Florida State Road 87

State Road 87 marker
State Road 87
Navarre Beach Expressway
Map
SR 87 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by FDOT
Length51.687 mi[1] (83.182 km)
Major junctions
South end US 98 in Navarre
Major intersections I-10 near East Milton
US 90 in Milton
SR 4 near Berrydale
North end SR 41 towards Brewton, AL
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesSanta Rosa
Highway system
SR 85 SR 89

State Road 87 (SR 87; sometimes called the Navarre Beach Expressway, especially south of U.S. 90)[2][3] is a 51.687-mile-long (83.182 km) north–south highway in the state of Florida that extends from U.S. Route 98 (US 98) to the Alabama state line where it becomes State Route 41. All of SR 87 is contained within Santa Rosa County.

Route description

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State Road 87 contains a 19.4-mile (31.2 km) section extending northward from US 98 at Navarre, Florida to US 90 just east of Milton, Florida. This portion of SR 87 is marked as SR 87 South. On this stretch it passes through the western edge of the Eglin Air Force Base training range. After having an interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10) at exit 31, it shares a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) east–west section of US 90 until it reaches Milton where it turns north onto Stewart Street, and runs for another 30.4-mile (48.9 km) section from Milton, Florida northward to the Alabama state line, where it continues towards Brewton as Alabama State Route 41. This portion of SR 87 is marked as SR 87 North. While within Milton city limits it becomes a divided highway between Ridge Crest Drive and Mitchell Cemetery near Whiting Field in Point Baker.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Santa Rosa County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Navarre0.0000.000 US 98 (Navarre Parkway / SR 30) – Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Zoo
2.1403.444
CR 399 west (East Bay Boulevard) / Turkey Bluff Road
Eastern terminus of CR 399
Navarre
Holley
2.744.41Bridge over East Bay River
16.40026.393
CR 184 west (Hickory Hammock Road) / Nichols Lake Road west – Southern Raceway
Eastern terminus of CR 184
18.4929.76 I-10 (SR 8) – Pensacola, TallahasseeExit 31 on I-10
19.72731.748
US 90 east (SR 10) / East Milton Road – Holt, Crestview, Blackwater River State Park, Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
Southern terminus of US 90 concurrency
East Milton22.73836.593
CR 89 south (Ward Basin Road)
Milton23.7738.25Bridge over Blackwater River
24.05038.705

CR 191 south (Canal Street) to I-10
24.32239.142
US 90 west (Caroline Street / SR 10) – Pace
Northern terminus of US 90 concurrency
25.10940.409
CR 191 north (Munson Highway) – Munson, Blackwater River State Forest
southern terminus of CR 191
25.95541.771
CR 191 west (Magnolia Street)
27.53144.307
SR 89 south (Dogwood Drive)
Southern terminus of SR 89 concurrency
Point Baker29.17246.948
SR 89 north – Jay
Northern terminus of SR 89 concurrency
30.34648.837
CR 87A east (Langley Street) – NAS Whiting Field
Western terminus of CR 87A
Allentown34.24655.114
CR 182 west (Allentown Road)
39.24363.155
CR 178 west
42.51268.416
CR 399 west (Country Mill Road)
44.49671.609
SR 4 to US 90 – Jay, Munson, Blackwater River State Forest
49.71880.013
CR 87A south (Market Road)
Northern terminus of CR 87A
Dixonville51.68783.182
SR 41 north – Brewton
Continuation beyond Alabama state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

County Road 87A

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County Road 87A marker
County Road 87A
LocationSanta Rosa County

County Road 87A is one of three suffixed alternate county roads of SR 87, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The first of which is in Milton beginning at the west end of the concurrency of US 90/SR 87 and CR 191. The road begins as Canal Street between US 90/SR 87 and Berryhill Road. The route then runs west along Berryhill road for one block until it turns north again at Alabama Street. CR 87A crosses Munson Highway (a leg of CR 191), and then the Blackwater Heritage State Rail Trail until it curves west onto North Avenue and ends at SR 87.

The second CR 87A is in Point Baker, north of the north end of the SR 89 overlap. It runs east from SR 87 as Langley Street into Whiting Field Naval Air Station, which bisects the road. The other end of CR 87A runs south from Whiting Field as East Gate Road and ends at CR 191 (Munson Highway) across from the intersection of Roeville Road.

The third CR 87A is Market Road near Berrydale, which runs east and west from State Road 4 to SR 87, far north of the northwest corner of the intersection of SRs 87 and 4.

References

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  1. ^ a b FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
  2. ^ "Fishing Pier, Hwy 87 top BOCC concerns - Gulf Breeze News". Gulf Breeze News - Your Community Newspaper. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Escobedo, Duwayne. "Santa Rosa sees skyrocketing tourism revenues". Northwest Florida Daily News. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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