, and well as much of the route, the surroundings are primarily rural and agricultural, and the road runs along various hills and ridges. Among the few developed communities, MO 87 runs east of High Point where the closest representation to a major intersection is a blinker-light intersection with "Highway C." The road continues to meander through the rural agricultural hills of Central Missouri, until it approaches a partial cloverleaf interchange with U.S. Route 50, the northwest quadrant of which includes a decorative welcome sign for California. North of there, MO 87 is named Oak Street. The route doesn't officially enter California until between the intersections with Kevin Street and Quail Hollow Road. With a few exceptions, the surroundings along Route 87 are primarily residential until the road approaches U.S. Business Route 50. Continuing through downtown Cailfornia, it later it crosses a pair of railroad lines formerly owned by Missouri Pacific Railroad. At Main Street, MO 87 makes a right turn and Oak Street becomes "Highway O." Route 87 runs along Main Street for two blocks, then turns north again at East Street. North of Walnut Street, the route curves northeast as it leaves the city limits and becomes Jamestown Road, resuming it's run through the rural hills of Moniteau County. It passes through Kliever, and later crosses a bridge over Moniteau Creek. The route enters Jamestown just as it curves to the west at South Mill Street (Highway AA), then at the intersection with West Row Street joins up in a concurrency with Missouri Route 179. MO 87/189 turn out of town back to the north and later the northwest. After the end of the concurrency with MO 179, MO 87 curves to the west. Between the intersections of two dirt roads, Homestead Road and Splice Creek Drive, it crosses the Moniteau-Cooper County Line and enters Prairie Home. Shortly after the intersection with "Highway D," it turns northwest again, gradually curving toward the north after leaving that community and running through rural Cooper County.
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