State highway in Minnesota, United States
Minnesota State Highway 87 (MN 87 ) is a 83.201-mile-long (133.899 km) highway in north-central and northwest Minnesota , which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 10 at Frazee and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 84 in Ponto Lake Township , 7 miles (11 km) east of Backus and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Longville .
Route description
Highway 87 serves as an east–west route in north-central and northwest Minnesota between Frazee , Menahga , and Backus .
The route passes through the following forests:
The eastern terminus of Highway 87 intersects State Highway 84 about midway between Pine River and Longville .
Highway 87 has short concurrencies with State Highway 64 at Badoura and Highway 371 at Backus . Highway 87 also runs together with U.S. Highway 71 at Menahga , south of Park Rapids .
Highway 87 is also known as Lake Street in the city of Frazee . The route is also known as West Main Street in Menahga . Highway 87 follows Front Street and Washburn Avenue in Backus .
History
Highway 87 was authorized in 1933.[ 2]
The route still had gravel sections in 1953. Highway 87 was completely paved by 1960.[ 2]
Major intersections
References
KML is from Wikidata
^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF) . Minnesota Department of Transportation . August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2010 .
^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76–100" . The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page . Retrieved November 5, 2010 . [self-published source ]
^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF) . Minnesota Department of Transportation . August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2010 .
^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF) . Minnesota Department of Transportation . August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2010 .