STATE HIGHWAY NO. 87

Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority

**Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)**
228.809	2010

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 87

Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939

From Timpson to Center and then follow US 59 from Center to Carter's Store and then from Carter's Store via Patroon, Milam, Hemphill, Newton, Deweyville, Orange, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, High Island, Gilchrist, and Port Bolivar to the end of the Ferry Landing in Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, and from the end of the Ferry Landing on Galveston Island to Galveston. General redescription of Highway System.

Adm. Auth., dated 11/01/1939

From Timpson to Center and then follow US 96 from Center to Carter's Store and then from. Carter's Store via Patroon, Hemphill, Newton, Deweyville, Orange, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, High Island, Gilchrist, and Port Bolivar to the end of the Ferry Landing in Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, and from the end of the Ferry Landing on Galveston Island to Galveston. Change "US 59" to "US 96”.

Minute Order 032574, dated 08/20/1952

From US 59 in Timpson via Center, Shelbyville, Patroon, Milam, Hemphill, Newton, Deweyville, Orange, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, High Island, and Gilchrist, to end of Ferry Landing in Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar and from end of Ferry Landing on Galveston Island to Galveston. Section of old route of US 96 from Center to southeast of Shelbyville added.

Minute Order 085364, dated 01/28/1987; Adm. Ltr. 006-1987, dated 06/11/1987

From US 59 in Timpson via Center, Shelbyville, Milam, Hemphill, Newton, Deweyville, Orange, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, High Island, and to a point of beginning with the Galveston/Port Bolivar Ferry; and then from a point of termination with the Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry via Galveston Island to IH 45 and SS 342 in Galveston, a total approximate distance of 264.0 miles. (Shelby, Sabine, Newton, Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, and Galveston Counties) New description; section of approx. 4.1 miles of US 75 from present end of SH 87 west to SS 342 in Galveston transferred to SH 87.

(Forest Hwy 22--Carter's Filling Station-Hemphill Rd., Shelby & Sabine Counties, west forest boundary at Bell Creek to west forest boundary northeast of Hemphill, approx. 31.7 miles.)

(Forest Hwy 23--Hemphill-Newton Rd., Sabine County, north forest boundary near Hemphill south to forest boundary at Sabine-Newton County Line, approx. 16.6 miles.)