Nebraska Highway 87 is a highway in northwestern Nebraska. It has a southern terminus at Nebraska Highway 2 in Alliance. Its northern terminus is at the South Dakota border where it continues in northward as South Dakota Highway 407.
 State Highway 87 | ||||
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 Nebraska Highway 87 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDOT | ||||
| Length | 76.76 mi[1] (123.53 km) | |||
| Existed | 1935[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  N-2 in Alliance | |||
 US 20 in Hay Springs | ||||
| North end |  SD 407 north of Whiteclay | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Nebraska | |||
| Counties | Box Butte, Sheridan | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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Nebraska Highway 87 begins at an intersection with NE 2 in Alliance. It heads in a northerly direction before turning to the northeast through farmland. It turns northward again before heading into Hay Springs. At this point, NE 87 runs concurrently eastward with US 20 for about 11 miles (18 km). Just outside Rushville, US 20 and NE 87 split and NE 87 heads northward. It turns to the northwest slightly before heading directly northward into Whiteclay. It then terminates at the border with South Dakota, where it continues as SD 407.[1][3]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Box Butte | Alliance | 0.00 | 0.00 |  N-2 (East 3rd Street) | |
| | 15.86 | 25.52 |   L-7E west (Dodge Road) | ||
| Sheridan | Hay Springs | 44.37 | 71.41 |  US 20 west | South end of US 20 overlap |
| Rushville | 55.76 | 89.74 |  US 20 east | North end of US 20 overlap | |
| Whiteclay | 76.76 | 123.53 |   SD 407 north (White Clay Road) | Continuation into South Dakota | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Nebraska Highway Reference Log Book" (PDF). Nebraska Department of Roads. 2015. p. 238. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "The Nebraska Highways Page: Highways 61 to 100". Archived from the original on 2006-12-07. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ "overview of Nebraska Highway 87" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-11-02.