State Highway 87 is a highway in southeastern

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, running for . It passes through the extreme southeastern corner of the state, running entirely through McCurtain Co. It has no lettered spur routes.

Route description

SH-87 begins at an intersection with US-259 near the unincorporated community of

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, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Red River. SH-87 heads east from here, proceeding along many curves. The highway is two-lane for its entire length, and much of it is very narrow with no shoulders (though a short stretch of highway that was realigned to approach a new

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that replaced an old through

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was built with shoulders). The highway crosses no major rivers, but does bridge Walnut Bayou. SH-87 ends at the

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state line, where it becomes

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. SH-87 is shown on the Oklahoma state highway map as

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with US-259 to at least

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. However, this is an error, as the highway is only signed from US-259 to the Arkansas state line, and is shown on ODOT's internal control section maps as ending at US-259.

History

State Highway 87 first appeared on the June 1944 state highway map. When it was originally commissioned, the highway was a spur route; its western end was in Idabel, and its eastern end was approximately the location of the present-day US-259–SH-87 intersection. Towards the end of its route, SH-87 served

. By 1948, SH-87 was extended, setting its eastern terminus at its present location at the Arkansas state line. However, this terminus proved to be temporary at first, as the highway was rerouted to turn north to end at SH-21 (now

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) in Tom in 1952. However, by 1957, the state line terminus had been reestablished, and SH-87 has ended there to the present day. In the early 1960s, SH-87's length was at its zenith, as the highway stretched from Idabel to the Arkansas state line. However, on 1963-01-07, US-259 was established. The section of SH-87 from Idabel through Harris was turned over to the new U.S. route, setting the western terminus of the highway to its present-day location.

Junction list

References

External links

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SH-87 at OKHighways
087 Transportation in McCurtain County, Oklahoma