Nebraska Highway 87 is a highway in northwestern

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. It has a southern terminus at

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. Its northern terminus is at the

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border where it continues in northward as South Dakota Highway 407.

Route description

Nebraska Highway 87 begins at an intersection with NE 2 in

. It heads in a northerly direction before turning to the northeast through farmland. It turns northward again before heading into Hay Springs. At this point, NE 87 runs concurrently eastward with

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for about . Just outside Rushville, US 20 and NE 87 split and NE 87 heads northward. It turns to the northwest slightly before heading directly northward into Whiteclay. It then terminates at the border with South Dakota, where it continues as SD 407.

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Nebraska Roads: NE 81-100
087 Transportation in Box Butte County, Nebraska Transportation in Sheridan County, Nebraska