Route 87 is a Connecticut state highway running from Franklin to Andover, generally in a southeast–northwest direction.

The route is part of the road connecting the towns of Norwich, Lebanon, Columbia, and Andover.

It heads northwest across the Susquetonscut Brook and railroad tracks, briefly crossing into Bozrah (for 0.18 miles), before re-entering Franklin.

[1][3] The road between Norwich and Bolton Notch, through the town centers of Lebanon, Columbia, Andover, and Bolton, was chartered as a turnpike in October 1795, and was called the Hartford, New London, Windham, and Tolland County Turnpike.

Modern Route 87 was established in 1932 as a renumbering of old State Highway 168 and originally ended in Bolton like the old turnpike,[2] approximately at the current intersection of US 6 and US 44.