Tennessee State Route 87

State Route 87
State Route 87
	SR 87 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TDOT
Length	39.18 mi (63.05 km)
Major junctions
West end	Dead end at Mississippi River near Fort Pillow State Park
	SR 207 at Fulton; SR 371 in Cherry; US 51 near Henning; SR 209 at Henning;
East end	SR 19 near Brownsville
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Lauderdale, Haywood
Highway system
	Tennessee State Routes; Interstate; US; State;

State Route 87 (SR 87) is a secondary state highway located in Lauderdale and Haywood counties in West Tennessee. SR 87 runs west to east through mixed terrain of bluffs and rolling hills in Lauderdale County and mostly river bottoms in Haywood County. SR 87 is a two-lane facility throughout its length and features a 50-55 MPH speed limit depending on terrain. This highway is also narrow and in poor condition in several locations. This highway provides direct access to West Tennessee State Penitentiary and indirect access to Fort Pillow State Park via State Route 207. The western terminus of SR 87 is notable due to the extreme levels of erosion from the Mississippi River that has created a very sharp and unstable "cliff" that forced TDOT to erect a barricade to stop vehicles from driving over the edge and into the river.

Route description

Lauderdale County

SR 87 begins on the banks of the Mississippi River in Lauderdale County, just north of the mouth of the Hatchie River. The highway then passes through the community of Fulton, where it has an intersection with SR 207, which provides access to Fort Pillow State Park. SR 87 continues east through wooded areas and passes by the West Tennessee State Penitentiary before coming to the community of Cherry, where it has its first intersection with SR 371. The highway then goes east through farmland and has another intersection with SR 371 before coming to an intersection with US 51/SR 3 and entering the town of Henning. SR 87 enters downtown along Graves Avenue before having a short concurrency with SR 209 (Main Street). SR 87 then leaves Henning along Mc Farland Avenue and passes just south of Durhamville before continuing east and crossing into Haywood County.

Haywood County

SR 87 continues to wind its way through farmland before entering Brownsville and coming to an end at an intersection with SR 19.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lauderdale	Fulton	0.0	0.0	Dead end at Mississippi River	Western terminus
	Fulton			SR 207 north (Park Road) – Fort Pillow State Park	Southern terminus of SR 207
	Cherry			SR 371 east	Western terminus of SR 371; former SR 87A
				SR 371 west	Eastern terminus of SR 371; former SR 87A
	Henning			US 51 (Jefferson Davis Highway/SR 3) – Covington, Ripley
				SR 209 north (N Main Street) – Ripley	Western end of SR 209 concurrency; former US 51
				SR 209 south (S Main Street)	Eastern end of SR 209 concurrency; former US 51
Haywood	Brownsville	39.18	63.05	SR 19 (Haralson Street) to I-40 – Ripley, Nutbush, Downtown	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Points of interest (South to North)

References

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