Kentucky Route 87
Kentucky Route 87 (KY 87) is a rural secondary state highway that traverses three counties in south-central Kentucky. It has two disconnected sections, one that goes from the Barren River Lake State Resort Park to the Tennessee state line via Fountain Run, and the other near Gamaliel.
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 28.141 mi[1] (45.289 km) | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 21.954 mi (35.332 km) | |||
| North end |  US 31E in Lucas | |||
| Major junctions |  KY 100 at Fountain Run | |||
| South end | Akersville Road at the Kentucky-Tennessee state line | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 6.187 mi (9.957 km) | |||
| North end |  SR 261 at the Kentucky-Tennessee state line | |||
| South end |  KY 63 / KY 100 in Gamaliel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Barren, Allen, Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Section 1
KY 87 starts at a junction with U.S. Route 31E (US 31) opposite the entrance of the Barren River Lake State Resort Park near the Barren County community of Lucas. The highway traverses the two communities of Austin and Tracy and has intersections with KY 921 in Tracy. It enters Monroe County and intersects KY 100, a Kentucky Scenic Byway, at Fountain Run.
After Fountain Run, KY 87 continues south, and runs right on Monroe County's western boundary with Allen County, Kentucky before this county line reaches the Tennessee state line. The connection into Macon County, Tennessee, retaining the alternate name of Akersville Road, is a local-maintenance road connecting the state line at this point to Lafayette. The section from Lucas to the state line is 21.954 miles (35.332 km) long.
Section 2
Tennessee State Route 261 (SR 261) crosses the state line and becomes the second segment of KY 87 southwest of Gamaliel. KY 87 is known as Bugtussle Road, and KY 87 officially ends at an intersection with KY 63 at Gamaliel just south of KY 63's junction with KY 100. This second segment of highway runs for 6.187 miles (9.957 km).[2]
History
From around 1949 until the 1960s, the current KY 87 from Akersville to the Tennessee state line was originally KY 870.[3] That designation has since relocated to a route in north-central Monroe County as KY 87 was extended to the state line in that area, along with its other section near Bugtussle and Gamaliel. At one time until the 1980s, KY 87 ran concurrent with KY 63/100 east of Gamaliel and made a right turn onto lClementsville Road to end at a locally maintained county road at the Tennessee border, in this case, into Clay County, hence extending KY 87 by an additional 2.0 miles (3.2 km), plus the mileage in the KY 63/100 concurrency. That section was since turned over to the Monroe County Road Department.[3]
Major intersections
The following is a list of KY 87's major intersections as of November 2010.
Section B (Gamaliel area)
The entire route is in Monroe County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Gamaliel | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 63 (Red Boiling Springs Road) to KY 100 – Tompkinsville, Red Boiling Springs | Southern terminus | |
| 0.140 | 0.225 |  KY 2164 south (Factory Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2164 (dead end) | ||
| 0.275 | 0.443 |  KY 792 north (Stanford Street) / KY 100 | Southern terminus of KY 792 | ||
| | 6.187 | 9.957 | SR 261 south (Galen Road) – Lafayette | "Northern" terminus; Continuation into Macon County, Tennessee as SR 261 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Section A
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Allen | | 6.187 | 9.957 | Akersville Road south to Lafayette | Continuation as a locally-maintained road into Macon County, Tennessee |
| Monroe | | 10.626 | 17.101 |  KY 678 east (White Oak Ridge Road) | Western terminus of KY 678 |
| Fountain Run | 13.443 | 21.634 | KY 100 (Fountain Run Road) – Scottsville, Tompkinsville | ||
| 13.723 | 22.085 |  KY 2170 east (College Street) | Southern end of KY 2170 overlap | ||
| 13.741 | 22.114 | KY 2170 west (Mill Street) | Northern end of KY 2170 overlap | ||
| Barren | Tracy | 19.563 | 31.484 |  KY 921 north (Thomerson Park Road) | Southern end of KY 921 overlap |
| 19.723 | 31.741 | KY 921 south (Bewleytown Road) | Northern end of KY 921 overlap | ||
| | 20.302 | 32.673 |  KY 3179 north (Oil Well Road) | Southern terminus of KY 3179 | |
| | 26.711 | 42.987 | US 31E (Scottsville Road) – Scottsville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake State Resort Park | Northern terminus; Barren River Lake S.R.P. straight ahead | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Division of Planning (September 18, 2012). "Official Milepoint Route Log". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
- KY-TN Dale Hollow-Frankfort Trip (Millenniumhwy.net)
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1962). Monroe County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved February 14, 2017.