# Utah State Route 87 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Utah_State_Route_87 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Utah_State_Route_87.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Route_87 > Source revision: 1289823389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|State highway in Duchesne County, Utah, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=UT |type=SR |route=87 |section=114 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|zoom=9|stroke-width=3|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Utah State Route 87}}}} |map_custom=yes |length_mi=38.159 |length_round=3 |length_ref={{cite web | title=State Route 87 Highway reference | publisher=[Utah Department of Transportation](/source/Utah_Department_of_Transportation) | url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=6690018647192777|access-date=2009-07-02}} |established=1935{{cite web|title=State Route 87 Resolutions|publisher=[Utah Department of Transportation](/source/Utah_Department_of_Transportation)|url=http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/uconowner.gf?n=200609181112581|access-date=2009-07-02|date=November 2008}} |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191}} in [Duchesne](/source/Duchesne%2C_Utah) |direction_b=East |junction={{jct|state=UT|SR|35}} near Duchesne |terminus_b={{jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191}} near [Roosevelt](/source/Roosevelt%2C_Utah) |previous_type=SR |previous_route=86 |next_type=SR |next_route=88 }} '''Utah State Route 87''' ('''SR-87''') is a [state highway](/source/state_highway) in the U.S. state of [Utah](/source/Utah). Over a span of {{convert|38|mi|km}}, it connects the communities of [Altamont](/source/Altamont%2C_Utah), [Boneta](/source/Boneta%2C_Utah), [Bluebell](/source/Bluebell%2C_Utah), and [Upalco](/source/Upalco%2C_Utah) to [Duchesne](/source/Duchesne%2C_Utah) and [US-40](/source/US-40_(UT))/[191](/source/US-191_(UT)) in [Duchesne County](/source/Duchesne_County%2C_Utah). ==Route description== The route begins on [US-40](/source/US-40_(UT))/[191](/source/US-191_(UT)) as Center Street in [Duchesne](/source/Duchesne%2C_Utah) and runs North across Blue Bench five miles to the intersection with [State Route 35](/source/Utah_State_Route_35), continues north seven miles then turns east near [Talmage](/source/Talmage%2C_Utah) and [Mountain Home](/source/Mountain_Home%2C_Utah) through the community of [Boneta](/source/Boneta%2C_Utah) then [Altamont](/source/Altamont%2C_Utah). The road then turns southeast through the community of [Upalco](/source/Upalco%2C_Utah), and near the communities of [Altonah](/source/Altonah%2C_Utah) and [Bluebell](/source/Bluebell%2C_Utah). The road then turns east onto Ioka Lane that connects back into US-40/191 five miles west of [Roosevelt, Utah](/source/Roosevelt%2C_Utah). ==History== The stretch of road from [Upalco](/source/Upalco%2C_Utah) to [Ioka Junction](/source/Ioka_Junction%2C_Utah) at present day [US-40](/source/US-40_(UT)) was designated as Route 87 in 1935. The western terminus in Upalco was an intersection with the now deleted route of [SR-86](/source/Utah_State_Route_86_(pre-1969)). At the time, the current-day route of SR-87 was a patchwork of other small routes, encompassing parts of, starting from [Duchesne](/source/Duchesne%2C_Utah), [former SR-134](/source/Utah_State_Route_134_(pre-1969)), [SR-35](/source/Utah_State_Route_35), [former SR-221](/source/Utah_State_Route_221_(pre-1964)), former SR-86, and what is now the easternmost portion of SR-87. In 1964, the route was significantly expanded to more or less its current alignment when large portions of other highways in the area were consolidated into the current SR-87. The old SR-86 which ran from [Bridgeland](/source/Bridgeland%2C_Utah) on present-day US-40 north through Upalco to [Altamont](/source/Altamont%2C_Utah) and [Altonah](/source/Altonah%2C_Utah) had the stretch from Upalco to Altamont transferred to SR-87, and the northernmost stretch from Altamont to Altonah was transferred to the former SR-221, leaving SR-86 as a short connector between Upalco and Bridgeland. The entire former route of SR-221 from [Mountain Home](/source/Mountain_Home%2C_Utah) to Altamont was also transferred to SR-87, while SR-221 was [realigned as a short road](/source/Utah_State_Route_221_(1964-1969)) from Altamont to Altonah. The stretch of SR-134 from SR-35 to about 3 miles south of Mountain Home, and the stretch of SR-35 from Duchesne to its junction with SR-221 was also transferred to SR-87 at this time. With the exception of SR-35, this left all of these routes (SR-134, SR-221, and SR-86) as short connector or access roads, and they were all subsequently [deleted from the state route system in 1969](/source/State_highways_deleted_by_the_Utah_State_Legislature_in_1969). ==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=UT|county=Duchesne|length_ref=}} {{UTint |location=Duchesne |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191|city1=Heber City|city2=Price}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{UTint |location=none |mile=5.947 |road={{jct|state=UT|SR|35|city1=Tabiona}} |notes= }} {{UTint |location=Ioka Junction |mile=38.159 |road={{jct|state=UT|US|40|US|191|city1=Roosevelt}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}} == References == {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{reflist}} 087 087 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Utah State Route 87](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Route_87) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Route_87?action=history)). 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