Minnesota State Highway 87

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.

Trunk Highway 87
MN 87 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	83.201 mi[1] (133.899 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
West end	US 10 at Frazee
	US 71 at Menahga MN 64 at Badoura MN 371 at Backus
East end	MN 84 at Ponto Lake Township
Location
Counties	Becker, Wadena, Hubbard, Cass
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 86 MN 89 →

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:

• Badoura State Forest in southeast Hubbard County
• Foot Hills State Forest in Cass County

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

County	Location	mi[1][3][4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Becker	Burlington Township	0.000– 0.116	0.000– 0.187	US 10 – Detroit Lakes, Wadena	Interchange
Wadena	Menahga	32.695	52.618	US 71 south / CSAH 17 east – Sebeka	South end of US 71 overlap
Hubbard	Straight River Township	40.851	65.743	US 71 / CSAH 14 west	North end of US 71 overlap
	Badoura Township	59.779	96.205	MN 64 north – Akeley	West end of MN 64 overlap
Cass	McKinley Township	64.652	104.047	MN 64 south – Motley	East end of MN 64 overlap
	Powers Township	76.012	122.329	MN 371 south – Brainerd	South end of MN 371 overlap
		77.027	123.963	MN 371 north – Walker	North end of MN 371 overlap
	Ponto Lake Township	84.873	136.590	MN 84	Wye intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 87

KML is from Wikidata

1. "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.
2. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76–100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
3. "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.
4. "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.