Arizona State Route 87

State Route 87 marker

State Route 87
Route information
Maintained by ADOT, City of Chandler, City of Mesa
Length: 272.66 mi[1] (438.80 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
South end: I-10 near Picacho
  Loop 202 in Chandler
US 60 in Mesa
Loop 202 in Mesa
SR 260 from Payson to near Strawberry
I-40 / US 180 in Winslow
North end: SR 264 near Second Mesa
Highway system
  • State Routes in Arizona
SR 86SR 88
SR 64US 66

State Route 87 (SR 87) is a northsouth road that travels from I-10 near Picacho northward to SR 264 near Second Mesa.

Route description

The road that becomes SR 87 begins at Second Mesa. It becomes a state route when it crosses the reservation boundary line and it ends at Interstate 10 exit 211, just south of Eloy in the unincorporated town of Picacho.

SR 87 is known as the Beeline Highway from Payson through Fountain Hills to McDowell Road, just north of Mesa. This portion of SR 87 is entirely a four-lane highway. There is a stretch of road where the highway splits, taking different canyons through the Mazatzal Mountains south of Payson, near the junction with SR 188. The old alignment is currently the southbound lanes, while a new alignment was built for the northbound lanes. There is a stretch where the roads cross-over each other because of the difference in elevations of the two canyons.

Once it gets to Mesa, SR 87 is known as Country Club Drive, a major-arterial street, six lanes wide in most sections. It then enters Chandler where it becomes Arizona Avenue. The Mesa and Chandler sections of SR 87 are discontinuous, with most of these sections between McKellips Drive in Mesa and Cloud Road in Chandler being owned and maintained by their respective cities. South of the junction with SR 587, SR 87 proceeds southeasterly as a two-lane rural road through the Gila River Indian Community until it reaches Coolidge.

In Coolidge, SR 87 is known as Arizona Boulevard. It finally ends 16 miles (26 km) south of Coolidge, near the town of Eloy. Officially, the southern terminus is 0.95 miles (1.53 km) to the north of I-10 at a junction with an unsigned orphan segment of State Route 84. This serves as a direct connection to I-10.[2][1]

SR 87 is part of the National Highway System between I-10 and Payson. ADOT is currently studying a stretch of I-10 to widen and improve interchanges along its stretch from Tucson to Casa Grande, including the interchange with SR 87.[3] Stretches of this road were formerly numbered as State Route 65 and State Route 166.

Notable destinations along SR 87 include the Mogollon Rim and Tonto Natural Bridge.

Gallery

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Pinal 114.82184.78 I-10 east TucsonInterchange; ADOT signs this as southern terminus; I-10 exit 211
 PicachoInterchange; southbound exit only
 SR 84 begins / I-10 west PhoenixInterchange with I-10; no southbound entrance; I-10 exit 211B; eastern terminus of unsigned SR 84 segment
 115.77186.31SR 84 ends / Casa Grande-Picacho Highway westBegin state maintenance of SR 87; small overlap with unsigned segment of SR 84 connects immediately to I-10
 125.92202.65 SR 287 west Casa GrandeSouth end of SR 287 concurrency
Coolidge134.75216.86 SR 287 east FlorenceNorth end of SR 287 concurrency
 141.48227.69 SR 387 west to I-10
 146.06235.06 SR 187 south to I-10 Casa Grande
MaricopaPinal
county line
 159.70257.01 SR 587 south to I-10
MaricopaChandlerN/A1 Loop 202 (Santan Freeway)Loop 202 exit 47
Mesa172.45277.53 US 60 (Superstition Freeway) Globe, PhoenixUS 60 exit 179
N/A1Broadway RoadPartial interchange; access via northbound exit ramp and connector road
176.99–
177.01
284.84–
284.87
Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway)Loop 202 exit 13
 199.15320.50199Bush HighwayInterchange
Gila 235.69379.31 SR 188 Roosevelt, Globe
Payson252.58406.49 SR 260 east Heber, Show LowSouth end of SR 260 concurrency
Coconino 278.51448.22 SR 260 west Camp VerdeNorth end of SR 260 concurrency
 290.45467.43 CR 3 north (Lake Mary Road) Flagstaff
Navajo 340.94548.69 SR 99 southSouth end of SR 99 concurrency
Winslow342.16550.65 SR 99 (2nd Street)One-way street; inbound access only
342.16550.65 SR 99 north (3rd Street) FlagstaffOne-way street; outbound access only; north end of SR 99 concurrency
345.76556.45 I-40 / US 180 Flagstaff, AlbuquerqueI-40 exit 257
 406.04653.46 SR 264 Tuba City, Keams CanyonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. SR 87 is discontinuous throughout much of Chandler and Mesa, with most of it being owned and maintained by these respective cities. The only major portion where SR 87 technically exists in Mesa (under ADOT ownership) is the area surrounding US 60.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arizona Department of Transportation. "2013 ADOT Highway Log" (PDF). Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. "Arizona 84". Arizona @ AARoads. AARoads. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  3. Arizona Department of Transportation Interstate 10 Corridor Study: Jct. I-8 to Tangerine Road. ADOT Interstate 10 Tucson District. Retrieved on:2012-03-10.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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