Route 87 North

NC 87 upgrades to a freeway north from Wilmington Highway (SR 2337 / old NC 87) at Grays Creek.
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A cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 95 follows 0.83 miles north of Wilmington Highway (SR 2337).
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Interstate 95 crosses the Cape Fear River east of NC 87 en route to Dunn, Benson, Wilson and Rocky Mount.
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Heading southwest from Fayetteville, Interstate 95 leads to Lumberton and Florence, South Carolina.
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North from Interstate 95, NC 87 is a part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway into Fayetteville.
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A diamond interchange (Exit 100) joins NC 87 with Owen Drive (SR 1007) to the northeast of Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY).
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Owen Drive is part of SR 1007, an 11.50 mile long route which extends north along the All American Freeway into Fort Bragg.
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Business Loop I-95/U.S. 301 (Eastern Boulevard) pass just east of Downtown Fayetteville between NC 87 at Exit 102 and NC 24/210 (Grove Street).
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Entering the six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 102) with Business Loop I-95/U.S. 301 (Eastern Boulevard) on NC 87 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway) north.
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Gillespie Street (SR 2311) is the first of three streets connecting Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway with Downtown Fayetteville.
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Gillespie Street (SR 2311) runs 1.39 miles south from the folded diamond interchange at Exit 103 to Business Loop I-95/U.S. 301.
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Curving northward, NC 87 spans Southern Avenue, Winslow Street and an Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad spur.
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A parclo interchange (Exit 104) joins NC 87 with U.S. 401 Business (Robeson Street) south and SR 3828 along Robeson Street north toward Downtown Fayetteville.
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U.S. 401 Business combines with NC 87 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway) north to bypass Downtown Fayetteville.
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U.S. 401 Business joins NC 87 along the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway for 1.26 miles. The succeeding exit is for Hay Street (SR 1404).
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Hay Street extends west from Downtown Fayetteville to Fort Bragg Road and Morganton Road.
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NC 87 parts ways with U.S. 401 Business for an overlap with NC 24 (Bragg Boulevard) northwest to Fort Bragg and Spring Lake.
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Rowan Street spans Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway at the diamond interchange with NC 24 (Bragg Boulevard).
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