U.S. Route 87

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US 87 highlighted in red
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CountryUnited States
StatesTexas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
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U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) is a north–south United States highway (though it is signed east–west in New Mexico) that runs for 2,005 miles (3,227 km) from northern Montana to southern Texas, making it the longest north–south road to not have a "1" in its number and the third longest north–south road in the country, behind U.S. 41 and U.S. 1. Most of the portion from Billings, Montana to Raton, New Mexico is co-signed along Interstates 90 and 25. It is also co-signed along the majority of I-27 in Texas and future plans call for the interstate to be extended along the US 87 corridor. As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Havre, Montana, at US 2 and its southern terminus is in Port Lavaca, Texas, at SH 238.

Route description

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Lengths
  mi km
TX 797 1,283
NM 100 160
CO 299 481
WY 364 586
MT 444 715
Total 2,004 3,225
File:U.S. Hwy 87 in Big Spring, TX IMG 1425.JPG
U.S. Route 87 as it approaches Big Spring, Texas, from the south. The Veterans Administration Hospital is shown in the background.
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Raton, New Mexico, as it appears from U.S. Route 87, which becomes Interstate 25
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U.S. Route 87 in background, looking north from Loma, Montana.

Texas

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In Texas, US 87 is a north–south highway that begins near the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca, Texas, and heads north through San Antonio, Lubbock, Amarillo, and Dalhart to the New Mexico state line near Texline.

New Mexico

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Script error: No such module "Attached KML". US 87 continues in a northwesterly direction in New Mexico and is signed by NMDOT primarily as an east–west route. It merges with US-64 (and thus the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway) in Clayton, shortly after entering New Mexico. It continues to the northwest until Des Moines, when it takes a more westerly approach to Raton. In Raton, it separates from US 64 and merges with Interstate 25 and US 85, with which it remains concurrent through Raton Pass and into Colorado, though it is unsigned on much of the concurrency.

Colorado

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". US 87 remains concurrent with I-25 throughout the state of Colorado, which is a rare occurrence for a US highway to have a concurrency with an Interstate in its entirety within state boundaries. It is unsigned through the entire state.

Wyoming

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". US 87 remains concurrent with Interstate 25 northward until exit 160 east of Glenrock where it joins US Route 20/US Route 26 from Glenrock to Casper. In Casper it splits from US-20/26 and rejoins I-25 at exit 186. It then remains concurrent with Interstate 25 northward until its terminus with Interstate 90. It then follows I-90 west to exit 44 where it runs up to Sheridan. A portion of US-87 has been washed out for several years along this stretch and "temporary" detour signs are posted directing US-87 traffic along Wyoming Highway 193 through Story.[citation needed]

In Sheridan US-87 rejoins Interstate 90 into Montana.

Montana

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". US 87 remains concurrent with Interstate 90 westward until Billings, where it breaks off and heads north. Between Crow Agency and Billings, US 87 and I-90 are merged with US 212. It intersects with (and briefly merges with) US 12 in Roundup and continues north with a slight bend to the northwest until, at Grass Range it takes a sharp turn to the west at an intersection with Montana State Highway 200. US 87 remains concurrent with Montana State Highway 200 until Great Falls. In Lewistown, it merges with US 191 and remains heading generally west. Some ten miles (16 km) out of Lewistown, it breaks with US 191 and merges with Montana State Highway 3, heading generally northwest and merging briefly with US 89 before breaking with all three in Great Falls. US 87 heads northeast then east to Fort Benton and then generally northeast to its terminus with US 2 about two miles (3.2 km) west of Havre.

History

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US 87 originally ran northwest out of Great Falls, Montana, towards the eastern border of Glacier National Park. US 87 ran to the Canadian Border at the Piegan Border Crossing. This was changed in 1934, when US Route 89 was diverted to US 87's routing to Glacier Park. US 87 ended in Great Falls until circa 1945 when it was extended to its current northern terminus in Havre, Montana.[1]

U.S. Route 185 was formed in 1926 and extended from US 85 in Cheyenne north to Orin. It became part of a southern extension and realignment of US 87 in 1936.

Future

On March 15, 2022, a bill was signed by President Joe Biden that added the extension of I-27 from its termini in Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, northward to Raton, New Mexico, and southward to Laredo, Texas, respectively to the Interstate Highway System utilizing the US 87 corridor. The interstate's northern terminus would be at I-25.[2] A bill introduced in 2023 would explicitly designate the extension as I-27 with two auxiliary routes numbered I-227 and I-327. I-227 is proposed to be routed via SH 158 from Sterling City to Midland and SH 349 from Midland to Lamesa; I-327 would utilize US 287 from Dumas to the Oklahoma border.[3][4] However, after legislation passed through the U.S. Senate in August 2023, I-227 and I-327 were respectively redesignated as I-27W and I-27N, with I-27E replacing the proposed I-27 between Sterling City and Lamesa.[5][6]

Major intersections

Texas
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Template:Jct in Cuero. The highways travel concurrently to southwest of Cuero.
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Template:Jct in San Antonio. I-10/US 87 travels concurrently to Comfort. US 87/US 90 travels concurrently through San Antonio.
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Template:Jct in San Antonio. I-35/US 87 travels concurrently through San Antonio.
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Template:Jct in Lubbock. The highways travel concurrently to south of Kress.
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Template:Jct in Canyon. The highways travel concurrently to Amarillo.
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Template:Jct in Amarillo. US 87/US 287 travels concurrently through Amarillo.
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Template:Jct in Amarillo. The highways travel concurrently to Dumas.
Template:Jct in Hartley. The highways travel concurrently to Dalhart.
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New Mexico
Template:Jct in Clayton. US 64/US 87 travels concurrently to Raton.
Template:Jct in Raton. I-25/US 87 travels concurrently to southeast of Glenrock, Wyoming. US 85/US 87 travels concurrently to Fountain, Colorado.
Colorado
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Wyoming
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Montana
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See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."End of US Highway 87". US ENDS. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Driggars, Alex (March 15, 2022). "Raton to Laredo corridor added to Interstate Highway System, paving way for I-27 expansion". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Script error: No such module "Ordinal".-congress/senate-bill/992 Text of the I–27 Numbering Act of 2023 at Congress.gov
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Driggars, Alex (March 28, 2023). "Cruz, Cornyn introduce legislation to name I-27 extension project". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McEwen, Mella (August 1, 2023). "Senate passes act to create I-27 West through Midland". Midland Reporter Telegram. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bordner, Zachery (August 5, 2023). "MOTRAN talks I-27, what it means for Midland/Odessa, Big Spring". Yourbasin. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rand McNally (2014). The Road Atlas (Walmart ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 21, 60–61, 68, 98–101, 116. ISBN 978-0-528-00771-2.

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